New build with recycled parts on a ridiculous budget 120cm*60cm work area

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But. £20... worth a punt, see what the story is

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...and here's the story...

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You were recently involved in a transaction for the following item:
192477707114 - New Alloxx 15" Touchscreen LCD VGA POS Touch Screen 15 Inch Monitor

We’re writing to let you know that an unauthorised third party may have accessed the seller’s account to list this item. The item has been removed from the site, and the transaction was cancelled. We ask that you take the following precautions:

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Aha, the old "somebody else did this, wasn't me" argument

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Aha, the old "somebody else did this, wasn't me" argument

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Wasn't an issue, already got mine refunded took 1 minute, just log into your paypal account and cancel the transaction they haven't excepted payment it's instant refund.

Might get one of these instead
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Rasp...602844785.html keep the main screen setup and set this up with a few simple buttons on it.

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You win some you lose some ;)

£30 for the pair down from over £90 each now we have to work out how to use them. The bar is 1cm thick these are serious clamps.

These are the clamps
http://www.piher.com/en/bar-clamps/5...epth-6-cm.html

1.5m versions

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Maybe his man is the reason that some spaces disappeared from the planet ... :-P

Viz was excellent

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You need to be an historical pc geek to understand this but I bought a 2nd hand Unicomp model M keyboard, it's truly lovely I forgot how lovely IBM keyboards really were and the Unicomp version is very good at least the 2016 version I have.

Going to get an 80's IBM model M as well for a spare and convert it to usb although was tempted to get a model F keyboard which is what I grew up with but it has a weird layout and prices can get crazy.

The original model F keyboard retailed for more than the cost of 3m 25mm Hiwins from Fred now lol, they were $600 in 1982!

Since I changed the pc and upgraded the electronics I've been able to ramp up to 9m/min now with the 2nm motors, I did try 12m/min but just stall protect immediately, I can cut 1mm depth in oak at this speed so I wonder if it's worth upgrading to 3nm motors given the rigidity of my machine. Glad I went with 20mm thick plates now nice one Zeeflyboy for the advice ;)

Loving my Unicomp model M keyboard it's super lovely to type on but no good for gaming (2 key rollover), bought a 1993 model M as well and although some people say you can tell the difference between the new unicomp and the original model M's they feel almost identical to me. The 1993 model has a slight ring when typing because IBM used plastic rivets which some have perished it types fine so most of the rivets must still be intact but I'll strip it and bolt mod it with metal bolts and better than new.

What amazes me is a 25 year old keyboard types the same as an 18 month old one.

Which one is 25 years old?
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The bottom one is the 25 years old keyboard, they do not make them with grey buttons anymore.....I think,lol!

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The bottom one is the 25 years old keyboard, they do not make them with grey buttons anymore.....I think,lol!

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The top one is 25 years old! IBM used PBT which doesn't yellow (Although there are some rare ABS examples) so the keyboard looks new even after 25 years of use! It does have loose plastic rivets so I need to strip it and bolt mod it a common problem on the old model M keyboards. The white one is an Ambra keyboard made by IBM and branded Ambra (Which was meant to be their budget range only lasted 1 year, mostly because they didn't change anything so it wasn't very budget lol) which may be why it has white caps. Unicomp still make model M's to this day and I got the classic IBM style keyboard so it comes with classic keycaps.

http://www.pckeyboard.com/

Model M's created the keyboard layout we use today which is why they are so popular still, model f's are even better to type on and sought after but have a weird keyboard lay out which is just too funky for me. And it's harder to find a model f keyboard in the UK and I like having a UK keyboard. I grew up with model f keyboard was a thing of beauty especially as we also had a speccy which had the 2nd worst keyboard ever!

When I went round to my mates barn I saw what he meant when he said he pimped the mower out.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzhW20hLp6M

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Been busy but had a chance to make some clamps

Hope you have plenty of cutters

Phill

Haha :D what are you planning on clamping there Mr crazy-clamp? ;)

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Nice...clamp clamp!!:applause:

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Haha :D what are you planning on clamping there Mr crazy-clamp? ;)

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My first clamp I made was aluminium extrusion and it flexed when I ran the machine over 2m/min when cutting so I went a little OTT with box section steel and toggle clamps lol.

They're <£1 a clamp that's why I went so OTT, you only need 4 per part, gives me a clamping range of 15mm-28mm thickness, need to put holes in the end metal plates yet so I can use T bolts to attach and adjust the clamp. Going to use 2 per plate so 4 per "clamp for 8 T bolts in total. Wing nuts for tool free adjustment and speed.

There's 28 clamps on this cost ~£32 to build I had the box section, the annoying bit was drilling and tapping 112 holes to fir the clamps, box section is 3mm wall thickness. At the moment everything I want to work on is 20-25mm thick although I might make another one to do thinner material, need access to a steel milling machine for that.

You'll see I already lost one the rubber clamp bits will need to put a new one on, if you use these You should do what I intend to do and drop a nylox nut on instead of the normal one so it won't come loose.

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Works really well only need 4 clamps per part so lot's of redundancy.

I had to move the machine which meant rewiring so I took the opportunity to replace the linuxcnc with a DDSCV

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Going to add a stop and start button.

I have a stainless steel controller box I recovered for free but needed to make a new mounting plate.

I have built a machine following this and the Joe Harris build. I am using the same BOB and having read all the way though my question is, I am using a dual ball screws and could you confirm the wiring on the inputs for the limit switches.

Cheers Tony

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I have built a machine following this and the Joe Harris build. I am using the same BOB and having read all the way though my question is, I am using a dual ball screws and could you confirm the wiring on the inputs for the limit switches.

Cheers Tony

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I'm going to assume you want to use the limit switches as home as well.

What software are you using on the computer?

Do you want to dual home the gantry?

How many home switches do you have?

On that 5 axis BOB I have P12, P13 & P15 you would normally use for X, Y & Z limits in linuxcnc or Mach 3 you can also assign these pins in software so what matters is you're wiring matches how you assigned the pins.

If you want dual homing you can share the input as long as it's not the same axis. Needs to be set in software. You can also use the p11 tool setting as another axis.

Good good you were following Joe's Build too lol, I'm kind of the Benny Hill of mycncuk lol but with worse music and uglier women ;)

Cheers for the reply,I am using Mach3 as my software and have the machine working on it. I am at the stage of fitting the limit switches, I want to do dual homing on the gantry and keep the tool setting function.

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Cheers for the reply,I am using Mach3 as my software and have the machine working on it. I am at the stage of fitting the limit switches, I want to do dual homing on the gantry and keep the tool setting function.

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you have 3 inputs pins and 4 inputs X, Y1, Y2, Z

Something like
P12 X
P13 Y1
P15 Z & Y2 set as shared. Since you use Z the least seems the simplest solution. Setting the pins in Mach 3 should be easy but I don't use it so you'll have to ask others.

There's a good forum for Mach 3 as well for setting up.

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Bought some kit, also got a grinder and an impact driver coming.

https://www.powertoolmate.co.uk/


Got lucky they sent me the case for drill and impact driver (I only bought the drill) and then I bought the impact driver without case so it worked out.

Over £200 cheaper than buying from screwfix for the drill, batteries, saw, impact driver & grinder including the VAT.