WIP: homing sensor for CNC 4th axis

By Marcus Wolschon

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WIP: homing sensor for CNC 4th axis

By Marcus Wolschon

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WIP: homing sensor for CNC 4th axis

By Marcus Wolschon

at 2024-05-11
This is a WORK IN PROGRESS. It's a mount for an inductive NPN sensor with an M8 threaded shaft like the "Finglei Electric LJ8A3-2-Z/BX-5V" I'm planning to use to a chinese 4th axis containing a 50:1 harmonic drive. There are 2 versions of this gear box. With 6 and with 4 mounting slots. The sensor holder was designed to fit both. (Technical drawing will follow, after I have tested the sensor.) Update: In MK2 I forgot to leave clearance for the heads of the M6x30 machine bolts. So I had to change the design slightly for MK3. Blog posting: http://marcuswolschon.blogspot.de/2016/12/adding-homing-sensor-to-4th-axis-on-cnc.html

Technical

Cut an M8 thread into the hole in the 3d printed mounting plate. Just attach the sensor holder to the existing mounting bolts that fasten the 4th axis to the work bed. Add a modified steel spacer to one of the bolts that fasten the chuck to the face plate. Adjust the position of the sensor to leave a gap of no more then 2mm. Connect the NPN sensor to VCC (brown), GND(blue) and to the signal input (black) with a 10KOhm resistor to VCC.

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