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- Sat Apr 15, 2023 4:39 am
- Forum: Success Stories
- Topic: My home build - so far so good
- Replies: 31
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Re: My home build - so far so good
No, nothing to see... For round holes use G2/3, not short straight vectors... Uwe Dam, try this link. https://photos.app.goo.gl/nZY5xvhBhjyoxzLw8 Also with regards to the G2/3, my cam doesn't output using G2/3 for this large hole/pocket. Tried lots of different post processors and none of them do, ...
- Fri Apr 14, 2023 7:23 pm
- Forum: Success Stories
- Topic: My home build - so far so good
- Replies: 31
- Views: 28859
Re: My home build - so far so good
Hi Guys, She lives :). Its taken some time for my brain to switch over from Mach3 to acorn but I think we're getting there slowly. Running the machine slow for now as I don’t want to break anything on day 1 😊 . In the video I'm machining up the horizontal plate to hold the ATC carousel which will ho...
- Fri Apr 07, 2023 5:08 pm
- Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
- Topic: A Axis - how do I set machine home manually for this
- Replies: 1
- Views: 299
Re: A Axis - how do I set machine home manually for this
Ignore me, sorted, I set the movement for the A axis in the wizard to 0.001.
- Fri Apr 07, 2023 4:55 pm
- Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
- Topic: A Axis - how do I set machine home manually for this
- Replies: 1
- Views: 299
A Axis - how do I set machine home manually for this
Hi Guys, I have home switches on all axis except the A, so had this set not not to home in the .hom file. But like a plonker after I updated some settings in the wizard it must also have over written the .hom file so when I came to rehome the machine it started looking for a home switch on A (but th...
- Sat Apr 01, 2023 5:29 pm
- Forum: Success Stories
- Topic: My home build - so far so good
- Replies: 31
- Views: 28859
Re: My home build - so far so good
Hi Keith, I can honestly say, hand on heart, I've never seen anything similar, so the MHO design is a bit of a revelation. Not sure if I should be encouraged about my design or not , LOL................ I hope the MHO was a good one :) . I'm not one for lots of attention, so happy to share with you ...
- Sat Mar 18, 2023 3:37 am
- Forum: Success Stories
- Topic: My home build - so far so good
- Replies: 31
- Views: 28859
Re: My home build - so far so good
Thanks for your kind words guys, i appreciate it. In terms of rigidity i'm happy so far, at this stage its only when the spindle is at the very top of z that i have around 4/1000 of movement (front to back) but i have some extra plates to stiffen that up, but not fitted yet. But a big shout out and ...
- Fri Mar 17, 2023 8:07 pm
- Forum: Success Stories
- Topic: My home build - so far so good
- Replies: 31
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My home build - so far so good
Hi Guys, Hello from the U.K. Thought I'd share my homebuild with you all at this point as the young lady has just performed her 1st moves on the dance floor. She's driven by an Acorn (4 axis), with x3 teknic sdsk servos and will have a 4th with a closed loop stepper and harmonic drive by Easter. I'v...