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I'm an easy-way-out kinda guy. Couple swipes with a rag & acetone followed by a strip of 3M VHB tape. It's there for good.

martyscncgarage wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2019 11:49 amYou are one of the "seasoned" users.

Hey I like that one Marty. Much better than old & wore out!

I chose Leadshine for the drive, and then I went to DB25 and then selected "ENABLE DB25 CUSTOM PIN MAPPING" and it then showed the pins that are reassignable: Could you please double check? You're correct as usual Marty. I think the reason I wasn't seeing it was that the DB25 menu selecti...

Dave_C wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2019 2:16 pm If you select say, lead shine that does use 5 vdc for step and direction, then you have the db25 option and the mapping option as well

...except that in Lathe setup the DB25 mapping didn't show up even after selecting the Leadshine option for my little DM542 stepper drives.

...who has been successful getting up and running again on CNC12 4.14. My ORAC's up & running fine under 4.14. Only problem I recall was a self-induced Pro license install glitch which kept my wireless pendant from working for a bit. Considering the number of changes & new features added, I...

ALL-RIGHT, can I get an amen! Looks fantastic guys...can't wait to get home from work tonight & load it up!

Thanks Dana, that helps a lot!

I was using the T-Series CNC11 V.3.16 lathe manual. I realize there are differences when working with an Acorn.

I tried a few changes last night with no success but when I re-RTFM'd on the M105 & M106 I'm puzzled by the "G92" in the example. G92 is a threading cycle according to the manual. How would G92 "Set X position to 10?" A typo maybe? I'll admit being easily confused by this stu...

CarlEnglish wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2019 3:45 pm ....it means i then have to keep replacing the cncm.hom file each time, with my own. Is there a way to modify the defaults for the wizard to keep my files?

As I understand it, no. The 4.14 release will change that to a yes.

#1: How would I go about modifying the homing macro on my lathe to make the axis back off the switch farther (.100” or so) before traveling back & tripping the switch the 2nd time? Here is what I’m using now which is working "OK" with my combined mechanical switch/opto-sensor homing sc...