Hi,
I got my first lathe recently, within a month I started thinking about adding steppers to it.
I watched a youtube where the guy wrote a bunch of Arduino code to drive steppers with encoders...
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Hi,
I got my first lathe recently, within a month I started thinking about adding steppers to it.
I watched a youtube where the guy wrote a bunch of Arduino code to drive steppers with encoders...
The only other thing I would add is a setting for single cuts that would need XY moves, angles and arcs.
Hi,
I just picked up a round column mill and I want to have a power feed +, is something like this available, like an MCU and code, basically a stepper with driver moving my X and Y, plugged into...
Hi All,
Please be gentle, it's my birthday today and I'm not getting any younger. :|
A few years back I bought something very similar to this for my 6040 CNC:
...
Hello to all you very helpful people!
I got new steppers and M5 bolts for a CNC project, the problem is the bolt head (8.5mm) it a tiny bit too wide (or the stepper grooves are too narrow) to let...
Hello you very helpful people,
I would love some advice for a beginner, I have purchased a CNC, 3D printers (SLA & FDM), 3D scanner and a laser cutter.
Is there a software that can allow me to...
Thanks coherent and wizard!
Hello you extremely helpful bunch.
I went to Ruland.com and ordered couplers, I got the 19.1mm OD version and I ordered 10 each of both the nylon and acetal disks:
...
Thanks Sterob!
I went to RS, spotted the Ruland couplers and didn't really like what RS had in stock, I went to ruland.com (USA) and ordered from there with a flat rate ($25) shipping (UPS) to AU,...
Hi,
I'm a bit of a newbie, I would really appreciate any relevant advice the forum can give.
I just purchased some NEMA 24 steppers to put on my 6040, I would like to find better quality...
Hi All,
Any advice would be much appreciated.
I purchased a 6040 years ago, it did not come with limit or home switches, I would really appreciate advice on switch type, position and mounting...
Hi All,
Looking to save myself some time...
I'm trying to find the stepper motor shaft and leadscrew diameter (for the coupler) for my 6040 CNC without dismantling a working machine, does...
Hi,
Thanks in advance for any advice!
I have EMC2 installed, not got the CNC running yet though.
I have been researching home/limits and it just occurred to me today that EMC2 might support...
Hi Toby,
Can you tell me please where you got the extrusion from, I need 30x30mm?
Thanks.
Richard
I hope I can help here.
I just bought the CNC 6040, the issue you have is not the compatibility of vcarve with the 6040, it goes like this:
illustrator >> vcarve >> mach3 or emc2 >> cnc...
Hi,
Hoping somebody can help.
It's all in the title really, I have got to the stage where I need to put the jigsaw puzzle together:
CNC 6040
G540
EMC2
Cut2d
Thanks bobsch, thats a great thread.
But, the G540 is an issue with the hall-effect switches:
The G540 inputs are internally pulled up to 12V inside the unit, the switch closes, it needs to...
G'day,
Disclaimer: I am completely new to CAM and CNC, I have no real electronics knowledge, I have got most of my info from this awesome forum.
Looking for some advice here or even a design or...
Hello ANZ,
Apologies if this is not the right area.
Basically I want to post how I am getting on with my CNC and hopefully get some feedback, it's for hobby type activities and it will be...
Thanks guys, everybody has been raving about Cut2D in other posts and on other forums so I am going to go for that.
Hi CNC'ers,
Please help if you can.
Kit is:
Chinese CNC 6040 with VFD
The crap controller replaced with GeckoDrive G540 kit
6mm 3 Flute Carbide Endmills HRC50
PC with printer port running...
Hi.
Being new to this, it's all pretty daunting and I am hoping somebody local can help.
I have a CNC 6040 sitting in my North Sydney office.
I want to use EMC2 and I already have the PC.
...
Hello,
I hope you all can help.
I just got a CNC 6040 delivered to my office in Sydney, I have assembled most of it.
I am installing Ubuntu 10.04 - 32-bit on an SSD attached to the LV-67EA,...
Hi i'm back again,
I have been scouring the forums on modding the 6040, all this is new to me.
I have the computer I am going to use, its a fanless, dual-core atom with onboard serial, parallel...
I just bought a 6040 CNC from Ebay, the price was right.
It restricts me to 380mm but I will live with that.
To be honest I dont have the space for anything bigger.
/Richard
Thanks CrazyIvan
Speed = not important
Accuracy = should be able to cut a circular hole correctly in 2mm alu
Power = just alu sheets
Cheers
Richard
Wow looking at bluechick I am dreaming!
I need to look at ebay and downsize I think :)
The "3040" cnc caught my eye on Ebay, does anyone have any experience with this?
Thanks.
Richard
Thanks guys, as you probably guessed I am a novice.
Budget would be around $1200.
A kit from Aussie that I could build would be awesome, me cutting bits up is probably not going to happen.
...
Hello,
Apologies if this is not the right place.
I am hoping you can all help.
I am based in Sydney and would love somebody to build me one of these:
DIY homebuilt 3 axis CNC router,...