Hey, I totally forgot about this thread until I got the email notification.
I ended up buying the machine from my old boss, It was just sitting there being used as a storage table. I offered him...
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Hey, I totally forgot about this thread until I got the email notification.
I ended up buying the machine from my old boss, It was just sitting there being used as a storage table. I offered him...
Ya, sorry.. Machine was finished except for the 3D Printer side. I milled a bunch of aluminum and engraved a bunch of stainless steel plates with it and had most of the electronics for the 3D Printer...
I would avoid using svideo connectors because they do not lock in place and could get pulled out, also they probably arent rated to handle the voltage and current..
I used XLR Microphone connectors for my servos a few years back and they are stil working well, and look great. On my new machine some DIN connectors came with the electronics enclosure and Nema24...
I would love some assistance.. mind you youre a few months late.. but it seems typical of Multicams service.. Ive learned not to expect much help from you guys..
Im still in need of a new...
You'll definatly blow your budget.. for a machine that size and "total overkill" you'll be spending at least $5000 probably more.. Things add up quickly and large machines need to be ridged, you will...
You'll be hard pressed to build a machine that will do everything you listed for $500, tooling, software, and the like will blow that even before you start building a machine..
My advice is to...
Probably getting tool marks from too high a stepover, or wrong kind of bit, What are you using for the 3d work? it should be a ballnose bit.
Im running the Ethernet Smoothstepper with a G540 on port 1 which leaves me with port 2 and 3 available for inputs and outputs, Works great I only have ports 1 and 2 hooked up since thats all I need....
I spent a while getting the frame as level and square as possible, then I worked on each linear module induvidually getting the rails straight and inline with eachother, Then mounted it all together...
Update
Havent had a much time to work on the machine, im building it at work and work has been busy lately. I get an hour here and there, but its close to being complete.
Ive done all the...
heres another example of supported rails, I dont recommend you try and drill/tap your own rails as its not an easy job to do..
Glacern Machine Tools - Linear Rails and Bearings
Are those supported shafts?
Thicker is better.
while the router is fairly loud.. i find most of the noise comes from the actual cutting, expecially with small diameter bits.
I run a 5x10 Multicam CNC with a Tangential head. Its not going to be a simple task to convert your existing cnc to a knife cutter, You need to get the tangential control to turn the knife in the...
I run a 5x10 Multicam CNC with a Tangential head. Its not going to be a simple task to convert your existing cnc to a knife cutter, You need to get the tangential control to turn the knife in the...
Looks great! I got the same heater control board, havent had a chance to set it up yet though.
How do you like the Gnexlabs controller? had a chance to play around with it yet?
Also, can you...
Ya your probably right, I just know that on my old machine there is a nice deep groove worn in by the linear bearing on the hardened rod from a single row of bearings being the only contact from...
Hanging those supported rails upside down like that is not the best idea, they are weakest in that direction with only 1 out of 5 rows of bearings in contact with the rail.
It looks nice though,...
Im building one of these next, im currently building a large format reprap style 3D printer.
A couple of things I have learned from the various groups and forums about the 3D DLP method is that...
Just a few suggestions, I would see about redesigning that rotating nut, having it cantilevered out like you do and with the forces it may see could cause you some problems. Could you post up on here...
Some more progress pictures.
I had a large 1"thick aluminum plate that was just oxidizing away, I was originally going to get a new piece of aluminum for the table but since im already over budget...
I have that spindle and the Sunfar VFD that goes with it, Mini-type Integrated Universal Inverter (VFD) Automation Technology Inc
I havent had a chance to actually cut something with it, but I...
Thanks Louie!
Yes, the spindle is just the Keling/Automation Technologies Inc. KL-300 spindle, with the VFD300 drive 300W. Info can be found here:
High-Torque Stepper Motor, Stepper Motor,...
Hey Rockcliff, Ive been following your CNC to 3D printer thread and the one on your forums for a bit now, I will probably be using one of your dual drive extruders on my machine if you guys decide to...
Some pictures of my Ethernet Smoothstepper which I will use to control the machines 4 Stepper motors and also control the Stepper to drive the Extruder for the 3D printer.
Next to the...
Heres some pictures of my rotating nut, and a close up of the frame.
Well its been a while since my last update, Its taken me longer than expected to get this thing put together. I hope to have it all done by the end of May. Heres some pictures of my progress so far....
Ya, I would have to say, forget drilling and tapping your own rails, its just not as easy as you make it sound.. Buying supported rails for my entire machine including 2 sets of blocks per rail came...
Kinda defeating the purpose of having a fixed bridge gantry by going with unsupported rails, those will flex and really make the fixed gantry's inherit rigidity meaningless. I highly recommend using...