I have snapped 2 belts when extending past 2 feet in any direction from the where the Maslow settles after extend the belts anchor them and then apply tension. I can see the tension building during calibration when the sled tips up and then settles. I am using a horizontal frame per the plans on the website. I am at 1.17
Paul Bateman wrote:
I have snapped 2 belts when extending past 2 feet in any direction from the
where the Maslow settles after extend the belts anchor them and then apply
tension. I can see the tension building during calibration when the sled tips
up and then settles. I am using a horizontal frame per the plans on the
website. I am at 1.17
what is the max current limit you have set?
David Lang
2440 x 1220.
I busted another belt during calibration and will have to order more before I can get up and running.
How does the process of locating the anchors go? The thing that comes to mind is that the machine has an inaccurate understanding of where the anchors are.
I broke a belt when my anchors were too far apart. I tried a 10’ x 14’ frame. The belt broke at the end of its travel. I went back to an 8’ x 10’ frame with no problems.
I am using an 8x10 frame as per the web page. During calibration the sled rocks (tips up and then settles) when under stress. It has become nerve racking watching it during calibration. The spoil board is 1” thick. It looks like the arms higher up are raising it off the spoil board.
Paul Bateman wrote:
I am using an 8x10 frame as per the web page. During calibration the sled
rocks (tips up and then settles) when under stress. It has become nerve
racking watching it during calibration. The spoil board is 1” thick. It looks
like the arms higher up are raising it off the spoil board.
is the router all the way down when you are doing the calibration?
how high is the current limit? you want to set it as low as possible and still
have it retract well. We’ve found that if you can operate at or below 900 you
tend to get better results (it sometimes takes sanding the spools to get it to
work reliably at that current limit)
David Lang
I have worked on building a Maslow 4.1 for close to a year. Replaced the controller board, replaced an arm motor and this will be my 3rd belt.. The replacement belt doesn’t come in until next Wednesday and the spring mounted horse I am trying to build is supposed to be ready for my Granddaughters birthday on the 22nd of the month. Therefore I am out of time.
So you can all call me crazy but I am going old school and most likely unorthodox.. I am going to cut templates of the pieces out of chip board with a cricut vinyl cutter and stack them to an 1/4 inch. Then I will use template bushings and templates with my handheld plunge router to cut the shapes.
Wish me luck
Thank you. Last time I ran calibration the router was all the way up. I thought about that after breaking the belt.
Another thing I may be doing that causes stress is I have a 1” (actual 1”) spoilboard and cutting 2” x 12” which is 1 1/2” thick for a total thickness of 63.5 mm
Paul Bateman wrote:
Another thing I may be doing that causes stress is I have a 1” (actual 1”)
spoilboard and cutting 2” x 12” which is 1 1/2” thick for a total thickness of
63.5 mm
the default Z offsets assume that the anchors are at the level of the
spoilboard, if they are lower than the spoilboard, enter a postitive spoilboard
thickness value (settings → config) and also set your workpiece thickness.
David Lang
Thank you. The pins are level with the top surface of the spoil board. Should the spoil board setting be 0(zero)?
I replaced the belt today, lowered the Z-axis all the way down and ran a successful calibration. There is one arm motor that will not retract at a setting less than 1100 so that is where it will stay
My plan is to cut tomorrow. I expect to report nothing but success.