To me it sounds like there is some mechanical movement on the Z Axis. If we look at what you've discovered pockets are 0.5mm in the positive then the forces on the cutter are upward and a little...
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To me it sounds like there is some mechanical movement on the Z Axis. If we look at what you've discovered pockets are 0.5mm in the positive then the forces on the cutter are upward and a little...
Hi Kett welcome. I was new once to this forum and have received great advice form the users here.
You do not tell us how you are controlling the VFD 0 to 10 Volts or Modbus. I like you built a DIY...
I too am using very small end mills to cut aluminum 2.3mm diameter and I concur with both joeavaerage and metalmayhem coolant lubricant is a must. I use a mist system and it has the best of both...
OK as promised an update on using opto couplers with the Yaskawa Resolver. Below you can see the test setup my laptop connected via USB to the Arduino Mega and the circuitry needed for the reading of...
OK a quick update on the progress of the the Tree Retrofit.
This is a shot of the modified plate that used to have the position for the Z limit. What I've done here is lengthen the slots to...
I too have been using a water cooled spindle on my DIY machine in my garage for over 5 years and use normal antifreeze coolant and it works fantastic. I live in Canada where currently in my garage...
Welcome to the forum! I too am from Manchester in the UK live in Canada now for over 30 years.
Since you have an old oscilloscope I would first place you scope leads on the Step and Direction...
Ok Ladies and Gentlemen thought I'd post a progress update on the Tree 325 retrofit.
So went ahead and ordered a CPMSDHP-3426F-ELS Clearpath servo from Teknic. After studying the old Baldor servo...
Hi Chris I too use 4 Clearpath servos and used to use the ESS but switched to the ETH300 and use the HLFB for status only not ASG. I think that the HLFB signals are being generated and causing your...
Thanks Bradley for the comments sorry been off the forum for a few days. Anyway have ordered a Clearpath from you guys awaiting delivery in the next day or so so I will be giving feedback on the...
Thanks was not aware of the Delta kit. It might be the best solution to date.
The issue I've got at the moment with the Clearpaths is the diameter of the shaft being 1/2" and the Baldor is a...
Many thanks for the fast response. I maybe should have explained a little more of the project and my thinking. This machine has sat for many years but was fully functional when purchased but we'd...
Have a Tree 325 and reading the label printed on the side of the Baldor servo it states 100V DC and Peak current 12 Amps does anyone know the continuous power draw for these servo motors?
The...
Well first things first make sure you laser can power up. You don't give much information to go on. Apply power to the laser and try putting 5 volts on the laser firing pin. There is usually either a...
I too ran your code and it works as written.
Just quickly looking at your Port and Pin selection you have no pin selected for either Pin 3 or 4! You need to assign a Pin to them otherwise nothing will happen just as you've discovered. I cannot...
I've been using Mach 3 with a VFD via RS 485 Modbus for 5 years without issue. Wonderful accurate speed control albeit using a Chinese VFD with the plugin that some kind person wrote. I too use the...
Since all you want is simple control of the Z axis then do a Google search for using an Arduino and GRBL. This will give you the "brain" so to speak to control the stepper. If the stepper will accept...
I too have exactly the same setup been running for years then mine did the same thing. It turned out to be a damaged coil in the motor. As Servtec mentions measure the resistance of each coil and...
You don't specify which Clearpath servos you have but the enhanced versions are usually 6400PPR and one can change this resolution to suit you machine and needs. When you do the tuning this is...
Just tried your code in UCCNC and it works perfectly must be some setting in Mach 4 that is either not set or corrupted.
Hi curiosity22 please see attached settings and diagnostic settings of my CNC that I use with UCCNC ETH...
Just a thought have you got 5Volts on the enable pin of the steeper driver. I note you do not have driver enable pins selected in your setup on the axis page. When you jog are you getting the leds...
Yes it does indeed work as dazp1976 says. I use Inventor CAM and you can many setups with different zero positions and it will post as one continuous file it only stops if there is a different tool...
My bad yes Joeaverage is correct the controller card has to be one of CNC drives own as he mentioned. Mach 3 will work with CNC drives card like the ETH300. Here is my DIY CNC with the laser...
Yes UCCNC is software like Mach 3 and one can use various controller cards like ESS Smoothstepper or CNCDRIVES own ones like ETH300. As I said for engraving UCCNC has its own plugin which allows...
Lightburn generates the GCODE with the M10, M11 and Q commands and if you follow this link it explains a little better probably than I can. https://www.forum.cncdrive.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=3376
I used Mach 3 with my laser just on off controlled via the spindle port pin fine for cutting but engraving needs more control. I moved over to UCCNC and it has an excellent laser plugin that does...
https://www.cnczone.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=469234&stc=1 Yes these circles are there. Also I get 507 errors something about arcs and tool offset. The file is definitely corrupt. I...
Certainly! I do it all the time with both wood and aluminum.