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got photos?

the schematics we post are just for known winners, there are hundreds more motor/drives that will work with Acorn. so just need photos for starters to try and help you out.

open loop on the Z axis of a plasma is NOT recommended, closed loop steppers are cheap these days, so at least put a closed loop stepper on the Z axis of a plasma machine, you'll thank me later. pushing open loop motor to spin at high speeds on the edge of their torque capabilities is a typical prob...

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thanks for taking the time to test it, you guys are the best!

yeah, its a nice CNC computer, be sure to run the Centroid PC Tuner on it first thing!
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ok i looked into this some more and i think i see where the misunderstanding is coming from. Centroid's Velocity Modulation is not "LASER Smoothing" (Centroid has never used the words LASER Smoothing) Velocity Modulation is simply varying the power of the Laser based on the actual velocity...

Holy cow. That's way I had it to start with! My homing switch was mounted near the X table homing switch. My problem is the way part setup software treats the probe trying probe Y starting positive side moving negative. Trying start positive side will move positive rather up across the part towards...