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Rusty, I have sent you a PM.

As of this date, I have found that with a UC300ETH and the M45 board the current plugin on the UC page will not work with mach3.
I had to get the UC300ETH V1_015 plug in and the connection error...

Does anyone have or know where I can find the dimensions of the X axis lead screw nut block?

I am doing a DIY CNC conversion on mine and I forgot to cad the original block before screwing it up :)...

USB 6040 CNC Router setup

You sir are 100% correct in that thinking. That and the fact that the 6040`s mostly have supported rails for the Y axis make it a better machine hands down. The size is better as well. But alas,...

to answer the speed question....... when I cut the wood, I was .1 inch deep, 40% step over, 12k RPM at 100 IPM and more. All with a .250 4 flute ball nose endmill shredding the Pine....

Steve, Mine was only $800 ish. It was for a project I had to do. The wire and the electronics (controller boards) suck out of the box especially with only a 24v power supply. A G 540 with the...

look at your cable job, is the USB cable laying with motor cables ect? Separate them.
Is the control box right next to the computer with a mess of cables going every where?

Did you turn off...

Mounted the 1HP spindle to the router, cut some pine and MDF........ Had a great time doing it and got wonderful results.

Made some custom VW 6x9 speaker grills.

if you where loosing steps, the holes would get shallower as you go. This is because the motor stalls as it is trying to go down but mach things is it moving. Effectively raising your Z zero up if...

First impressions of the Ugra Spindle.
https://youtu.be/yk9zZxjicss

I will chime in here, the internet is a wonderful thing. You can research products before you buy. Informed decisions are always best. I bought my cheap router knowing full well what it was, and...

Looks great. I could not tell it was painted.

I have plans to make a new Z axis as well. Hoping to use rails and bearing trucks for the X and Z.

I little sneak peak at an upgrade

Glad to see your still working with/on it. I hear you about the flex in the machine. That is why I refer to it as the noodle router. I do have some large supported rails on the shelf and some...

Sorry for the long delay,
Dont know if you need the answers still, but I simply took the nut off and the bearing and raised the screw up to meet the new motor. Put a coupler on the shaft and all is...

first thing I did was lay a straight edge across the table surface. left to right my table is very wavy. High and low spots. This is because the extruded table top has bots about 2 inches apart...

glad to hear it.

Here is a little tutorial video I did years ago. Ver. 8.1 but the steps should be pretty close to the same as 08.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLxa80xmv28

I hope this helps.

double post apperantly

I guess the one thing that needs to be know is. Are you wanting DEEP lines or light top surface markings. I have engraved some airsoft AR recievers and found that alot of times the crappy castings...

artcam will always simulate the toolpath in a flat. Just the way it does it.
When you created the toolpath did it show the red lines going around the model?
Save the toolpath with the rotarty...

On page 10 of the BOB manual I take it to mean that is the voltage in got the vfd. On every speed controller I have ever worked with there was always a 12-24 v set of input terminals and a 0-10v...

Also looking at the BOB, The POT at the back righ corvner controls the 0-10 V to the VFD. Make sure it is not turned all the way down. You can use a volt meter to see if it is putting out.

what pin numbers do you have the spindle going to?
In the motor setup you may have to set the direction port to 0 as mach will complain about pin 16 being used twice.


It should also be said...

lets verify that you have your wirering ect straight.
X axis should be 2-3
Y axis 3-4
z axis 5-6.
If all your cabeling to the drives is correct. I would swap the X and Y drives to make sure...

The hardest part about the G540 is wirering the motors and not forgetting about the current limit resistor in the motor plug. G540 is a great stepper drive and a breaze to setup in mach.

I am sooo going to sound like the bad guy here.
It looks as if I have the same 3040 4 axis router as you. That "thing" they call a spindle. Its not up to the task. It is a hand held flex shaft...

The shipping damage was pretty minimal. Nothing I was worried about as I knew going into it that I would be redoing the machine. I had no desire to use the stock motors or controller as I knew out...

I got the router running. But it had so many stupid problems that I had to tear it down and do some reworking to it.
The pain chips were bad, burs on almost all the parts. nothing was square. ...

So between the craptastic paint that is very uneven and flakes off if you breath on it, The burs on the holes on the underside of the table and the flatness of the table. This type of machine is...