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Indeed. If you find out, do let me know! :)

I did join over there. :)



I just want to replicate the jog distance buttons and the step/continuous buttons. If I just make a new button and copy over the same settings that the originals...

I just now saw your reply, I guess I never got an email saying I had a reply...

Anyway, I tried that but can't get it working. I have made a button on the main screen that needs to switch state;...

They are both there. I can toggle the green light just fine from within the button editing menu, it just doesn't toggle itself when actually clicked. The original buttons toggle when I click the...

I'm editing my screen to get the jog controls on to the main screen and it seems they can't be just moved over, despite changing the layer number. So I've duplicated the buttons on the main screen...

Ah ha! It's in the one screen I've not really ever used, appearance! Thanks!




Indeed, which is why I'm trying to reduce the possibility of any stupid little mistakes that cost me extra...

That's true, as long as I remember to hit the "start from here" button before "cycle start", but I'd like to prevent inadvertently doing it.

I'm pretty sure I did but I'll check when I get home.
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First up, Cycle Stop. Can I change the cycle stop button to issue a command equivalent to M30 or "stop program and rewind to first line"? I just busted a nice tool because I stopped the program,...

I'll be getting a DAC for the speed control but how do you tell it rotation direction? I want to be able to run the spindle entirely with Gcode and while you don't need direction often, I figure...

I'll try and measure that tonight but I'm not sure if you can measure resistance while there is current flowing through it?

Interesting...

I was thinking insulation at first but thought if that was the case I could read some resistance between one of the windings and the case but the meter just reads open.

Thanks for the response, but I do realize it really needs to be grounded - my question is more of a theoretical one as in why there is normally voltage present through the body of the motor at all...

Same here. I don't know why they didn't bother to with this one... just a tapped hole in the end cap and a 3" length of wire is all it will take.

Oh, this was definitely not "sensitive meter" voltage, it was straight wall outlet, 120V 10A voltage - I've been shocked enough to know that feeling, lol.

I did partially dismantle mine in an attempt to troubleshoot this and did see that the "earth" pin #4 was not connected to anything. No wire, nothing. Although I had heard this was the case so I...

I have a water cooled 2.2kW ebay special spindle driven by a Hitachi VFD. Two 120 lines going to the input terminals of the VFD (for 240 volts total) and the earth connected to the grounding...

I've got a TinyG and 2.2kW water cooled spindle with a Hitachi NES1-022SB. So far so good on the wiring and it works just fine, however I'd like to have the gcode control my spindle speed for me...

Oh, duh! You don't NEED to run them at full current... I... I should know that... lol They can only pull the current you supply.

Thank you. :)

Unfortunately I'm limited to 3A and 30V - technically it's only 2.5A but I'm told you can run to 3A with active cooling which isn't a problem. Maybe I just have to go with smaller ~175oz-in motors...

So I need an inductance of around 1 mh... What about torque? What's an acceptable torque figure for CNC in wood and even light aluminum? I don't need to go fast on the rare cases where I need to do...

I actually have that one bookmarked! :)

My only concern was would it be able to move quick enough with just 30 volts?

Thanks for the welcome, glad to be here!

I've done tons of research on steppers and I've been familiar with them for a long while but I'm stuck at deciding which ones to buy. I've got a 3040 CNC frame coming and want to outfit it with...