Mach 4-Axis Board Configuration

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Re: Mach 4-Axis Board Configuration

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In my "SeeMeAdmin" post above (on top of second page), The Z and A axis dip switches should be set the same, for 1/8 stepping. X and Y are set for 16th microstepping.
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Re: Mach 4-Axis Board Configuration

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Yup.
Went over the settings very carefully and used the slic3r settings for 3mm,.02 yoda. A little fiddling and WOW. fantstic prints on Plexiglass with ABS.. Hard to belive the print quality. Thanks for a great product.

Only thing we need is some kind of good feed system. The machine needs a little tending cause the filiment tends to jump over each other and jam.. But with a little tending no real problems.

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Re: Mach 4-Axis Board Configuration

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Below are my Motor Tuning Profiles. They turned out to be double of that of mhackney's configs. I also had to reverse the motor direction for the correct + and - direction.

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Re: Mach 4-Axis Board Configuration

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You probably have your 34 Axis board configured for a different micro step than I do, that's why your steps per are doubled. I think I have mine configured for 1/8 stepping. How is yours configured?

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Re: Mach 4-Axis Board Configuration

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No idea what the stepping is... is that configured on the board by the jumpers? My jumper settings came from Steve's with Seemecnc. So you think it could be set to 1/16 micro step right now?

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Re: Mach 4-Axis Board Configuration

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Tizle, yeah, the board you looked at up in the lobby was 1/16 stepping.
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Re: Mach 4-Axis Board Configuration

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Hi,

I am curious if anyone installed limit switches? Do you have photos or diagrams? Thanks!
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Re: Mach 4-Axis Board Configuration

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Hello
I am new to seemecnc and I have a quick question that I hope you guys can help me with. I have had a 4 axis board for a while now and I think it may be an older one because everything looks the same except my dip switch only have 2 switches per box instead of 6 as shown in your pictures. Will this affect the jumper fix? Thanks in advance.
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