Crest part on a Cheap CNC

[paulried]

Specifically what steppers and controller did you use? I am ready and raring to go on the mods!

[marvinstov]

Paul,
I am using Turbocnc 3.24, Xylotex 3 Axis board, and the motors are MSG from Camtronics, 210 oz/in hooked up bipolar parallel

Marv

[paulried]

What about limit switches? I think I spotted some on your machine in one of the pictures.

[marvinstov]

Yes they are there but I didn't have any shielded wire to use on them and couldn't get them to work right without it. Haven't had time to mess with it again. I have a couple wired for home switches on my other machine and they work good. They are the cheapies from Radio Shack. I just got a relay today to wire in for my spindle control which is more of a priority for me right now.

Marv

[ger21]

Marv, have you tried the motors series wired? Are you running them parallel at 2.5a? If so, your probably getting no more than 150 oz-in of torque. Wired series at 2a should give you more torque. I'm just wondering because I have motors with similar current ratings and will be using a Xylotex. Thanks

[marvinstov]

Ger,
Yes, I know I'm not getting full torque. I did try them wired in series when I first installed them and could not tell a lot of difference. I may do it again since the machine has been run in now I may see more difference. They work pretty good like they are though.

Thanks,
Marv

[marvinstov]

Just finished wiring up my spindle control using Tei Newman-Lehman's (teihardo.com) method. Works great and will be very nice with the enclosure. Thanks Tei.

Marv

[jsp]

Artcam 6.008 will also do rest tool pathing.

[shedkid]

Now gentlemen 8 hours to make a design on a piece of wood well, over here in the uk there is a product called "Trend" who make a template for a home router ,that will carve a design by way of a conical cutter into door panels and drawer fronts and it takes about 10 mins to do.my bedroom doors i did with this template after they were varnished they looked great.
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[marvinstov]

Shedkid,
Got any pictures to show us??

Marv

[HomeCNC]

Now gentlemen 8 hours to make a design on a piece of wood well, over here in the uk there is a product called "Trend" who make a template for a home router ,that will carve a design by way of a conical cutter into door panels and drawer fronts and it takes about 10 mins to do.my bedroom doors i did with this template after they were varnished they looked great.

I also have this same setup. This is nothing like carving a 3D relief pattern. This is simple valley cuts into wood. I can do this on my CNC router without the pattern using a V cutter and it would take less than 5 min for the simple shapes you can get.