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Discussion in 'Other Builds' started by John Davies, Oct 13, 2021.

  1. John Davies

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    I am in the process of commissioning my second cnc. I added a removable rotary axis running along the x axis on the front of the machine. I have added aviation plugs between the black box and stepper motors to facilitate ease of switching between xyz movement to xaz rotary. When I disconnect the y and y2 axis and connect the a axis to y or y2 there is no power to hold the y axis steppers from any vibration that might move the gantry during a rotary cut.

    What I would like to know is while both y steppers are disconnected from the black box could I plug in a dongle on both y axis steppers that would short the coils to provide a bit of stability and could this lengthly shorting have any future consequences.

    Thanks for your time,

    John
     
  2. Peter Van Der Walt

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    You can do that yes, but it won't hold sufficiently. Add mechanical clamping.
     
  3. John Davies

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    That sounds like a better idea. A clamp on each side would work quite well.
    Thanks,
    John
     
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