Will this engraver work with T2Laser ?

[mvictor]

Got it. Finally understood how it works with the positioning of the laser and the materials. When I have some time I shall test it and post the results.
Thank you.

[jtice]

EDIT
I am having issues testing the pots, and made a post here, but I went ahead and moved it to its own thread. Didnt seem logical having it barried in this thread.
http://benboxlaser.us/index.php/topic,767.0.html

[Zax]

Did you see my post explaining the measurement and adjustment?

Power on, motors not moving.
Set your meter on VDC and 2000mV range.
You expect around 0.3 (300mV) for the X-axis driver and 0.6V for the Y-axis as its driving both motors.

Don't press down on the pot or you'll change its resistance, just lightly touch on the wiper.

[jtice]

Yes, I saw your post, that is what I was going by, just tried it again...

Set MM to 2000mV, plugged in and powered on the engraver.
With the leads NOT touching anything I read 006 and 007 (no decimal point)
When I touch them to either of the drivers, the reading does not change at all.

Tried it with a second multi-meter, set to 200mV, reads 0.00 on both pots.

Does this mean they are simply set really low? Seems they wouldnt work at all if they were that low.

[jtice]

Im sorry, I am a complete idiot. !!!

I did not have the laptop booted up, so the board wasnt getting signal from the USB to activate it fully.
Took readings and adjusted it to 0.3 for X and 0.63 for Y

Thanks for putting up with this idiots questions for nothing, lol

[jtice]

Doing some more testing now...
Having the X at 300mV and the Y at 630mV does not work, it cant move any direction.
I have to have the X at 356mV at least, and Y at about 746mV... and even then, its quivering instead of moving at times.

I will try to loosen the belts even more, they dont SEEM too tight, but Im not really sure.

EDIT
OK, more tweaking. X is about 356mV and Y is about 678mV, loosened the X belt slightly and loosen all the rollers just a tad.
All seems to move smoothly now. Hope thats not too high on the drivers. I did order some tiny heat sinks for them though for the heck of it.

[Zax]

You should be fine at those values, anything below 800mV shouldn't require heat sinks (per the spec sheet) but still not a bad idea.