Re: [sudo-discuss] cnc pcb drilling

i asked noisebridge if we can take the MaxNC and they seem to be OK with it, i just need to go pick it up. https://noisebridge.net/wiki/MaxNCMill it works the same way as the cheap shitty MyDIYCNC that we have now, except that this is a Real Machine and much more accurate. As for untethering it from the shitty old desktop, i have a mini computer with a parallel port that can be attached to the back of the CNC, and then it can be used from one's laptop via ssh with x-forwarding, or one can plug in a monitor and keyboard, or use x11vnc or whatever but a smoothie board would be inappropriate since the MaxNC has its own motor driver electronics, and only needs to be sent TTL signals (from a parallel port or whatever) to step along in whatever direction. if you wanted to convert the MaxNC to something simpler, a regular arduino with a g-code interpreter and a DB25M plug would work just fine to step it around. -jake On Tue, 9 May 2017, Morgan Allen wrote: Took another crack at trying to drill through holes with the mini CNC. > Short story, still doesn't work but I figured out why the origin/home is > so > far away, at least when using KiCAD. > > Notes: https://gitlab.com/snippets/1661557 > > I would be nice to upgrade the CNC to use a Smoothie Board, doing away > with > the need to use Real-Time Linux, not sure if the owner would be keen, but > at $45 I feel it would be a worthy investment. > >