X-Carve Technical and Maintenance

Hardware

Frame

Shapoko 2 with X-Carve upgrade kit, 1000x1000mm frame.

Guaranteed Usable area: 700x700x50mm (Slightly more with care)

Electronics

Arduino Uno + Synthetos gShield (grblShield) V5b

External Emergency stop(Kills power.) Plus Reset connected back to controller.

Hard limit endstops(microswitches) on both ends of X and Y, plus top of Z

Z Probe with 2.1mm Barrel plug connector.

Mechanical

Nema 17 steppers. (Y and Z)

* Smart Automation SM42HT47-1684B 1.8° 1.68A, ( http://www.smartautomation.com.cn/ProductShow.asp?ArticleID=497 )

Nema 23 steppers (X)

* SHINANO KENSHI NO. 03640 1.8° 2.0A ( No datasheet )

6mm GT2 belts. 18 tooth drive wheels.

ACME Thread Z drive.

DeWalt D26204 Router.

Collets for:

1/8“ (Dremel/XCarve bits)

1/4” (Standard Router Bits)

6.0mm (Cheap Metric Tooling)

Hardware changes

Springs to counteract router weight

Spring loaded front guard

Software

Tested

Easel

HTML5 Web based, XCarve default

Good test, OK for home use, limited final use due to log in and web based.

Makercam + Universal G-Code Sender.

(Flash+web based. http://www.makercam.com/ )

Limited in use due to no path/tool saving, reliance on internet, problems with flash.

Autodesk Inventor

GCode exporting tool. Works well. Complicated and expensive.

Current

Vetric V-Carve Pro + Candle

Easy to use, works very well, allows work off site. (Makerspace ID: 86B4F-F467A-280D9-9F4C6-9C56B-4C528-BEE6F )

Candle(Previously grblController) is friendly and easy to use. Allows custom buttons.

Log of works

Original kit dismantling.. (Prior to Holley's arival)

First full build. (Started a few weeks into when Holly arrived)

Original table. Early dust extraction.

Final Vacuum cleaner based Cyclonic Dust extraction system.

New custom built table

New software(VCarve!)

Z-Touch probe

New computer, clean install, ready for Public. (Nearly done)

Room sound proofing.

Things **TO DO**

Room sound proofing. (Critical)

Document running procedure. (Critical)

Emergency stop needs to connect to an end stop to trigger Alarm.

Wiring diagrams need to be drawn up.

Dust mitigation. Guards for side wheels and edges. (Acrylic?)

New dust shoe.

Tooling lists need to be finished.

New dust extractor barrel/top/baffle.

XCarve Table lowered by 100mm

Signage.

Upgrades

TinyG v8 Controller. (Brought. Needs testing.)

Nema 23 Steppers. (Obtained)

8mm GT2 belts.

New dust shoe. (Needs finishing)

SuperPID Speed controller for Spindle.

Config

Candle(grblController):

Z-Touch: G53G0Z-30 ;G21G91G38.2Z-50F50 ;G92Z15.61 ;G90G0Z40
Safe Home: G21G90; G53G0Z-3X-650Y-100
Motor timeout:
$1=255 for 'leave motors on'
$1=254 for 'switch off after 254mS'

grbl internal settings:

$$ < $0=10
$1=254
$2=0
$3=1
$4=0
$5=0
$6=0
$10=3
$11=0.020
$12=0.002
$13=0
$20=0
$21=1
$22=1
$23=3
$24=25.000
$25=3000.000
$26=250
$27=2.000
$30=1
$31=0
$32=0
$100=44.440
$101=44.440
$102=188.976
$110=8000.000
$111=8000.000
$112=500.000
$120=500.000
$121=500.000
$122=50.000
$130=720.000
$131=720.000
$132=100.000

Notes

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