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i used cnc12 control screen to command the spindle and it worked perfectly clockwise and counter clockwise

hi Marty Ok, i powered down everything, restarted the controller, opened up cnc12, pressed the reset button. I checked across the estop contactor red wires 220 volts was there. then using the cnc12 screen buttons i jogged X and Y they moved perfectly! next i jogged Z down in minus direction and it m...

Hi Marty yes I think you are right about pushing machine to hard, im kickin myself right now. I should of circle milled the holes. My questions are could i have damaged the acorn board? heartbeat is good all led lites are lit Could I have damaged the drive? or the servo motor? those 750 watt motors ...

just some pics of my controller Box

Hi Marty I just checked all the fuses, they are all good. Yes Im running the spindle using DYN4 driver with DMM AC servo 1.0 in fact all my drives are DYN4 The Z axis drive has power i have 120 volts to LI and 120 volts to L2 Note: when i open cnc12 press reset that pulls in relay but when i press c...

hi All I have a G0704 mill running Dmm 750 watt servos for XYZ and a Dmm 1.0 servo as a spindle motor. my controller is 220 volts running acorn 4.18 I have limit switches for all axis. My procedure when i power up the controller it to then open cnc12, press reset which pulls in the relay, you can he...

Well, seems i cannot use the DMM auto tune on the spindle motor. Im about to email DMM support and asked for basic motor settings. but if anybody is using this motor as a spindle with success, i would love to see your motor settings. My spindle does run, but in aluminum with a 1.5 inch 3 flute facin...

im still having issues with spindle settings lack of torque

This is my final running motor settings, after i adjusted the auto tune settings

I figured it out. I by passed the contactor, to supply power to the drives. Which is wrong I was staring at the control and contactor and noticed there were some wires connected to the contactor off to the side. Made me think, maybe i need to supply power to the supply side of contactor, then pig ta...