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I haven’t tested this yet, but Trevor from newfangled pointed out the current “recommended” mach4 version which is 4809 can be downloaded from the warp9 directions, along with their recommended ESS...

Yeah I am only seeing the 5000 download for mach4, I can get earlier plugins for ESS, but I don’t see anything for mach4 anyone know where I might be able to find the old versions?
I also can’t find...

Good to know! I just launched mach4 and it said v266. So I guess I’ll try updating to 309. Looks like mach4 is 5036, warp9 instructions to install say to use v298 I believe for 5000 series, does that...

That’s usually how I play updates on this sort of thing, I’m not sure the build I had or have now, just that the previous build was from around 2019, and the new one is from last week. If I recall it...

I’ve been using Mach4 for several years now, ai run it on an old desktop and up until now it has worked fine, I updated mach4 as well as had to load a new machine profile in fusion360 when that...

Well this is all great info so far, and I’m not dissuaded yet. I know this will be a long process, I like the idea of steel with engineer grout, the epoxy I referenced for placing the linear rails...

Good to know, I was under the impression that cast iron was the best, and maybe it is in terms of rigidity and vibration damping, you are right about planning on being able to machine the frame for...

I am planning to build a new cnc mill, and started designing one, but started thinking there’s gotta be a better way than the typical base and tower type machine, if I’m gonna build a custom machine,...

Well I kinda forgot about this thread, but if anyone is interested, I made a very amateur video showing some of the things I’ve done to the mill, I only did one brace on the column, and it did indeed...

I have an 18” spi height gauge, that I’m having problems with getting the lower 6” or so to read, it all works normally above that, but Once it hits a certain point it just goes to some random number...

That sounds like it will be a hell of a machine, I have been wanting to build one myself, in a similar fashion as yours, just as rigid as possible, this conversion has been a fun project, and I...

Is a 1.8kw motor enough power, what is that about 1hp? I’m guessing different types of motors have different tourque curves, thus being able to run less power more effectively... are you running an...

I think my original 110v motor that came with my Bolton zx45 mill is starting to get tired, it’s bogging down in areas that it did not used to, which is causing all sorts of problems when it happens...

I made up a brace, quite a bit of work cutting out a chunk of 1” steel plate, I cut it out with a torch, then had to go back and forth getting the draft angle of the casting just right, and test...

I am still having problems with my Z axis alarming, it’s not because of binding, as I can turn the shaft by hand in the position it alarmed in, and it does it going up and down. Has anyone had a...

I was wrong about having a few inputs available, I only have one more open, is there an add on board that would allow the use of the alarm and enable features more easily?

Good thing I just bought the c11g then, so you say that there is a way to hook it up to the c11g? I just need to figure out how to do so? Based on the signal that my drive produces? Im willing to put...

Sorry to dig up an old thread, but I have similar questions and hardware that the op used, I have a closed loop steppers, and ESS, and C11g bob, I have it all up and running currently, and now I’d...

Yeah I did use the calipers to get it close, but the only way I could figure was to separate a pit of 123 blocks, then edge find them, but that introduces error between the edge finder, the flatness...

Thanks guys, reversing those did the trick, I have a couple more minor issues, everything works as it is, but it needs to be watched very closely, because randomly the Z axis motor will alarm out and...

Really? So would the politically correct thing to do, be change the directions of my X and Y motors in the Mach control settings? Or is that a setting in post processor to tell it to reference the...

I made my first part today, well, one side of it, still need to face the other side and chamfer it. It’s a rotor guard for a dirt bike. It went very well. I used fusion to post it, and mach4 ran the...

You are probably right, I bet one exoskeleton brace would probably fix 90% of the problem, the other 10% would probably need another 3-4 braces, but I bet one placed right in the middle would do the...

External mounted ball screw would have been a good idea, That never crossed my mind, I have already built and installed the motor and ball screw though, not that I couldn’t do it over, just that I...

I am just finishing up my zx45 cnc conversion, I have another thread about it, but my question is if anyone has a solution to the flex of the dovetail ways in the z axis, in about the middle of the...

Almost finished, need to install some limit switches, and put the head back on. But here it is running a bolt hole circle, the Z is hooked up backwards, I assume I can just change the dir low active...

I updated my computer to windows 10, and got mach4 working, I also started disassembling the mill, here is a pic turning the ballscrews ends, that steel is very hard, I used a round ceramic insert...

Just ran my first code, a threadmilling op I made with one of the wizards. I’m pretty damn excited, my fuses and din rails get here tomorrow but I couldn’t wait.

I see, That is good to know for when I finally get it all installed onto the machine.
I do have a quick question about the enable pins though, it’s my understanding that they allow me to enable or...

Woke up this morning, pulled the back cap off the motor, all the wiring was correct, so I put it back together, started everything, and it works now, i have the common set to 5V and I tried changing...