first machine

[tbenefi33]

Hello after visting the site for a while I came across the free plans by jrgo and finaly started building all most got the base done.Will have pics soon after battery charges up on cam. I was just wondering where is a good place
to order the stepper motor I wanna go ahead and get them,to get them out of the way and instead of the paralle port do they have controlls for USB port.This is a alsome site I'm still learing alot.

[DAB_Design]

Yes there are USB controllers. I just can't remember which ones.

[tbenefi33]

Could yall recommend me what type of stepper motor to use.

[tbenefi33]

well i got the base doen finaly had to recut some pices working on the other pices.
Was toying with the ideal of making the Gantry a little higher so i can some sculpting
with it has any body conveterd the machine to a 5 axis machine.

[tbenefi33]

Well i got my other parts cuts finaly and bought all the bolts and nuts The guy at the
hardware store said your gonna bolt the it down arnt you..lol
Hay whiteriver and dwright thank you for helping me out.

[Dogsione]

Why don't you want to use a parallel port controller? If you don't have one on your computer (my laptop doesn't) you can get a dock that will plug into your USB. I just bought a Belkin USB2 Dockstation on eBay for about $25, though I've seen them go for much cheaper. I'm sure there are other solutions.

Other than Deskcnc (serial), most of the (cheaper) controllers used by folk on this board are parallel ported.

[tbenefi33]

oh ok i only thought they made dock staion for usb thanks i'll have to check out ebay.

[tbenefi33]

hello well i had to take a break from the machine waiting on some parts finaly got bearing found then on ebay I ordered some metal parts from mcmaster.com it only
took about a day to get here they where local now i'm back to working on machine
just about got all the pices to start building next i need stepper motors, router,and software could yall recamend on any i saw the kit from the hobby cnc store how well
do they work ?

[tbenefi33]

also was wondering what works better for the cutting bed the hold down channels
or the holes drilled into the cutting bed sure would appreciate some feed back on this
cant make up my mind which way i wanna go.

[tbenefi33]

Hello well here my machine finaly got all most all of if it done needing the electronics and motor's I'm gonna have to wait after putting it together and showing stepdad
he said i was a 1/4" off and in some spots the wood swelled up do to the weather here in the south...lol It made it hard to push a long the roller,and one side of the bearing would slip off the pipe Well back to the drawing board I'm thinking of scrapping this one and building next one out of metal,plexi,and derlin.
Any suggestion should i stick with this one or start over after being a 1/4" off ?
P.S= Do mesaure twice and then cut all ways helps....lol

[10bulls]

Seems a shame to scrap it just yet. Which bit is 1/4" off?
If you can make the pipes parallel with adjustment blocks, you should
be able to bring the bearings up to it, maybe with some shims.
Epoxy putty is also great stuff for filling gaps and making surfaces true.
If you can perservere with this one and learn all the electronics and software side of it,
then use the machine to make a bigger better one, like joe2000che has done.

[tbenefi33]

Hi 10bulls I'm still looking at it and checking on where i made the mistake.Thanks for Joe2000che info i went to his thread and do like
that machine and the ideal of using derlin for the pip fitting. Last night
i even tride mounting the beariing vertical and harizontal it came a little
close but was still off.I may have to bring the pipes in closer that may help.