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New Endplates being cut today. I want more rigidity, and this will help. But, now the machine will make its own parts. I will have to make 4...
Hello, I was doing some investigating, and came up with what I believe is a good solution to fix this. I have ordered one to test and will...
Hello, Just got to my machine. And same. Unplugged the usb from The black box. And probe light went out. Plug the usb cable in, and light comes...
This came from openbuilds. So yes, it is the meanwell power supply.
yes. You are correct. The 24v dc transformer. I have 2 here, and both work the same.
Ok. So my setup now is ac to vfd to spindle. No connection from spindle or vfd to dc. I’m not connecting the control from black box to vfd. If I...
After some reworking. And a bit of Re-running of wire, it is ok. And for me, it’s not just the z axis, since I’m using linear rails all around....
Sooo. I pulled the switch off of the machine. And if I test from ground to the through hole for the mounting screw, I get a connection. That is...
Sooo. If I measure from the ground of a xtension switch to the frame. And the switch is not connected to the black box. I should not get a...
Hello. ok. I am having the same issue here as well. I do not have the vfd connected to the spindle, and when I attach the magnet to the spindle I...
Project Completed! Ran 1 quick test. And all worked great. Tomorrow I’ll run a real job test and post the results. This will be a real test, as...
New vfd arrived. And is working fine. The problem was a faulty power cable. Seems that pulling the cable through the cable chains cause a wire to...
Well. ****. I released the magic smoke some how. I tested the spindle prior to putting it on the CNC. Everything was great. I installed the...
It lives. Need to do some more work on the mounts for the ball screw because I don’t like it. But it lives. Now I need to cut some stuff after I...
85% done. So far. No real issue. But I forgot To attach the x axis ball nut to the XZ plate so I have to disassemble the z axis. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Well. It’s alive. Sorta. Y/a is installed and running. I can’t install the X/z axis because I miscalculated screw lengths to attach the plates to...
Plates in hand. Build moving forward. [ATTACH]
Build commencing. Base and y axis done. A axis and x axis today. Plates cut and I’m going to get them now. Hopefully we will be moving tonight!
STEP files for the YA and XZ gantry plates have been uploaded. These are the final that are being cut now. The linear rails have been moved to...
Ok.. How about this.. What if I used a 35MM screw to mount the rails to the C-Beam. Mount through the C beam and use a 8MM diamater washer and...
