David the swarfer's Recent Activity
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David the swarfer liked Peter Van Der Walt's post in the thread Surface Wizard.
Soft Limits is not currently supported by CONTROL on the X32 - keep disabled (as per our profiles)
Oct 3, 2023 at 8:49 AM -
David the swarfer liked Misterg's post in the thread Problem configuring Grbl settings.
I've just had a look for the manual: Check your DIP switches carefully! Acording to this Cloudray drive manual (I don't know if it is...
Oct 2, 2023 at 5:55 AM -
David the swarfer liked Peter Van Der Walt's post in the thread machine profile set up.
CONTROL > Grbl Settings tab > Select machine from the list > Save and reset when prompted Source: the comprehensive LEAD1010 BUILD...
Oct 2, 2023 at 5:45 AM -
David the swarfer liked Misterg's post in the thread Just dreaming.
And my work around... Set the first job (in the default G54), and when the machine is at 0,0,0 switch to (say) G55 and zero out all the...
Oct 2, 2023 at 5:43 AM -
David the swarfer replied to the thread blackbox with external drivers?.
i cant read the labels in your photo, too small. but at least one of those pins in a signal ground, use that. I don't know if the...
Oct 2, 2023 at 5:42 AM -
David the swarfer replied to the thread Custom build cnc router.
MArlin has runtime settings for steps/mm and aceleration, you wil need to read the Marlin wiki
Oct 2, 2023 at 5:38 AM -
David the swarfer liked Peter Van Der Walt's post in the thread Custom build cnc router.
Also consider the BlackBox X32 (https://docs.openbuilds.com/blackbox-x32) with and Interface (https://docs.openbuilds.com/interface)
Oct 2, 2023 at 5:37 AM -
David the swarfer replied to the thread Custom build cnc router.
your max speeds are too high. default zsfo rlLEAD machines are [14:30:46] [ $$ ] $110=2500.000 ;X-axis maximum rate, mm/min [14:30:46]...
Oct 1, 2023 at 8:32 AM -
David the swarfer replied to the thread blackbox with external drivers?.
to the signal ground in that same set of pins, NOT the ground that the 24v psu uses
Oct 1, 2023 at 8:27 AM -
David the swarfer replied to the thread blackbox with external drivers?.
no, do not connect the PSU ground to the signal ground you need 3 wires from the controller to the pulse and direction inputs on the...
Oct 1, 2023 at 5:08 AM -
David the swarfer liked Dane Austin's post in the thread Interface and USB errors.
I think you might be right. I had moved the cable around the machine keeping it away from potential sources but was still getting...
Sep 30, 2023 at 2:36 PM -
David the swarfer liked Peter Van Der Walt's post in the thread Interface and USB errors.
Actually looks more like EMI based serial corruption to me. See docs:blackbox-x32:faq-emi [OpenBuilds Documentation]
Sep 30, 2023 at 2:36 PM -
David the swarfer liked Giarc's post in the thread Candle cnc.
That is brilliant. I have been using aluminum tape with an alligator clip which is kind of wasteful.
Sep 30, 2023 at 2:35 PM -
David the swarfer liked tomfitzphilly's post in the thread Excessive Z axis retract.
OK So it turns out that I was completely wrong in my understanding of what was happening. I homed the machine thereby setting in the...
Sep 30, 2023 at 2:34 PM -
David the swarfer replied to the thread Interface and USB errors.
there is something wrong with the cable between the interface and the blackbox, contact the store for a replacement. or there is...
Sep 30, 2023 at 11:26 AM