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guess i had best ship you your computer.

real life has gotten i the way a bit, and i'm apprehensive to take the mill down to start the conversion until i know i have some time to power through it and re-assemble. right now having a manual...

flux, flux, pass.

i have a set of third hands, it's mostly just what a pain soldering the connectors is. everything's pretty cramped and half of it is plastic.

roach clips are for Luddites :P

i turned my X axis motor with the MX4660 and LinuxCNC today and suddenly i don't care about all the time i spent soldering. which is good, because i have a bunch more to do :(

now to spend most of today stripping wire and soldering the connectors for the motors and limit switches. if i'm doing the math correctly it's 16 solder points per axis plus 8 more for each of the...

Control Box progress

I got the PSU and the 4660 laid out and mocked up an input/output panel

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PSU in the bottom to make it stable

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MX 4660 up top to isolate all the 120v AC...

i too learned the pronunciation via youtube, i assume from the author of said screenset. it all makes sense once you know the origins of the lingo. G for gnome, py for python. gmoccapy. but i will...

yep, been playing with YOUR new linuxCNC machine. jerk (flame2)

got a big box of goodies from WW and all sorts of stuff from ebay and other vendors. i should have everything i need today to start...

Power Supply showed up today, i guess i can get started on the control box.
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sorry, i should have been more specific, i can do this by drilling holes (vertically) with the drill press and then remove the rest with the angle grinder... but i'd much prefer to have access to a...

hey guys,

building my g0704 and need some material removed from my column and table to fit the new double ball screws. anyone here in the Salt Lake area that would be willing to help me do the...

WW has been busy

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yes. Hoss' DVD has all the measurements for several different options. Spacer + front motor mount, Spacer + back motor mount direct drive, spacer + back motor mount belt drive. the Y axis extension...

Wildwhl built them. he started with Hoss' 1 piece simple head spacer and made some pockets to reduce weight (and show off).

He's doing 2 complete sets of parts, one for my mill and one for his....

Wildwhl got right to work!

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sorry i mixed those up, your recommendation was for 25x25 with a 76 tooth on Y (25 was harder to find for me) and a 24x24 with a 62T on Z.

B&B's calculator gives me 61T for the Z belt but there's...

i can't edit my old post so here are the new part #s for my 1:1 Z belt setup

thanks, hoss. will update my other post and re-place the order. i think my Z motor is 1/2" drive so i'll obviously be making a change there

awesome! break out the rags and get to work cleaning off all the gunk!

spoke to Marla @ B&B and my order had not been processed yet. i will make some measurements to find a new pulley/belt combo for Z and i should be all set. Once i'm done i'll edit the other post with...

then your docs are out of date... this is from the phase2 and phase3 txt documents. nowhere can i find reference to 1:1 on Z. that sucks. i'll have to place another order and double up on shipping
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Gear Shopping list

i found this to be a huge pain in the ass so listing exact part #s here to make sure it saves somebody some drama. i found this tool to be quite helpful!

Belt Length...

MX 4660 is here, motors and PSU should be here today as well. I grabbed a couple of POS touchscreen terminals to try and use as a LinuxCNC machine but boy are they old! one of them has a whopping 500...

My build buddy found my thread i guess :withstupi

yeah russtuff on youtube had the same experience in his build so i was sort of expecting it, i still need to put them on the static balancer to see if they're bent, but i'm sure they're fine. the...

ordered an mx4660 controller today. looking into connectors for the steppers. anyone have anything waterproof they like that doesn't cost an arm or a leg per connector? the IP68 4 pin stuff is $10+...

Ballscrews showed up from Chai at LinearMotionBearings. the packing was a bit underwhelming but they seem to be ok. now to get the motors and controller ordered

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awesome. if you get a sec i'd love to see photos