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Hi, I have a cheap usb pendant I would like to use with my milling machine as I did before I swapped from Mach3 to acorn. Is there anything I need to do to get the pendant working. Thanks

I have reset the steps etc. and have managed to get the calibration down to a few thousands of a mm. I just need to sort the backlash out now. But I think I will add a few lights over the milling machine as it’s winter here in the U.K. and very dark days.

Just found the problem. I got the motor to thread revolutions count wrong. I must get some light in the workshop, or better glasses.

Thanks shawnM

Hi, today I watched Marty’s video on how to calibrate the axis. However for some reason it’s not working for me. Here is what I set up. I am using a closed loop stepper driver and motor. The driver is a CL57T with matching Nema 23 motor. Within the acorn wizard I have made the following settings. St...

Thanks for getting back.

Hi, I had a stepper driver go down yesterday, and all my motors are now old. So I am thinking of replacing the open loop system with a closed loop system. However money is tight at the moment and I can only afford to replace the broken unit at the moment. So I have a few questions. I watched Marty’s...

Thanks. Will give it go.

Hi, can anyone please let me know the input movement commands for the X,Y and Z axis please. I am working in metric. This is so I can calibrate the machine. Thanks

Hi, today I set up the acorn board on my mill. However I have ran into a few problems. The Y axis motor runs fine in both directions. However the X axis motor only moves slowly and the Z axis not at all. The Z axis motor does lock up. All the motors are the same. I set the motors in centroid to the ...