Back to finish my build
 

OK, it been awhile I haven't posted any update. But to continue on where I left off, the enclosure I bought from EBAY never went through. Someone stole it from their ware house so I never gotten the box but I did get my refund back though. I went to Lowes and bought one, BIG mistake it was not deep enough.



Went back to EBAY and got me the proper enclosure 20x24x8. This one was big and had plenty of room. I got it wired up to test the motors and E-STOP. Here is short clip showing the motors spinning and verifying the E-STOP work. Notice that when I press the E-stop the PMDX still has power that because I connected to the wall outlet just for testing purpose.

I attached the schematic if anyone see anything odd please let me know. The schematic is basically the same as Gerald's plan.



I also got the table painted and wired just need to finish mounting the control panel to the wall and I should be ready to cut in a couple of days.

Gee Kray, we last saw you a week before Xmas and look what you have done since! Well done! :)

wow - thats a surprise :)

hmm when will I finish mine :(

Kray is that a bit darker blue - or am I color blind. :D

That is ShopBot's "Cobalt" blue! :D

Yep, it call deep blue. I got it at Oreilly auto part they had only one kind of blue and they don't mix paint to your choice.

It does look like the shopbot blue, sorry didn't pay attention to the color..

Control enclosure compledted!!!
 

The control box is completed and it move!!!

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I'm waiting for my router bracket from K2 CNC and some bits from Mcaster. I should be cutting by the end of the week.

I hooked up my SSR to pin 14 on thd PMDX to turn on the router and set it in MACH3 as output. So do I have to write some kind of macro to tell Mach3 to send a signal to activate the SSR?

I notice that all my description texts on the drawing for the gecko and the PMDX were missing. For some reason the solid yellow color on top hidden the text. Here is another copy with the missing text.
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Well done!

Connecting the SSR is discussed here:
Solid State Relay (SSR) for switching Router under control of Mach3

No macro needed. You put a an M3 or M4 command in your g-code file to turn the router on, and the M5 command to turn it off.

Obviously your Ports and Pins, Spindle Setup must be set up correctly for the relay on the correct port number.

Had a very quick look at your schematic;

- Your ssr is wired wrong. The "coil" and "contacts" are reversed with each other. The "contacts" need to be in the router's mains circuit.

- A 25amp fuse for the pushbuttons? that's too big!

- there could be more . . . . .

OK, I wired it right just how Mike described in the post I just drew it up wrong. The 25A fuse is for the AC line Black coming into the disconnect switch and the 3A is for the push button, again I drew it wrong but wired correctly. Revised schematic attached. OK, M3 and M4 to turn on and M5 to turn off got it.. Thanks
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OK typo again it 14A on the AC line..

1 amp is more than enough. 14 Amp will not protect the thin wires to the switches.