Quote Originally Posted by Jonathan View Post
Nice machine. Bit odd how they leave the rails sticking outside the castings - does the carriage move onto that region or stop before?
Honestly I don't know I've not moved axis to end stops but I've seen other industrial machines use similiar setups. Think some older Haas machines use this setup, which isn't surprising because the First haas VF machines where based on Fadals.


Quote Originally Posted by Jonathan View Post
Has everyone changed since I've been gone . I'm sure between the people here you'll manage it. I've not tuned a servo motor with closed loop control through LinuxCNC either, but in other systems I've worked with it's generally not been so hard so I wouldn't shy away from it if that's a solution you can try without spending extra cash.
Only thing that changed is a Few Old mates are missing and missed.!

Regards the Closed loop and Analog it doesn't really bother me if honest but why make things difficult if can use Step & Dir.
If wanted to keep the costs down I could just throw encoders on motors and use the Cslabs IP-A controller I already have and use all the existing motor/Amps etc But don't want to take that route, I'm thinking more long term for when things fail.