Didn’t use the machine much lately, but did make some progress.

I bought a measuring clock with a magnetic stand and started aligning the machine.

The z-axis turned out to be tilded 0.82mm per 100mm on the y-axis and 0.12mm per 100mm0,07 degrees on the x-axis.

After re-aligning I got it to 0.12mm/100mm and 0.01mm/100mm which is good enough for now. However I still want to reduce

Next step: aligning the bridge. If needed this will require some more work compared to the z-axis.

Furthermore I received a breakout board and spindle controller for my CPU5B controller a while back and I finally finished hooking it up. With the breakout board attaching sensors, spindle control etc. is a lot easier. Next to that I can now control the spindle RPM from the software instead of manually.

I also hooked up the toolsetter so setting Z=0 is now a lot easier as well.

It wasn’t easy to take a decent picture of the control cabinet, but this is what it looks like now:

I also mounted an extra 12V power supply (bottom right on the back panel of the control cabinet) for the spindle lighting so this now works as well.