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    U Axis working on a 9 year old Rabbit

    Well I finally have the rotary working using the U axis instead of connecting and disconnecting the Y axis cable and dealing with changing the parameters back and forth.

    I started this a year ago wanting to upgrade to Lightburn but it did not work with Lasercut and my Leetro MPC6535. So to fix that I bought a Ruida RDC6445G controller.

    Got that wired up and working. Then I got Lightburn and I noticed people asking if it was possible to utilize the U axis in the Ruida. Well Marco Wong got together with ruida and they made a firmware patch that makes this all possible. RDC6445G-V15.01.22-LIB.upd

    So I bought another Leadshine microstep driver, wired it in, put in a 4 pin connector for the rotary. Enabled the U axis in the Ruida and Lightburn and done.

    So all I have to do to switch between the U and Y is check a box in Lightburn or RDworks. Set the origin over the top of your work.
    Rabbit RL-80-9060
    Roland SP-540i
    Graphtec ce5000-60
    Graphtec fc7000-100
    Happy HDC2-1501
    Juki 1541s

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    Here is the RDC6445G U-axis connected to the added driver.

    IMG_20220216_151905081.jpg
    Rabbit RL-80-9060
    Roland SP-540i
    Graphtec ce5000-60
    Graphtec fc7000-100
    Happy HDC2-1501
    Juki 1541s

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    fun when new electric gadgets actually work!

    --like your avatar, you into drag cars and/or street rods? I've been trying to talk the wife into letting me buy this thing:

    the 50ford.jpg

    --just curious!
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    FOUR - CO2 lasers
    THREE- make that FOUR now - fiber lasers
    ONE - vinyl cutter
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    Always loved Mustangs and street rods. I had a '03 Mach 1 for 13 years with 21K miles., sold it. Also had a '34 Ford 3 window coupe. Sold it.
    Playing with a Polaris General 1000 for the last 4 years. Street legal in NC now.
    IMG_20211117_153308307.jpg
    Rabbit RL-80-9060
    Roland SP-540i
    Graphtec ce5000-60
    Graphtec fc7000-100
    Happy HDC2-1501
    Juki 1541s

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    Funny, one of the reasons the wife balks at me getting the '50 is because of these:
    2stangs2.jpg
    2013 and 1989 GT Converts, her 60th and 40th birthday presents (we've had 'em awhile, she'll be 67 next month)

    -The black one is going to get me into trouble some day, for a bone-stock Coyote it's an animal
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    ELEVEN - rotary cutter tool machines
    FOUR - CO2 lasers
    THREE- make that FOUR now - fiber lasers
    ONE - vinyl cutter
    CASmate, Corel, Gravostyle


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    Dennis, which model of Leadshine driver did you buy for the rotary axis, if you don't mind me asking?
    I'm thinking of the same idea.
    Best wishes,
    Ian



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    Its the DM442 which matches the X & Y that came in my Rabbit.
    Rabbit RL-80-9060
    Roland SP-540i
    Graphtec ce5000-60
    Graphtec fc7000-100
    Happy HDC2-1501
    Juki 1541s

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