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1981

FAQs / Re: shielded stepper motor cable or not?

« on: September 07, 2008, 12:24:34 PM »

Thank you, that makes sense, Brett, will do on the shielding then- 

As for the shielding foil, I ground those together at the controller box and not the motor side to avoid a ground loop, correct? Also, I'm using a plastic project box, should I ground these directly to the AC ground (green wire) coming into the box?

Dave

1982

FAQs / shielded stepper motor cable or not?

« on: September 07, 2008, 10:05:06 AM »

Ok, I know you guys know your stuff so I've decided to just come out and ask. I been doing some checking all over the place and I'm getting conflicting stories wherever I look.

I'm putting together a small CNC taig lathe and have simple little stepper motors with 8 wires coming out of them. Do I really need shielded cable for these? I'm reading that I "should" have them but then I read that it will not be an issue as long as I have my limit switches shielded. Is this correct? The cables will not be close together except at the controller box where they'll plug in.

Don't get me wrong, it's not the problem of buying the shielded cable, just trying to understand what the issue actually is.
Thanks so much for your time-
Dave

1983

Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: LATHE CUSTOM & HOMEMADE

« on: September 07, 2008, 08:44:12 AM »

What a great piece, Rich, thanks for sharing - 

Dave

1984

General Mach Discussion / Re: Need relay setup help

« on: September 06, 2008, 07:47:53 AM »

Not sure how far you really are on this relay project but this is a great little tutorial:

http://www.cartertools.com/tbbrb.html

Jim:

Have any pics of your setup? Sounds interesting 


Dave

1985

General Mach Discussion / Re: Something looks different about the home page tonight

« on: September 05, 2008, 05:15:17 PM »

"Division of New Fangled Solutions"

That's Komedy with a capital "K" right there! 

Good schtuff and a very classy looking logo!

1986

General Mach Discussion / Re: Bug, or Feature?

« on: September 05, 2008, 02:23:40 PM »

Ah, yes, good to see another USA dweller 

Although with all the political crap going on this time of year, I'd rather be somewhere else...   

Dave

1987

Brains Development / Re: New "Brains" Users guide is in the "Memebers documents"

« on: September 05, 2008, 10:50:09 AM »

Scott,

Thanks for this. It actually may get me to delve into that crazy dimension and work out something useful - 

Dave

1988

Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: 1/12 SCALE MILLING MACHINE PARTS

« on: September 04, 2008, 04:53:53 AM »

funny guy! 

1989

General Mach Discussion / Re: parallel ports, serial ports, case fan cutouts..oh my!!

« on: September 03, 2008, 06:48:28 PM »

Thanks once again, I think I have a nice choice of db25 cutouts now 

This is all part of my Taig CNC project. I still have the motor carriage to work on but I'm getting there- lol!

Dave

1990

General Mach Discussion / Re: mill retro HELP

« on: September 03, 2008, 05:20:50 PM »

Not that I'm any help at all here, but thanks for sharing the pics, what a great project.

Wish I had the room for a nice sized knee mill like that.

Dave