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Gerald D
Tue 04 November 2008, 10:31
Hi All

Quite often we do some troubleshooting in the personal threads, or somewhere else, and go through the pitfalls that more folk are going to experience. I would like to keep copies of all those troubleshooting discussions in one place (http://www.mechmate.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=83).

See this example of Fabrica in Sri Lanka:
http://www.mechmate.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1066
The reason for his jerky gantry movement was a simple Mach setting, but we jumped through a lot of hoops before he discovered the root cause. That discussion and solution shouldn't get buried in only a personal thread.

Can everyone tell us here of anymore buried discussions that I should copy to this (http://www.mechmate.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=83) sub-forum? Thanks

Marc Shlaes
Tue 04 November 2008, 14:05
GregJ just had the same type of jerky cut when he used a certain method to draw shapes in Rhino. He was so sure it was mechanical he started disassembling motor mounts (if I recall).

Greg J
Tue 04 November 2008, 18:02
Marc is correct. I experienced some very strange motion (jerky) and thought it was a loose pinion.

What's the best way to "clip" those thread and post here?

Or how do I make a link for just a few posts ? :o

Gerald D
Tue 04 November 2008, 21:55
Greg, your post above is number 3 of this thread - you can see the #3 at the top right of the post. Right click on the "#3", Copy Shortcut, Paste, gives a link to that post. Eg.
http://www.mechmate.com/forums/showthread.php?p=16845&postcount=3

So, if you see a troubleshooting discussion anywhere, copy the first post of that discussion to here (this thread). I will dig from there on to find all the posts up to the solution and make a thread of them.

Gerald D
Tue 04 November 2008, 21:56
Marc, I have already caught that one as an example. I didn't make it clear enough that the sub-forum of threads looks like this for a start.:
http://www.mechmate.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=83

J.R. Hatcher
Wed 05 November 2008, 03:53
http://www.mechmate.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8222&postcount=160

J.R. Hatcher
Wed 05 November 2008, 03:53
http://www.mechmate.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8246&postcount=162

J.R. Hatcher
Wed 05 November 2008, 04:00
http://www.mechmate.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8376&postcount=198

Gerald D
Wed 05 November 2008, 04:27
Thanks JR.

Doug_Ford
Wed 05 November 2008, 18:14
http://www.mechmate.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6289&postcount=12

Gerald D
Wed 05 November 2008, 21:44
Thanks Doug.

Doug_Ford
Thu 06 November 2008, 16:54
http://www.mechmate.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1874&postcount=55

Doug_Ford
Thu 06 November 2008, 16:55
http://www.mechmate.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1921&postcount=100

Doug_Ford
Thu 06 November 2008, 16:57
http://www.mechmate.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5091&postcount=95

Doug_Ford
Thu 06 November 2008, 16:59
http://www.mechmate.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5363&postcount=116

Doug_Ford
Thu 06 November 2008, 17:05
http://www.mechmate.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10226&postcount=152

Doug_Ford
Thu 06 November 2008, 17:08
http://www.mechmate.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6131&postcount=1

Doug_Ford
Thu 06 November 2008, 17:09
Thank YOU Gerald. Besides, I'm expecting to have to use this stuff one day so I'm really helping myself. :)

Doug_Ford
Thu 06 November 2008, 17:22
http://www.mechmate.com/forums/showthread.php?p=11121&postcount=1

Doug_Ford
Thu 06 November 2008, 17:27
http://www.mechmate.com/forums/showthread.php?p=9112&postcount=1

Gerald D
Thu 06 November 2008, 22:15
Good going Doug!

With my memory these days, I remember someone having jumper issues on the PMDX in the last 3 weeks, but I can't remember who it was - anyone help us out?

Greg J
Fri 07 November 2008, 05:41
http://www.mechmate.com/forums/showthread.php?p=16617&postcount=41

Gerald D
Fri 07 November 2008, 06:33
That's it, thanks.

Looking over that forum and its topics, it strikes me that the majority are just getting started, teething problems. But I suppose most machines havn't been around long enough for wear and tear issues. :)

domino11
Fri 07 November 2008, 07:25
But I suppose most machines havn't been around long enough for wear and tear issues. :)

Or the design is just too darn reliable. :)

Gerald D
Fri 07 November 2008, 07:52
Simplicity = reliability