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Thanks Ben! I'll give it a go, presumably digital calipers will work as well? That's what I use when I do axis calibration. Sounds like a similar operation.

I've been tuning my machine up (long overdue) and a lot of the discussion about finding a good velocity & acceleration for any given machine seems to be slowly incrementing one and then the other...

So the last time I tried tuning my motors I ended up stripping out the pots. I know I have to do it but I am dreading it.

One thing I've thought that might help is having the motor closer to the...

Spoke too soon. I'm not sure if this is a fundamental misunderstanding I have about how to set/operate the Z without a home/limit switch installed. Do most people have a home switch on Z?


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I'm not really sure what is going on, I ended up uninstalling/reinstalling the screen set. I also had a version of your 2010 set on there so I uninstalled that. I haven't taken all of your extra...

Ger I've just been reading through the thread and I think that may be the case. I did an aborted Y axis calibration at some point this morning and I think that may have stuck me in incremental. I saw...

Hey Big Tex,

I got the screen set installed last night and everything seemed to be working fantastic (on a G540). It was doing initial setup and zero's just fine. I came back this morning and...

Jason,


You must be in Celsius. That is pretty much what my program looks like . I was more interested in your Settings. If you go into Setup mode where you tune the PID parameters there are...

So I used that same black & decker toaster oven from Wallyworld and the Auber Instruments SYL-2352P and one of their K type thermocouples. I think maybe I went wrong on the thermocouple, it doesn't...

Falcon,

I've also built the "poor man's reflow oven" using the Auber Instruments PID but I can't seem to get the PID values right and the Auto Tune doesn't seem to work worth a damn. Could you...

I emailed the company and they pointed me to this site:
https://www.partspronto.com/Shop/DownloadManuals.aspx

I was able to find the manual there, in case anyone else comes looking.

Does anyone have a manual for this beast? Any experience upgrading the control software? Interfacing with the serial port? Any help would be huge....

Blue Skies,
Mikkel

Hood over at machsupport hooked me up. Somehow the "Home Slave with Master" box in the general settings menu had come unchecked. That seems to have fixed it but I don't have time for a big run to...

Very frustrated. I checked all my connectors. Took the motor apart. Took the db9 housings off and checked the all the connections. This screenshot shows a pin lit, but I'm not sure if it is supposed...

Still struggling with this, I've crossposted to the machsupport forums. I changed out that microswitch and reverted to the stock Gecko G540 xml file. Not sure where to go from here?

Cornbinder, that is a nice manual. I wish I had found that one instead of the one I googled up.


I am having a problem now with my homing switches. They have been working perfectly since I got...

Well I haven't actually run the machine in the past couple of days, I've had the electronics torn up trying to rig up a auto zero z plate and getting my relay wired in properly.

Little hint for...

Dude, that looks awesome! Just found this thread, I will definitely be following along.

It is cutting wood under its own logic but DAMN do I have a lot to learn! I already buried it to the collet and because I don't have a relay hooked up (extension cord plugged into router, relay gets...

First I would like to direct attribution specifically to Ahren of cncrouterparts.com for all parts that are taken from his website. Many of his parts drawings are used in the rendering of my machine....

Looks awesome! Congrats!

@ DIYaholic - Yeah, my dad took him out to the hunting club for the weekend. I'm sure he'll attempt to be in future videos, cam whore.

@ eigstein - It appears the grindy noise and errant motions...

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YouTube - CNC X Y Z axis tests

OK. That was a nightmare. I am using cable chain that is pretty small, about 1 inch wide. This isn't wide enough to allow a soldered DB9 connect to be fed through. If you are going to be in a...

Mark it: 7:33 PM 1/25/11 . The exact time and date I realized I should have just bought the cables from Ahren and been done with it.

I'll be desoldering and properly twisting my wire pairs and...

OK so I got my first introduction to CNC movement :D on Sunday and Monday. By Monday I had the X and Y axis driving smooth and the Z axis mostly working but not even close to what I'd call "smooth"....

1)I haven't put it on a scale, but it is heavy enough I wish I had someone else to lend a hand when I've taken it on and off the machine. Also I have to trim off about 3 inches from the 1530...

Quick update:

I have motion on the X and Y axes, haven't tested the Z yet but that will probably be my task this morning. I had some problems initially with the X axis keeping the slaved X motors...