Reiyuki

Tiny Littoral ship

These are pics taken from using an engraving bit. The lines are about 1/32″ thick. The entire ship is 2″ tall.

Controller rebuild

have been rebuilding cnc controller chassis, this time with an actual project box and better connectors, etc.



The previous model was screwed together boards with no connectors or anything. Everything was a rats-nest of wires plugged right into the board.

This one will Molex plugs for the stepper motors, 3.5mm headphone plugs for limit switches, a spindle relay, and an RPM sensor, probably all-in-one. Everything will be plug-and-play ^_^

In related matter, I recalibrated the driver board (tweak the amount of current going to motors), and it seems I’ve only been running my motors at 50% capacity the whole time. Lesson of the day, don’t use a panel meter when you have a multitester.

Should be up and running this weekend. Hopefully the heat will not be unbearable during it.