Thanks for the video. I'm picking one of these up soon and I'm wondering if the stainless steel (?) doors on yours were original. They're not pictured on the one I'm getting or in the photos I've seen online. Also, I need to fit it in my car and it's slightly too tall. Do you think it's sturdy enough to travel on its back for about 4 hours of highway driving? I'll be retrofitting mine to run Centroid Acorn, so I may have more questions. Good to see you use Deskproto with it too - I've been a DP user for a while on my 3-axis CNC router.
@@PerryPaolantonio hi, I think the doors were an optional extra , yes it will be fine to lay on its back they are heavy though, watch your back when moving it !! I'm still using mine I have put a bigger spindle on one of them and it cuts aluminium no problem
@@Josef1cnc Awesome that's good to hear - I am planning on upgrading the vertical spindle right away so we can use it for Delrin and possibly aluminum. Did you end up keeping the coolant lines? I'm wondering how messy it gets. We're using it in an office environment. It'll be in its own room so noise isn't much of an issue, but mess is!
@@PerryPaolantonio I use an air mister for the same reason. I don't use the built in coolant system it's meant to keep wax cool and not really upto clearing metal chips I don't think
Hey Joe, I just started the mod, I'm still buzzing the wires with a multimeter and writing down all the pins. It's going very well so far. I was wondering if you also noticed that A-axis and Z-axis share the same dir+ and step+ signal, it seems like only dir - of both Axis have discreet connections. I was wondering if you separated their signals or you if you left them as is. I'm worried about magic smoke escaping if I power them to the new controller. Any advice? Also did you keep the original power supply, I wanted to keep it because it besides being wired already they have the status LEDs shining through the Metal column holes, blinky leds make me happy I want to keep it 🤣. If you did keep it, what pins turn on the power Supply? Thanks Joe
That's great , I can't remember from memory and don't want to say he wrong thing but they may be switched by negative which would mean all the positives goto the same place. I will have a look tomorrow , I think it's like that for all axis's . I swapped the power supply out to make things easier for me also because we have 240v here . Again I will have a check tomorrow and let you know what voltage I used .
Great thanks, I will update you, I will try to keep the PSU it just fits well in there. I have to figure out how it's turned on. If I can't I will just replace it with something smaller. It's amazing how this company managed to hide the schematics for something for so long my mill has a stamp of 2007 manufacturing date, yet you google the parts nothing comes up other than surestep Drives and the Steppers everything else is a blur.
Hi! I am helping a jeweler friend troubleshoot his 540C. Any good guides/literature you may have? Seems there is no longer any support for this machine and as of now, its just a giant paperweight. Thanks!
The problem is the software to run it is now obsolete from Gemvision Matrix. I converted it to run on mach3/4 by fitting an ethernet smoothstepper and rewiring some of it. It works great, I use deskproto to do the toolpathing. A version of this software was originally used and you can unzip the files from it and get the G code if you have existing models. You could use any pathing program just needs set up to work with Mach and set up a postprocessor .What is the problem with the mill ?
@@Josef1cnc Thanks for the reply. The machine has been working fine and in the middle of a job, it stopped. Symptoms now are when the mill is fired up, it will not home any of the axes. “Unable to find home” with no axes moving at all. I am able to use the software to move the x-axis (both directions) and the a-axis (clockwise and counter-clockwise). The y-axis will only move forward, even when commanded to move aft and the erroneously thinks it’s hitting the limit switch. The z-axis will not move at all; sits there silently (no grinding or buzzing noises) but the software shows movement. The mill has not been taken apart since it stopped working. I checked all the fuses and they are all in good order.
@@Josef1cnc thanks for the video, we're you able to use the existing drivers? I was thinking the same as you, I have the smoothstepper ethernet version as well as a pmdx 126 breakout box. I was wondering if you swapped the drivers to geckodrives or something else. What Break out box did you use with your smoothstepper? Thanks you gave courage to start this mod. Thanks again Cheers from Canada.
@@Pixelvore1 I used the drivers in the Revo they were fine I google the model to get wiring diagrams and it was simple enough. I used a DB25 D-SUB Male 25Pin Plug Breakout Board with screw terminals off ebay and used FEMALE LPH26-to-DB25 FEMALE cables from the smooth stepper to the breakout boards, I did have a smoothstepper breakout board but it was a bit big for where i wanted to fit it. I also used a couple of arduino type relays to switch the spindles on also i rewired the home switches to the smooth stepper which worked great.If you get stuck give me a shout I will try and help Cheers Joe
@@Josef1cnc Man, good to know. You Saved me a bunch of money, I have been looking into geckodrives because I thought those drives in the revo were proprietary to gemvision board. I will dive into this in a couple of weeks. It's very good to know you got it working. Congratulations and thanks for offering me the help, I will definitely get stuck somewhere. I'm glad to know at least one person on earth converted the Revo to run on Mach3/4. Cheers Joe.
Thanks for the video. I'm picking one of these up soon and I'm wondering if the stainless steel (?) doors on yours were original. They're not pictured on the one I'm getting or in the photos I've seen online. Also, I need to fit it in my car and it's slightly too tall. Do you think it's sturdy enough to travel on its back for about 4 hours of highway driving? I'll be retrofitting mine to run Centroid Acorn, so I may have more questions. Good to see you use Deskproto with it too - I've been a DP user for a while on my 3-axis CNC router.
@@PerryPaolantonio hi, I think the doors were an optional extra , yes it will be fine to lay on its back they are heavy though, watch your back when moving it !! I'm still using mine I have put a bigger spindle on one of them and it cuts aluminium no problem
@@Josef1cnc Awesome that's good to hear - I am planning on upgrading the vertical spindle right away so we can use it for Delrin and possibly aluminum. Did you end up keeping the coolant lines? I'm wondering how messy it gets. We're using it in an office environment. It'll be in its own room so noise isn't much of an issue, but mess is!
@@PerryPaolantonio I use an air mister for the same reason. I don't use the built in coolant system it's meant to keep wax cool and not really upto clearing metal chips I don't think
Hello, I want to ask where you can download the revo mill program that controls the machine
Its mach3 www.machsupport.com/software/mach3/
@@Josef1cnc Thanks
Hey Joe, I just started the mod, I'm still buzzing the wires with a multimeter and writing down all the pins. It's going very well so far. I was wondering if you also noticed that A-axis and Z-axis share the same dir+ and step+ signal, it seems like only dir - of both Axis have discreet connections. I was wondering if you separated their signals or you if you left them as is. I'm worried about magic smoke escaping if I power them to the new controller. Any advice?
Also did you keep the original power supply, I wanted to keep it because it besides being wired already they have the status LEDs shining through the Metal column holes, blinky leds make me happy I want to keep it 🤣. If you did keep it, what pins turn on the power Supply? Thanks Joe
That's great , I can't remember from memory and don't want to say he wrong thing but they may be switched by negative which would mean all the positives goto the same place. I will have a look tomorrow , I think it's like that for all axis's . I swapped the power supply out to make things easier for me also because we have 240v here . Again I will have a check tomorrow and let you know what voltage I used .
Great thanks, I will update you, I will try to keep the PSU it just fits well in there. I have to figure out how it's turned on. If I can't I will just replace it with something smaller. It's amazing how this company managed to hide the schematics for something for so long my mill has a stamp of 2007 manufacturing date, yet you google the parts nothing comes up other than surestep Drives and the Steppers everything else is a blur.
i have a revo 540 a and i would like to run as mach 3. how much could it cost to do it. Thanks
What is the necessity to convert this machine from its original system to mach3? I'm not a Revo user, just curious.
Hi! I am helping a jeweler friend troubleshoot his 540C. Any good guides/literature you may have? Seems there is no longer any support for this machine and as of now, its just a giant paperweight. Thanks!
The problem is the software to run it is now obsolete from Gemvision Matrix. I converted it to run on mach3/4 by fitting an ethernet smoothstepper and rewiring some of it. It works great, I use deskproto to do the toolpathing. A version of this software was originally used and you can unzip the files from it and get the G code if you have existing models. You could use any pathing program just needs set up to work with Mach and set up a postprocessor .What is the problem with the mill ?
@@Josef1cnc Thanks for the reply. The machine has been working fine and in the middle of a job, it stopped. Symptoms now are when the mill is fired up, it will not home any of the axes. “Unable to find home” with no axes moving at all. I am able to use the software to move the x-axis (both directions) and the a-axis (clockwise and counter-clockwise). The y-axis will only move forward, even when commanded to move aft and the erroneously thinks it’s hitting the limit switch. The z-axis will not move at all; sits there silently (no grinding or buzzing noises) but the software shows movement. The mill has not been taken apart since it stopped working.
I checked all the fuses and they are all in good order.
@@Josef1cnc thanks for the video, we're you able to use the existing drivers? I was thinking the same as you, I have the smoothstepper ethernet version as well as a pmdx 126 breakout box. I was wondering if you swapped the drivers to geckodrives or something else. What Break out box did you use with your smoothstepper? Thanks you gave courage to start this mod. Thanks again Cheers from Canada.
@@Pixelvore1 I used the drivers in the Revo they were fine I google the model to get wiring diagrams and it was simple enough. I used a DB25 D-SUB Male 25Pin Plug Breakout Board with screw terminals off ebay and used FEMALE LPH26-to-DB25 FEMALE cables from the smooth stepper to the breakout boards, I did have a smoothstepper breakout board but it was a bit big for where i wanted to fit it. I also used a couple of arduino type relays to switch the spindles on also i rewired the home switches to the smooth stepper which worked great.If you get stuck give me a shout I will try and help Cheers Joe
@@Josef1cnc Man, good to know. You Saved me a bunch of money, I have been looking into geckodrives because I thought those drives in the revo were proprietary to gemvision board. I will dive into this in a couple of weeks. It's very good to know you got it working. Congratulations and thanks for offering me the help, I will definitely get stuck somewhere. I'm glad to know at least one person on earth converted the Revo to run on Mach3/4. Cheers Joe.