AXYZ 6012 Retrofit with Acorn and Clearpath servos.

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Hamm3rs18
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AXYZ 6012 Retrofit with Acorn and Clearpath servos.

Post by Hamm3rs18 »

This old CNC router needed a control facelift, so I took the road down the Acorn rabbit hole. And I'm happy I did.
Old controller was AMC v1, which could not handle true 3d paths causing it to randomly speed up and down. And was forced to use their toolpath software.

Replaced with Acorn and servos which added a lot of bennifits:
  • Auto squaring
  • true 3d
  • probing
  • G-code support.
  • Faster rapids.
  • Wireless Pendant
When I first wired everything up it was such a mess of wires and terminals, so I did up a quick schematic and a PCB IO board made to make it a lot neater inside.
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acorn.jpg
AMC-top.jpg
AMC-bottom.jpg
axyz 6012.jpg
martyscncgarage
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Location: Mesa, AZ

Re: AXYZ 6012 Retrofit with Acorn and Clearpath servos.

Post by martyscncgarage »

Nice job!
Marty
Reminder, for support please follow this post: viewtopic.php?f=20&t=383
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cnckeith
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Re: AXYZ 6012 Retrofit with Acorn and Clearpath servos.

Post by cnckeith »

nice! thanks for posting!
Need support? READ THIS POST first. http://centroidcncforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=1043
All Acorn Documentation is located here: viewtopic.php?f=60&t=3397
Answers to common questions: viewforum.php?f=63
and here viewforum.php?f=61
Gear we use but don't sell. https://www.centroidcnc.com/centroid_di ... _gear.html
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