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Well exactly Dean, making a machine like that doesn't really require much more in the way of materials or motors etc. Thanks for the info. + videos,...

Nicely done on the control cabinet,

Yes indeed, it does take up a rather large portion of my workshop.

The electronics are shoehorned into the back of the machine as we didn't want a separate case, it was a tight fit getting everything in there but...

Yes, those machines are both fixed gantry but the same can be done with a moving gantry machine and still have all the benefits be it slightly less...

Hi Bob - gosh that's a big machine!

Jazz, those are very nice machines, especially the blue one. You are right about the benefits, but I was thinking about moving gantry type...

The blue machine was a work of art, nice features and very smooth motion too. I vaguely remember someone building something in that style many years...

About time I built this thing !

I have built several machines just like this which lift the whole gantry up, the gantry is effectively the Z axis, and they are very ridged at all...

I think it would just complicate things. It works for 3D printers, but I don't think it has any benefits for CNC router. Also, if you will have two...

Nema34 on a 24v is a no go. Having a laugh there. It will be total crap. You will get hardly any max velocity. Voltage V gives you speed. Current...

Hi I have a cnc too and i would like to witch application to used for running the machine. Sorry for my english... i speak french 😏 Thanks Mag

3D bas-relief portrait of Salvador Dali, that I digitally sculpted for manufacturing of badge, 30 mm.

Thank for information. Ok. I have paired the 8 wires to make 4 pairs. However unlike a 4 wire motor I can’t find which of the pairs go together as I...

You need to find the datasheet for the motor so we can determine the correct wire sequences. Best choice is to wire it in 'parallel' so 8 wires...

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Hi and welcome to the forum :encouragement:

There are a few DIY builds that have done this, but not many. Some of the biggest CNC Mills use this design ...

Just logged in to update this and realised it has been just over a year since I started the build… Work got in the way for a good while but I am back...

Quite often the forum software doesn't highlight new posts, and although you joined 2 days ago, it's only just popped up on my "Trending Now" list. ...

Could be the parallel port on the pc has gone then. I would get a voltmeter onto the bob. Put the +ve end on pc5v, put the -ve end on the dir pin. ...