I'll have to take you up on this. Was in need of a big 20" disk out of 3/8" steel and was quoted a ridiculous amount locally. Should I message you for the shipping address?
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I'll have to take you up on this. Was in need of a big 20" disk out of 3/8" steel and was quoted a ridiculous amount locally. Should I message you for the shipping address?
I actually ordered mine longer than stock to allow for a little extended travel in the y, a few inches more never hurts. You can cut or grind away the center section just big enough for the ball...
I have mine set to around 16000 steps/in for each axis, same ball screws in each for an X2. It should not run better in mm or in, you just have to have the right values to represent the same speed...
It seems like you want the axis flipped. Maybe you're looking at it differently, but I thought normally, the axis were assign how an actually graph is, from 0,0, up is positive y, down is negative...
I would suggest getting a lathe, just a little harbor freight mini will do. It will be very useful in the future too. You will just need to grind away the hardened surface which isn't too thick and...
I never really thought about it but it would be better to be informed before letting your friends use your shop, you never know, things might turn ugly and they'll want to sue.
I was working on a...
What is your acceleration set to? If thats too high they could stall as well. Once they are up and running its less likely to stall.
Damn! Wish you were closer. I've wanted a charter oak 12z cnc for a little while now but for that price, I'd definitely get yours. Good luck with the sale.
I didn't measure the voltage out of mine but but I did use it to power my c10 and smootherstepper. I do remember it stopped working like a month in to using it so I just got one locally, no biggie
Touche, but I was referring to under sized vs over sized, like the 100oz-in steppers he currently has, not under sized vs the right size for fast speeds and no missed steps.
Nothing wrong with overkill steppers, that's a lot better than under kill for sure. If you want to put those motors to use, you can always build a 4th axis or an atc and use them there, or maybe you...
The g-code doesn't run either? You hit cycle start, and the code stops running? Maybe you're calling a macro that isn't properly set up after the crash so it can't continue? You don't get an error...
Wow, I'm sure that was a massive improvement. Now I just need a welder to do something similar. How did you mount the z column to the square tubing?
It worked but when you actually tried to use it it did not start cutting? Could you elaborate a little more. It's been working great for a month for me now. You can also modify it, it's pretty easy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_XlXBq2Szs
M6 Start Macro
'Tool Change Macro For Manual tool change 09/14 CNC4XR7
OldTool = GetOEMDRO (1224) 'Tool In spindle DRO You must add this to your...
There is a good one I found on YouTube.
I will post the link up later tonight.
Its simple and works very well, I did have to add the tool offset to it if I recall correctly. The macro will go...
Backlash compensation should also be used at the end, when you've made sure there are no other sources of error, then you will just be adjusting for the backlash in the nut/screw, not because...
^^^^true, if taking heavy cuts you'll probably get some movement somewhere to cause accuracy to be affect, but he is cutting wood, not aluminum or steel, he should be cutting it fairly easy. Are...
Try plunging a hole with your bit and measure it check the diameter hole its actually cutting. I have found that my 1/4 wood cutting bit/router bit measures about. 2410 and my 3 flute 1/4" end mill...
Just read this whole thread, great work! Hope the progress is coming along nicely
Yeah, software can always be upgrade huh. Oh and yeah I meant hoss, auto correct on my phone strikes again. Well what I meant was more on the lines of mach4 is not where mach3 is at and it is still...
Nice progress. From the posts I've read on Boss's thread, mach4 isn't finished or still has some kinks to be worked out. Mach3 should be fine for a while longer and it's cheaper too.
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It would also help if we knew the size you want to machine, seems like you already have an idea, what materials too.
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Makes sense. I remember why I started sticking with carbide now, I began using 1/8 and 3/16" end mill on my X2 and for some deeper cuts, the larger hss shank than cutting diameter didn't allow for...
Why do you say your mill isn't up to carbide? I use carbide on my x2 with a treadmill motor. I can't comment on the metric end mills though.
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Very nice work on the stand. Are you planning on using coolant later on or was that not part of the design?
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Agreed on getting something bigger to begin with. It's a lot easier to just machine small parts on a mill with larger travels than needed than needing to machine something larger than your travels....
I couldn't figure it out. I decided to just use output controls to enable and disable the spindle with water rpm I set manually. With this progress made, I was able to test out a fixed plate ATC...
I know this is old but it was not answer but it somewhat helped me find a solution.
The M3P is suppose to install when you double click and replace the M3P file with the .dll file plug in, but...
The dir pin would run the enable relay on the c6 board, step would control the speed of the spindle. I had both enabled when I started, pin 8 was step, pin 9 was dir, then I have the common wired in...