CNC Quilting forum

[Glidergider]

I just saw a quilting machine with a CNC controller. Great stuff. I was wondering if anybody knows where I can find a forum that supports CNC quilting. Maybe there is some old links in CNCzone. Anybody know where I can find more info?
Thanks,
Dave

[Switcher]

This is the only link (here on the zone) that I know of.

I'm not sure how far they got on the actual machine.

Need lots of help! CNC Controlled Quilting.



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[Switcher]

Found 1 more.

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38328

[Glidergider]

Thanks Switcher. I appreciate the links. I figured there'd be some interest in this topic. Maybe others would pipe up with DIY links too. There are literally thousands of women out there quilting away (including my wife). 99.99% of these ladies have no interest in computers though. Commercial quilting machines cost $30k, so you can expect that this market is just waiting to be tapped.

[lmlamb]

Dave,

Are you looking for specific information? I have been building a cnc quilter for my wife and I am at the completion stage now. All of the testing is done and the design and system are complete. My next steps are to install the Big Red Button for the E-stop, and 4 axis safety switches. That will make the project complete. There is one other problem that I am working on though. I have ordered a Solid State Relay that I plan on using to control the stitch regulator. This is proving to be a bit of a pain in that I am not sure of the correct connection of the relay to the board in order to control it with Mach3.
Anyway, if I can be of any help with your project, don't hesitate to contact me with your questions.

Larry

[jalessi]

Larry,

Connect the relay common or minus to LPT GND and the relay + to 16 on the Rockcliff board

Configure Mach3 so that a M8 will trip the relay.

Use output 6

Configure output 6 for port 1 pin 16

See attached images.

Jeff...

[jemmyell]

If a DIY quilter design gets going here I would be interested in making a CorelDRAW interface (direct GCODE output) for this.

-James Leonard

[lmlamb]

Thanks Jeff. That's pretty straight forward. As soon as I get the new board in I'll set it up and try it.

[lmlamb]

Hey Jimmy,

Get with me on your recommendations re: coreldraw interface. We can discuss it and see what pops.

Larry

[lmlamb]

Hi All,

I promised some photos of the cnc quilter project and here they are.

[jemmyell]

Originally Posted by lmlamb Hey Jimmy, Get with me on your recommendations re: coreldraw interface. We can discuss it and see what pops. Larry

Hi Larry, I have sent you a PM.

-James

[lmlamb]

Hey guys,

I got my new board in today and I have already run into a problem. The board is a HY-TB4DV-M controller board. It has the TB6560AHQ chip for a basis. What I need is a copy of the instructions for the board so that I can set up the dip switches. If anyone has a lead on the instructions for this board, I could sure use the help.

Larry