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right on, Kai made a sail plotting machine with Acorn here are a few short videos. his approach is unique with a stepper motor to lift the pen on a slide and the weight is adjusted to give just the right amount of float pressure for the pen to mark well over any uneven surfaces. <url>https://photos....

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when a direction reverse is performed in software the physical wire of the limit/home switches need to be moved to match the direction flip. otherwise when jogging in the positive direction a negative switch input would be tripped.

- Combined the Homing and Travel Menu and the Axes Pairing Menu in the wizard. Software travel limits moved to the Axis Configuration menu. These changes also removed the need for parameter 414. CNCKeith adds "this change which may seem at first to be for no reason was actually done for severa...

The vectric dragknife toolpath is horrible (for dragknife) :) (a simple contour with a little lead in & extend at the ends works fine) yes, spindle speed of 1 does the job. Few weeks ago printed a ER20 Collet to fit a LOKLiK dragknife :) yeah, you definitely have to use Centroid's G code smooth...

holy moly!! wow! Continuing the 3D saga, something that's been on my "honeydo" list for a while. You don't need a lathe or indexer to turn a bowl! ;) Cut from a 2"+ thick chunk of soft maple slab wood that's been drying for several years behind the wood furnace. https://photos.app.goo...

thanks for posting photos, consider putting all your photos in one spot with a google photo album. here is how. https://youtu.be/yffppUwzKIU?si=qkPXqyDcarWO7RY8 Create a online photo album of your project put a ton of photos of everything you are doing in the album so all photo are in one place. The...

Hi! the latest manual can always be downloaded from the website! your manual is rev40 1-25-23, the latest one is rev50 dated 3-5-24 here is the link. https://www.centroidcnc.com/centroid_diy/downloads/acorn_documentation/centroid_acorn_plasma_users_manual.pdf if you have used this link before always...

You guys provided the wiring diagram, it was not even the right motor. So there went your "expert" status. The pin 3 was listed as an Input Voltage on the diagram. As I already said, the seller sells other brands as well, including those you recommended, Leadshine and Delta. Take it from ...