Posted videos on this channel are primarily to support my website www.wadeodesign.com. Focus is on metal working, diy cnc router, tool restoration and diy projects.
Hello Rob, I hope all is well. I am trying to calibrate the DRO, I am working on the x Axis, I have been adjusting the encode counts and servo counts the axis movement in close the DRO is about 1/2 of what it should be, any help is appreciated thanks
I like the router you made. Great job. I only have one thing to say about your machining pratices. Please don't use air to blow the chips off the part after the process is done. I have been a machinist and tool maker for ove 36 years and the only thing you are doing is blowing teh chips into the workings of teh machine. Please use a vacuum to suck the chips up. I know I will get some greaif over this statement but what the heck. Keep up the good work.
Hi I have watched all your Lathe videos, great job especially keeping the manual part of the lathe. One question for the Z axis you disengage the half nut and you have 100% manual feel i.e. no stepper loading, for the X axis do you feel the loading of the stepper a lot? Is it annoying? One more thing can you release the firmware even if it is not finished just a starter for anyone who wants to continue, 5 years have passed since your last video? Thanks
Where do you have your gantry in the middle of end of your table. I'm building a fixed gantry chain driven machine but trying to find the best place to configure the gantry to get the most travel. Your table is just a little bigger than mine. Thanks for your time. You using the Arduino instead of individual stepper drivers?
Impressive programming! Only 3 buttons 😎👍 Maybe it's time to improve on usability; A few more carefully chosen buttons / features like be able to go a step back to change a previously entered wrong number and a pause button would be handy. A different screen with more room could also improve the usabillity .
Very impressive. I was pretty pleased with myself making an Arduino controlled Power Feed for my Milling Machine, even having a jog of 1000th of an inch. Your programing skills are on a whole other level ! Thanks for the video series on this. Regards
For 99% of my needs a manual lathe is actually the faster solution but I just hate the whole process of cutting threads on one. This is an interesting concept. It has me wondering how hard it would be to integrate something similar into an ELS equipped lathe. High-ish resolution rotary encoders in place of the original hand wheels feeding input to a Rocketronics 2 axis ELS4 Pro, combined with the low backlash of ball screws, wouldn't just make threading a breeze but should improve the overall accuracy of most mid-sized import lathes.
Re-watched this video after about a handful of years... still amazed by how elegant the conversion is - well done! The detailed writeup on the website must have taken a lot of time too. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the download section on the website to view the schematic and CAD file.
For those looking for the CAD, Arduino, and schematic files, the "documentation" link is nested in the main menu of Wade's website. On the mobile browsers, drill down in the "CNC Lathe" main menu to see "CNC Lathe: Documentation." On the desktop browser, hover over "CNC Lathe" main menu item. I'm not posting the links since RU-vid sometimes considers comments with links to be bot spam.
I've built this excellent design and am cutting LOTS of brass with it. I used SDSK motors from Teknic Cleapath, and a Ethernet smooth stepper control with Mach 4. So grateful for the help that came from the drawings posted on the website. THANK YOU!
I watched this years ago and was blown away by how clever this is and made sure to keep a link of it around for when I'm ready to make the conversion. I don't have a grizzly, I have a PM-1030V, but the idea is the same and I think I'm ready to tackle this. If you don't mind, would you post an update on this build and let us know how it has fared over the years and whether there are some changes you would have made? Many thanks for showing us how it can be done!!
I just finished my replication of this cnc mill. I'm super pleased with it. We will cut a LOT of brass with this machine. Thank you for posting the design!
Great to hear... Drop a picture into my website contact and I'll try and post to my site (I've got a small collection of other builds sent so will blog on "sample builds".
It's a nice job but a bit outdated, I use encoders on Main spindle, feed rod and sled spindle. Any sync between the three is possible, provided you stay below the max of 20 000 pulses per second.
I'm building a cnc with a similar weight z axis. What stepper motor did you use to move that weight. (motor inside the box section). Did you use any gear reduction?
I used nema23 and had issues. Had to add springs to help offload mass. I'm now using servo without springs... Better, but I wish I still went larger. So bigger is better - it's a lot of mass
@@wadeodesign2699 ah, in using a 23 with feedback loop in my design. I may upgrade in the future. Although most of my cutting is going to be wood. So fingers crossed it works. I'm going to be using dual closed loop nema 23 motors to move the gantry. I'm not aiming for high speeds just yet.
there are arduino boards with much more scope than the uno, and thay are becomming cheapper. and stm 32 as option . the page on your site with schematics and code is pasword locked. would you minde sharing the code and scematics. what ever changes i make ill send to you, or do you have a github for this
looked on your website for info on the build, but im not allowed. i would like to use this system on a custom built machine for machining onsite. would you mind to share?
Hi! I searched your site to see where I can download the skematic and the code but cannot find it.. maybe you can post the link to your github!thank you!
