Hey folks, I just wired up all the limit switches for X+/X-, Y+/Y-, Z+/Z- and Door Open.  After looking at the box afterward, it made me miss the cleanliness I had before.  I might have to rewire once everything is built, just to make it look prettier.  Still though, I thought you guys might like to see my progress.

This is wiring for 6 axis, with a shared signal for the X axis for twin motors driving that axis.  So that's 7 gecko drives, all individually shielded with fuses, a smooth stepper, C23 breakout board, E-Stop, 7 limit switches, and spindle with speed control.

Am I missing something super important?  Because I think I'm planning on starting with this to do the cutting.



Barry

ack, that's not a good omen.  btw, i'm looking through old photos right now and found one of the ultimate machine shop.  Thought I'd share.  This is from the Jet Propulsion Lab.



I doubt my current wiring would cut it there;)

Ya think?    I wish I could get a scaled down drawing of one of their complete turbines and try making a miniature version on a 5 axis machine.  That is one nice shop!

Looks like you are almost there Barry. Can't wait to see pics of the stuff you make with your wonderful machine.

Tweakie.


btw. That lab is far too clean and tidy. If I worked there I could fix that in a couple of days. 

heh, you have no idea how clean, everything had that freshly oiled smell too.  All router bits and small parts were locked away and monitored by computer.  If something was missing, it was like an e-stop, nothing would operate, you had to find it and return it.  The QC was rediculous there, but you need that for rockets I guess;)

ack, that's not a good omen.  btw, i'm looking through old photos right now and found one of the ultimate machine shop.  Thought I'd share.  This is from the Jet Propulsion Lab.



I doubt my current wiring would cut it there;)

Yeah, it certainly looks good.  OTOH, these are the guys that sent up the Hubble Space Telescope with a ridiculously obvious error in the optics.  Sometimes substance is more important than form.

Cheers,

BW