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Closed shop. This has been a very dependable machine over the years and we made lots of $$ with it. From radius cabinet parts, furniture parts and lots of radius Azek molding, this machine has done...

Well I thought I had this narrowed down. To recap, I put in a new Gecko on x2 which was the drive consistently resetting...then that new one tripped. I switched x motors and the motor which was...

Thanks Brady...I suspected this first as well. However, while running it would not short regardless of how much I jiggled, pulled, and generally disturbed the connection. I wonder if a previous...

To those who may glean something from this, an update;

1. I replaced the Gecko drive that was reseting.
2. I replaced my resistors on all Gecko drives to better reflect Gecko's recommendation...

I also like the router but feel that the bearings are not as long lasting as they should be!
Jon

Hello All...its nice to break for lunch and see how many folks are willing to lend a hand...Thankyou!

Stan, I too purchased from Dirk prior to the G4 being available...Sept/Oct 2006. From the...

Mike...Thanks for your input. If I've said something that implies I consider anything from Gecko or Shopbot inferior, I sincerely apologise...it was not my intent. My intent is to make money with...

Hey Brady...thanks for your input. I'm all about having spare parts..in fact I saved my original control box in the event I needed a back-up. However, is there no way to be sure that it is just the...

Its deer season here but soon it will be open season on my SB if I can't get this settled!

Agek control box
PRT w/standard motors
latest control software

Intermittent loss of...

Thanks Gary...I did back off to Safe, cleaned SB completly out and reloaded. Initially SB said it could not find c:\program file\shopbot\virtual tools\setup\exitsb.sbp. I repeatedly recieved this...

Thanks guys for the input! I did my clean install of XP Pro and followed Paco's link and disabled alot of stuff! Clean install of SB software, and reloaded latest driver for Quatech card. This is...

I've now lost my zzero function. I see the light come on on the display when plate touches bit, but z continues to travel downward. I suspect it has something to do with my recent clean install. I...

One last thought for the morning...and then I'm through thinking for the day, if my problem is a com issue between input computer (Dell) and controll box (Agek or SB) then why do I loose just one...

PS...I am running latest vs of SB software.
Jon

I Thank each of you for your input! I use a Quatech PCI card for communication, it is a Dell, previously running XP Home, a perifery job of a clean install, Agek upgrade box (basically same as 4G but...

We are about to start a large project with some fairly pricey material. We continue to experience loss communication problems. Today while air testing a file we would have cut our part in half due...

We are in the middle of a job that will require several files generated from an Artcam model. We are working with an "Independent" to produce the model and generate code as we do not have the...

Bruce...I'm green to Free Doors..I'd welcome the opportunity to check it out from a "new blood" perspective.
Thanks,
Jon

Our setup is a PRT w/router w/Agek upgrade. Today we lost y motion a number of times. Nothing different has been introduced recently. At first I thought it was jog speed related only...I was jogging...

Hello All,
I'm still getting my feet wet, or maybe by this time I'm up to my knees...anyway, I'm looking for some guidance on beginning to understand how to create a, I guess it would be called a...

John and any others who have 2 z's....What are you running (PRT, Alpha)...how did you modify Y carrige if any? What is the center to center spacing of your two cutter's...any pics?? I have a PRT...

We are just getting up and running. I've phoned three vendors for this program and none seem too thrilled or knowledgable. Are many of you using this software? Is there a prefered vendor?
TIA, ...