Initial Design Check Please

[Gotty101]

Thank you everyone especially to JazzCNC for all your help. Today i finally got my cnc to move by mach and the motion controller for the first time. Im very pleased. Ive got some jobs to do yet like finish the control panel on the cnc itself, and sort the mist system.


I have one drive disconnected at the mo and have bypassed the alarm (will do a much better job of that), as that is for the eventual 4th axis, but i will learn the 3 first.



Thanks again guys

Trev

[njhussey]

Thank you everyone especially to JazzCNC for all your help. Today i finally got my cnc to move by mach and the motion controller for the first time. Im very pleased. Ive got some jobs to do yet like finish the control panel on the cnc itself, and sort the mist system.


I have one drive disconnected at the mo and have bypassed the alarm (will do a much better job of that), as that is for the eventual 4th axis, but i will learn the 3 first.



Thanks again guys

Trev

Well done Trev, looking good. It's a good feeling when it moves for the first time isn't it! Finish off what needs doing first before starting to use it....otherwise it'll still need doing in 6 months time, ask me how I know!

Need to post a video of it cutting next...

[JAZZCNC]

Great another CNc Virgin's cherry is popped well done that man keep up the good work and listen to Neil . . . .Thou he should known better.!!!!

Finish off what needs doing first before starting to use it....otherwise it'll still need doing in 6 months time, ask me how I know!

Argh but you have no excuse Mr hussey because you were pre-warned. .

[njhussey]

Argh but you have no excuse Mr hussey because you were pre-warned. .

I know, I know....I've no excuse....

[Clive S]

Nice control box certainly a credit to you, brill

[JAZZCNC]

Nice control box certainly a credit to you, brill

Yes I agree with Clive and forgot to comment, well done mate. I did see one thing thou Trev to be careful with.? Tie rapping those signal cables together isn't a good idea.
I'm not saying undo them now but if you have any strange happenings when working, like twitchy motors etc then go straight there and remove them.

[Gotty101]

Thank you for the kind messages.

Ive just got some minor thing and the main build is over, then i would like to work on sheilds for the rails and screws, although im currently moving my stuff about as im moving out of my house on the 10th of jan and in to my new one some time in early march.

I had a few problems setting up the z axis last night where it would trip the stall alarm if it was moved quick. In the end i manually tuned the z axis pid current settings and it works a treat now, and tonight ive setup the soft limits and played about a bit. One thing is can you make soft limits default on at all?

Thanks for the heads up JAZZCNC, ive ran all the internal signal cables in belden shielded cable (all the gray wires), and all the signals out of the box are also shielded.
I have installed an EMI filter on the VFD power feed and a EMI filter on the Stepper supply feed. I know its OTT but i wanted to be sure and thought i may as well while i was working on it.

One thing ive been looking at is the vistacnc p4-se mpg which looks quite good, does anyone have any suggestions?


Thanks again for all your help and support, it could not have been done with out your help and support.

Trev

[valdis034]

Thank you everyone especially to JazzCNC for all your help. Today i finally got my cnc to move by mach and the motion controller for the first time. Im very pleased. Ive got some jobs to do yet like finish the control panel on the cnc itself, and sort the mist system.


I have one drive disconnected at the mo and have bypassed the alarm (will do a much better job of that), as that is for the eventual 4th axis, but i will learn the 3 first.



Thanks again guys

Trev

Hi. What is the size of you enclosure?

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[Gotty101]

Happy new year guys.

Well ive been busy doing jobs on the house, although ive also been busy insulating my workshop to try and reduce the chances of rust on my machines. During the christmas holidays i did my first test on the CNC by drawing a circle in a square in cambam, and then getting it to mill it out. It went well although i think i had the feeds and speeds super conservative. So now ive got the tricky task of picking out software for the machine, so if anyone has any recommendations before i spend out money that would be appreciated. I have tried mach 4 although alot of people dont appear to like it much still. One of the things i was unsure of was the motor tuning graph in mach where you setup the acceleration.

On a side note, i have treated myself to a new toy.



Its a WM18. I want to keep it manual, although i would like to build a power feed for the y and z axis using stepper motors, drives and a micro controller. Ive seen a few install a stepper onto the z axis, although i would like to retain the hand wheel on the side. Ive got DROs to install also.


valdis034, Ill measure it up at the weekend and let you know. I must admit it is tight with all the kit ive put into it, but it was self inflicted as i did not want a big cab.

[needleworks]

So now ive got the tricky task of picking out software for the machine, so if anyone has any recommendations before i spend out money that would be appreciated.

I am a long time mach3 user and have just moved over to UCCNC. Two weeks using it and I'm quite impressed, everything I have asked it to so so far, it has done with no issues. I still have mach3 on my pc so can skip between them if I need to. Another plus, UCCNC is less than half the cost of mach3