Tim, I'm running my X and Y at 50ipm and the Z and A at 20ipm; I hope that's the right way to say it. The Z axis has been working great today, so maybe I just found it's sweet spot.
Steve, I was going to go with limit switches when the time comes, but I honestly don't know that I'll add them if all I do is issue commands manually. I worked on a 3" diameter by 4" long hexagon (on the end of a 32" walnut 4x4) that I'm going to turn into an acorn nut for my project. Clearly, you could see that the holding torque just wasn't enough as the router ran across the y axis of the workpiece. I ended up approaching the cut from the end of the workpiece toward the headstock to make it work out ok. It took forever at .1" depth and 6 passes per side at .25", but I did end up with a really nice hexagonal workpiece. I took one final cleanup pass along the y axis to see what would happen and the bit rotation was too much for the stepper and I got a little bit of movement. Also, with this kind of gcode, you can really see the weakness in the slide system as it changed directoins on the X axis. There's visible racking in the carriage and it doesn't travel completely smoothly. But, because I started each pass moving the bit in the same direction, my finished piece looks great. I've got a few more pieces to make on this table project, and I suspect that I can get good results with the current setup. I'm really trading time for some practical learning experience and some slowly made pieces. I'm ok with that. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en.
