Toby, So it's recovered overnight - sounds as though you haven't a fried IC on the control board after all. Possibly a bad soldered joint that op...

Hi Doug, For your interest, I've attached a picture of my crude setup to measure the torque required to drive the Y-axis. The cord goes to an offs...

Toby, Time to write to S Claus Esq. I fear - a new controller board seems to be called for. Incidentally, how many powered up hours on your ...

Hi Doug Just to add my "two pennyworth" to this topic - I believe that many of the problems builders are having in "tuning" their machines are due ...

Look at the "uccnc screen build error " topic in this section, I think you will find the answers you need in there. Peter

In the meantime if you need more friction, use some 180 or 240 grit self adhesive abrasive paper instead of metal foil or whatever. We call "multip...

Hi, I'm not an expert, but do check that you have a "Screen" directory under the main "UCCNC2" directory. It should contain a file "Defaultscreense...

Why not wrap some tape around the spindle mounting (dust extractor???) so that it just fits the hole in the bottom mounting plate. If you have any cop...

Hi again Richard, For what it is worth, here is the M31 code from my UCCNC probe macro. double Zmin = -100; //Max.Z depth double Feedrate = 250...

Hi Richard, Since my earlier comments in September I have built a DIY tool sensor based on the 6 ball touch probe principle. I wired this into my S...

Hi Per, Glad you have finally overcome your interference problem. Trouble is that system interference suppression is still somewhat of a black art,...

Hi Per, Your system is growing like Topsy !! Take care not to over complicate it - adopt the KISS principle if possible. A word of warning - wi...

Hi Per, My air pump is a Tetratec APS300 and according to its data sheet should only consume 4.5watts. It's incredibly basic - an iron cored soleno...

Hi Doug, This might be on the back burner for a few weeks, but I haven't given up hope of getting hold of an Eichenberger ball nut by fair means or...

Hi Per, Originally there was no connection between power supply 0V - on my picture labelled with an "earth" symbol, and the Stepcraft metalwork, he...