DIY CNC 013 - Configuration & Basic Testing

[@thehardwareguy]

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[@cvicracer]

I’m impressed I learned so much from all your videos. Thank you very much! I’m going to build my own machine now.

[@nemesis851_]

Good for you. Have fun. Observation, when you open the Windows for fresh air the horizontal blinds will move away from the window and may get caught by the motorized horizontal gantry. Also a bungee from above to suspend the cabling

[@thehardwareguy]

Thank you. Yes, the bungee is a must. As for the windows, they can't physcially open so I should be okay :)

[@thehardwareguy]

00:00 Intro 01:22 Baseboard and Spoilboard 06:04 Wiring and Quick-Disconnect 15:40 Proximity Sensors and Auto-Home 20:47 Controlling the CNC Intel NUC with VNC Server 27:34 Motor Installation and Coupler Problems 33:00 Spindle Plumbing and Water Pump Demonstration 36:13 VFD Spindle Control via Mach3 Demonstration 39:00 Mach3 Spindle Relay Configuration 47:30 Mach3 Breakoutboard and Relay Connections 51:24 VFD Programming 55:43 Pulses Per Revolution - Speed vs Accuracy 1:08:49 Running some Test Gcode 1:13:23 Outro

[@jeffdeluca1153]

Great info. Glad I stumbled on your channel! I'm coming over for coffee! Lol. Question... if I want to use a rotary axis, do I need a 5th stepper driver or do I utilize the Y axis driver? Do I need a different control board also? Also, why did you use Mach 3 instead of possibly the Arduino board. I want to build my own also as the retail packages seem to always miss the mark in features for all the money they want. Thank you for your help! Jeff in the USA

[@kenf2662]

I would like to see a full detail of the spindle tuning.

[@saisagar8512]

Inspire me a lot thank you for all of your effort. Even iam also building a CNC machine your videos helped me lot . Can you please post the CNC drawing file(fusion 360 file)

[@Cybernetic_Systems]

I’m really impressed with your build, the quality and effort is premium! Puts my little home built 3030 machine to shame. I am curious as to why you selected Mach 3? The parallel port requirements are a non starter for me, same with Linux CNC. I’m running grblHAL on an MKS DLC32 ATM, but I’m currently looking for something better. The E5X MCS T4.1 looks really good, but is not cheap, although at least I won’t need to buy separate software license.

[@mikeuk7774]

Hi did you made that video about PWM module connection and configure with all settings in mach (port setting for this rnr board)

[@designtechone2518]

Thank you for such detailed and clear instructional videos! I’m a technician in a school retrofitting a 6090 cnc machine that’s been dormant for 8 years. Following your videos I’ve been able to get my head around the components and update the machine to get all the axis working via Mach 3, so thanks! Regarding the PWM converter and relay board - is the current ‘stop, start forward reverse, Mach 3 control’ working separately to the PWM converter? Or routed through the PWM converter from the Mach 3 board?

[@thehardwareguy]

Hi mate! glad to hear I've been able to help you out. The Stop/Start and Forward/Reverse are separate from the PWM board. They wire directly from the Mach3 Breakout board straight to the relay and then to the VFD

[@designtechone2518]

@@thehardwareguy thank you! I’ll give it a try when I get to that point. Keep up the great work!

[@IceCreams62]

Hi. When you are jogging the X axis with the Right keyboard key the carriage go to the left. It seems wrong to me !!! You need to refer from the front of machine, not from the back.

[@عمرمرخي-ط2ذ]

شكرا

[@DogSerious]

@41:26 who whispers "Hi"?

[@cnc_workbench]

those couplers you took off are waaaaaay better then the sping coil couplers you put on.. they WILL break and you will ruin a workpiece or bend a ball screw.. be prepared. Just saying.. the X axis coupler is decent.

[@thehardwareguy]

I agree, I sent them back because I had two break quickly. I have now replaced both Y-Axis coiuplers with the same coupler I showed for the X-Axis in this video. They seem much better!

[@stagecoachmechanic]

how much would you sell this for? or at least value it for?

[@thehardwareguy]

I will be updating the BOM spreadsheet very soon. All in it will be less than £3000 GBP

[@pant4726]

can you send me control wiring diagram

[@thehardwareguy]

I don't have a wiring diagram yet, but I did make a dedicated video explaining how to wire the NEMA motors and proximity sensors, and how they interface to Mach3. Check out 010 in this series.