that sounds like something mechanical. Vwheels to tight, something rubbing you arent seeing, a bent rod, etc if you put a wrench on the top nut you should be able to turn the rod and raise/lower the z carriage pretty easily
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Heās talking about that Label side on Dewalt is little extra thick, touching to Motor Mount going up and down. I shaved it. Some people puts router a little turned like 35 degrees.
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Thanks Alan for clearing that up, Iām not sure at this point for the need to move it or not, I just donāt use the homing feature in Easel at this point. I home through UGS and havenāt had an issue.
thanks
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If Iām looking straight at the spindle, the lock button is at 10 o clock.
Anyoneās DWP 611 die on them yet? Mine just died after having about 24 hours of total run time.
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Mine is 14 months old, I was hand using then installed to X-Carve. It is working fine so far itās about 3 months. Must be something wrong with your brushes. Did you pull brushes and see if something wrong. Or maybe some connection problem.
I took the top off and cleaned it out and looked to see if there were any connections that came loose. Wasnāt sure if there is a safety feature that shuts it off if it gets too hot, which it wasnāt hot to the touch. I have been running it like crazy the last 4 days at max speed for a couple hours each time.
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Did you check your hot legs while top is open with voltmeter. Maybe there is no power to it. They donāt get hot, but I never use it max speed. Weāre talking about 27000 RPM here. speed doesnāt give you any benefits.
It was the brush on one of the sides, one side was completely intact and the other side had about 1/8 of an inch left. Only $5 for a new one.
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Glad you found the problem. Iām curious as to how long the variable speed circuit will last on these. The circuits on both my old dewalt 2.5 HP plunge router, and my old Hitachi 3HP router died recently. It costs as much as a new router to replace them, and the electronics are usually embedded in potting compound, so they canāt be repaired.
apparently your not supposed to run at full 27,000 RPMās at continuous use. I have been doing 3D engravings into beech and each one takes about 3 hours to do and was doing 4 pieces a night for the last 5 days. Ill take a $10 part over paying $100 for a new DWP611. Note to anyone else-- donāt use your DWP611 at max RPMās at continuous use.
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Full speed on the 611 can also overheat your bits and cause them to become dull much faster. There are very few reasons to ever set the 611 above 3 on the speed dial.
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These are the part department for DWP611. I purchased Spindle Lock Button recently.
Answer to your question is $40.77 for single speed, I couldnāt find variable speed yet.
Yes, you can use the Super-PID when you want electronic control of the DW611. Itās fairly expensive. If I ever decide I need finer speed control, Iāll probably add a Super-PID since I already have the DW611, but if I were going to go all in to start with, it would be a toss up between it and an air cooled VFD spindle.
I would probably do the same (go w/ VFD) but I ldo ike the 611 because it has uses outside of the X-Carve. If I ever need a palm router where nothing else will do, itās easy enough to unmount it from the CNC.
I ordered the SuperPID last week. Their customer support has been great so farā¦answering questions quickly and concisely, returning simple āthank youā messages that are probably unnecessary (but appreciated), etc. They seem like a lean organization who really cares about the product and the customers.
Plus, now I should be able to work with acrylic without melting it!
Hi BlairHarp
From V-Carve what intermediary software did you use to send the design to the x-carve?
Sorry I couldnāt help, question to BlairHarp but here is my answer.
I found Universal Gcode Sender (UGS) is the most problem free sender.
You have to put following two Post Processors to your Vcarve post processors folder.
X_Carve_inch.pp (3.9 KB) X_Carve_mm.pp (3.9 KB)
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Alanās Response is exactly what I have been using for my files generated in V-Carve Pro. Universal G Code Sender works pretty well for me, I havenāt had any real issues with it related to carving.
Blair
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Sorry AlanDavis and BlairHarp do you mean that if I buy V-Carve Pro and Install the Universal G-Code Sender, I should be able to make designs using V-Carve and send them straight to the X-Carve with ought Easel?
Yes on me. Thatās what Iām doing from the beginning,