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  1. #46
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    Thanks Andrew, hope you get something up and running again. Are you still in SA or have you made the move to NSW?

    I am not a fan of hot weather so cooling won’t be a problem because I just won’t run the machine when it’s hot. From what I have read the spindle is supposed to last longer as there is less impact on bearings with the reduced heat.

    Thanks Eric! Has been a bit of a change from playing with timber, lots of reading and re reading of instructions!

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    I am not too far if you need assistance...

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    I may hold you to that Eric! You are welcome to come visit anytime in any case!!

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    Cal, made the move in jan last year. Caught in temporary accomodation for 2020 due to COVID so no woodworking for me. House marked basically closed shop where we are living.

    I do move into my new home in a couple of weeks and best of all it has a shed, so 3-6 months from now I’ll be back into it.

    still have the wood you gave me and earmarked it to carve out a couple of wooden spoons or similar.

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    I thought you had moved a year ago, hope you have an easy time of settling in to your new home. The COVID has certainly made life more difficult than anyone expected. Hobbies can wait, hope you get a nice size shed to work in!
    I’m still working on 4 of the five ukuleles I started last year, and have two friends in Victoria chomping at the bit to get theirs.
    Work got much more out of control (aus post) than I ever imagined, which put a strain on getting the instruments done.

    See what this year brings for all!!

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    About a year ago I threw out an old computer tower, I called a shop today and they gave me a second hand box for free.
    I figured that having 240v in a box was a good idea, I have not seen people put a VFD in a computer tower before. I had to modify the box a fair bit to get the VFD in comfortably and cut the shelf to let air circulation work properly and allow room for wiring at the base of the VFD.

    So am I doing the wrong thing by having the VFD and power supply in the one box??

    I’m not sure if I should place the Blackbox controller on top of the tower or cut a hole in the acrylic side of the tower and poke the side of the Blackbox through it for access to it’s buttons.

    Please give me your input!!








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    Added another vent above the VFD and started wiring it up.
    I hope those with more experience with CNC stuff think this is okay otherwise I have wasted a lot of time








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    Looks fine to my eye, the equipment should have ventilation specs I. Instructions you could read about if you are concerned. My setup was different so I didn’t need a dedicated box.

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    Looks fine to my eye, the equipment should have ventilation specs I. Instructions you could read about if you are concerned. My setup was different so I didn’t need a dedicated box.

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    Thanks Andrew, I think there will be enough air moving through the whole thing. I was concerned that the power supply unit has exposed 240v connections and didn’t want to have that out in the open.

    I posted the question on a Facebook page and people have said to keep the Blackbox controller away from the VFD due to electrical interference. Which is fine but I thought the shielding in every wire loom would have reduced reduced the risk some what.

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    Sorry, i didn't ask for a picture. It's mobile phone and my touchy finger

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    Cal,
    When do you expect to start it up?

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    I have started the spindle up, still getting through the rest of the wiring for the controller. Maybe in a couple of weeks, I am trying to leave next weekend to get back to the ukuleles and get one closer to finished.

    Once I have it wired up, you are welcome to come and visit with a file!!

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    What software will you be using for the machine? I only know Mach3, Mach4 and UCCNC

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    I have fusion and I know nothing about it!! Have not even really looked at it.

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    I don't mean your cad/cam...your motion controller/software?

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