Hey everyone, I wanted to introduce myself, i'm a new Torus owner in California.
I received my mill a month ago or so, and am finally getting around to setting everything up.
I unpacked it myself and rolled it off the crate using a few pieces of pipe and a couple pieces of 2x4, Egyptian style. It was easy, no engine hoist needed.
Right now it is sitting next to my electrical panel in the garage, where I have added an extra subpanel connected to the 50 amp welding outlet I already had and occasionally
I am driving the machine off of a LinuxCNC installation on a Foxconn Atom Mini ITX PC. I'm somewhat of a linux fanatic, so Mach just wasn't in the cards for me.
I have had a few issues so far, but everything looks workable.
For those who might be setting up the same machine, here is the configuration I used:
Output Pinout
1 X Step
2 X Dir
3 Y Step
4 Y Dir
5 Z Step
6 Z Dir
7 Spindle Step
8 Spindle Direction
9 Coolant Flood
Input Pinout
10 E-Stop IN (inverted)
11 Machine Power On (unused)
X/Y/Z Axis
200 Step/rev
4 Microstep (Weird because the drivers are set to 100?)
5mm Leadscrew Pitch
50mm/sec Velocity
50mm/s2 Acceleration
I'm still trying to figure out the best way to drive the spindle. LinuxCNC doesn't seem to have built in support for stepper spindles. I can rotate the spindle with the A axis, but I haven't figured out how to keep it running, unless I add a distance to my G1 commands, which isn't ideal.
The VFD appears to be controlled via a serial port on the breakout board, so I might just drive it from the serial port on the PC just to get chips flying, or wire in a switch so I can swap between VFD/servo control.
Anyway, here's a pic of the machine all set up, looking forward to being another Novakon owner on here.