Work, school and wife have taken alot of my time. er almost all...

((3 classes left and I'm done with my degree....woots))

BUT....

I finally got to spend some time on the mill.

cncfusions deluxe ballscrew kit installed in the mill somewhere...

Ignore the ugliness and look for the perdy... = )

And the wiring/board/etc is temp and will be installed in a pretty enclosure with all the misc stuff. I just couldn't wait any longer to watch it move.

With those warnings out of the way....

The mill's first movements!! er jogs.... (muhahahhaha)

http://www.legendarylands.com/Mill_FirstMovements.wmv

That's Perdy....

I would have had to run it too, Nicely done.

Do tell,, what is the equipment you are using. Looked like servos?

cnc4pc c11 breakout board
gecko g320 drives
250oz peak torque servos at 3000 rpm with us digitial 300 encoders.

pc is 2.8 ghz 1g of ram

Very nice!!! Next video I wanna see the X axis motor mounted, and see the Z axis smash the Pepsi can! ;)

BTW: congrats on being that close to getting your degree, and juggling a full life at the same time!! What's it in? By the looks of your project, it's EE. ;)

I thought about crushing the pepsi can, but it was full at the time. ((Grins))

Waiting on part replacements for the x-axis. Hopefully, they will be here early next week.

The degree is in BSIT: Network design... pay the bills by working on computers, been doing it for 12+ years. Almost finished with BS that I been working for off and on for 10 or so years. Couldn't make up my mind on a major. =/