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20-07-2018 #341
Thanks Chaz. Sometimes the right job needs the right equipment to get the consistency and overall quality. These units are also now made in the correct material for the job, so anodising is now a realistic option should that path be looked at again.
Jogara should be given a lot of credit to be frank. He has done pretty darn well considering nearly everything has been stacked against him. 10 out of 10 for bravery and perseverance.
This the next lot being machined.
Last edited by spluppit; 20-07-2018 at 11:06 PM.
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11-08-2018 #342
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11-08-2018 #343
Usually these things are die cast but I guess volumes are low?
Anyway beautiful work spluppit ! Can’t beat shiny fresh cut aluminium.
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22-06-2020 #344
Any ideas on how to square the gantry?
I need to do some pretty accurate circles in a week or so. Just cut a 22mm hole for a carbon rod and the circle is oval...
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22-06-2020 #345
Sure that’s not due to backlash?
Other than improving the backlash situation, the only answer to that is backlash compensation in the control software.
To square the gantry the best I found was to drill 2 holes for precision dowels in the y axis and butt a precision square up against it. I then run a dial indicator along the edge in X axis, and then loosen the gantry bolts and smack it with a mallet until it’s as square as I can get it. You won’t get it perfect as the gantry isn’t completely flat.
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22-06-2020 #346
Could well be backlash.
I just measured it again and my 22mm diameter is 0.04 under in the Y and 0.14 under in the X.
It is pretty close but next week I need to do a 190mm diameter hole and close fit a bearing in it.
Yes I am using a caliper... Need a bore gauge.
It is not as off as I thought but if I can get it close as possible, would be less nervous about the big part.
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22-06-2020 #347
What Zee said although also indicate along the Y also to make sure you have the square square.
That’s a big bore and a tight tolerance for a machine like that. Good luck.
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22-06-2020 #348
You can't measure a bore with calipers and believe that 0.04mm measurement or even the 0.14mm for that matter..!! . . . Only a bore gauge can do that with any accuracy.
Also, it's not just the gantry squareness you need to worry about, the spindle tram and parallelism of the rails all come into play and I know for sure that these machines are not good enough in either of those areas to machine a bore that size to any decent accuracy.-use common sense, if you lack it, there is no software to help that.
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27-06-2020 #349
Hmm
Built a new enclosure for the machine. This meant I disconnected the PC and moved it for a sort time while I built everything.
Put it all back together and now the CNC stutters.
[edit]
It looks like turning the backlash toggle off stops this...
The machine earlier did lose a load of steps though and fked up my part -_-
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Now getting that "Is the Xpod inserted OK? it has ceased to respond..." error again god dam itLast edited by JOGARA; 27-06-2020 at 03:49 PM.
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27-06-2020 #350
Surely if you are looking at a bearing fit , then bore micrometers are what is needed.
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