Thanks. I wondered if it had any magnetic shielding.
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Thanks. I wondered if it had any magnetic shielding.
I'm curious what would happen if a stepper motor is close to a small electromagnet such as those used to lock a door?
Thanks. That worked. I've tried the machine using pens, and went through 2 of them. Apparently some of the sample gcodes called for deep plunges, which destroyed the pens. I guess I have to learn...
I cant figure this thing out. But it seems my z is going in reverse. How do I fix this?
I'm trying to learn Rhino. I bought the madcam 5 axis for less than $200 using a student discount. Supposed to be very good, though I've yet to use it.
Thanks. I've not yet learned any CAD yet....my wife usually does this for me. Can some one please send me a gcode that prints a letter 'GECKO' that is around 1" case? Thanks.
I got my G540 back from repair today. Much quicker than expected. Free repair, kudos to Geckodrive.
This last week I had lots of time to think things over. I've decided to replace the 48v ps...
I think that's a great option if you can help me with a few things. I'd like to put in into a box so that there is no exposed wires. Can the LCD detach so that I can mount it on the wall of a...
I'm eying the new kelinginc self cooled spindle. Talked to him this morning, it requires a 36V vfd for another $189, around $500 total. I'm not sure about the super PID, unless they sell it as a...
The motor seems a bit large for my project. How much does this cost anyways? I was looking to buy something like a chinese .8kw spindle motor/110v VFD combo, but I'm not sure how well these will do...
I'm looking for a good spindle to be used primarily for milling 6061 aluminum. I need for it to run on standard 110v. Thanks.
Most 4 conductor wire would work. I think that 18 gauge is a bit big when trying to solder to the db9 terminals. 20g might work better.
Hi Arbo. I'm curious since I use the g540 and the ez540 connectors. My steppers get really warm. How warm does yours get...can you grab the motor for a minute or so warm or is it untouchably warm?
Thanks Al. That's exactly what I meant. Their website looks outdated, are they in business? I'll give them a call in the morning.
I have a heavy z axis and would like to apply a shaft lock of some sort to my z axis stepper motor back shaft. Any one know of a manufacturer? Thanks.
I had a fan blowing at it. I was checking the temp as part of my set up, and it wasn't even warm.
Apparently I'm the only one to every blow up a g540 :banana: I have 3 g203vs sitting around, no...
I only have 3 wires going to my gecko drive. 48V dc +/- and an estop. That's not the problem. My motors are two nema17 steppers and a nema 23 stepper. I have the manufacturer's documents,...
problem solved......my g540 just blew the z axis....:mad: bullet proof my @#$...
Sorry, I meant bipolar series..not quite 1/2 the amp, but less than the rated.
My machine is doing the march of death and overheating again....
This is what happened that cause my machine to overheat last night, now it's doing it again.
I'm trying to calibrate the steps...
After talking to geckodrive tech support, apparently I forgot that my stepper motors were in bipolar parallel mode and thus 1/2 the amp. So I spend the last hour replacing the burned out motor. ...
Well, I just got off the phone with geckodrive tech support. Apparently there is no voltage going to the limit switch inputs on the g540. It detects a grounding signal. So any limit switch will...
No offense taken. The main goal of building all this is to learn the process. I have zero background in mechanical design or electronics. Learning step by step on this forum and several other...
I'm not sure what the stepper model is other than that it's 2amps.
I was going to use this machine as a 3D printer as well, but there would be too much compromise. The print area would be a bit...
Because my motor burned out at 2k. They are vexta nema 23 motors. There's a label in the back that stated it's 2a.
Thanks, maybe I had it back wards. I'll turn them all down to 1.5k.
But the motor was running for about 20 minutes. Taking very small steps.
I had it at 2k but the motor ran hot and fried. Then I noticed my other motor getting hot as well. So I turned up the pot to 5k and it still heated up.
The motor that fried did so during my...
I have more than 2k, I have 5K of resistance. The pot is to adjust the EZg540, not the trim pot on the gecko.
My motor states 2A and measured 5ohms across each winding
I can't read the value on my EZg540....but I have it turned all the way counter clock wise and the measurement across pins 1 and 5 is 5kOhms.