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Post by Derek the Admin on Feb 26, 2017 3:18:13 GMT
Well, I'm making those first mistakes with wood, LOL... Thankfully I chose something really soft to do my first cuts on, had a few problems. It cut fine, but I realized I was completely off or had messed up on my "feeds and speeds". The 1/4" MDF was forgiving enough to let it slide without breaking my machine. Next, I need to get my hands on some actual wood, and lay in a real cut. Right now, though, my biggest problem is location. It's too loud and messy for it to be in my basement, and it's below freezing out in my garage. Not sure exactly what I'm going to do, but I don't really want to wait another couple weeks or a month for it to warm up. Once spring hits, it will live in my garage, most likely, for good. But in the winter, it will just be too cold out there. I need to get something setup in my basement to contain the wood dust, chips, and at least some of the noise. We'll see what I can come up with. J We all start out messing things up. Don't sweat it. Now the machine will be okay in the freezing temps if you do move it to the garage. It's gonna be cold for you, but we have Canadian customers running their stuff in the garage.
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Post by mrbigj on Feb 26, 2017 3:36:46 GMT
Well, I'm making those first mistakes with wood, LOL... Thankfully I chose something really soft to do my first cuts on, had a few problems. It cut fine, but I realized I was completely off or had messed up on my "feeds and speeds". The 1/4" MDF was forgiving enough to let it slide without breaking my machine. Next, I need to get my hands on some actual wood, and lay in a real cut. Right now, though, my biggest problem is location. It's too loud and messy for it to be in my basement, and it's below freezing out in my garage. Not sure exactly what I'm going to do, but I don't really want to wait another couple weeks or a month for it to warm up. Once spring hits, it will live in my garage, most likely, for good. But in the winter, it will just be too cold out there. I need to get something setup in my basement to contain the wood dust, chips, and at least some of the noise. We'll see what I can come up with. J We all start out messing things up. Don't sweat it. Now the machine will be okay in the freezing temps if you do move it to the garage. It's gonna be cold for you, but we have Canadian customers running their stuff in the garage. The cold won't make things more brittle? I know the effects of cold on electronics, as I'm in I.T. in MONTANA I have outdoor wireless repeaters and access points running in subzero temps :/ I know that electronics have a shorter lifespan in extreme heat or cold, but would be worth it not to have it in the basement as long as I could stand the cold, LOL... I just thought maybe the bits and other metal pieces on the machine might be more brittle in the cold and prone to breaking more easily? J
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Post by Derek the Admin on Feb 26, 2017 5:21:58 GMT
Actually I think more than anything you run the risk of a belt zip tie breaking. I never see below 20 degrees F, so I can't personally tell ya much. I just know this machine is in Canada and some cold parts of Europe and no one has ever fussed about something just breaking from the cold.
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Post by mattmac on Feb 26, 2017 16:55:06 GMT
I have been running mine outside on my condo deck in an enclosure lined with rock wool insulation to cut down on the noise. I was having problems with the cold temperature and the arduino, it can get cold outside in its enclosure. The coldest I ran it was -4 degrees fahrenheit. I live in Canada. I daisy chained the connections with some motor extensions, its about 10ft, this also keeps the electronis side away from all the dust and chips. This has been working without any issue so far. Mind you I only ran into temperature related electronics issues when it was extremely cold out. I am looking forward to spring myself. Its not very fun fiddling around with clamps and bits in the extreme cold. Photo of daisy chain testing: millrightcnc.proboards.com/attachment/download/151
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Post by mattmac on Feb 26, 2017 17:04:35 GMT
Also the electric cord for the router gets pretty stiff in the cold. I also snapped the power cord in half to my laser power supply, one very cold day.
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