Hi Blaise! It does look very promising and I look forward to seeing it run. Retrofitting is one thing, designing your own control? well.. that's just unheard of.
Blaise, two things: 1) I was so hoping early on that you'd go linuxcnc so I could just copy what you did on my fadal. One can hope. 2) I don't have a way to contact you directly but wanted to let you know that I made a fixture the other day that I would NEVER have dreamed up if I hadn't seen your awesome Fusion 360 video. You had one fixture that used miteebites to press against a piece of aluminum with a thin section that could flex. I thought it was genius! I had a somewhat similar need and made a fixture to hold some 25mmX44mm parts and it works fantastically. I wanted to share it with you and let you know you helped me out a ton by sharing your approach! If I have a way to do it, I'll either make a video or take some pictures from Fusion 360 and tell you about it.
Hey Bill! Wow! I would love to see your fixture! I thought it was a good idea that mini soft jaw thingy! I have been using it a lot in my fixtures at work since. Very happy that it works for you to! As for LinuxCNC... sorry! It might have been a better choice!? I don't know but so far I am very happy with how flexible UCCNC is. Their's nothing I avent been able to do in terms of adding features and modifying the interface. And also it is working very nicely with a touch screen so I am clear from using keyboard and mouse. Hopefully it performs well motion wise. Time will tell.
@@BlaiseBarrette I'm going to just export the file to a Fusion archive and send it your way along with a couple of pictures. The files are a bit sketch, but it'll make sense when you see it. Once I realized what you were doing with the flexible pieces of aluminum I knew I'd use it. My design uses through-bolts instead of mitee bite clamps, and it pulls two flexible pieces inwards, each one clamping a separate part. So I get two pieces clamped from one screw! Makes things really fast and efficient to swap stock and parts. I had been doing these in soft jaws, and once I realized how my design would work I realized it fixed another issue with soft jaws. The vise and fixed jaw flex a little bit and I noticed each time I made soft jaws I'd have to dial in the work offset to get things just perfect. When you're making chamfers that are only .2mm, having one side at .16 and the other at .24 is actually easily noticed with my 54 year old eyes, so I fine tuned each setup. But, because my fixture is fixed and the clamping forces are equal there is no movement or flexing that needs to be accounted for. I am VERY happy with the setup and wouldn't have thought of it without your example! I might upload some videos as well, and put them back up here. If you're ever in the Dallas, Texas area, I owe you the beverage of your choice. Take me up on it!
So I am home with the flu today and binge watched you Fadal rebuild video series. Very impressive work. But I don't understand why you are not using the factory electronics. If I remember correctly, your first instalment talked about the machine being three phase & you only had single phase at home? I have owned several 4020's and ran numerous other ones in other shops... we ran them all on single phase. I think there is a slight loss of spindle power doing that?
Hi D J! Thanks for asking. Since my las video, I’ve mainly worked on the programming. It’s not very interesting to film and last time I when to work on it, the software refused to load with a corrupted file error! I got a bit discouraged and took a break! I’ll eventually get back to it. 😵💫
@@BlaiseBarrette hahaha 😆. I completely understand. I get to the point in certain projects I just have to step away for an undetermined amount of time lol.
Hi Blaise, hope all is well this holiday season. Did you finish the 4020 build? Keep checking on new videos but haven't seen any. Hope there is good news coming soon All the best.
Thank you for checking up on me @thomasmitretta3309 ! I haven’t worked much on the Fadal since. I had a bug in the software. A corrupted file. I got discouraged a bit and started to work on other projects. I guess I was tired more than I realized and needed a break! I promise I’ll get back to it. Eventually! Don’t give up on me yet! Merry Christmas and happy new year!
@@BlaiseBarrette don't let it get you down, your videos have helped me more than you know and I'm sure there are others that feel the same. I'm going to tear down my 4020 this year and your videos are an excellent resource for everyone tempting to undertake this project. Best wishes and will catch up on your progress soon.
Hi! Blaise, you are amazing! Perhap, you know a lot of thing: machenical, electrical, electron..., right? So, I am having a plan to restore a cnc machine. But there is a lot thing I didnt know, yet. So could you tell some advice? About pcb, connecting electric,...Otherwise, watching your video, I learned very much. Finally, you are great!
Thank you for your kind words! I now only a little bit about electronics. Fusion 360 electronics is quite easy to learn. It helps if you have friends who ca help you when you get stuck. My main advice is only do it if you have time. Don’t expect to have a machine up and running for a while. It is a lot of work!
So far there are two esp32, one in the control and one on the motherboard. They don’t deal with any crucial systems. The one in the control decodes the three encoder buttons, control the LED of the buttons and read modbus for status ont some systems. On the motherboard, it monitors the charge pump emitted by the UC300ETH, modbus communication and has control over a few of the relays and is used to read some of the sensors. All the signal wires are twisted, shielded ant connected to ground at one end and the most critical signals like the servo encoder signals are differential pairs.
Hi Blaise! Utterly fan-fu_cken-tastic! Great job! Was the pc made with Eagle, which is now included with the same Fusion 360 license, or did you do it all in Fusion?
I wondered the same thing as I really like my old Fadal 88HS control. But I think he just wanted the challenge and the project. It should be exactly what he wants when he done, but man that's a lot of work for something that's not proven to give good results yet. Good on him for taking it on and it is interesting to see, but personally I'd rather already making parts with old control.
Steve, you are right! The thing is, I make chips at work all week long, so making chips is not really a priority for me. Sure, it will be nice when it do but until then, the real fun for me is the process! If I was in a big hurry to make parts, I wouldn’t be making videos ether! 😉
Malade !!!! Surtout un beau boîtier pour ton contrôle hihihi. Bonne année !
😂😂😂
WOW. VERY well done! Keep up the great work.
Thanks!
Awesome project. Great job so far!
Thanks! 😉
Looks good ..... yeah Don't Let the Smoke our!!..
I have a plan for testing the board before connecting the controller. Fingers crossed 🤞
@@BlaiseBarrette Did you Change the "Z Axis" Balls as well??
@@DJ-yp4kc I haven’t looked at the Z ballnut yet.
You are best .
Hi Blaise! It does look very promising and I look forward to seeing it run. Retrofitting is one thing, designing your own control? well.. that's just unheard of.
Blaise, two things:
1) I was so hoping early on that you'd go linuxcnc so I could just copy what you did on my fadal. One can hope.
2) I don't have a way to contact you directly but wanted to let you know that I made a fixture the other day that I would NEVER have dreamed up if I hadn't seen your awesome Fusion 360 video. You had one fixture that used miteebites to press against a piece of aluminum with a thin section that could flex. I thought it was genius!
I had a somewhat similar need and made a fixture to hold some 25mmX44mm parts and it works fantastically. I wanted to share it with you and let you know you helped me out a ton by sharing your approach! If I have a way to do it, I'll either make a video or take some pictures from Fusion 360 and tell you about it.
Hey Bill! Wow! I would love to see your fixture!
I thought it was a good idea that mini soft jaw thingy! I have been using it a lot in my fixtures at work since. Very happy that it works for you to!
As for LinuxCNC... sorry! It might have been a better choice!? I don't know but so far I am very happy with how flexible UCCNC is. Their's nothing I avent been able to do in terms of adding features and modifying the interface. And also it is working very nicely with a touch screen so I am clear from using keyboard and mouse. Hopefully it performs well motion wise. Time will tell.
@@BlaiseBarrette I'm going to just export the file to a Fusion archive and send it your way along with a couple of pictures. The files are a bit sketch, but it'll make sense when you see it.
Once I realized what you were doing with the flexible pieces of aluminum I knew I'd use it. My design uses through-bolts instead of mitee bite clamps, and it pulls two flexible pieces inwards, each one clamping a separate part. So I get two pieces clamped from one screw! Makes things really fast and efficient to swap stock and parts.
I had been doing these in soft jaws, and once I realized how my design would work I realized it fixed another issue with soft jaws. The vise and fixed jaw flex a little bit and I noticed each time I made soft jaws I'd have to dial in the work offset to get things just perfect. When you're making chamfers that are only .2mm, having one side at .16 and the other at .24 is actually easily noticed with my 54 year old eyes, so I fine tuned each setup.
But, because my fixture is fixed and the clamping forces are equal there is no movement or flexing that needs to be accounted for. I am VERY happy with the setup and wouldn't have thought of it without your example! I might upload some videos as well, and put them back up here.
If you're ever in the Dallas, Texas area, I owe you the beverage of your choice. Take me up on it!
@@billstrahan4791 I looked at your file! I replied by email but I'll just say here that I am very impressed!
@@BlaiseBarrette You're too kind!
I sent you my coolant manifold f3d files
So I am home with the flu today and binge watched you Fadal rebuild video series. Very impressive work. But I don't understand why you are not using the factory electronics. If I remember correctly, your first instalment talked about the machine being three phase & you only had single phase at home? I have owned several 4020's and ran numerous other ones in other shops... we ran them all on single phase. I think there is a slight loss of spindle power doing that?
Like DJ, I have also been wondering how this epic project has been going. Hope you are well Mr. Barrette.
i was just thinking about you the other day..wondering how the rebuild was coming..looks Great!
Hi D J! Thanks for asking. Since my las video, I’ve mainly worked on the programming. It’s not very interesting to film and last time I when to work on it, the software refused to load with a corrupted file error! I got a bit discouraged and took a break! I’ll eventually get back to it. 😵💫
@@BlaiseBarrette hahaha 😆. I completely understand. I get to the point in certain projects I just have to step away for an undetermined amount of time lol.
Hi Blaise, hope all is well this holiday season. Did you finish the 4020 build? Keep checking on new videos but haven't seen any. Hope there is good news coming soon
All the best.
Thank you for checking up on me @thomasmitretta3309 ! I haven’t worked much on the Fadal since. I had a bug in the software. A corrupted file. I got discouraged a bit and started to work on other projects. I guess I was tired more than I realized and needed a break! I promise I’ll get back to it. Eventually! Don’t give up on me yet! Merry Christmas and happy new year!
@@BlaiseBarrette don't let it get you down, your videos have helped me more than you know and I'm sure there are others that feel the same. I'm going to tear down my 4020 this year and your videos are an excellent resource for everyone tempting to undertake this project. Best wishes and will catch up on your progress soon.
Hi! Blaise, you are amazing! Perhap, you know a lot of thing: machenical, electrical, electron..., right?
So, I am having a plan to restore a cnc machine. But there is a lot thing I didnt know, yet. So could you tell some advice? About pcb, connecting electric,...Otherwise, watching your video, I learned very much.
Finally, you are great!
Thank you for your kind words! I now only a little bit about electronics. Fusion 360 electronics is quite easy to learn. It helps if you have friends who ca help you when you get stuck. My main advice is only do it if you have time. Don’t expect to have a machine up and running for a while. It is a lot of work!
Hi, do you have somewehere the logic for ATC?
Hello! Was there a specific reason behind the esp32? I'm looking forward to see if the noise picked up by the antenna make problems.
So far there are two esp32, one in the control and one on the motherboard. They don’t deal with any crucial systems. The one in the control decodes the three encoder buttons, control the LED of the buttons and read modbus for status ont some systems. On the motherboard, it monitors the charge pump emitted by the UC300ETH, modbus communication and has control over a few of the relays and is used to read some of the sensors. All the signal wires are twisted, shielded ant connected to ground at one end and the most critical signals like the servo encoder signals are differential pairs.
Hi Blaise! Utterly fan-fu_cken-tastic! Great job! Was the pc made with Eagle, which is now included with the same Fusion 360 license, or did you do it all in Fusion?
Thanks Mark! Fusion all the way! :)
How’s this project coming along?
It's a bit stalled at the moment. I'm doing some work on the house. I should be getting back to it later this summer. Thanks for asking! ;)
Sir why not use old controller, us their any problem.
I wondered the same thing as I really like my old Fadal 88HS control. But I think he just wanted the challenge and the project. It should be exactly what he wants when he done, but man that's a lot of work for something that's not proven to give good results yet. Good on him for taking it on and it is interesting to see, but personally I'd rather already making parts with old control.
Steve, you are right! The thing is, I make chips at work all week long, so making chips is not really a priority for me. Sure, it will be nice when it do but until then, the real fun for me is the process! If I was in a big hurry to make parts, I wouldn’t be making videos ether! 😉
well i finally made it to this video, feels like ive read moby dick by now haha. im very excited to see how it turns out! take care