Installing the FoxAlien XE-Pro CNC machine linear rail upgrade kit

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

Clear and concise. I just made a router sled with 10mm rod stock that's on 12mm bar rails. Hand powered! This setup looks like a future possession to me. Thanks for the push.

[@JamesDeanDesigns]

Glad it helped 👍

[@cheekyoscar1353]

i'm absolutely love your videos , no mucking about straight to the point , job done . 👍

[@JamesDeanDesigns]

Thank you 👍

[@chrisashdown1484]

Another great post James, well done

[@kedovecanyonstudios2943]

Thanks so much for this. You don’t happen to have a video of doing the extension kit and linear rail kit simultaneously, do you? I just received both kits and will be doing both upgrades.

[@JamesDeanDesigns]

@kedovecanyonstudios2943 I dont unfortunately. Try @thecrawlspacecraftsman as I'm sure he did the extension and linear rails together

[@jamesgoodall3818]

With the linear rail upgrade kit it looks like the limit switch stop-blocks could be moved perhaps 1/2” or a bit more to gain a little more X and y travel. Would that necessitate setting different soft limits in G code? I would like to have 17” Y and 33” X travel if possible for some projects. Any help appreciated and keep up the great YT videos!

[@IceCreams62]

Hi. This machine use the GRBL HAL or a different ones ? I'm not able to find this info in the FoxAlien site 😞

[@JamesDeanDesigns]

I believe this is running GRBL 1.1h

[@GarryPalmer-f4g]

Sorry, this may be the wrong place to ask but can you advise me on...I have a prover 4030 v1 and want to buy another one, so the question is prover v2 or fox allen with linear upgrade. Forget about the cost it's more important to get the strongest machine. Thank you in advance

[@WillyM1]

Well, Are the new rails better than the old ones?

[@blackmorevalerc]

Ran mine at 5000mm/min 3mm stepdown in MDF perfect with 8mm Endmill

[@samrix5793]

Not sure why but I got the alert for this video at 4am which I thought was a cool time to release a video

[@JamesDeanDesigns]

😆 youtube does baffle me sometimes with what time it does notifications

[@glennmartonic6376]

many on youtube doing this upgrade......question is?.....was it a big or minimal difference?....worth the $$....how bout comparison video on quality this made?

[@JamesDeanDesigns]

Literally the next video was the comparison. Can't remember if I mention it in the video or not but it's not just the quality, it's the longevity. Linear rails will last longer. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoqkf6iKjd10rpo

[@sloter1024]

Can you imagine that they charge $349 US dollars for this "upgrade"? This should be sent free of charge to every user that purchased this machine with sincere apologies.

[@JamesDeanDesigns]

Why? Have you used this machine? The machine (with a router) performs amazingly well, 1/4in bit cut 9mm deep in one cut through pine, 8mm through hard oak, 6mm deep in one pass through aluminium.

[@victorscasas1193]

If its supposed to be as is why upgrade?

[@JamesDeanDesigns]

Don't quite understand the question but if its just why would you upgrade then this covers it kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoqkf6iKjd10rpo

[@victorscasas1193]

@@JamesDeanDesigns AAHHHHH! Now I get it, thank you for the link. My question was: since rails are already good then why upgrade? Your link answered it, to make my investment last longer. Thank you for your reply.