AndyUK's Build - 1.2x1.0m Gantry

[AndyUK]

Y and X axis moving, apologies for the poor videography and mouth breathing; there are still no limit switches so I was trying to manually control and stay near the estop whilst filming, took far too much concentration.

The Y is substantially quieter (smaller single screw and better alignment I guess) and here its setup for 10m/min and 500mm/s^2.

The X still needs some alignment attention, here its running at 8m/min and 500mm/s^2. I think it was slightly crooked because at 10m/min something mechanical was slipping causing it to stall. Once a pulley was tightened and the gantry realigned it seems okay at 10m/min but time shall tell.

It's sounding and seeming okay to me, but I have very little experience to compare against, so comments and concerns appreciated.



Here's a short clip of the slipping I was seeing, after tightening the pulley grubscrew but before realignment:

[JAZZCNC]

Hi Andy, Well done mate it's coming along nicely. Have you checked the steps per is correct because It doesn't look like it's traveling 8 or 10mtr/min to me, thou it's hard to tell from a video? Just use MDI and tell it to move a distance and check it moved the commanded distance. ie: G0 X100 it should move 100mm. Make sure you Zero the axis first and leave enough space to travel.