I have reached in excess of 1,000 ipm with no loose of steps. These would and have provided amble torque to move my machine. If you are not familiar, NEMA is a standard for motor mounts and sizes. One of my earliest purchases were powerful stepper motors for the version 1 of my CNC. I would consider the major electronic components, in the order I will cover them, to be: The case didn’t come with the pretty display or buttons and switches. It is meant to go in a server rack, but it has proved more than perfect as a CNC electronics’ housing. It is a 3U (19″) lockable steel drawer with an Aluminum Faceplate. I found the AC Infinity Rack Mount Drawer. I finally found a great solution by not looking for an electronics enclosure. The case had to be metal and finding a good sized metal case that didn’t cost a small fraction of the total build cost proved difficult. Bought a new metal case for the whole thing.
G540 ENCLOSURE DRIVERS
Replaced with individually replaceable Stepper Drivers.Replaced it with and Arduino Mega + breakout board.Replaced it with CNCJS and GRBL MEGA 5X.
G540 ENCLOSURE SOFTWARE
I stopped using old, closed source software.To kick things off for the new build, the BIG Changes were as follows:
G540 ENCLOSURE FREE
I still feel 8 years of trouble free service from the G540 was pretty good but it was time to say good bye. I did double check all of my current settings and never did find a reason for the trouble. I tried cleaning it, drilling it and ultimately resoldering the connector on the G540. No mater what I tried I could not get it to work again. These cables were from When I removed them I found a single pin on a single connector on the G540 was melted and I could not plug the cable back in. I was cleaning my machine and disconnected all of my motor cables from the back of the G540. Reasons 1 and 2 above are mundane but reason 3 was interesting.