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    Blackbox by open builds.


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    Okay...i don't know them

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    Mine used GRBL 1.1 and Universal Gcode sender. Lots of different controllers, all do similar things.

    the Blackbox also uses GRBL 1.1 according to specs so UGS will send commands to it no problems and that software is free.

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    If you are using a black box, use the free software on the openbuilds site

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    Thanks Steve, yes I have just been looking at it. All of the software is going to take a bit of time to learn, I’m as green as cabbage with all of this.

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    Fitting all the parts in a case shouldn't present any problem at all, and loads of CNC'ers do that, especially if you have properly earthed things. The issues with a lot of the Chinese machines and concern for noise was because of the usually crappy drive and I/O boards, and the non-existence of any decent earthing or noise protection.

    The notorious "Blue Box" controllers are renowned for that and probably contribute to most of the stats re noise, although they are a garbage clone design that is a very poor implementation.

    You could also use some clamping or ring ferrite cores for the spindle cabling, may not improve anything if everything is grounded in star fashion properly, but certainly won't hurt.

    cheers, Ian

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    Thanks Ian, from what I have also read I have created a faraday cage of sorts for the VFD as it is surrounded by metal (not the front or back though) and there is plenty of cooling space around it too as the metal has loads of holes and I have created more at the base and top.
    Everything is earthed well so far.

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    Exciting stuff

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    These are my two little machines

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    Very nice Steve, thanks for sharing! What sort of things do you create with them??

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    Awesome Steve!!

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    But where's the obligatory huge Mayan Calendar machined out of MDF?

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    Quote Originally Posted by aarggh View Post
    But where's the obligatory huge Mayan Calendar machined out of MDF?
    I will do that next

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    Wiring almost completed, all I have left to do is wire up the stepper motors and run a ground wire from the shielded cables of the stepper motors back to the computer tower main earth. Everything runs through the emergency stop button and out of the tower.




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