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It took me a while to figure out how to use it but there’s lots of forums and information online.
#Benbox cnc software software#
I am using a free software called Bbenbox which has a lot of settings. There was a useful weak laser button on the shield, which you could use to also focus the beam without damaging the material surface. The kit looks neat and the size is good for small decorative projects and placing the CNC engraver over larger objects. It roughly took me 2-3 hours while filming. So the assembly was pretty straight forward, although I made a few mistakes and had to undo some sections as I went along.
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Ok I’m just going to check I haven’t left anything out, like limit switches – no. I’m just putting this wrapping, not sure what to call it, around the wires just to protect them and stop them getting lasered.
#Benbox cnc software driver#
So the wires which connect these stepper motors to the driver board are already heat- shrinked, so you don t have to do too much here. The buttons can be pushed into position so you don’t have to balance them like I was doing. I’ve made a few mistakes as I’ve gone along but, this is such a simple design, all it means I have to undo a couple machine screws and I’m back on track. So like I said you just have to look at when you’re doing and work it out as you go along. Then you got these smaller spacers, which I imagine go… Ok the holes line up, so it’s that way. Ok so I think these (metal)spacers, there’s for of them, fit onto the black bit of plastic. I noticed these red buttons earlier, and didn’t know what they were quite for. This is the driver board with the Arduino. Ok so I’m going to attach the electronics. I’ll bolt this back on and make sure you put the laser on first. While I’ve got it off I’m going to put the laser on. Ok so I stuck the gantry on the wrong way around, so I’m going to undo these bolts and flip it around. Ok the next thing is feeding this through. The timing belt goes through this slot facing down, and these nuts (I mean machine screw) goes through here and the smaller machine screw goes down like that. So I’m going to need to put some nuts into the extrusion, so I can hold the belt down. I guess everything we do is so mediated, to just kind of have to figure something out yourself. You know and it really is about just working it out. I guess what’s interesting about sorta kits like this, is you kinda feel like the graphic designer been taken out the equation. So long machine screw, spacer, wheel, spacer. And I think I’m probably going to have to take this off to fit the gantry. Something about this paper has quite an intense smell.īolt goes through there, spacer, wheel and nut. In this case it towards the rear (actually the front in Benbox) of the machine. I think the thing to remember with the motors is to put the contacts facing where the wires should be going. There’s three stepper motors, with four holes each that means there twelve screws. You just gotta use the power of deduction to work out which machine screws fit on which part of the machine.
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I think they are NEMA17 motors and I’m going to screw these on now. Ok all the fixings are supplied in this packed lunch box. I’m guessing these are the sides, the gantry, this is possibly to hold the controller. And they have a protective coating on them, in the form of this brown paper which actually looks quite nice. They have also been cut on a laser cutter. And based on those two I think I can sorta work out what to do. One sounded like it was in Portugese and another one which had really bad music on it.
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In any case I did a bit of research and found two videos online. Ok so I’m going to assemble this mini laser engraver and er, there’s no instruction in the actual packaging. “Please don’t the eye! When using must wear goggles!” In this video I am going to assemble an Eleks Maker 2500mw A5 Mini Laser Engraving Machine which was sent to me from GearBest.