Originally Posted by buscht Great information Fred, but can you explain some more? Rick says that he already has a CNC mill with servo motors. Does your solution require the use of your controller? |
Yes, the probe and software work together for the "easy" solution. The Tp-100 will work with other software controllers, but as was mentioned, it is difficut to process the resulting point cloud data.
Originally Posted by buscht Would Rick have to rebuild the electrical part of his machine to get your solution to work. |
Not rebuild, but possibly modify. Our system is step and direction, the same as his, or yours. If you have room in your motor driver enclosure, you can install the DeskCNC controller inside and hookup the same step and direction signals that are now received from the parallel port. You might consider this re-building, but you can leave the parallel port wired and then can use the electronics with either DeskCNC or your present software. DeskCNC requires a Win 98 or later computer.
Originally Posted by buscht I have a 4 axis router running MACH2 and a Xylotex board. If your probe would run on my system with easy to use software, I'm ready to purchase today! (or maybe tomorrow, once I get approval from the wife)
Thanks
Trent |
An assembled package is available that requires no electrical modifications. It plugs into a parallel port motor driver box ( like your Xylotex setup):
DeskCNC-in-a-box
Fred Smith - IMService
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