While having some issues with a dodgy Y axis on our ULS M-300, I managed to buy an old ULS V-400, thinking that they were close in size and made-date (2002/2003), and perhaps the motherboards might be swappable.
But they're not!
The V-400 is a 600 x 450mm or 24 x 18" model.
It came with 2 dead ULS RF/ceramic air-cooled tubes, and a spare power supply, and a spare motherboard.
The original power supply is OK, as is the spare.
The sellers wanted to keep the lens.
But it won't boot up properly.
For $130, it's a nice solid box with rails, mirrors, and steppers and wires, safety sensors & a power supply.
(The drives for the 3 axes are all built into the single motherboard.)
I still figured it would be good value for parts of the M-300, but am now deciding that since finding a motherboard for it is likely to be too hard, and it won;t work in the M-300...
is there a recommended CPU card and drives like the Ruida 6442G, and a chinese tube that is worth getting, to make or retrofit the spare box into something useable again? Which drives would be best? Or is there a commercially available collection on Aliexpress etc?
I'd appreciate any recommendations or thoughts, thanks!
P.S. I do have an RDC 6442G controller here, bought for our 130w Chinese Goldenlaser, but at the moment, I'm content with that laser working OK with its own yukky software, and don't want to be without it while I change things there.
It would be useful to be able to get a ULS lens for it, rather than somehow fitting a chinese one to its chassis.
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