Finally have my panel mounted to the platform.
Here is an image of the proximity, E-stop and RJ45 connectors.
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Those on the top are stepper motor cables.
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To fill in all the DB25 holes in the case I printed some snap in blanks. That white material is simple medical gauze. All I had on hand.
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Here they are installed.
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And finally the finished product.
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I've done some cable management since then. Including these nifty cable tie transitions that snap to the cable tray.
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I've said it before but I always forget the amount of work it takes to put one of these together. A plug and play solution for $1500 or so is really a good value.
Too late for that now. Next is to securely mount the CNC to the platform so that I can square the gantry and dial in the motors.
At the same time I need to start work on the VFD. I have all the cable to run 220v to the CNC and connect the VFD. I made a mistake with the VFD->Spindle cable (no shielding) so I need to order that.
To that point I'm not sure what to purchase. I think 14 awg 4 conductor with shielding should work. The spindle pulls 8.5 amps. Not sure if that amperage is shared among the three conductors.
Any opinions?
The issue is that a 12 awg shielded cable is a bit too big for the spindle connector. Seems 9 or 10 mill is the max it will accept.
Also any opinion on running the spindle cable through the wire track? My understanding is that if it's properly shielded it should not be an issue. Otherwise I will need to mount the VFD on the wall and run the spindle cable overhead. I've seen that done before.
So that's where I am now. Really looking forward to throwing some chips. It's been a while.
Thanks.
Jack.