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So we have nema 23 and nema 34 . and a bunch of other stuff which loks interesting. Will Pm Bernie

I would think trip reset buttons for various thing
Maybe axis movement is one. Spindle / cutter rotation would be another

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I made another attempt using ‘etcher’ to copy the mint iso to a pen drive
All very straight forward to use etcher and the pen drive worked perfectly even on the
HP pc that previously did not like...

I can confirm that when you start the pc with the mint iso from either a pen drive or dvd it does not install mint instead it loads mint and lets you look around and run linuxcnc but will not save...

IF I am not mistaken you can boot the iso and it will load a live version to see it and won't overwrite the HD until you click on the iso button on the desktop. It is a good idea to be connected to...

It works perfectly Bernie, just doesn’t like booting from a pen drive
Give it a dvd with the iso on it and it was as happy as Larry
It just took me some time to find my box of blank DVD’s. The mrs...

I could not agree more Doddy
Every time I think I understand linuxcnc configuration I realise that I don’t
But I am getting there and the linuxcnc forum is excellent

The stepconfig wizard gets...

Sorry but it can't be more simple than this that I posted earlier in the thread
...

Hello all,

Had a load of long-lozenge shaped construction ply off-cuts left over from a recent job and thought it a shame to bin 'em. Picked up some 14mm (10mm ID) tube for the bushings from a...

Update on the HP small format PC that Bernie kindlt sent me - it may help other
I have spent all evening trying to get linux to see two parallel ports

There is one onboard from the motherboard...

Best advice I heard recently was Kingspan or similar - a better structure than polystyrene (okay, the dust will kill you - but that's better than the polystyrene balls electrostatically sticking to...

The foam insulation material in about 50mm thick is ideal

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I see no reason why the post processor would be different between the 190 260 & 300 vmc
They are all just larger versions of the smallest 190 machine
The addition of a tool changer would add...

Ya the hdd will have been wiped so the pc doesn’t see a boot manager which is normally part of the windows install
When you load linuxcnc it will then provide the linux boot manager and all will...

Likewise Bernie !
Thanks from me . I havent got it up and running yet . Tells me Boot mgr is missing but I presume I will get some advice from here on how to deal with that, and I am guessing...

If you have the boxford software and it’s all functional then maybe not
I’ve never tried the boxford software myself. I was told it was about £600 and the boxford would deal with educational...

Seconded on mint 19.3. Been using it on my vmc190 without issues. Linuxcnc v2.8

I’m actually running linuxcnc v2.9 something on the orac lathe but that was trying to get a usb pendant to work,...

This is the version I would go with Mint 19.3

https://forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc/38932-linuxcnc-package-repos-for-mint-19-x-ubuntu-18-04-aka-bionic-beaver-mint-iso?start=0

John/Bernie, Not wanting to tread on anyone's toes here, but if you wanted to look at LinuxCNC, then you're more likely to want to meet the OS requirements for a modern installation, the Desktop...

Most CAM will throw in a G54 by default unless you configure it to do something else, consult your CAM publisher's documentation for details of configuration.

Machine rigidity is key to cutting capability.

Sapele is quite hard. 10mm doc is probably way too much for an aluminium framed machine. Might work if your bit is razor sharp

Hi,

I use cold enamel - like this:

http://brightenamels.co.uk/documents/A5%20enamelling%20Brochure%20(2016).pdf

It's good stuff, but can be tricky to mix in small quantities, ie. 0.1gm...

Bernie I don't believe the bushes getting too hot is the cause. 45mm/sec (2700mm/min) isn't overly fast and certainly won't or shouldn't be getting any bushes remotely hot unless they are wornout and...

ive had a brand new bearing give me nightmares on my Y axis ballscrew, it was on the floating end of the screw

randomly it would start to shudder for a few seconds and then go away, it took me...