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OK guys, I have now replaced all the bearings including those on the Y axis as well as the Z. The transformation is almost startling!. The whole machine is far quieter than it has ever been - and...

What exactly does the insertion of the three M8 steel washers into the Z axis where the lead screw passes through achieve? Surely the lead screw is held centrally by the stepper coupling?

Not...

Brian,re: your previous comments...

My parallel cable is only 2 metres long and as said, I have the 'excess' length coiled inside the driver housing plastic box - which has never caused a problem...

Hi Brian,
As far as i know, yes the X is locked (powered). I have never checked the 40v supply whist operating - it is a 10A supply so should be sufficient, I will check tomorrow to see what...

Hi All,

Let me clarify....

I have just rebuilt my Computer following a hard-drive failure. I had been sensible in that I had all my settings and xml file backed up to another drive so it didn't...

OK Guys - final update. Have now assembled the required resistor (3.34Kohm) on my test motor as was unable to source the 3.5Kohm this side of the USA without going 'over the top' pricewise - also...

Thanks KOC2 for the comments on the spreadsheet, like you said, the addition of theoretical speeds may help other folk out there to more easily assess different scenarios and their effects - before...

Many thanks for the input guys...

Have now ordered a resistor pack for the G540 so that I can change the resistor as suggested By KOC62. And yes you were right to assume a direct drive setup. This...

Machine is setup for inches - I'm 72 years old now but I still prefer inches over those foreign units imposed on us by the EU back in the 70's!!!

Hi all,
I’m looking for a little advice concerning a possible upgrade of my machine to use a Gecko G540 Driver on my Marchant Dice CNC MDL-A4 CNC machine.

I currently run this using a HobbyCNC 4...

OK everyone, have sorted the issue now and would like to say it has all been my fault completely:withstupi

As I said, I did all the measurements correctly - before actually finishing off the...

Definitely touching - twice in fact, once at 10.0 IPM and the second time at 5.0 IPM...

Hi Ger21,

Yes I did measure the plate - once by vernier and twice by micrometer - both results tallying...

And yes, I am using a parallel port.

I have recently installed the Big-Tex Probing screen v3.2 which seems to work absolutely fine.

However, after much testing now, I am getting a consistent error in that, once I take the touch plate...