I thought I would close out this thread with a report now the refurbishment is finished. Work done:- 1. Replacement of X and Z guide plastic inserts with self-made nylon ones. Replacement inserts from the manufacturer proved to be not so reasonable and would have amounted to nearly 10% of the value ...

Brian, Have you looked for carriage equivalents elsewhere. I just saw this range at Igus and it looks similar https://www.igus.co.uk/product/930 . The Igus material may be more suitable than nylon which can be annoying to machine. Thanks for that tip David. They are the actual manufacturers of my g...

Have you checked that the play is not in the leadscrew? The leadscrew is tensioned with a nyloc that clamps up against the bearing. You can also look at cleaning out the nut on the leadscrew which you would have to remove. The nuts have a captive spring that should allow for any wear but the intern...

I've now had a look at the 3 XYZ assembly drawings. On the leadscrew nuts it looks as though there is some sort of wedge arrangement. Will it be possible to eliminate the X-axis backlash with this feature? Also from the Z drawing it looks as though the play in the router mount may be due to loose lo...

Further to my post above I have checked out the possibility of backlash. On the X leadscrew there is a backlash of 0.33mm. On the Y leadscrew there is no discernible play. On the Z leadscrew there is no apparent vertical play. However there is significant play in the router carriage such deflection ...

Thanks for your response Steve. Since putting up my post i have done some more tests to get a better feel for what's going on. My first tests were on rather poor quality MDF but my latest ones are on good quality plywood. The results are quite consistent. I'm using a 5mm end mill and the cut widths ...

Having got to grips with software and G-code inputs to my recently acquired Compact, I now have a question concerning accuracy of following toolpaths. On my first few designs I became aware that they were all exhibiting dimensional errors. So I set up some test pieces culminating in this one:- https...

Thanks Pete,
yes I've got the RC-1 power supply diagram, so if it does blow again I can isolate the 3 functions coming off the fuse. I've ordered 5 fuses so I'll have enough to play with.
Brian

Having taken delivery of my 17year old Compact there were a couple of issues to attend to before putting it to work. One item was that the Emergency Stop Switch was not properly installed. During its reinstatement I found that the wire connectors were only making partial contact causing spurious tri...

I just read the 'Transferring Flash Data Article #1012' and that seems to indicate it is just a case of copy and paste the 4 lines of code, I am sure I have done this in the past at work when we got PC's with no floppy drive. Still worth a go with the original flash install Just a wonder, are you l...

I would just copy the file rather than just the text, or copy the section and paste it into a txt file, open that on the new PC and copy it from there and drop it in the to the same point, I seem to recall if you even get a space wrong it wont work VR5 is much better as it includes a post processor...

Hi, it is the second and third posts in that thread you need to follow. There is some really good help files within the software and well worth working through to get running. Here is a quick video on running VR 5 with a compact. VR2 is very similar. https://youtu.be/81ufnGRKTNM Pete Thanks for the...

Thanks for your response Pete. I now have the m/c set up and working in my w/s, but I would still like to install VR on my office PC. The VR CD I have is V2.28 which I have searched for flash.ini but no sign of. I have found pencilled in the original Commissioning Guide:- FLASH CODE - .... .... .......

I have just purchased Microrouter Compact Ser.No. II04459/1. It's going to be a little while before I can set it up in my workshop. In the meantime I would like to familiarise myself with the VR CNC Milling software. The plate says it is loaded with V2.23 and I have loaded it from the original disc ...