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YORA CNC CARVING MACHINE 3018-PRO

USER MANUAL

Version 1.3

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May, 2020

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Summary of Contents for 3018-PRO

Page 1: ...YORA CNC CARVING MACHINE 3018 PRO USER MANUAL Version 1 3 May 2020 ...

Page 2: ...Contents Part 1 Packing List Part 2 Mechanical Installation Part 3 Software Installation Part 4 Machine Setup Part 5 Recommended Settings Part 6 Best Practices For Assembly Setup Part 7 Terminology ...

Page 3: ...Packing List1 4 Part 1 ...

Page 4: ...Packing List2 4 Part 1 Bakelite A Bakelite B Bakelite C Bakelite D ...

Page 5: ...Packing List3 4 Part 1 ...

Page 6: ...Packing List4 4 Part 1 ...

Page 7: ...Mechanical Installation Part 2 Step 1 Bakelite A Bakelite B Base Installation 20 40 290mm ...

Page 8: ...Mechanical Installation Part 2 Step 2 Table Installation ...

Page 9: ...Mechanical Installation Part 2 Completed ...

Page 10: ...Mechanical Installation Part 2 Step 3 Bakelite C Installation ...

Page 11: ...Mechanical Installation Part 2 Completed Don t have a metric ruler See second last page of this manual for a helpful tool ...

Page 12: ...Mechanical Installation Part 2 Step 4 X Z Axis Installation 20 20 360mm x2pcs ...

Page 13: ...Mechanical Installation Part 2 Step 5 Bakelite D Installation ...

Page 14: ...Mechanical Installation Part 2 Completed ...

Page 15: ...Mechanical Installation Part 2 Step 6 Spindle Installation Caution Tighten the M4 bolt without using excessive force to prevent plastic damage ...

Page 16: ...Mechanical Installation Part 2 Step 7 Control Board Installation ...

Page 17: ...er USB Port to connect your machine to your PC or Mac Spindle Stepper Motor X Y Z Offline Controller Power ON OFF Connect the red wire to the port next to the red mark Step 8 Wiring diagram NOTE Do not use the Offline Controller and USB connection at the same time damage may result ...

Page 18: ...Software Installation Part 3 Step 1 Install the machine s driver CH340SER Download it online here ...

Page 19: ...dows 10 In the search box on the taskbar type Device Manager then select it from the menu Step 2 Determine your machine s COM port In the tree expand Ports COM LPT Your machine will be identified by the USB Serial Port COMX where the X represents the COM number for example COM3 If there are multiple USB serial ports right click on each one and check the manufacturer the machine s should be CH340 2...

Page 20: ...lled Easel which is developed by Inventables for their X carve machines It works great with the 3018 CNC machines too It is free the pro version is not really needed powerful and easy to use to design and carve your projects Go to Easel inventables com and click on the blue Sign in through Inventables button ...

Page 21: ...allation Part 3 Step 4 Create your account in Easel Click on the radio button I am a new customer Enter your personal information see an example in this picture When you are done click on the orange Continue button ...

Page 22: ...Machine Setup Part 4 Step 1 Your first project in Easel Create a new project by selecting one document in the Projects tab it can be Intro to Easel or any Untitled ...

Page 23: ...Step 2 Easel driver Click on the blue Carve button Machine Setup Part 4 ...

Page 24: ... Windows computer This driver will allow Easel to talk to the USB port on your computer If the window below doesn t open you can access the driver here W1 Click the green Download for Windows button the Easel driver will automatically download to your computer Most downloads are saved to the Downloads folder Machine Setup Part 4 ...

Page 25: ...ct Run as administrator and follow the installation prompt Follow the Installer instructions to complete the installation You may need to refresh your browser and in some cases restart your computer Important Windows 10 security settings may pop up to confirm if you want to install the driver You will need to click More Info and select Run Anyway to proceed with the installation Machine Setup ...

Page 26: ...atically download to your computer You may also see the download at the bottom of your browser M2 Click the EaselDriver 0 3 18 pkg file and open it to run the installer Follow the Installer instructions to complete the installation You may need to refresh your browser and in some cases restart your computer Machine Setup ...

Page 27: ...Part 4 Step 6 Set up your machine Now that Easel driver is installed you need to setup your machine On the menu bar click on Machine and then click on the blue Set up your machine button Machine Setup ...

Page 28: ...the ones shown in the picture below You can use either Other grbl or X carve in the machine type Enter the other settings as shown below No dust shoe with our 3018 so don t check the box Then click on the blue Confirm settings button Machine Setup ...

Page 29: ...Part 3 Step 8 Connect your 3018 to your computer 1 Plug in your power cord 2 Plug in your USB cable into your computer 3 Turn on your 3018 Easel will automatically connect to your 3018 Machine Setup ...

Page 30: ...n Easel 2 In the Easel can t find your machine window that popups check the Enter COM port manually box and then enter the port number from the Device Manager Check Part 3 Step 2 on how to find your port number COM ports change from time to time so you may have to do this again if you turn off or unplug your machine Machine Setup ...

Page 31: ...ed correctly you should get proper motion on each axis If so press on the Yes buttons for the X Y and Z axis If you press No it will swap the directions and fix the issue for you Machine Setup Important Reminder The Y axis movement is in reference to the spindle position on the workspace Clicking the UP button will move the work table towards the user the DOWN button will move the work table away ...

Page 32: ...Machine Setup Part 4 Step 11 Set your spindle settings The 3018 does not have a manual spindle So select Automatic for your spindle control preference Automatic ...

Page 33: ...tup Part 4 Step 12 No limit switch setup After you confirm your spindle setting you ll be prompted to enable or disable homing Our 3018 does not come with limit switches Click on the blue No disable homing button ...

Page 34: ...Machine Setup Part 4 Step 13 No Z Probe Our 3018 does not a Z Probe Click on the red No button ...

Page 35: ...Part 4 Step 14 Run the test carve After setting your machine you can run a test carve to ensure that the machine is operating properly Clicking on the green button here will take you to the test carve project itself ...

Page 36: ... This will display all the Grbl settings values from the router Copy these into a text editor and save the file somewhere as a baseline No matter how much you may mess up the settings you will always have a previous set to go back to You will see a list of xx yy lines where xx is the setting number and yy is the current value To change a value send the command of xx zz in the console where xx is t...

Page 37: ...nding by turning the screw by hand disconnect the coupler first Check that the grub screw on the coupler connecting the threaded rod to the stepper motor are tight and the coupler is not slipping Swap the connection for the stepper motor into the router motherboard for that axis with another one If it now moves remember it is now a different axis and the other one doesn t then it is likely to be a...

Page 38: ...alue is 2 and the X axis needs inverting Select the 2 row and the X column the new 3 value is 6 Current 3 value is 3 and the Y and Z axes need inverting To invert the Y axis select the 3 row and the Y column the new 3 value is 1 To invert the Z axis select the 1 row and the Z column the new 3 value is 0 In Easel type 3 x in the console command box where x is the revised number and hit enter to sen...

Page 39: ...t a quick visual check by jogging all the axes by 10mm and making sure the distance travelled looks like 10mm 30 and 31 Max and Min Spindle Speed RPM This sets the spindle speed for the maximum 5V PWM pin output For example if you want to set 10000rpm at 5V program 30 10000 For 255rpm at 5V program 30 255 If a program tries to set a higher spindle RPM greater than the 30 max spindle speed Grbl wil...

Page 40: ... 1000 111 1000 and 112 600 13 Report inches boolean Grbl has a real time positioning reporting feature to provide a user feedback on where the machine is exactly at that time as well as parameters for coordinate offsets and probing By default it is set to report in mm but by sending a 13 1 command you send this boolean flag to true and these reporting features will now report in inches 13 0 to set...

Page 41: ...Recommended Settings Easel Part 5 Step 1 Metric system settings in Easel We recommend that our customers use the mm metric settings for better readings and precision especially in the CNC world ...

Page 42: ...t 5 Step 2 Material type and Dimensions 1 Find the piece of wood or material you want to carve 2 Select the material type in Easel 3 Take the measurements Length Width Depth of your material 4 Enter the Material Dimensions in Easel ...

Page 43: ...into your ER11 Specify the type of End Mills you inserted using Other in Easel for any of the bits you have This will allow you not to have to purchase the Easel Pro Version If you don t know the width or diameter of the bits you bought from YoraHome check the product page description of the bits in our Router Bits category ...

Page 44: ...material when cutting and is critical to get it right for leaving a good quality cut edge 150 mm min Plunge rate How fast the bit is driven down into the material when starting a cut If you make it plunge too fast it is will easily damage the tip of the cutter 100 mm min Depth per pass The depth the bit is going into the material per pass or toolpath 0 2 0 4mm Step 4 Cut settings ...

Page 45: ...king a grinding noise when trying to move try to low the acceleration and max rate settings This sound is a sign that your steppers are losing steps and not able to keep up due too much torque load or going too fast 6 Next you need to make sure your machine is moving in the correct directions according to a Cartesian XYZ coordinate frame Check all axes If an axis is not moving correctly alter the ...

Page 46: ... the bit of electronics that controls everything stepper motors axis movements spindle motor cutting speeds laser power settings jogging G code commands received via USB or an offline controller etc Grbl This is the software which runs on the motherboard It takes the G code and translates it into the movements and speeds needed to cut a line for example Stepper motor A motor that is told to turn i...

Page 47: ...lpath The path that the tool is moved along in order to do the job Your software will provide a toolpath simulation so you can see on your computer what is going to happen before you send it to the router Passes This is the number of times you tell the router to retrace the same path If you want to cut a groove or pocket in a piece of wood 5mm deep you are not going to do it in one single go down ...

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