Hi,

Today i connected the Spindle to the Z axis and did some air cuts, it was really fine. But suddenly a glitch, after the program runs for a while it suddenly stops and an estop is triggered. I powered down the spindle and checked and it went fine. I have found out that there is some problem with the EMI so i shut it down. I have assumed that these are due to the following errors.

1. Cable to the spindle motor is not connected to the Ground.
2. PMDX & Geckos are not grounded.
3. VFD close to BOB & Spindle control board.

Have to correct the errors before i can run the machine again.

But still i have made my first cut of the letter 'P' with a 6mm end mill on MDF to 5 mm Depth. That was like a dream come true after all these days of hard work.

Kindly suggest me if i have missed anything other than the above that has to be checked.

Vishnu

Finally - what a relief!

Congrats on the cutting Vishnu!

Don't be too hasty with those modifications. The Gecko's need no further grounding (they are not causing the random e-stops anyway). The PMDX-122 must not be grounded to the control cabinet - it is grounded to the PC via the parallel cable.

First thing to try is to increase the "Debounce Interval" setting in Mach3. Try 500 instead of the default 100.

Hi,

I have dismantled my machine last friday and want to finish paintingby this week end, probably vouching for a serial# :). I have one question urgent on behalf of Irfan. When he homes the X axis one on Motor turns & the slave is not working, this is a new problem which i have never come across, Immediate assistance is required from the members.

Regards,

Vishnu

solved - "Under config/ General config there is a check box for "home Slave with
Master"

Hi Vishnu..Very nice progress on your machine..

First Commercial Order
 

I have been off the MM forum for quite a some time. I had my first order today for 3 Mirror frames cut from 4' x 2' MDF 16 mm thick. I was fun doing today after a faulty wire stopped my machine for over 2 hours in between. The total design was V carved with 90 deg V tool at 70 IPM feed rate.

I will be cutting the Mechmate Name plate on Wood tommorow to grab the Sl.# 30 .. hope its available. But man working with Artcam is really like starting from Kindergarden to Phd :confused: looks like my brain has be sharped.

Mechmate is Neighbours envy and a owners pride.:)

good work vish

Good to see you again Vishnu!

Vishnu,

Looks good.

Vishnu,
Very nice frames. :)

Nice Vishnu!:)

Beautiful work Vishnu.

hi there Vishnu and irfan :)

good to know you guys are builing the mach i m frm pune wanted to know how much it will cost to make one 10x5 machine bcos you guys have allready done the maths i allways wanted to build a router and a forming machine as well as the from cutting machine which i have the plans for but stoped my self as i did not get the proper curcuit dwgs from the net plus i have no idea of what type of motors to be used servo or stpper want to also know how do i build the controller where r the dwgs of the circuits for the machmate hope u guys will help me imp i want to know the cost please

thanks every body for there inputs and thanks a lot mr gerald

vishnu irfan want ur mob no i will call thanks once again:):cool:

Mac if you study the forum - then its very easy to build this machine. all electronics, electrics are discussed in depth on the forum, cost wise it is some where around 4L - but depends on how you go about building one.

RGDS
IRfan