I am going to buy a used X50 but have a small home wit a one car garage. I want to hang the cnc vertical, I have seen they have a kit to do that, but but my question is would it not be better to have the y axis go up an down so it would work like the screen sort of, and plus you have two steppers m…

Hey Marcel, you can do that and if you search the forum you will find that this was discussed and also implemented. Regarding the two motors vs. one, the X stepper motor on X-50 rail is bigger than the two motors on Y axes. Standard Series X-50 stepper motor (1.85 Nm) Standard Series Y stepper m…

That’s how I hung my x35. It requires more torque from the steppers to operate properly due to the heavy X rail. A couple unexpected consequences were no longer being able to just lay something on the wasteboard to laser it and in the case of a crash (or an estop), the whole X rail will fall to the…

Hey Nick, [image] ConvenientWoodwork: and in the case of a crash (or an estop), the whole X rail will fall to the bottom, very much ruining everything. Ask me how I know. which would raise the usual discussion about retrofitting stepper motors with brake to avoid this :slight_smile: But esp…

I’ve been using a wall-mounted Journeyman X50 for a few months now, in the officially suggested orientation with X-rail vertical. As someone completely new to this, I wasn’t confident enough to figure out how to change the orientation at the start… but as I’ve seen mentioned elsewhere, the dust fall…

Hey tschrag, [image] tschrag: but as I’ve seen mentioned elsewhere, the dust falling on the lower Y-Rail can be a bit unnerving and require special clean-up attention during longs cuts (although it’s little enough now that I have dust collection working that I’m not bothered by it) that woul…

thank you all for the suggestions and info. now a lot makes since. I am going to look into the tilting table that rockler has so I can tip up the router after use and still be able to park my car in the garage.

@Marcel63 there a couple of threads on flip table and wall mounted tables you may want to see.

Interesting advice, Aiph5u. I am moving my X50 from it’s table to the wall to make room for my new Elite, and wish to hang it with the X axis horizontal. My relief carves all run in the x direction, so the y steppers are only raising the X gantry one stepover increment for each pass. I’d like to upg…

Hey Justin, what is relevant here is the current (in Ampères). While a single stepper driver in the controller can supply a peak of 6 A, all stepper motors together must not exceed 10 A over several seconds. The Onefinity controller has an overcurrent protection which will give you a “Motor overloa…

If you want to be able to maximize available room in the front of the garage, I’ve done this on a couple of my houses. I took a pair of industrial grade light curtains (typically used in automotive robotic weld cells) and mounted them on each side of the garage door rails, wired to a red LED stop li…

Wall mounting a x50

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brooksrv6 (Chris) September 26, 2023, 6:50am 12

I use mine mounted to the wall with a tool balancer suspended from a pipe trolley, works great. It doesn’t drop with power off and the X servo only moves it, it’s not supporting the weight.
Chris

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Wall mounting a x50

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