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The ganty was fabricated out of 100 x 50 x 3 hollow section steel. Thinner than I wanted, but I thought it might be OK if I welded on some thicker pads where the linear rails would fit, and possibly...

So it turns out STL production can still be done locally.
After Doddy's post, I just tried a few options, and if you right click on the top branch for the Browser tree, there is an option for Save...

ok i'll sort it

I thought I'd post this I found on YT as I found it interesting to see how things where done. Good watch while stuck at home but Damn who ever picked those machine colours must have been colour...

The shipping was reasonable at $50 which is about right from Canada and came quickly enough. There is also 10% discount for Mycncuk members I believe.
You will get slapped for the usual import Vat...

Yes, Neale, they are good for servo's as well. However, they have just introduced a new range of servo's which I haven't used yet. The ones I used were the older AASD type which where exactly the...

3-4s is about right I find. If you set too low then you'll get VFD tripping.
The Spin setting in IP-M is only in the later Plug-in's/firmware so if still using Old Firmware worth updating.

At present, it runs via VFD and 0-10v signal from CSMIO, the motor has back-gear for speeds below 400rpm and also has a variable speed mechanical control that i am using in conjunction with the VFD...

Ok well Neale you got me wondering about repeatabilty of those switches and as it happens i'm just setting up a machine so lashed together a test for you of the Ebay switches I use.
Think these...

@Neale, If you intend to weld the top beams to the frame instead of bolting, that's fine, you will of course have to use the epoxy routine. The reason I wanted to bolt them was to avoid the epoxy bit...

If your talking about what I posted then No they just need a Steel target to trigger them which the sensor detects as it passes the face. Adjusting the distance from target to sensor face as the...