X-Carve Workspace Showcase

So at long last I got the X Carve setup and running with the .8KW VFD water cooled spindle.

Used the Shapeoko and the Planet CNC controller to mill the wire and cooling pass through panel.

Still waiting for the GX20 connector to arrive in the mail for the VFD pass through connection and need to 3d print the wire cover for the inside to tidy it up a bit more. But over all it is pretty much done and it is working like a dream. Setup is .8KW water cooled VFD spindle with 3d printed mount (milling aluminum mounts this week) Mill is run by a Planet CNC MK3 board with Leadshine DM442 DSP drivers (4) all controlled from a Win 7 E4300 Core 2 Duo laptop. Managed to get all the cooling tubes and VFD power into a custom designed and 3d printed cable chain on the gantry along with the X and Z motor cables without pulse interference from the VFD.

Still a few more details to go but everything is coming together great and the first aluminum item off the X Carve and VFD mill used to take over 9hrs to mill on the Shapeoko with a 400W 48v spindle, it only took 1hr 12mins today and that counts the 7 tool changes needed to finish it.

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