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Gerald_D
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Username: Gerald_d

Post Number: 903
Registered: 11-2005
Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 10:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
After you have done the electronic/electric shopping, and long before you clutter the garage with steel, you have to get these motors turning in response to a G-code file....

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The light simulates the router (quieter and safer)

This setup proves:
1. Your ability to produce a cutting (g-code) file
2. Your computer's ability to run Mach
3. Your ability to install and operate Mach
4. Your power supply, gecko's and wiring
5. the tuning of the geckos to the motors
6. the direction of the motors
7. Etc.

All this in the comfort of your home - no need to go in the cold, dusty garage. All the parts in easy reach for fault-finding - no walking around the big table to find a switch

When it all works correctly, you simply drop it into the box and join in the long cables....
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reza forushani
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Post Number: 50
Registered: 01-2007
Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 10:50 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
I have never done anything like this. So I have some Geckos? Did you make the board that holds the Geckos yourself?
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Gerald_D
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Post Number: 966
Registered: 11-2005
Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 11:23 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
That board would be called the "heatsink" it is a piece of plain aluminum, about 3mm [1/8"] thick, 100mm [4"] wide and as long as the width of the inner panel of your control box, which should be at least 320mm [12.5"]
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christipher saint denis
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Post Number: 6
Registered: 08-2006
Posted on Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 06:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
I have purchased and receive basically everything picture above except I have not purchased the shielded cable. I won't be placing that order for the cable for another 15 days or so. Is shielded cable required to wire up a simulator?

Thanks.
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Gerald_D
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Post Number: 1205
Registered: 11-2005
Posted on Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 08:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
No, you can start a simulator with cheap cables.

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