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22-06-2024
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Re: Supported round rails and C5 ground ballscrew
No point going with expensive screws and keeping round rails.
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05-01-2024
Thread: Planning my first CNC machine
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Re: Planning my first CNC machine
Lifting Z is a good stiff design.
But having the X and Y down the bottom is weird.
You have 4 rails on the X axis - this is a lot of added expense, but worse will be the difficulty of aligning 4... -
05-08-2023
Thread: Building a machine to mimic a robot...
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Re: Building a machine to mimic a robot...
Workpiece mounted on blue rotates? A polar axis.
Currently you have X (yellow, side to side), Z (column up and down), and polar (blue)
Do you plan to do many flat surfaces?
If you want to do... -
07-03-2021
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Re: Servo Motor Rated Speeds, Max Speed & Gearing
Delta do have torque graphs. They have a good manual which is partly why they are worth paying for.
You will get 100% torque to rated speed then it will drop off to max speed.
You then have... -
17-01-2021
Thread: What size profile rails for Y axis?
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Re: What size profile rails for Y axis?
For a wood router 15mm profile rails are more than enough load wise.
Bigger rails are sometimes easier for a couple of reasons:
Bigger mounting screws - easier to tap the holes
Slightly more... -
26-12-2020
Thread: Stepper motor power supply
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Re: Stepper motor power supply
Are you sure they have the option of 24vdc and 80vac input? Those numbers don't match up.
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18-09-2020
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Re: Big Epoxy Granite machine, Which frame is better ?
Kern uses aluminium for the linear rail mounting I believe. They cool / thermally control all the mounting surfaces.
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04-04-2020
Thread: My sizes are out
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Re: My sizes are out
Have you measured your backlash? You need to check backlash.
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27-01-2020
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Re: A couple of beginner questions... Profile sizes and cutting area size.
The axes are defined with you standing how you would actually use the machine.
Side to side is X. X+ is the cutter moving to the right. Towards you and away from you is Y. Y+ is the cutter moving... -
06-12-2019
Thread: Suitable cable chain
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Re: Suitable cable chain
In my experience, wider is much easier. You can run out of room fast.
An important consideration is bend radius. You don't want too small / tight radius as it's bad for cables (radius needs to be... -
04-05-2019
Thread: New Boy introduction
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Re: New Boy introduction
You want diagonal bracing in the tube, not a horizontal plate. This can be done by stitch welding vertical plates within the tube at a few places and welding on end plates.
The gantry is subject... -
04-05-2019
Thread: New Boy introduction
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Re: New Boy introduction
The convention for axis labelling is:
Standing how you will use the machine:
X is left and right
Y is towards and away from you
Z is up and down
It is this way because that is how you design...
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