Just Ordered A G0704. Let The Fun Begin!

Mike, great idea! :encourage: I will look into doing something similar... I am still finding chips everywhere I look :)

After doing the DRO, looks like the next tool to buy will be that rotary table... that thing looks to be so versatile. And I think I have a couple of projects that it can come handy...
 
I was thinking the same thing, but I might try a hand at making one first like Mark did. Then maybe the Indexer he built.
I have more time than money, so I try to make most of what I need like a lot of others on here.
I guess that's why we came to this site. I know that is one of the reasons I did.
 
roadie33 said:
I was thinking the same thing, but I might try a hand at making one first like Mark did. Then maybe the Indexer he built.
I have more time than money, so I try to make most of what I need like a lot of others on here.
I guess that's why we came to this site. I know that is one of the reasons I did.
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Mark? Got a link to what he made?
 
Tomorrow I will start to work on the DRO setup... I printed the box that will be housing the boards. You can see the blue base in front and the cover is towards the back.

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Controller done! I will start working on installing all this on the G0704

I know... I get an "F" on routing the wires.. shut up...:tranquility:

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Here you can see the Bluetooth module:

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and the final product:

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What tablet are you using for the touch pad?

I like the box. Android TouchDRO running on a tablet, with an arduino acting as an interface to the scales, and the BT is to communicate with the tablet?

I must have missed it... what brand scales did you buy?
 
Here is the list now with links to where I got them from... should have done that from the get go, sorry...

Arduino UNO R3 board with DIP ATmega328P
Sparkfun 500 1/4W Resistor Kit
Wall Adapter Power Supply - 9V DC 650mA
KEDSUM® Arduino Wireless Bluetooth Transceiver Module Slave 4Pin Serial + DuPont Cable
Arduino Proto Shield R3
Alldaymall A88X 7'' inch Quad Core Google Android 4.4 KitKat Tablet
Adafruit USB Mini-B Breakout Boards
iGaging 12" Magnetic Remote Digital Readout
iGaging 24" Magnetic Remote Digital Readout
iGaging 24" Magnetic Remote Digital Readout

Software for the tablet is a free app you download... TouchDRO

Everything is described in detail on Yuriy's page:

http://www.yuriystoys.com/2014/07/anrdoid-dro-step-by-step.html

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And if you have access to a 3D printer... this link has the files for the housing that can accommodate all this in style, ;) ...

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:585501

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tmarks11 said:
What tablet are you using for the touch pad?

I like the box. Android TouchDRO running on a tablet, with an arduino acting as an interface to the scales, and the BT is to communicate with the tablet?

I must have missed it... what brand scales did you buy?
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Correct. BT is to connect wireless with the tablet. Works great!
 
Looking good! Please keep us informed of how it performs for you... I also have a TouchDRO setup on my G0704 - but mine suffers from fairly severe jumpiness... Usually it's my X-axis that jumps forward or backwards in .200 increments - it's incredibly frustrating...
A lot of other folks suffered from similar symptoms, but most seemed to have been fixed by adding caps to the scale read heads. That hasn't helped mine at all. I suspect my problem is really a bad scale, but I'm loath to purchase more just to find out that isn't the problem.

Anyway - best of luck with yours and remember to show us how you mount them and haw they work on the running mill.
 
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