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AXYZ 6012 Retrofit with Acorn and Clearpath servos.

Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2021 3:24 pm
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.

Re: AXYZ 6012 Retrofit with Acorn and Clearpath servos.

Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2021 5:07 pm
by martyscncgarage
Nice job!
Marty

Re: AXYZ 6012 Retrofit with Acorn and Clearpath servos.

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2021 3:41 pm
by cnckeith
nice! thanks for posting!