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Hi Com_VC
All I did with mine was plug them in. The encoder wires go straight to the controller and wire the breakout board the same as any others, there is tuning software available but I haven't...

Hi Steve
my machine's gantry weighs in at about 110kg so that's why I went with 8nm motors, also it uses one on each side.
Philip

Hi Steve
I am using "Leadshine Easy Servos" which are steppers with encoders, they use their own driver, 3 of mine are 8nm the other two are smaller, they have never missed a step or faulted and are...

I have glued 2 pieces of 18mm MDF together for now, I am in the process of moving a dial gauge over the cutting area to start alignment so far the gantry is about .015" low on the rhs and it looks...

Thanks Geoff will put them in my favourites for now.

Hi Tony I have got two 18mm pieces of MDF cut and just sitting on my machine at the moment, thinking about pocketing nuts from underneath in a...

Hi all
I'm getting close to the end of my build and I am looking for aluminium extrusion to make my table top.

Where in Aust or Tas preferred can I buy an extrusion between 25mm & 40mm thick in...

Hi Tim, great looking machine, will be watching your post. Also good to know of another CNC'er in Hobart. If you feel the need to share more info about your motors & controllers I'll be listening as...

Hi all, time for an update.

I have purchased one Leadshine closed loop stepper motor just for sizing it up for mounting, it will be the Z axis mounted behind the plates with a 25mm belt connecting...

My last cable chain came from CNC & Cupcake World on eBay, a little bit dearer than China but it's good quality and fast delivery. I did have a business card here for someone in Sydney that sells...

Just finished painting the frame & mounting two of the electrical control boxes.

I have ordered some limit switches and am searching for some good quality shielded cable for them, it's time to...

Hi Steve,

I hope you are only talking about the side pieces of aluminium as the are 3mm(only there to stop swarf getting onto the bearings).
The other parts are, the front: 16mm + 20mm stiffeners...

I have just managed to put a couple of major parts together.
Time to save up for the missing steel for the frame.

I have asked this before and got no answers so I will ask again.

What is the...

Hi Pippin88 & Headscratcher

I had no idea about Mh in motors, the link I put up from Leadshine was only an example of the type of motor I was looking at not the size.

Tony, I have printed out...

Hi all

I have been looking around on the Leadshine website as Pippin88 has mentioned that the digital drives are very good.

I haven't got any idea of the power I will need as yet but thought...

Hi Headscratcher

I am still adding steel by the Kg.

Tacked up the gantry ends & Y axis channels today, will go into welding shop on Monday and get a fresh bottle of gas and weld up all the...

if a picture is equal to a thousand words, here is my abbreviation.
My Y axis ballscrews (20mm double nut) and my linear rails (25mm) turned up today and with the channel I have had cut to length I...

Hi Gaza
Being that this is my first build I wanted to make it as strong & ridid as I could the first time.
I have seen a few other machines on here with an RHS gantry and thought that would be best...

I have cleaned up a section in the background of the picture where the pine paneling is, the legs will hold the gantry until the rest is built.
I have just ordered the Y axis rails & ball screws but...

Hi all, I have just finished drilling & tapping the mounting holes for the rails & ballscrew & put some primer on it to protect it while deciding on a colour to paint it.
Can someone suggest what...

Not sure whether you can still get them or not, but in the mild steel range you used to be able to get 1/4 & 5/16 nuts with an over sized hex which would make them even better (not able to pull...

Hi Nick

I would love to see some more pictures of your machine.

I picked up my gantry beam from the engineering shop today, they only needed to take 0.6 off across the rail surfaces to get it...

Hi pippin88,
I'm glad to see that someone is watching what I'm doing. To be honest I didn't even think of stress relieving it, the "H" beam inside the RHS was machined straight and the RHS was...

I was going to post some pictures before now but didn't get time so I am now putting before and after ones up.

I have inserted the H beam into the RHS section, plug welded it and trimmed the front...

Here is the next picture of my progress, I have changed the piece of channel that I was going to cut into the 200x100 RHS for a piece of 150x150 UB. I have had the sides machined down so it has an...

Yours is one of the machines I have book marked in my browser to follow as parts of my machine are almost copied from yours. I have decided to change the channel in my gantry for an "H" beam to...

Just picked up the steel for my X axis gantry, or should I say struggled moving it. It weighs in at 49.4kg as pictured, might only be a slow machine but wont bend or flex with any luck.
After...

Apologies to everyone concerned if my posts aren't in the right format, I will pick it up.

Thanks snowyskiesau, I have family inlaw down your way, maybe I might be able to call in when I'm...

I have sent and received a couple of pm’s with Kym A and after looking at pictures of his machine and a couple of others I thought it was about time to post something on here as everyone seems so...