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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: My New Router Gantry Build

« on: December 25, 2009, 01:21:03 PM »

i'm so jealous you are cutting already!  Good that you are making $$ on your baby though.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Dixie Duke - A machine in the making.

« on: December 22, 2009, 01:06:32 PM »

cool picts and renders.  i look forward to seeing progress;)

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Final Build

« on: December 20, 2009, 11:38:29 PM »

Yeah, I was out of it for a while, busy with work and other freelance.  Now that xmas break has started for me, I can finally finish this biotch.

Barry

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Final Build

« on: December 20, 2009, 08:39:31 PM »

More progress this weekend.  I finally ordered cable chain and installed it.  I think eventually I'll have those plates anodized that connect the chain, but I just needed some thin scrap aluminum to install it.  No need to model/have those plates water jetted;)

I ordered fairly massive chain thinking in the future I might put a vacuum hose inside.  Here's some picts.





Next up are homing sensors for the B/C drive.  I'll conquer that tonight too.  It's so close to done, whew!

Barry

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General Mach Discussion / Re: VFD/Spindle wiring Mach3

« on: December 07, 2009, 11:48:57 PM »

Yes, on both questions.  I was wondering about the mach3 settings, and that helps.  I'll give it a shot.

Barry

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General Mach Discussion / VFD/Spindle wiring Mach3

« on: December 06, 2009, 11:48:06 PM »

I was looking at the manual for the G23 board I'm using and it said to treat the spindle exactly like you would for a stepper motor.  I'm unsure about that.  It seems to me that all my Port 1 outputs are taken, and the outputs to the VFD aren't on Port 2.

I'm wiring up as a sink source according to:

http://cnc4pc.com/Tech_Docs/C23R2toVFD.pdf

Anybody have an incling about this?  How do you normally wire up your spindle?  I'm understand it's a set it and forget it after your done, but I'm still at the 'set it' part;)

Barry

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General Mach Discussion / ground wiring question

« on: December 06, 2009, 11:40:23 PM »

Hey folks, I've got a question concerning ground wires.  I've got a power supply that has 3 outputs.  One 65v, one 5v, and one 12v.  I'm using all of them in my build, and I'm grounding each of them separately.  An engineer friend of mine suggested that I should really link all the grounding wires together, so they aren't floating relative to each other.  Does that make sense to you all?  I was worried that it would make my control box blow up in my face.  Anyway, let me know...

Barry

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: M1 MILLING MODEL

« on: December 06, 2009, 11:31:41 PM »

very nice indeed!

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: A Short Video.

« on: December 06, 2009, 01:12:32 PM »

it took me the same time 1:00 that is.  Fun stuff.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Final Build

« on: November 27, 2009, 10:07:30 AM »

Thanks Tweakie, not a bad Idea.  Right now all that distance is supported really only supported with the 1/2 inch plate and the 1515 80/20 part bolted to it.  Since this is pretty much finished as is, I'll see how it fairs.  If I need to add additional support, your idea sounds like the bees knees, and not too difficult to do.  I'd need a different z-axis large plate, that's about it.

Barry