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OK buddy. I'm not at all familiar with the 800w sets so all good. Next step will be the grounds. And FWIW I doubt the 800w spindle will generate...
I am a big believer in proper grounding. No matter what shielding you have on the stepper cable, it's not enough to me. With the OX design with...
Hi Michael. You say you are running on 110V. Is that correct and what size spindle are you running? I have 3 2.2kw and 1 1.5kw spindles - they all...
IF you have any issues with that, putting a line choke on the spindle cable would be the first thing to try, followed by makeing sure there are...
As I mentioned a few days ago, I really wanted to flip the X axis over so that chips can't build up in the screw. After I flipped it I discovered...
Oh, those plates :) Those were a couple that were salvaged from a 3d printer kit I was helping a young friend build. It was such a poorly designed...
Anodize? No I didn't. One of these days I'll built up the tub and stuff I need to do that, but not yet. :)
Micheal, that works fine. The shielding will work fine as long as least one end is grounded. I usually ground both ends, just to be safe. On the...
Awesome! That's why I built it, hoping to inspire others to to take my simple mods to the great OB machine and add some of their great ideas to it...
That's true my friend, except I always seem to need more ports than a uno can offer. Such as full spindle control, all functions of the VFD,...
Thank you for the kind words. More to come..... Larry :)
Please keep in mind that all the parts used so far were from my used parts bins. I've been building and reviewing 3d printer kits for a while and...
Thanks Mark. I couldn't have built it without all your hard work laying a foundation for it. The entire build was based on your concepts and...
I'll start the electronics soon, maybe tomorrow. My real question is what operating system I want to use. Mach 3 is easy enough, but I've been...
Hi Tracy. I'm having issues loading files so I'll try a couple attachments.
A few months ago I purchased a real mill for my shop. At last I can retire my Harbor Freight mini-mill and because the new mill uses R8 tooling,...
stargeezer published a new build: Next up will be the electronics package. My parts bins are overflowing with boards so this may be the hardest...
I'm afraid that connecting a VFD to an arduino is one thing I've never tried. I generally use either a BOB (Brake Out Board) w/parallel interface...
I built an OX this past spring (I really need to post the build soon) that uses a smoothstepper, 4 DQ452MA drivers, 2 BOB's and a mix of NEMA 23...
Rack and pinion should work just fine too. Sorry I didn't mention that too. 1605 should do OK for X and Z - as far as that goes 8mm would work for...
