Welcome to Our Community

Some features disabled for guests. Register Today.

Use Y axis as X axis

Discussion in 'CNC Mills/Routers' started by Mech.res, Nov 25, 2020.

  1. Mech.res

    Mech.res New
    Builder

    Joined:
    Nov 25, 2020
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Hey everyone! This is my first post here so sorry if this is a little rough. I have a Workbee CNC machine with a Blackbox motion controller. My machine is deeper than it is wide, my preference is for it to be wider and shallower so I'm just orienting it 90 degrees to how its intended (what was the side is now the front). How/Can I reconfigure the Blackbox to treat the two Y axis outputs as the X axis, and the one X axis as the Y axis to match its new orientation?

    Id also like to accomplish this without splitting the output to the one X axis to power both Y motors, I'm hoping I can solve this in settings somewhere instead.

    Thanks for any help!

    Jaelen
     
  2. Peter Van Der Walt

    Peter Van Der Walt OpenBuilds Team
    Staff Member Moderator Builder Resident Builder

    Joined:
    Mar 1, 2017
    Messages:
    14,028
    Likes Received:
    4,119
    You will put first X motor on X.
    Y motor on Y
    Second X motor on Y2
    And Z motor on Z

    Then refer to docs:blackbox:jumper-slaveaxis [OpenBuilds Documentation] to assign Y2 as an X axis driver
     
    sharmstr and David the swarfer like this.
  3. Mech.res

    Mech.res New
    Builder

    Joined:
    Nov 25, 2020
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Thanks so much! That's perfect.
     

Share This Page

  1. This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
    By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
    Dismiss Notice