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We have a real CNC Mill as of January 2015. It belongs to Pam and is on-loan. | We have a real CNC Mill as of January 2015. It belongs to Pam and is on-loan. | ||
It is a [[myDIYCNC]] [http://www.mydiycnc.com/project%20overview link] cnc thing | It is a [[myDIYCNC]] [http://www.mydiycnc.com/project%20overview link] cnc thing | ||
Problems: For some reason, LinuxCNC thinks "home" is at 5.5", 0", 0" which is not where I would home it. I put sharpie marks to indicate the center of travel for X and Y, which is 6.0",3.5". I set the proper numbers in the configuration but it doesn't do what it should. Whatever. | |||
You need to boot the computer to the LINUXCNC operating system, not the Ubuntu 14.04 installed by Big Ed | |||
The USB adaptor it came with is total garbage, and the software offered by "my DIY CNC" is proprietary, so it is plugged into the parallel port of a desktop computer instead, and we are using LinuxCNC software as seen here: http://www.linuxcnc.org/ | The USB adaptor it came with is total garbage, and the software offered by "my DIY CNC" is proprietary, so it is plugged into the parallel port of a desktop computer instead, and we are using LinuxCNC software as seen here: http://www.linuxcnc.org/ | ||