I could be back on track now. There is a possibility that I wnted too much from the machine. My first program for making the part consisted of over 50...

... I measured the distance from the end plate to the portals with a calliper before and after the assembly. The difference between the portals was ab...

Thanks for another informative post. If we look at: 5030.200.200.30.200.200.16.67250.200. Does this mean that X axis steps per unit is 200, speed...

Jerky movement on Y axis? Make sure the two portal towers are the same distance from the back of machine - and the pulleys are working together and ar...

I had a strange problem when I tried to install Mach3 on my CNC computer. Got an old used PC with a clean 32 bit xp installation for running the Mach3...

So after many assemblies and dissassemblies I finally got my 600SF together. The good news is that it looks good, the axes move and it didn`t explode ...

They are bits left over from the brass manufacturing. They serve no purpose. Backlash is movement/play in the drive system as the motor changes di...

Thank you for helping heustec. I decided to buy the kit because that option seemed less likely to get damaged during shipping. Besides I am going to n...

Is universal lithium-EP grease NLGI-class 2 good for the Stepcraft machine or does it have to be a lighter class grease?