[Weldtutor]

[QUOTE=winson2769;2229598]hi did you solve your problem?

I have replaced the Woodpecker board with an Arduino
& CNC shield. :devious:

[lesthegringo]

Hi there, I am reading the problems you had with the Woodpecker board with interest. I bought one of the kits with the woodpecker board, and have to say it never seems to do the same thing twice. I am also very interested in converting to an Arduino Uno based board, so would be interested to know if changing the controller made the problems go away.

The machine I have starts in alarm state, and trying to use the machine wizard in Universal Gcode sender has me tearing my hair out, it keeps giving references to firmware errors and goes to the hard limit when it is not commanded to. I can't believe that this is normal, but unfortunately I am in a location where I can't get anyone who has a CNC machine to look at it for comparison

I may just try the arduino based controller anyway as I already have the arduino so just need the shield and stepper motor bridges, but nonetheless if someone can let know if changing the controller changed their experience I'm all ears

Cheers

Les

[Weldtutor]

Hi there, I am reading the problems you had with the Woodpecker board with interest. I bought one of the kits with the woodpecker board, and have to say it never seems to do the same thing twice. I am also very interested in converting to an Arduino Uno based board, so would be interested to know if changing the controller made the problems go away.

The machine I have starts in alarm state, and trying to use the machine wizard in Universal Gcode sender has me tearing my hair out, it keeps giving references to firmware errors and goes to the hard limit when it is not commanded to. I can't believe that this is normal, but unfortunately I am in a location where I can't get anyone who has a CNC machine to look at it for comparison

I may just try the arduino based controller anyway as I already have the arduino so just need the shield and stepper motor bridges, but nonetheless if someone can let know if changing the controller changed their experience I'm all ears

Cheers


Les

Hi Les,
Not able to help you much.
After converting Woodpecker board to the Arduino with a cnc shield some movement of axis was possible for 10 minutes & then stopped.
Subsequent inspection showed the original power source had malfunctioned causing it to have a 54 Volt output rather than correct 24 Volts. Seems the arduino, CNC shield, power source & drivers now will need replacement.
WT