Re: Boss Project & Questions
I have a BOSS3 with the "knuckle head".
Originally Posted by
sdmuleman
What software would you recommend?
I found that MACH3 was BY FAR the easiest to set up and get support. I spent a week searching the net and asking questions in forums and EMC2 support was so bad I switched to MACH3 and had it running in a few hours. You can use MACH3 in "demo" mode (for free) if your G-Code is less than 500 lines.
Originally Posted by
sdmuleman
The knee ways have the original scallop pattern intact.
The Y axis ways are chromed, so they wouldn't rust when the other axes might.
Originally Posted by
sdmuleman
I recall seeing something at one point that you could tell year of manufacture and some such info off the serial but can't find it
I found that info a few years back on the website where I bought my manuals. But that web site is now gone. If you need a copy of the manual for a BOSS3, I guess I could copy the CD - they are in PDF format.
Originally Posted by
sdmuleman
If anyone has an extras stepper please let me know. I need one for the 3 (square) and one of the later round style.
All the stepper motors should be the same, it is the heat sink that is used that makes them look different. The BOSS3 use a square heat sink with the fins perpendicular to the motor shaft. Subsequent heat sinks are radial (parallel with the motor shaft). When I swap-out my stock steppers, I'll have no more use for them. I don't have a hard schedule as to when I'll be swapping them....
Keep an eye on eBay, I've seen them there.
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900 - 1944)