Wiring explanation and Plug and Play Connections

Its been a long week. I wired the electronics into their box and extended the motor wires.  I fired the Angry Beaver up and the x axis wouldn't fire. Through trouble shooting i found that my x was grounded by a few free strands of copper that had gotten under the chip. I found this out when i blew the x fuse by wiggling wires.(!!a fuse for each axis and the break out board is vital it will save you money!!) which leads me to plug and play connections

After spending days re wiring my set up over and over. I realised that pluging wires into the chips each time was a real pain in the, so I decided to get male and female connectors to make for easy assembly and disassembly. From this I have learned that connectors are leagues better then twist wires and taping.

A brief explanation of the composition of my router

the effective cutting area is 54 in by 18 in by 5 in

three main pieces
1 the machine
2 the drivers
3 the computer

The Machine
Gantry,
Lead screws
Steppers
Transmission system
The Computer
OS Unbuntu/linux
Software EMC2
The Chips
Drivers
Wireing
Steppers
power supply

Lead Rod more power and an Angry Beaver

So the machine from here on out will be referred to as The Angry Beaver.

On to more serious business. She runs at dirt slow speeds. i have spent the last day trouble shooting and i believe i have a solution. firstly I need new lead rods. preferably with less than 13 threads per inch and rigged. My leads have a lot of warps and i think it is do to assembly and poor handling essentially they are cheap. Secondly I need more power. A 40 volt supply would be perfect. thirdly an all aluminum and/or iron frame would be spectacular.

those pesky lead screws

I set up a lead screw system`and tried to jb weld the nut in place it poped loose.

proposed solution.....
Set plates on each side of the mount to lock the nut/s in place.

drivers steppers and the mobile gantry

 After to straight all nighters I have my gantry system assembled my motors wired to my drivers and spinning. its been a very productive week. Go Probotix!