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[[File:CNC Night at SudoRoom.jpg|250px|right|thumb|J teaches us how to use the CNC Mill]] | |||
[[File:CNC Mill Cutting.jpg|thumb||250px|right|Cutting a wood sign]] | |||
[[File:Teaching CNC.jpg|250px|right|thumb|J teaching us how to cut on the CNC Machine]] | |||
== Sudoroom CNC machine instructions== | == Sudoroom CNC machine instructions== | ||
Revision as of 22:09, 11 May 2013
Sudoroom CNC machine instructions
it is composed of a few components:
- an internet connected desktop windows PC that runs special software: mach3 (icon on desktop)
- a hacked engraver that does the milling
- a stepper driver that sits between the PC and the engraver and communicates via parallel port
mach3 only accepts gcode. you can either use your own gcode or use the program on the PC called CamBam to generate the gcode.
until we make better tutorials for CamBam please only use the CNC if you can get a CamBam tutorial from someone.
here are photos of the CNC area with helpful descriptions: http://imgur.com/a/461VK