I finally did a retrofit with Centroid Acorn. It is much better than Mach3/Mach4. I recommend it to you. I didn't make the wiring diagram but I can supply pictures. It's much easier than it looks....
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I finally did a retrofit with Centroid Acorn. It is much better than Mach3/Mach4. I recommend it to you. I didn't make the wiring diagram but I can supply pictures. It's much easier than it looks....
Hello guys,
I recently acquired a Cadet-Mate V4020 with OSP700M for pretty cheap (scrap weight metal).
I am completely new to Okuma CNC but I have some knowledge in PLC, HMI, robots and I have...
FlexLaser board and motor drivers
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Laser details
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Hello guys,
Recently got a 120W CO2 laser, 48"x24" laser machine won in an industrial auction.
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Got some help on the Centroid forum by Martyscncgarage, thanks alot to him.
Yesterday I put +5VDC to positive STEP/DIR/ENA of the drives and the minus one to the Acorn.
Everything now moves and...
Some updates guys:
Few pics here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1u9j8W6iZijQFjzr6pYBWuxrCBj6sHnM4?usp=sharing
I prepared the configuration of Windows 10 according to video and...
Good news on my side, finally got the machine!
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More pictures here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nWqYiXED4xNlsZsNggVuDiYTbOX3Tpvo?usp=sharing
The machine seems to be in a...
The only weird thing I am seeing regarding the AXI drivers
and standard driver are the number of pins which doesn't fit.
Standard drivers often seen:
Enable -
Enable +
Direction -
Direction...
I heard good things about reliability from AXYZ but take a look at my other thread to see another side of the medal
(their "support" regarding legacy products and mean responses)
Yes I had that...
Didn't saw anything regarding Serial communication with Acorn. However, there's a board Ether1616 adding alot
of Inputs/Outputs (up to 56) that have a Serial connector (SERIAL 1) on it but they...
Hello everyone, about 3 years ago I bought a small router table (AXYZ Millennium)
from an industrial auction. You can follow a thread I started for
more infos and details on this other thread here...
Hello,
I am located about 1hr drive from Quebec city and looking to convert my machine too. See my post in signature. It seems the best to convert is the ESS Smooth Stepper or the Centroid Acorn....
For sure it would be necessary to extract the fumes and/or use a high quality mask-respirator, the gas out from that will be dangerous.
For the cost needed to try it on a small sample, you should...
I've seen some calculations here:
https://mechextreme.blogspot.com/p/design-symbol.html
if gear reducer is used, depending of ratio it could use a smaller servo size and power.
some formulas...
According to my understanding yes you need to send the GCode from Vectric via ToolPath software
to your machine. If there's another method without changing the controller I am all in. I wish I could...
I just acquire another machine (conventionnal knee mill) to go in my garage and
I wish to use more my router in the upcoming future and switching to newer controller
will make it alot easier and...
I confirm it's RS485 connection between the machine and computer.
There's a converter box. See picture attached.
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not sure if RS232 or RS485. I will check that out and post a picture of it. Should have some time in the next days to take a look
You have a pretty neat setup.
I wish to add laser system to my CNC router one day. However, I will need to update
my controller I suppose to be able to control the ON/OFF of the PWM laser...
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cutting a hole long like this (2 meters) would need a pretty huge machine and some kind of weird jig system.
I think what you should take a look instead is a hot cutting wire for foam. making some...
eBay link:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Glass-Cutting-CNC-CSM-Technologies-Piccola-L70R-Made-in-Italy/124474541937?hash=item1cfb42c771:g:tIkAAOSw-IRfzYb3
CSM Technologies Piccola L70R glass...
if you are talking about the ESS board, it's well explained in their FAQ
https://warp9td.com/index.php/documentation/doc-ess#EssExternalPower
I have the same machine more-or-less, see my signature below. Me too I wish to switch to a more recent controller because the ToolPath software and AMC system from AXYZ is very old and time consuming...
I would be please to receive that. The only documentation I have right now is some I was able to found and had to translate from Russian...
Did you kept the motor drivers and just change the board ?
I wish I could change the main board because it's a bit of a pain sometimes using that old AMC controller... (tool change, origin setup,...
I am not trolling. According to all the chinese machinery I bought over the years thats my mantra.. I am not looking to bash or criticize but telling the truth.
I don't have a laser. However, like pretty much all chinese industrial products, cost/quality is not too bad but don't expect same quality as reliable manufacturer.
Be ready to troubleshoot,...
Hello all,
I make this post pretty much for the future because I found there are not alot of informations on this machine
even if the company sold quite few of them. Since the machine is kind of...
Few weeks later... I just bought another CNC (AXYZ Millennium), will have a post something about it soon, will give the link here...
As for the glass cutting machine;
I am currently taking a...
What I liked about that DynoMotion controller, it looks like to be pretty open-source.
The controller is programmed in C. Everything seems to be possible to modify. It's not a black box
like so...