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07-05-2021 #1
so i purchased one of these -
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184601717...EAAOSwjyxZci17
not actually used it yet, but my initial thoughts
he said 5 weeks and it took 7, didnt get a single communication from him for 5 weeks until i questioned what was happened.
the machine has no homing switches, which im totally shocked at. didnt even know you could get a cnc without homing switches, my £350 laser cutter has homing switches. not even sure i know how to use it without homing switches and limits.
when i go into homing/limits in mach its empty, so looks like i could easily damage the machine, i will be adding limit switches.
the estop is wired backwards :(
took me about an hour of faffing to work out why mach would activate, push the estop down and mach engages. easy fix i know, but come on...
when you hit the estop when the machine is running it appears to kill the uc100 controller, which is highly annoying. it disconnects from mach.
very heavy machine which is good.
will report more once i use it.
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07-05-2021 #2
Seriously an MDF backplate in the control box with not a fuse in sight.!!. . . . Be afraid very afraid..
-use common sense, if you lack it, there is no software to help that.
Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.jazzcnc.co.uk
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07-05-2021 #3
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07-05-2021 #4-use common sense, if you lack it, there is no software to help that.
Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.jazzcnc.co.uk
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07-05-2021 #5
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07-05-2021 #6-use common sense, if you lack it, there is no software to help that.
Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.jazzcnc.co.uk
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07-05-2021 #7
whats the kitchen sink strainer in side of electrical box supposed to do?
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09-05-2021 #8
I'm using an ESS/Mach3 combination on my CNC mill at the moment because that's what it came with. I'm seriously considering a change because of unreliability - random crashes, ESS buffer underruns, problems restarting from a given line, typically. Main thing stopping me at the moment is that the ESS is plugged into a motherboard that carries all the external connectors and I need to look at just how much work will be needed to re-engineer a conversion. UC300/UCCNC probable candidate, though. Would have re-used my CSMIO IP/M except that sticks with Mach3. I also run a PV Automation ET6 board with MyCNC software for my router which is mostly OK although I still have one or two issues with it. At least it's more reliable than the ESS, though.
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09-05-2021 #9
anyway, back on topic.
i get the feeling its the default mach download and not a single setting has been changed to suit the machine.
spindle dwell has been left on default 1 second, the spindle doesnt go from 0-28k in 1 second!!! ive now changed that.
the xyz steps in motor tuning haven't been set, its has 1000mm of moment in x & y. yet do the full length and the dro's in mach were reading 318, not sure what 318 is...
ive now sorted that.
estop has been sorted. active high was ticked in ports and pins, meaning is was operating the wrong way. ive now unticked that.
it appears there is nothing to stop the z coming off the rails, no software limits or physical stop.
the list of issues just gets longer...
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In the Ebay listing it says screened CY cable but I don't see any screens in the control box and no star ground point. It also looks like the E-stop is at mains potential
Last edited by Clive S; 09-05-2021 at 07:06 PM.
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