It cuts! I've started doing some test cutting, and it's great to see that it really works.
I spent part of the weekend getting a 7 year old laptop to run Ubuntu Linux and EMC2. It's a little nicer than turbocnc, and I didn't want to bring one of my nicer computers into my shop to run Mach3. Mach3 was easier to setup initially (as was turbocnc), but once I got linux and the software installed it wasn't that hard to setup EMC2.
My daughter who is a year and a half old loves to watch the cnc move (no cutting, that would be too loud and I'd worry about dust etc.). The first time she and Mom watched it move in a test pattern around the whole table and it came to rest, she immediately asked for more. We finally had to tell her the cnc needed to go to bed for the night.
Oh and CarveOne, yeah I figured I'd be doing 1/4" depth passes, but I may find that is too aggressive at the speeds this machine can do, time / testing will tell.
Now on to all the project ideas that I have (mostly items for my daughter....now where is that dinosaur dxf thread).  |