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    ericks, I bought a HF31, a good lump of iron but may have to downsize when I move house, I've spent more on tooling and fixtures now than buying the machine!!



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    Thanks



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    HM32 actually, I forgot the correct name.

    General engineering and sub contract work in Victoria, Australia.


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    OK - all over bar the shouting - I'll tell all generally if anyone wants details I'll re read the invoices.

    Cost US $3900.00 (including upgraded Al top $300.00 ) came out to just under $5k.Today it's just over.
    Freight Aus $ 215.00
    Delivery Aus $ 520.00 to Regional NSW
    Other port and and customs charges incl GST and fees brought the total to $1900.00
    Crane Aus $150.00

    so the machine is on my workbench for $7k

    The only comparable DIY setups cost over US$6k (CncRouterParts pro, Oltrogge) and thenj ship etc and assemnble. Also I had had hands on with a couple of these previously. This one is small, 6090, but a 'proper' machine.

    Now here's the unexpected!! An industrial strength dust collector was included!! While this is good, it's bad because I have a set up in place and nowhere to put it and it's a two person job too carry it anywhere. There was no mention of this ever. But I'm not sending it back!

    what happened next - the supplied clamps didn't fit because of the upgraded Al table top. So I will have a lot of grinding to do . Maybe 1ml off each side.

    Setup was straight forward.

    First try - there was an issue with the Y axis. It wouldn't home properly and moved only in the Y- direction.

    Limit switches all worked.

    I contacted SD via Whatsapp and was advised to swap the x and y axes connections as shown. This meant swapping the components because the wiring was cut to length. The components were impossible to remove conventionally because I reckoned they were screwed down with a driver from hell. An engineering friend and I drilled out the screws to do the swap. (this didn't take long) the screwdown will be repaired in a day or two. There was no change.

    Next thing advised was to to swap X and Y axes on the controller board as shown. This was fiddly again because the wires were cut to length and the connections are very fiddly for a complete knownothing electronically. (me).

    Resetting the wiring was a pain and I soldered the ends to be able to push them into the connectors. This time no Y movement at all. I assume I stuffed up the re-connection.

    Then I had to go to the Gold Coast for two weeks to help out my daughter.

    Having just returned I decided I'd clean up my sloppy soldering and makes sure I attached things properly before trying anything else. This I did, and lo and behold the thing purrs like a charm in all axes.

    The upshot is that somewhere in the board from the Hand held controller or (maybe the plug) there was a dodgy connection. Maybe bumped in shipping - I'll never know - but now the machine homes as it should. In the next few days i'll reset the drivers and do a test cut.

    While the kerfuffle was unwelcome it wasn't a terrible thing and the suppliers were very keen to help - all be it from China.

    This is what has happened to date. It hasn't put me off at all - rather I am slightly more confident around the machine and I have an extra dust collecting system ) .



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    Lael - personal message - for some reason my reply kept getting bounced. I have a little trouble with The site in the last few days.

    I'll keep trying to answer your messsage.



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    So, you is now one happy chappie.....LOL......as I've been down the direct import path myself 2 years back I can sympathise with all the problems that could occur.........having a shipping agent handle the stuff and the brokerage by the experts, even if it cost a bob or two, does oil the way somewhat......best of luck.
    Ian.



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