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Aussie048
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I decide some time ago to buy a cheap CNC Engraving machine.
It was a lot smaller than what it is today.
The reason I decide to buy such a machine was maybe one day I could start to learn to scratch build.
Getting the Open Source programs to run the machine on my old PC that did have only 528Kb of Ram runs a little bit happier with 2Mb of Ram. Yes I re purposed my old laptop. The DVD drive did not work, but I managed to find a used DVD drive for her. Yes I gave her a birthday present. I also upgraded from Window XP to Vista to windows 7 over the years. She is now running Windows 7.
The original be is sitting on top of the old bed in the photo on my CNC engraver.
In this topic I want to explain how to build such a machine. I want to explain minimum requirements to run a CNC machine. Suggest how to build this machine.
The minimum requirements in the way of software is open source software. Open source software is free.
All I am running at the moment is a program called GRBL and Universal Gcode Sender. It doe also need JAVA script to run the machine which is also free from Oracle.
GRBL require internet connectivity. Universal Gcode Sender does not. Universal Gcode sender requires GRBL to run. I do not need internet connectivity to run the CNC machine as I am using Universal Gcode sender
The original machine cost me probably a little over %200 US.
So far I am impressed with the CNC engraver. I am yet to test it out properly since I upgrade the size of the CNC machine.
I will add additional information on the post as time permits.
Cheers
Geoff
It was a lot smaller than what it is today.
The reason I decide to buy such a machine was maybe one day I could start to learn to scratch build.
Getting the Open Source programs to run the machine on my old PC that did have only 528Kb of Ram runs a little bit happier with 2Mb of Ram. Yes I re purposed my old laptop. The DVD drive did not work, but I managed to find a used DVD drive for her. Yes I gave her a birthday present. I also upgraded from Window XP to Vista to windows 7 over the years. She is now running Windows 7.
The original be is sitting on top of the old bed in the photo on my CNC engraver.
In this topic I want to explain how to build such a machine. I want to explain minimum requirements to run a CNC machine. Suggest how to build this machine.
The minimum requirements in the way of software is open source software. Open source software is free.
All I am running at the moment is a program called GRBL and Universal Gcode Sender. It doe also need JAVA script to run the machine which is also free from Oracle.
GRBL require internet connectivity. Universal Gcode Sender does not. Universal Gcode sender requires GRBL to run. I do not need internet connectivity to run the CNC machine as I am using Universal Gcode sender
The original machine cost me probably a little over %200 US.
So far I am impressed with the CNC engraver. I am yet to test it out properly since I upgrade the size of the CNC machine.
I will add additional information on the post as time permits.
Cheers
Geoff