Boxford TCL125. (Fresh start )

[depronman]

That's interesting, I must have been given a business account (which has free postage for all orders) for some reason without realising it. I've been a customer for donkeys years and have never been charged postage.

I think it depends where you live. In the UK postage is normally charged unless you order is over a certain amount at which point postage becomes free
I have a deal through work where by I get free postage and on most thinks a little off the price

I normally use CPC as they are local and if I need it quickly I can collect at their counter I find that I normally need something immediately so this works for me

Paul


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[Kitwn]

I think it depends where you live. In the UK postage is normally charged unless you order is over a certain amount at which point postage becomes free

I've just checked both the UK and Australian RS websites and you're right. Free delivery for all online orders for those of us living down under but not for you poor souls still living in pommieland.

[depronman]

I've just checked both the UK and Australian RS websites and you're right. Free delivery for all online orders for those of us living down under but not for you poor souls still living in pommieland.

It’s a long way to come to Oz to get free delivery from RS . Sounds like a good excuse though...

Paul


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[Kitwn]

It’s a long way to come to Oz to get free delivery from RS . Sounds like a good excuse though...

Paul


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Any excuse is a good excuse for moving here, especially now.

[John11668]

Another lesson this evening!
I decided to take a supply to the driver board from my 5 v PSU rather than regularly falling over a Usb lead from the computer.
And I took the opportunity to make some of the other wiring a bit more compact. So I had the power switched off , and unplugged for (I think) more than 20 mins when the 24 v supply cable touched the chassis giving me a hefty flash and lightly welding itself . Maybe need to be careful of big capacitors .
I think it has taken out the driver board as the traverses dont seem to be working. Spindle controller still OK though .

Is there a way to quietly discharge the capacitor when I switch off??

[Doddy]

Another lesson this evening!
I decided to take a supply to the driver board from my 5 v PSU rather than regularly falling over a Usb lead from the computer.
And I took the opportunity to make some of the other wiring a bit more compact. So I had the power switched off , and unplugged for (I think) more than 20 mins when the 24 v supply cable touched the chassis giving me a hefty flash and lightly welding itself . Maybe need to be careful of big capacitors .
I think it has taken out the driver board as the traverses dont seem to be working. Spindle controller still OK though .

Is there a way to quietly discharge the capacitor when I switch off??

Big capacitors?, I always fit a bleed resistor across the terminals - nothing too exotic - for exactly that reason. Others here will argue against that... we agree to disagree.

[John11668]

Big capacitors?, I always fit a bleed resistor across the terminals - nothing too exotic - for exactly that reason. Others here will argue against that... we agree to disagree.

Not as bad as initially assumed .. Board IS working but amazingly the jog function works better when some "plonker " does not forget to check that the "Jog on" function is selected Dooohhhhh!

Nonetheless I do feel it would be a good idea to bleed away charge from the capacitor when the the supply is broken . What size of resistor would be approprate ??