tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91806007905087482002012-01-12T18:41:58.251-08:00Hot Wire CNC Foam Cutters and other foam cutting toolsFoam Cutting Sericesnoreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180600790508748200.post-341150958465006472008-01-29T23:46:00.000-08:002008-01-30T00:23:52.245-08:00Who says we can't have any fun at the shop<br /><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-75459a5c9c83e1e6" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v19.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D75459a5c9c83e1e6%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330383912%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D77A2DD29275CB995A481D7EB4D1316999D9B861C.221D3101C59BBD97BA498B5232D5A84DE4E739A0%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D75459a5c9c83e1e6%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DWVP2WdNLsYTuPNkc3NLtPoN1F0A&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v19.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D75459a5c9c83e1e6%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330383912%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D77A2DD29275CB995A481D7EB4D1316999D9B861C.221D3101C59BBD97BA498B5232D5A84DE4E739A0%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D75459a5c9c83e1e6%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DWVP2WdNLsYTuPNkc3NLtPoN1F0A&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br />Jim flying next to the large foam cutter.<br />Towards the end of the video you can see the<br />new machine we are now working on.<br />This machine is a combination of CNC hot wire<br />Foam cutter and a CNC router.<br />The machine is 20' long by 10 feet wide by 8 feet tall<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9180600790508748200-34115095846500647?l=cncfoamcutters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Foam Cutting Sericesnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180600790508748200.post-28596548809943983012008-01-28T08:40:00.000-08:002008-01-28T08:44:15.994-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_cTHGGZL6uDw/R54FyhauqvI/AAAAAAAAA1E/6J1y78Tx2Jg/s1600-h/4_axis_stapper_motor-driver_10A_foamlinx_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_cTHGGZL6uDw/R54FyhauqvI/AAAAAAAAA1E/6J1y78Tx2Jg/s320/4_axis_stapper_motor-driver_10A_foamlinx_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160568588535245554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Overview of the power supply, board and motors<br />Red wires from the power supply are 5V and they<br />also connect to the center-tap wires from the motors<br />The center-tap wire are the white and black and are<br />connected together to the red wire coming from<br />the power supply,<br />The black wires are GND<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9180600790508748200-2859654880994398301?l=cncfoamcutters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Foam Cutting Sericesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180600790508748200.post-66947963113130359642008-01-27T23:56:00.001-08:002008-01-27T23:59:08.842-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_cTHGGZL6uDw/R52LHxauquI/AAAAAAAAA08/A17070Sjz8g/s1600-h/stepper_motor_driver_board_with_GMFC_support_foamlinx_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_cTHGGZL6uDw/R52LHxauquI/AAAAAAAAA08/A17070Sjz8g/s320/stepper_motor_driver_board_with_GMFC_support_foamlinx_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160433713677249250" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The small yellow board is the timer board for GMFC support<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_cTHGGZL6uDw/R52K3hauqtI/AAAAAAAAA00/snM7ZYQTqDg/s1600-h/stepper_motor_driver_foamlinx_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_cTHGGZL6uDw/R52K3hauqtI/AAAAAAAAA00/snM7ZYQTqDg/s320/stepper_motor_driver_foamlinx_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160433434504374994" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />How to hook up a stepper motor driver board with GMFC support<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9180600790508748200-6694796311313035964?l=cncfoamcutters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Foam Cutting Sericesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180600790508748200.post-86440315622856006092008-01-27T23:44:00.000-08:002008-01-27T23:47:46.692-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.8linx.com/images/FoamLinx_eps_foam_wing_6_foot_long.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.8linx.com/images/FoamLinx_eps_foam_wing_6_foot_long.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sunday - had a few hours to kill<br />Here is a tapered wing - 6 foot long<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9180600790508748200-8644031562285600609?l=cncfoamcutters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Foam Cutting Sericesnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180600790508748200.post-70229253251809878732008-01-27T01:24:00.000-08:002008-01-27T01:26:23.024-08:00I plan to post in the next few days a simple design for a rotary table (turn table)<br />It is stepper motor driven and will be controlled by the PC as a 5th Axis<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9180600790508748200-7022925325180987873?l=cncfoamcutters.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Foam Cutting Sericesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180600790508748200.post-67954100768181553952008-01-27T01:12:00.000-08:002008-01-27T01:20:52.509-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_cTHGGZL6uDw/R5xM2RauqsI/AAAAAAAAA0s/usmnarh6zak/s1600-h/o-machine-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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