New build with recycled parts on a ridiculous budget 120cm*60cm work area

[Nr1madman]

Mind you at this price I'm very tempted works with both mach 3 and linuxcnc ;)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/Wired-USB-H...b04/2126489952

Have been oogeling this before.. wonder if it works well with uccnc?
And how long usbcable I can use reliably ;)

[Desertboy]

Have been oogeling this before.. wonder if it works well with uccnc?
And how long usbcable I can use reliably ;)

It comes with 5m cable which is enough for me.

I suppose I really should wire the VFD to the BOB so I can control it from linuxcnc, the main thing for me is turning the spindle off when it's done.

So I can drink tea and smoke cigarettes ;)

[Nr1madman]

5m. .. that works for me too...
Didn't think usb was reliable at that length :)

[Desertboy]

5m. .. that works for me too...
Didn't think usb was reliable at that length :)

5m is the max length for reliability so I guess that's why they went with it but you can buy a wireless one from china for £5 more if I'd seen this yesterday I would have bought it but I don't really care either way I have a habit of losing things so wired is probably a good thing lol. The one I bought is coming from UK so will have it next week.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-4G-Wire...s/131239063971

[Nr1madman]

5m is the max length for reliability so I guess that's why they went with it but you can buy a wireless one from china for £5 more if I'd seen this yesterday I would have bought it but I don't really care either way I have a habit of losing things so wired is probably a good thing lol. The one I bought is coming from UK so will have it next week.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-4G-Wire...s/131239063971

Another thing that needs charging is not always good either.. If I order myself something like this it will have a cable :)
But I think I will try xbox 60 or psu controller first.. have those laying about!
Wife and kids will be away week 11 so I'm hoping, dreaming and drooling about the oppertunity to maybe get time to see some movement from my roaring router :D

[Desertboy]

Another thing that needs charging is not always good either.. If I order myself something like this it will have a cable :)
But I think I will try xbox 60 or psu controller first.. have those laying about!
Wife and kids will be away week 11 so I'm hoping, dreaming and drooling about the oppertunity to maybe get time to see some movement from my roaring router :D

Are you using Mach 3?

A disadvantage of the HB04 controller is it works in user space in Linuxcnc (Or windows) so if the PC crashes you lose control I believe if I have an MPG interfaced to the Mesa board I would still have control after a crash. Won't affect my stop button which I'm wiring so when pressed it knocks out the toroidal transformer and spindle as well as firing a software estop.

That way if the pc has crashed I still lose power to the steppers and spindle.

I need to make the cable to talk to the AM882's I did make one but lost it, I want to set the stall protect to NC.

I found it £10 cheaper from China not going to cry too much lol

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/CNC-...764949005.html

but £50 is even more tempting

[Desertboy]

Mesa 5i25 is already in UK and out for delivery ;) That was quick, need to dig out a pc to fit it in now so I can recover the fusion 360 pc to always boot windows and put it in a heated room, with a table, chairs and most importantly a kettle lol.

Once fitted, I will change the ballscrews to 10mm pitch all round and upgrade the nema's to 3nm (or 4) I'm also going to add 2 pieces of angle steel ground flat to the gantry.

Add a home switch for the Z axis and I think I'm pretty much done with Betty so I can actually use her lol.

Just inside a year, next build will try to be a bit quicker lol.

My package just arrived with the 5i25 but I was driven home by the cold it's below freezing where the machine is it's just too bitter at the moment to be setting stuff up.



Seriously cool

[Desertboy]

;)

[Nickhofen]

Hmm what we have here?

[Nr1madman]

Haha :D what are you planning on clamping there Mr crazy-clamp? ;)

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