I'm ordering a cheap mouse and a Serial cable today.
what sort of cables do I need for hooking up the breakout board, PSU and Drivers etc?
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I'm ordering a cheap mouse and a Serial cable today.
what sort of cables do I need for hooking up the breakout board, PSU and Drivers etc?
Mice are handy, but what's the serial cable for? Did you mean parallel?Quote:
Originally Posted by jcb121
For the PSU to driver you'll want something that'll conduct the required current without a big voltage drop. Probably 1.5mm^2. Some people use shielded...I don't think it's required in most cases.Quote:
Originally Posted by jcb121
For the breakout board to drivers standard 7/0.2 wire is fine (or anything you have lying around) as it's only a signal.
Drivers to steppers generally CY 4-core (which is shielded), 1.5mm^2. You need minimum 1mm^2 from the VFD to spindle, so the same as you use for the steppers will be fine.
maplins it is then.
parallel, yes I did mean that!
Thanks.
Noooooooooooooooo.... they charge silly money and probably wont have the cable for steppers anyway. eBay/Rapid electronics/Farnell is your friend. I've got plenty of 7/0.2 wire (all the colours) and possibly the rest depending on how much you need?Quote:
Originally Posted by jcb121
Thanks John, I may just take you up on that!
Shouldn't need too much. I was just thinking about testing my electronic bits as I'm not even sure they work! I hope they do....
when putting them in the machine I'll order the cables.
Jess
How are you and how is that build going
I know you've had your problems but thats no excuse for no input or even saying hello
James
good timing on this post as I actually have an update!
I went to FromStock today and picked up a fair bit of ALU for my machine. all cut to size.
I'll get a pic of it when i find a camera.
I have enough to make my spindle mounts, and my gantry, the only alu i need now is some 50x10 and 50x20 for the frame.
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this is my fair bit of Alu, that's a 50cm ruler next to it and I got it for a stupid price.
it would be unfair to tell you the price due to pure jealousy, but you can guess at it :)
it's all 12mm thick also.
I will be drilling some holes later, but I need an engineers square to be really accurate.
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So if the ruler was a stupid price how much was the aluminium? Looks like about £31 worth to me...so I guess a stupid price would be £20.Quote:
Originally Posted by jcb121
You seem to have laid it out with the Z-axis rails mounted to the Y-axis slide, not the other way round. Was that just for the photo? Putting the rails on the Z-axis so they move up and down and the bearing blocks are fixed is stronger.
the ruler was £1.29, £20 is bang on.
I'll give it ago with the rails the other way around, it's just I thought the extra weight would be a problem.