Hahaha....Spare a thought for us lower league newbies who cant even buy a trophy hahahaha
Yes I'll do the eccentrics in the morning and get her all lubed up and see what the craic is...hopefully I can make some progress...thanks for your time buddy...Here have another TROPHY on me

 

Good Morning @Alex Chambers
I'm about to throw this machine out the bloody window if I'm totally honest
please see new thread I'm at my wits end. maybe its just stupid old me but to be honest there have been too many snags to justify the monetary outlay....I thought this morning was going to be a walk in the park then onto perhaps doing something constructive and time well spent...how wrong I was...up since 6.30 am and still struggling...lol....its funny but not funny at the same time

 

Have you ever seen a 56 year old doing a cartwheel...NO!...hahahahahahaha
I'm up and running peeps..it's been a long journey, longer than I had envisaged but hey with some great forum help from @Alex Chambers etc. finally I'm in a good place, well for now at least...I might even crack open a wee bottle of RED....
Turned out it was a wiring problem with the motor leads at the DUET Controller end, nothing to do with not being square as I knew it was all along or eccentric spacers for that matter....Really their should be better options out there as I crimped, re crimped and crimped again
But its all good now...I'm a tad annoyed at having to do all this work to 3 out of the four motor wires but at the same time satisified that I come through that process, at least I'm a dab hand with the crimp tool now hahahaha I just need to be uber careful putting the fan assembly back on as to not disturb the wires and connectors comming from the DUET.....to me they could have allowed an extra 10mm of a standoff....
Here follows a video of the homing cycle (sorry about the super excited jerky bit at the end lol)...I must remember to untick that box now @Alex Chambers

 

Hi @Stan Howe
All I got with the kit was 2 lengths of wide "V" channel for the interior struts and double "L" brackets so I figured that's the way they go ....some images show different ways of fitting the carriers/strengtheners...This was what I had in front of me...as I wanted my spoilerboard in the HIGH position anyway for now at least.

 

Tell me about it @Alex Chambers ...That took a bit of time firstly to ascertain what was wrong..and secondly the time (perhaps wasted) to re crimp all those wires...I must have been unlucky to have 3 out of 4 fail...but it is extremely satisfying to come out the other end with the solution...
I feel that Ooznest need to readdress this area as it can be very off putting to a newbie faced with having to do this...certainly not what I was expecting....If it wasn't for the support network in this forum how would a newbie rectify this problem on his/her own....
Thanks again buddy...

 

Thank you very much for your kind words and offer of help...for now everything is sorted and the machine is running smoothly..I'm in the fros of tying and fastening everything down and other menial tasks before I cut anything for real....Next step prepping for dust management and getting the router set up and software installed...thanks again
Regards
C

 

Cheers again buddy...
Will do that in the morning...Rugby and Beer awaits...been a good day thus far......

 

Tomorrow night I will construct an email to them @Alex Chambers (they wont pick it up until start of business Monday anyway).. I will air my displeasure with this side of the build purely from a novice perspective...TBH I don't want to weigh in too heavily because their customer service is second to none and they do go that extra mile to help customers be it answering phones, emails and sending out replacement parts as you well know..but I will definitely be making them aware...This seems to be a common problem so rectifying it would save a lot of folks a lot of head-scratching down the line

 

I could not have done this on my own @GrayUK it's more than likely a well known issue... @Alex Chambers was well aware of this (wiring defect) thank goodness... and was able to give me some pointers on rectifying a wire connection loss...what I was not prepared for was multiple failures...clearly this aspect needs to be addressed for the future (I was sent a new set of wiring even though I only wanted a limit switch) so I thought ah ha just do a complete wire swap out, but the NEW wire failed also)...There has to be a better way...I'm happy with The DUET connectors that's just standard computer stuff (I have built a few PC's in my time) some have issues with flimsy connectors but I'm happy with the connector pins, my main concern was the quality of the wiring...It's basically a simple job..but if not done correctly it can, as I am a witness, lead to all sorts of problems that take time to eliminate..

 

You must have had the patience of a saint lol
A big step up from MS Dos then hahahaha....at least you had a GUI .....seriously though thanks for spotting my problem man...it probably would have come down to that in the end but I just didn't think that in this day and age a simple wire connector would pose a problem.. You take these things as a given (I now know different)....Can you imagine a large tech company sending out duff wiring, it wouldn't be long before the phones started ringing.
Regards
C

 

Hi Guys,
Any electricians out there or someone who would know how to perform this (possibly simple) little task below..
The PSU from this CNC machine resides around the back of my bench ....in a limited space I would have to reach around to turn the Duet on and off.
I would dearly like to have a simple switch (think single domestic light switch) attached to the front of my workbench (slimline plastic pattress) so as I could control the unit from there...I dont want any more extension leads.....Can this be done in a simple tidy fashion...
Regards
C

 

Its just a tad too short... Longer lead perhaps ..bought this quirky metal sign today at the Garden Centre...I thought it was pretty apt considering

 

Cheers again @Alex Chambers
on a different note...with my spoiler board being in the high position...does it matter how high the spindle is in the Z axis...I had to lift it up not only to clear any work I'll be doing (mainly 18mm) but also to change bits...does it matter how high you set the spindle holder?? again probably a daft newbie question

 

Ah wot now!!!!..
Lost connection to the DUET WEB CONTROL this morning..been working fine all along..switched it off last night (it was working fine)...now zilch....any ideas peeps.
Regards
Colin