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I decided to enter this year's Great Guitar Build Off to give myself a kick up the backside and get on with an idea I've been mulling over for a while. Here's the final entry video.

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I'd read this thread before but hadn't paid much attention until just now when I downloaded a new copy of the UCCNC manual and found some weird new interface screen on the front!

The user manual...

I use DM542T drivers at 36V on a pair of 3NM NEMA23 motors to pull an 800mm wide welded steel gantry with a 2.2KW spindle on it. It's fairly weighty but will rapid at over 10/min with reasonable...

Plenty of information to keep you busy over what's left of the holiday!

I'm a big fan of Ben over at Crimson Guitars, he looks like a criminal biker thug but talks like an Oxford don! He's also...

Nope, that prize is mine! Though I've moved on a little since this video was made.

https://vimeo.com/146894861

You have to make 10 posts before you can post pictures, send PMs etc. Add a few "great work!" comments to other threads and you'll be fine.

OK, I might as well get the embarrassing bit out of the way.
There's nothing wrong with one of my ballscrews. I thought I'd checked everything for tightness and was convinced it was the screw/nut at...

As you know 24V is more common in commercial machines, and there will be an upper limit on the voltage the AXBB-E internal transistors can survive. 12V is more common in cheapskate machines that use...

This project has been on and off the back burner more times than granny's kettle, but I have at last built the final prototype of the circular clock mentioned way back up this thread, now called the...

Section 7 of the manual on page 18 says the 24V supply can be anything between 12 and 24V. 12V works fine as long as the connected devices are designed for it. It's what I use without any problems.
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I've never seen an adverse comment on one of Dean's machines and I am not surprised you are happy with it. My aim in asking the question is to get some guidance for DIY builders. When I built a more...

It certainly looks a beast, and I don't doubt it's ability to do the job. But anyone who has trawled the build logs will see a lot of comments about the need for bracing in a frame and this...

G'Day Cobber!
I take it from a previous post about the motherland that you are also an escapee from dear old blighty. Welcome to the forum, you'll find plenty of wisdom and no little merriment here...

Unfortunately I had the same problem show up again yesterday. However, a look at the bug reports on the cncdrive forum included someone who got exactly the same shutdown problems when he unplugged...

Sometimes you have to admit defeat and move on.

You've reminded me that I walked away from an AVO 8 at a junk sale a few months back. A snip at $80AUD, I should have snapped it up. Used one almost...

Thats exactly the idea though I think most of the drawings you will find on the forum use the same size section for both pieces. Whether that is for simplicity or there's a sound reason to do with...

Jeff,
Looks good so far, you've obviously put a lot of time and effort in already.

The most obvious weak point you will get picked up on is the gantry. That single piece of upright profile may be...

Welcome aboard Jeff.
Looks like you have a good head start from your 3D printing experience and work on the MPCNC. Looking forward to seeing what you end up building.

Kit

That has to be the best bit of router-porn we've ever seen! Those close-ups!!!!

When are we going to see a tutorial on how to install that pendant and tool setter with UCCNC and where did you get...

I really wasn't impressed with the directly wired result, it might work but... see below.

A quick rummage through the goody box showed that I already have everything I need for a proper break-out...

Those links to Dean's posts were very interesting, I'd not seen those pictures before.

I have never sugested that anyone copy my own machine, but if you have a look at some of the pictures on the...

Several others have offered you advice already and you will see there is sometimes more on offer than you want! In order...

Creating the design is Computer Aided Design (CAD). This involves making...

Looks like something the Russians would have sent into space around 1958 :joker:

Kit

In spite of the hype, Dyson's do actually have filters in them which need to be cleaned regularly for maximum suck. There might be life in the old beast yet!

Kit

I'll add a 'Wow!' of my own, that's brilliant. I know the Aztec calendar is a popular test but it's the ability to cut out pieces like this that will fit together properly that really tests the...