Thread: FNQ Cairns-CNC BBQ-20 July 2013...Bigger and Better !!!

Hey guys just a quick message that I haven't contacted the software vendors for the prize's, bit of a long story but basically in the weeks leading up to the BBQ I decided it may be fun to totally re-arrange my desktop PC's and mix up all email correspondence regarding the software prizes, nothing is lost, just spread around a bit. Add a crazy busy work week and here we are.

At the latest I will get all the details sent away to the sponsors by Saturday.

Cheers.

Russell.

HEEEYYYY Russell
How are we going with the software prizes?
We can't even remember what it was that Lee won.

Get Lee to check his email, I sent him info on that, his prize was a newfangled mill wizard licence.

Let me know if he doesn't have anything yet.

Russell.

Hi Russell
Just checked, nothing there but about 20 Spam emails

Is anyone likely to post some photos of the day for us poor disappointed suckers that couldn't attend to look at?

Originally Posted by SAISAY

Hi Russell
Just checked, nothing there but about 20 Spam emails

Can you PM me his email address, it was written down on the notepad I brought along, maybe I got it wrong.

Hi Geoff, yep, I have just got hold of the photo's (long story) and will start uploading them tomorrow.

Cheers.

Russell.

Thanks Russel.....will look forward to that. If there's another gathering next year anywhere, I' going to make sure I get there somehow.

Cheers

OK here are some photo's, in no particular order...it seems to let me post them all at once, so here we go

Got the code for the software today, can't wait to try it out.
Thanks again Russell

Tried to fire up my machine today, first time since the BBQ, it seems the Z axis drive didn't like the trip home, at first I thought it was just blown but after turning the leadscrew by hand it seems it has lost its settings, as it kinda tried to hold position but let me turn it two turns before fighting back.

Oh well at least it worked on the day haha.

Only problem it was about two years ago I set the PID parameters and I am pretty sure I didn't write them down...oh well they say you don't learn anything if everything works !

Russell.

Well luckily for you the Z axis doesn't need PID settings, it is only the spindle that uses them.
All you should need to do at the most is re-enter the Mach ports and pins, but it sounds more like a loose or broken wire to me.

Originally Posted by epineh

Tried to fire up my machine today, first time since the BBQ, it seems the Z axis drive didn't like the trip home, at first I thought it was just blown but after turning the leadscrew by hand it seems it has lost its settings, as it kinda tried to hold position but let me turn it two turns before fighting back.

Oh well at least it worked on the day haha.

Only problem it was about two years ago I set the PID parameters and I am pretty sure I didn't write them down...oh well they say you don't learn anything if everything works !

Russell.

How far off is the new machine from completion? May be its time to retire the old one!

Originally Posted by Bob Willson

Well luckily for you the Z axis doesn't need PID settings, it is only the spindle that uses them.
All you should need to do at the most is re-enter the Mach ports and pins, but it sounds more like a loose or broken wire to me.

Actually it does use them, I am running servo's on the 'ol red beast, using the Elm Chan high power version. I just need to plug into then serially and re-enter the settings. Luckily I can plug into another axis and read its settings and start with that.

Originally Posted by Smirkin

How far off is the new machine from completion? May be its time to retire the old one!

Ha Ha that was my first thought, unfortunately I think it will be a little while, I am a slow builder/learner lol.

Russell
I sent you a PM a few days ago