Re: [sudo-discuss] Laser gantry, oh gantry, where art thou drivers?

I believe what's happening is Brendan and Ben are going to split the FSL board. I'll mail in the old one soon & front the cost s.t. we get this guy up and running quickly :-) Cheers, -Adam --- Aperture Systems: Redefining Radiography - http://aperture.systems/ http://adammunich.com/ - Cell: +1-650-452-0554 Be • knowledgeable • social • patient • fearless • compassionate • fun • humble • forgiving. Be a leader On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 10:59 AM, David Rorex <drorex(a)gmail.com> wrote: > You might want to check lightobject.com, he is local and sells laser > cutter > parts for reasonable prices, and aren't jerks like FSL. > > On Jan 9, 2015 11:55 AM, <hol(a)gaskill.com> wrote: >> >> thanks for bringing in the machine and i agree just swapping in a >> replacement driver is best. count me in for $20 >> >> On 2015-01-08 22:14, Adam Munich wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> The full spectrum laser cutter I brought to the hacker pace has been >>> out of service for some time, after Brendon's attempt to fix its >>> loose >>> keyswitch ended in board-popping disaster. (Shit happens, **but >>> ermehgawd always remove power before fixing circuits guize**) >>> >>> Anyway, I bought some new stepper motor drivers to replace the burnt >>> ones on the controller, but unfortunately there seems to be more >>> wrecked with it than just that simple fix. I'd love to get this >>> thing >>> working for the community, though, that's a bit hard with no brains >>> for the machine. >>> >>> A new board from full spectrum is $1500, but I contacted them with a >>> "we're a poor hackerspace" card and they'd be willing to replace it >>> for $250 if I mail in the old controller, which I feel is within >>> raise-able reach. This would give us full access to their software >>> suite / print driver, and a reliable machine. >>> >>> The other option, suggested by rayc is to use an arduino, stepper >>> controllers and a g-code generating toolchain to run the machine. >>> While I don't see any reason why that couldn't work, I feel like >>> that >>> might be a bit awkward for people who wish to use the cutter, and >>> further makes the guide I wrote kind of useless. >>> http://hack.rit.edu/tools/full-spectrum-laser-cutter/ >>> >>> As a community, what do y'all believe is best? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> -Adam >>> >>> >>> --- >>> Aperture Systems: Redefining Radiography - http://aperture.systems/ >>> http://adammunich.com/ - Cell: +1-650-452-0554 >>> >>> Be • knowledgeable • social • patient • fearless • compassionate • >>> fun • humble • forgiving. >>> >>> Be a leader >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>> https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sudo-discuss mailing list >> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >> https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss