Jeff I put the new 4 axis drive board in and the motors locked up but when I hooked the parallel port to the computer the fans never came on and the motors...
I put the new board in and started to set the refs and had 2 of the motors running pretty good but when I tried to set the 3rd motor the whole thing blew up....
Sounds like you shorted things out with your meter leads? Jeff Birt From: Xylotex@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Xylotex@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of sparky38t Sent:...
you were setting up vref with motors connected?what black and red wire? the power wires? there is a com and the tpx test points to get vref.your description is...
Hi, I sent the drive board out to you with all Vrefs preset as you requested. There was no need for you to set anything on the drive board. You need to make...
Hi I have a xylotex 4 axis brand new with all motors 269 oz , I bought direct from factory , will sell for 400.00 . Pictures upon request. 918-744-1808 Regards...
Hello everyone from Xylotex! I just wanted to tell all the people out there that Jeff is a rip off. He charged me $250.00 just for changing a fuse. He sent...
Let me just say that I have been building CNC machines for three years now and I have used Xylotex 3 and 4 axis products exclusively. They are NOT junk!!!...
I purchased a 4 axis system from Jeff and it has worked great. I had an issue right away with one axis on the driver board working intermittently (a cold...
First I don't think it is fair to flame Jeff to the rest of the world. I have got six boards from him and some of them have been runnig for three years without...
Hello, This person bought a machine from a third party that used a Xylotex drive box. This person then proceeded to cut one of the motor cables. He sent in...
... I can only comment on my own experience. I purchased the drive box, with four stepper motors. Not only were the motors more than twice the torque of the...
For what it's worth,I bought a 3 axis plug and play system from Jeff around a year ago. I have had no trouble whats so ever with it. Considering it had to...
I guess we all know why his Forum name is 'Sparky'. Let him get his lawyer, it will be his word and his ineptitude in basic electronics VS. the words of an...
... Unforch for Jeff, unless we can be present and sworn in, our testimony is hearsay at best. FWIW, I'm with Jeff on this one, the stuff works, and very well...
you know,since the beginning,it was apparent sparky38 had absolutely no idea what he was doing with his cnc kit.i am not surprised he blew it to bits and is...
I too have had trouble in the past getting my system up and running. Through the process, I can tell you two things: 1. The boards from Xylotex DO work. If you...
... my system works great too,must be a year or so since i bought it,. i will post pics of my system straightaway,so the "LAWYER" can see the xylotex is a good...
I have two Xylotex boards and have been running them for several years with absolutely no problems at all. The one on my mini router has run for hours without...
I have run stepconf to configure the set up. I have tested it with the test runs. I 've tried to run a couple of the example files with emc2 (flowsnake) but I...
An issue similar to this was discussed recently. Here is a link to the solution: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Xylotex/message/6501 Hope that helps....
sparky38t Would have to agree with everyone else and give Jeff kudos. I have only purchased one kit from him and I recieved several e-mails from Jeff before ...
Hi, Make sure that the STEP and DIR are proper. Using the Xylotex ini should make sure this is correct, but if you modified the setup in any way, double check...
I bought a four axis controller from KDN Tool about 3 years ago. All has been well till recently. For some reason the Y axis is very weak and turns somewhat...
Not an expert by any means, but have you checked the vRef? Sometimes pot's get intermittent and need to be exercised. If you have not touched them in 3 years...
I just received the four motor box yesterday. This is to replace a similar unit that died after about three years of service. I made all the connections as...
