This is a saga of the CNC router. The router was built here in the shop and it was used to make the stock and handguards for the VG1-5. 5 years ago I was running a batch of parts and hit an over travel stop. When this happen I just shut off the machine as something had come up and I could not finish the parts run. When I got bad to working on the router I could not get the machine to do anything. I kept getting this alarm code.
So every week or so I would try and get the machine o run. I checked the limit switches, got on to boards to see if someone else had a similar issue and tried to clear the computer. Nothing worked, nothing. It was at this point that I decided to correct the reason I got the problem in the first place. I started building a cabinet around the router and install a built in dust collector system.
I did the build with 80-20aluminum extrusions and plexiglass. Both of these I had from recycle and demo jobs.
So I carefully design the cabinet and built it to enclose the router.
I put door and access points to allow me to change and test tools and touch them off. It also allows for material to be set up and product to be taken out. I finished the top cover
with a dust collector access port. Now came time to actually get the cnc router working again. Last week I traced and tested every wire and switch. I found the issue and the router is back up and working.
The big mistake came when I started to operate the machine and realized that I made the cabinet to small.
You can see that I did not leave enough room for the X and Y axis cable rack.
The time has come for me to re-build the cabinet. 2″ in the Yaxis and 7″ longer in the X axis.
Some days you just wake up on the wrong side of the table. Back to the design board and fix it to allow me to go back to using it.
wow, nice job. great stash of extruder aluminum