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You shouldn't require a brake, the z shouldn't drop unpowered. Something's loose by the sounds of it. Also during and estop you should only be...
I'm surprised your motors getting as hot as that. What current was you running? But Certainly sounds like you need a nema 23 if it's purely down...
you should make sure the parallel port drivers are correct and upto date to begin with. also need to make sure the port address hasnt changed
Okay think I'll explain this one more time for people that have already read this and I hope others will pass on this info. From personal...
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That makes sense, Glad you got to the bottom of it.
You could make the joints very strong but 20mm thick profile at anything over 1500 will be very flexible. Id be looking to use mild steel over...
That shouldn't cause it to drop. Either your coupling or motor isn't holding.
If you were using mach 3 id say it sounds like a corrupt setup file. Learnt the hard way yesterday, my y steppers were slowing when jogging with x...
mach 3 or grbl?
beg your pardon.. I misread the price as £. they are a bit cheaper. expect to pay $50 for mosfet.
what are those sanyo chips like? same price as mosfet (hexfet). Not a powerful as mosfet, mostfet equivelent at same money is 5.6a. cant see the...
hexfet drivers or dsp hexfet if you want better repeatability :) tho these can run upto 100khz so your going to want a 100khz motion controller n...
For ply you want a 3 flute to avoid burring, I recommend a downcut spiral chipbreaker, or use a hogger and finish with a 3 flute 30degree downcut...
Really advise against this kit, Its 4.5a drivers dont power nema 23's. Found i lost steps under cutting loads. Probably due to actual current...
Think the question you need to ask here is " is anyone getting good results with grbl and if so what hardware are you using?"
Think you will find xpros have huge value resitors on them already which suggests they have already been optimised in this manner, giving these...
if you use a motion controller such as a uc100 you can use a lower spec pc, its a good idea to use one regardless of the spec imo, reduces chance...
I dont think mach3 is mac compatatble. I have run both and found mach 3 to be alot smoother.
These things are either grbl or Mach 3 never both.
