dang you and your low-riders… my wife will divorce me if I kick her car out of the garage…
Neil
Which one are you calling your X axis?
Doesn’t really matter. Just make sure your wheels spin freely, and the idlers do as well, if those can move easily the only other thing could be belt tension, you can pull too tight and stall a stepper.
X is to the right along the 2x4 rails…
I’ll check the idlers and such, though it does work perfectly for all but maybe 20mm of the distance.
Maybe binding up isn’t quite the right description. I think the belt skips. But it’s only in that one place and the belt teeth look fine.
(I posted the other thread just to be able to drop in the ideas and solution once figured out. I figured that would help future folks if they have a similar issue)…
And moving nicely…
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John - what software is running on the laptop to control the Lowrider?
Repetier server pro is running on the raspberry pi you can see next to the Rambo board in the green case…
And lots of pictures…
https://1drv.ms/a/s!AlfeeLQWHGd-guEAKRvIm0DPAdGWzw
Lots of pictures…
https://1drv.ms/a/s!AlfeeLQWHGd-guEAKRvIm0DPAdGWzw
I run repetier server pro on a raspberry pi that is hooked into the Rambo board…
Ear to ear smiles right here!!!
How did it go? Do you think you could push it faster?
I really need to get out there and use mine some more. I am designing a part right now I hope I can go cut it soon just to get some more cut time under my belt. Maybe do some torture testing, sometimes I think I baby my machines…
I like that notch out of the 2x4 pic. That’s what I call, “a good hack”.
I did 30mm/s and could probably double it with no problem.
That is awesome to hear.
Holy cow, I can get used to this thing… took considerably less time to set up and start than the xcarve at the local MakerSpace. Lots of that is familiarity I’m sure, but two minutes from idea to dust flying is pretty cool.
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