Just want to share some pictures with you about my recent modification to my rotary table. I made an adapter block and collar to fit a stepper motor. Dan from Camtronics helped out with a G210 and the motor. Due to the fact that the rotary table is already 90:1 I opted for a direct drive as oppose to belts and pulleys.
I do have a few questions. First, the G210 is set for full steps instead of 10 micro steps as in the G201. I thought this would have made the motor run faster than it does. I cannot set the velocity any faster in MACHIII or the motor will grind. You can see in the mpeg that it does move nicely, I just thought it would be faster. Also, I know there must be a way to have MACHIII display in degrees. I have played with the FORMULAS function under the CONFIG tab but no luck. Currently, a display of 1.000" is equal to 360 degrees. This is convenient in that 180 degrees is equal to 0.50 and 90 degrees is equal to 0.25 etc. But it would still be nice to have the display in degrees.
Anyway, here is the link to my small site. All comments are welcome.
Thanks
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