Let The Fun Begain, New build on the Table.

[Bush Flyer]

Jonathan thanks for the update in finding that site, I have now placed a order for drivers and have also bought the 3.1Nm stepper motors that you advised, That was a good saving in cost. Thanks.

[Bush Flyer]

Been a while since I did any work to my CNC router as I was in Hospital again for a few days and the wife has band me from the garage. But I did get some wiring done, but have a lot more to do, I'm waiting on a E stop switch and more wire.
So just some photo's where I stand at this time. I hope to get going again in the next couple of weeks.

[Bush Flyer]

I am managing to get back to the garage for a hour here and there still real sore. I have finished the control box for my cnc but I still have some wiring to Finnish on the limit switches.
I also got some more of the cnc assembled, the next job is to build a table that will house the computer the controller and the cnc router all in one. Then fit a new wall plug in the garage and a bracket to the wall for the monitor.

[GEOFFREY]

Love the model aircraft. Router looks good too. G.

[irgonomics]

Looks like you are nearly ready to start cutting. Just got a couple of concerns with the power supply. Firstly I can't see in the photos how you are going to cut the power with the e-stop. Also you may have problems with noise bundling all of your signal and power cables together. Anyway, looking really good.

Regards, Ian.

[JAZZCNC]

Also you may have problems with noise bundling all of your signal and power cables together.

Ian's correct here.! . . The worst thing you can do is use un-sheilded cable and tie signal and power cables together like you have here.!!

Things may appear to work ok just jogging around etc but the potential for problems increases big time while cutting with noise getting on the signal wires causing all sorts of strange things to happen.? . . . .Everything from sudden limit or E-stops trips to sending phantom signals to motors causing them to either go in wrong direction or increase steps etc.
Honestly Complete nightmare tracking down where it's coming from so anything to minimise the better and you've done everything to maximise with those cable ties and unsheilded cable on signal wires.!

Other than that looks Good and happy cutting.!

[Bush Flyer]

There was nothing in the instructions from cnc4you about shielding, I now need help, do you shield just the wires to the stepper motor, or do you shield the stepper motor wires from the limit switch wiring.
What a mess there is over £70 of wiring there including the plugs.
And here was me thing I was smart keeping all the wiring neat and tidy, Now how do I fix this. Do I let the wires loose is this good enough just leave them loose in a cable track or can you get screening to fit around the cable on the out side of the insulation on the power wiring and of course you need to earth shielding do you earth the shield at one end or both.( On google search I found some mesh but was £30 for 5 metres and you get Tin-Plated Copper Foil Shielding Tape from 3M its about the same price what would you use or is there something better?) Will I have to rewire the inside of the control box or is it just the wiring to the stepper motors and the limit switch's?
On another search I found Guitar Pickup copper foil tape would this work and do I shield each of the four wires from the stepper motor separate?