Mini wannabe datron build

motor mounds for ethercat servos.

motor mounts. 

 



Sooo, now i will have ethercat servos. This will be fun....

ihavenofish wrote:

Sooo, now i will have ethercat servos. This will be fun....

Bold move!

Just check out the stickies and maybe the Linuxcnc ethercat driver repo github.com/linuxcnc-ethercat/linuxcnc-ethercat

One thing I wondered is how thick the material is you used for the gantry?

gantry is the old xzero one. 3/4" plate, with 3/4" x 1.5" ribs. basically making a 5"x2.25"x.75" thick "channel". the lower bar connecting the uprights on the bottom is 1x3".

I am adding some reinforcing to prevent racking, you can see it in the last renders.

The "new" minimonster will be all 1" plate boxed with much less gantry span relative to travel, so it will be way stiffer,

it go zoom zoom now



next steps:

IO
modbus spindle control
UI

getting there.

Is this the correct type of modbus usb adaper?

www.digikey.ca/en/products/detail/dfrobot/FIT0737/13688358

Will get here friday if I order it now.

Should be fine

It's almost time to make V2....!!! (like for real)
Big enhancements in the work holding area. quick change 5 side vise indexing, and some other tricks. 430mm x 270mm/310mm travel And a 10 tool robodrill style tool changer.


 

 

 

ATC being worked out. Its gonna be fun haha. it wont be fast like a brother cause the spindle itself is slow to clamp, but 2-3 second tool changes should be viable.

 

 

Alllllmost there.