Problem solved! It was a wiring issue. I removed the Enable - wire from the BoB and the motors moved as expected. What's interesting is I wired the motors, drivers and power supply the same as my mill when I was using this same BoB and UC100. Must be a difference in the driver internals between my mill and lathe.
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7 x 12 Mini Lathe CNC Conversion
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Problem solved! It was a wiring issue. I removed the Enable - wire from the BoB and the motors moved as expected. What's interesting is I wired the motors, drivers and power supply the same as my mill when I was using this same BoB and UC100. Must be a difference in the driver internals between my mill and lathe.
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good news! glad you got it working
on the drivers i have if enable is low or disconnected the motors are powered, enable high - the motors are unpowered and can be turned manually
what is next?
on the drivers i have if enable is low or disconnected the motors are powered, enable high - the motors are unpowered and can be turned manually
what is next?
That's how mine work also. Took me a week of tinkering to find that out.
Next up is limit switch installation, guards to keep the chips out of the lathe internals, motor tuning, and cleaning up the wiring. I ran some gcode this afternoon just to watch it run. Operationally it seems smooth but the proof will be cutting metal. Hopefully in a few days.