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Serge, I know a couple of ways to check squareness pretty accurately. Let me know if I can help. Dave
Here is a code example for taping with an axis: G1 Z-1.0 C 7200.0 F3000.0 G4 P2000 G1 Z.1 C-7200.0 F3000.0 This is for a 20 pitch thread. The...
Joe, I am pretty sure you'll be ok with your setup. The PID controller can be made pretty easily with an arduino and a something to get an index...
I for sure have no problem with it Serge. Any way to get the info to people who can use it is great in my opinion. :thumbsup: If there is any...
If I was making things that I wanted to make it would be pretty close to machining heaven Serge, but when the man is breathing down your neck to...
I wish it was my machine :(. The company owns it, along with six of it horizontal brothers, 10 of its 5 axis brothers, 20 verticals, 60 lathes...
Technically speaking, this discussion is about a horizontal machine not a vertical machine. It is called horizontal or vertical based on the...
Serge, Thanks for the comments. I thought about putting more into the calculator but I didn't want it to be over kill. I am also not the best...
I am pretty sure you'll be able to make it work with the big motors. I would say definitely go with a higher voltage power supply. Drivers that...
I made up a spreadsheet that I use for some basic stepper calculations. It's not pretty, but it works. I hope some of you guys find it useful. I...
Includes: Max RPM Max Speed (belt and screw) Max Force Steps per inch (belt and screw) lots of other stuff.
steelspinner submitted a new resource: Stepper Motor Calculator - Basic stepper motor calculations Includes: Max RPM Max Speed (belt and screw)...
Welcome Joe!! I was reading over your list of items, there are a few things you should look at. First, the steppers you have chosen are pretty...
You can use an endmill to make the holes a couple ways....but keep in mind you may have problems, including broken mills. Plunging a small...
I would suggest not using an endmill to drill, they are not designed for drilling and will wear/break very quickly. What I do is use a spot drill...
After you cut the first work area just unclamp the part you are working on and slide it until the witness mark on the next work areas are aligned...
One way that I have machined long parts is: 1: Make sure that the part you have to machine has a qualified straight edge on the long dimension....
About the only way that you are going to be able to get consistent letter depth is either with a 4th axis on your engraver or with live tooling C...
I'm sure you will find what is right for you. :thumbsup:
Something else to keep in mind with the stepper motors is that bigger isn't always better. You have to look at the phase inductance. Higher...
