{"id":2252,"date":"2012-04-15T21:19:58","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T03:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thmsblog.com\/?p=2252"},"modified":"2012-04-20T10:07:51","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T16:07:51","slug":"taig-4th-axis-operational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/?p=2252","title":{"rendered":"Taig 4th Axis Operational"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ngg_shortcode_0_placeholderngg_shortcode_1_placeholder<\/p>\n<p>I have it fully wired and working. I didn&#8217;t make finishing this project a high priority because I really don&#8217;t have anything to make on the 4th axis. I have lots of ideas but nothing designed.<\/p>\n<p>The work on getting the SmoothStepper installed kind of kicked my butt and said, &#8220;What are you waiting on?&#8221; I didn&#8217;t have a real good answer for myself. I knew there wasn&#8217;t much more work. All I had to finish was the wiring.<\/p>\n<p>Then I had to find the piece of paper on how to set up the controller for the correct current for the new stepper motor. I think I spent as much time searching for the document as wiring up the cable.<\/p>\n<p>The final step was to research MACH3 and figure out how to set up a rotary axis for the &#8220;A&#8221; channel. Since I have never done it before it was a new experience. I didn&#8217;t even know for sure how to set up the pulse rate. Right now the acceleration and the top speed are still sort of a SWAG. That&#8217;s a Scientific Wild Ass Guess.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, the video here is proof that it is running. I may next have to invest in Art Fenerty&#8217;s gear design program so I have something to make on the 4th axis.<\/p>\n<p><div class='jwplayer' id='jwplayer-0'><\/div><script type='text\/javascript'>if(typeof(jQuery)==\"function\"){(function($){$.fn.fitVids=function(){}})(jQuery)};jwplayer('jwplayer-0').setup({\"file\":\"http:\/\/thmsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/1Taig4thAxis.mov\"});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have it fully wired and working. I didn&#8217;t make finishing this project a high priority because I really don&#8217;t have anything to make on the 4th axis. I have lots of ideas but nothing designed. The work on getting the SmoothStepper installed kind of kicked my butt and said, &#8220;What are you waiting on?&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77778,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[138,39],"class_list":["post-2252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cadcamcnc","tag-cnc","tag-mach3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/77778"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}