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* [[JacksMill]] Jack gave us his CNC mill which we used to cut wood.  It should also be able to cut soft metal like aluminum.  It is located at the west wall, next to the robot control cabinet.
* [[JacksMill]] Jack gave us his CNC mill which we used to cut wood.  It should also be able to cut soft metal like aluminum.  It is located at the west wall, next to the robot control cabinet.
[[File:Shapeoko.jpeg|right|thumb|Shapeoko CNC machine]]


[[File:CNC Night at SudoRoom.jpg|250px|right|thumb|J teaches us how to use the old wood CNC Mill]]
[[File:CNC Night at SudoRoom.jpg|250px|right|thumb|J teaches us how to use the old wood CNC Mill]]
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[[Category:Tools]]
[[Category:Tools]]


== a large CNC machine we have hidden under a table ==
== SHAPEOKO ==
 
https://jayscustomcreations.com/2015/02/shapeoko-2-cnc-mill/
 
there is a large CNC machine suitable for soft materials like soft wood and plastic (and possibly harder materials?) located under the table in the southwest corner of sudoroom.  It's made of wood and acrylic, and the wood is painted white.  Nicholas cleaned it really well but inside there was still a rats nest, and they had chewed through some of the wires.  Presently the XYZ stuff is working fine with a 12V power supply, but the DC motor controller for the spindle is pretty dirty from rats and the wiring from the 48v power supply to it (and e-stop and speed control) are all disconnected right now.  A bench power supply could operate the spindle very easily though.
 
When plugged into the USB of a computer, it presents as
 
<code>/dev/serial/by-id/usb-Arduino__www.arduino.cc__0043_7533531343735110F120-if00</code>
 
<b>[https://github.com/Schildkroet/Candle2/releases/tag/latest this software CANDLE2 seems to work to move it around, but]</b>
 
<i><b>the machine's Grbl settings are not calibrated, so it thinks a centimeter is about 8mm!!!!!</i></b>
 
Connecing to it at 115200 baud, when pressing the reset button it says this:
 
<code>Grbl 1.1f ['$' for help]</code>
 
after $ and $$ queries, these are the responses:
 
<code>[HLP:$$ $# $G $I $N $x=val $Nx=line $J=line $SLP $C $X $H ~ ! ? ctrl-x]
ok
$0=10
$1=25
$2=0
$3=0
$4=0
$5=0
$6=0
$10=1
$11=0.010
$12=0.002
$13=0
$20=0
$21=0
$22=0
$23=0
$24=25.000
$25=500.000
$26=250
$27=1.000
$30=1000
$31=0
$32=0
$100=250.000
$101=250.000
$102=250.000
$110=500.000
$111=500.000
$112=500.000
$120=10.000
$121=10.000
$122=10.000
$130=200.000
$131=200.000
$132=200.000
ok
</code>
 
[https://web.archive.org/web/20190331225723/https://wiki.shapeoko.com/index.php/Grbl_Configuration here is an incorrect Grbl Configuration on archive.org]
 
[https://web.archive.org/web/20190924072420/https://github.com/grbl/grbl/wiki/Configuring-Grbl-v0.8 here is some info on configuring Grbl v0.8]
 
[https://github.com/gnea/grbl/wiki/Grbl-v1.1-Configuration here's a page about Grbl v1.1 which we have]
 
It runs GRBL firmware.  Commands such as "X10" or "Y-20" or "X15 Y20 Z15" work to move things around.  There is no command for spindle control because it's not connected to the board.


there is a large CNC machine suitable for soft materials like soft wood and plastic (and possibly harder materials?) located under the table in the southwest corner of sudoroom.  It should work fine if plugged into the USB of a computer, and probably takes G-code commands through a USB serial interface, and probably runs Marlin or GRBL firmware.  It's made of wood and acrylic, and the wood is painted white.
The XYZ movement motor controller is a [https://www.adafruit.com/product/1750|Synthetos gShield (grblShield) V5] arduino shield


== A CNC Mill we no longer have ==
== A CNC Mill we no longer have ==
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIGDspzMHD0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIGDspzMHD0


[[File:Our new CNC.JPG|thumb|right|our new cnc]]
[[File:Our new CNC.JPG|thumb|right|a cnc we thankfully no longer have]]


We had a real CNC Mill as of January 2015.  It was donated by Pam and was traded away for a Quick Circuit 5000 (in the 3D printer area)
We had a small CNC Mill as of January 2015.  It was donated by Pam and was traded away for a Quick Circuit 5000 (in the 3D printer area)
It was a [[myDIYCNC]] [http://www.mydiycnc.com/project%20overview link] cnc thing
It was a [[myDIYCNC]] [http://www.mydiycnc.com/project%20overview link] cnc thing


[[File:Jake using the new CNC machine.JPG|550px|J using our new CNC - isn't it cute? Hope we can get more folks started on machining]]
[[File:Jake using the new CNC machine.JPG|550px|J using our new CNC - isn't it cute? Hope we can get more folks started on machining]]