Hi, hopefully I made it to the correct part of the forum to ask for a little help on getting a roller-style rotary for a JPT 5Watt UV Laser.
I’ve been looking into adding a roller-style rotary and haven’t had much luck. The issue seems to be primarily that the laser uses a 4-pin aviation type connection while most of the rotary attachments available do not.
I’ve tried an xTool RA2 as it looked like a decent rotary with both roller and 3-jaw chuck options and the correct connection by default. While I was able to get it set up, apparently the power output by the port was too high and burnt the motor up. That was returned and I saw a FoxAlien roller-style rotary available that has an upgraded motor (that will hopefully work). Received that today and from the pictures I saw it looked like the correct connection but the 4 pin aviation connection is much smaller.
Does anyone know if/how I can add the correct type of connection to the wire supplied? I know this is probably a dumb question and/or I’m heading down the wrong path to get this working.
Open to suggestions of other roller-style rotary options that may work if anyone has a suggestion.
Thank you for any assistance!
edited to add: this rotary did come with a cable that has a 2-pin aviation cable type connection included that is the correct size to fit the laser. Is there a way to use that port to control the rotary? This is labeled for the foot switch which I don’t need to use necessarily. I’m going to guess that this is not the way to go but just in case I thought I would add this.
I have the RA2 controlled by a Sculpfun laser. This is similar to the JPT and should never have hurt the motor.
You cannot tell the size from the picture. It is likely the same size as the other stepper motors.
This bothers me. A foot switch means the controller will not know where the stepper motor is positioned. Maybe some controller boards have a foot switch option, but that would be news to me. Best you leave this alone.
I was told by xTool that the motor burnt up due to the power supplied to it. I’m not sure if they were just done assisting me. They basically just told me that it isn’t guaranteed to work with every machine and to return it and be done. So that’s why I went on the hunt for another rotary to use.
The aviation connection that came with the xTool fit the machine correctly and I did get the RA2 to work and it made it a short time before getting very hot. That makes me suspect they may be correct about the power coming for the laser to the rotary being too high.
I’m attaching a picture of the connection I received vs. what I need if that clarifies anything.
The end that connects to the stepper motor is a flat plug and that’s the cable they supplied so the end going to the rotary motor is correct. I just need to see if I can get a cable with the correct size connection going to the laser. I’ve gotten into contact with FoxAlien and will see what they say.
