Hoss ATC Project

[dang]

Hoss,

Sorry to egg you on like this, but have you thought about a pallet or in the mini's case, an Automatic Tooling Plate Changer?
Ideally, a person could set up two jobs and cycle through them automatically as the 1st finishes.
Now that I think of it, it's impractical for the X2. Still a fun idea though.

[Adamj12b]

I added a second parallel port to give me some extra outputs that I'll connect the breakout board to.

What kind of card did you use for the second parallel port? i have tried several different cards with no success on any of them.-Adam

[Mr.Chips]

What kind of card did you use for the second parallel port? i have tried several different cards with no success on any of them.-Adam

I'll tell you what I did, and it worked for me.
Baught a Parallel port at Comp USA for $15.
Installed it.
Using XP operating system.
Opened Control Panel
click on System Icon
click on Hardware
click on Device Manager
Scroll down to Ports and click the "+"
Right click the new port
Select properties
Click the Resources tab
The Setting is the number you need to input into Mach3 for Mach 3 to know where to look for the data.

Good luck.

[Adamj12b]

The Setting is the number you need to input into Mach3 for Mach 3 to know where to look for the data.
Good luck.

Did you enter the full 03F8-03FF or just one section of the numbers?-Adam

[hoss2006]

Originally Posted by Mr.Chips View Post
The Setting is the number you need to input into Mach3 for Mach 3 to know where to look for the data.
Good luck.
Did you enter the full 03F8-03FF or just one section of the numbers?-Adam

you would just enter the first 4 characters - O3F8.
hoss

[Regnar]

Hoss great thread/threads. I really find this all amazing and you have me droowling at the mouth. I have a question/suggestion. Rather than measuring each tool couldnt you make a touch off "dont think thats the techincal name for it" that zeros before it goes cutting away? Seems like it would save you some time especially if you change cutters. I am just learing the mill side and soon will jump into the cnc side. Thanks for you help. Josh

[tpworks]

I think it would be more like 0x3F8,
feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

[hoss2006]

Technically he could just type 3F8, Mach 3 will automatically add the 0x when it closes the Config window.
they make it pretty simple.
hoss

P.S. hossmachine.com should be back up in a day or 2.
singed up with GoDaddy.com and have to wait till they get the domain name transfered.

[Micro Rotors]

Hoss,

You made the right decision, GoDaddy is the way to go. I have had the for years and have always been happy with them and their services. What is up your sleeve for the next project?

Bill

[hoss2006]

Hey Bill,
I'm getting a big run around trying to have my domain name transfered to godaddy.com.
present registrar won't reply to emails and such.
giving up for now. will wait till it expires soon, then register it with godaddy then.
good news is the site is back up and running at my present host.
My next project is the flood coolant enclosure.
Not going fully enclosed but partial like on a old Matsuura.
A base and walls but no top.
Using Herculiner to make it all leak proof. Not cheap but should be very durable.
Hoss

[twocik]

Hi Hoss,
I've used www.galatix.com for the last two years now and can't complain one bit. Talk with Nathan and tell him Chris from ifocusfilms.net sent you. He will definitely help you out and give you a great deal.



Nice job on the projects of the X2 btw! Look forward to what you're going to come up with next. I just wish for my first machine I would have bought the X2 or even the X3. My little X1 doesn't even hole a candle to the X2 from what I've read.

[Micro Rotors]

Hey Bill,
I'm getting a big run around trying to have my domain name transfered to godaddy.com.
present registrar won't reply to emails and such.
giving up for now. will wait till it expires soon, then register it with godaddy then.
good news is the site is back up and running at my present host.
My next project is the flood coolant enclosure.
Not going fully enclosed but partial like on a old Matsuura.
A base and walls but no top.
Using Herculiner to make it all leak proof. Not cheap but should be very durable.
Hoss

Hoss,

Can you call them? Have you asked GoDaddy what you should do? Have them chase it for you. They have the best customer service around and the price is sweet!

The closure sounds good, are you going to do a another thread for that one?

Thanks
Bill

[hoss2006]

I'll probably just add onto the big post, won't be too much to the enclosure.
Hoss

[Adamj12b]

Do you have any cad drawings of the tool holders that you made? I am interested in making some of my own. Also what material did you make them out of? -Adam

[Thazul]

Hi Adam,

I think post #161 has the drawings of Hoss's tool holders.
Here's a direct link http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showpo...&postcount=161

[Adamj12b]

Thanks, I must have missed it when I was skimming through.

Also, I fixed my problem address with the pci parallel port card. In the Mach3 folder there is a program called Getportaddress, that tells you the addresses of the LPT ports. I just typed in what it said and it works great. Even with the cards that I couldn't get to work before.

[Bob Adams]

Hey Hoss, I recenitly got a couple of tool holders to try with my ATC power drawbar. I noticed the end mills had a .005 roundout. So after pulling my hair out, it dawned on me to check the face on the X2 spindle. Sure enough it runs out the .005 that the tool holder had. The quick fix was to pullout the tool post grinder and face grind the end of the Spindle, till it ran true. With a few passes it was fixed.
Hope this helps others.
Bob A
http://www.cad2gcode.com/cncprojects/

[Micro Rotors]

Hoss,

Sent you an email about the washers.

Thanks
Bill

[hoss2006]

I have a link on my ATC page for the Belleville washers that you can get at McMaster Carr too.
They are a little cheaper and should have cheaper shipping than MscDirect.

(96445K267) Precision Metric Belleville Disc Spring Chrome Vanadium, DIN 2, 12.2mm ID, 25mm OD, 1.5mm Thk
In stock at $5.31 per Pack
This product is sold in Packs of 12

I just ordered some hardware for my flood coolant enclosure Wed evening from Mcmaster
and it should be here today (fri), I'm only a couple hundred miles away though.
Later Hoss

[skip20]

don't run out and buy the c6 board from cnc4pc just yet.
gliches are popping up.
changing the motor tuning settings to get the spindle motor to run is affecting the steppers
i.e. pulse width.
have to do a little research.
hoss

Is it the same box as you stepper controller?
I installed a 90VDC speed controller in my bo & the servo's went craze.
skip20