Thanks! It's functional. Knowing what I know now, I would have 3D printed a mount to put the power supplies on the door. Mostly because I added the Volt/Amp meters to the door and wires from the power supplies had to be looped out to the door to the meters before going to the stepper drivers.
Quality stuff! Would you be willing to print off some more for your power supply mounting solution? I just got my G0704 and am sourcing the conversion parts.
Some folks may be wondering why I'm using three power supplies... This happened due to a number of factors. The first reason is from past experience. In another project, long ago, I bought a 3-axis stepper "kit" on eBay and the kit came with 3-stepper motors, 3-motor drivers, and 3-power supplies. So, it's what I was used to. The second reason is due to the two different size stepper motors and controllers being used. They each have different [maximum] voltage ratings; though the bigger NEMA 34 could be operated at the lower voltage of the NEMA 24s. The third reason is redundancy. If a power supply should fail, it would be possible to run two axis from one power supply and have almost no down time. The power supplies are rated at 10-amps and each NEMA 24 stepper/driver combination is not likely to draw even half that much. So there's plenty of reserve capacity.
Great design!
Thanks!
It's functional. Knowing what I know now, I would have 3D printed a mount to put the power supplies on the door. Mostly because I added the Volt/Amp meters to the door and wires from the power supplies had to be looped out to the door to the meters before going to the stepper drivers.
@@joat_mon I'll keep that in mind..I'm considering a 704 conversion and watched a bunch of your videos last night...thanks for sharing them!
Quality stuff! Would you be willing to print off some more for your power supply mounting solution? I just got my G0704 and am sourcing the conversion parts.
Some folks may be wondering why I'm using three power supplies...
This happened due to a number of factors. The first reason is from past experience. In another project, long ago, I bought a 3-axis stepper "kit" on eBay and the kit came with 3-stepper motors, 3-motor drivers, and 3-power supplies. So, it's what I was used to.
The second reason is due to the two different size stepper motors and controllers being used. They each have different [maximum] voltage ratings; though the bigger NEMA 34 could be operated at the lower voltage of the NEMA 24s.
The third reason is redundancy. If a power supply should fail, it would be possible to run two axis from one power supply and have almost no down time. The power supplies are rated at 10-amps and each NEMA 24 stepper/driver combination is not likely to draw even half that much. So there's plenty of reserve capacity.