Please help with this build Albert

[Doddy]

I agree with routerdriver about LinuxCNC. If you're building a basic machine then it's easy to install and set up using the included wizards. No delving into the depths of Linux complexity at all.

I agree - but then the line between basic and ...not-basic can be particularly difficult with LinuxCNC for a novice to understand. Part of the reason I squint at it hard is understanding the point beyond which you abandon the wizards and take responsibility for the management/maintenance of your configuration files. To the uninitiated that's a whole lot of pain to research to get correct, not to mention having to crank out home-built HAL components (I've a sleepy memory of coding a particular logic component to support a push-On/Off & Reset moding of an illuminated push-button and .. something else (too tired, cold to go to the shed to confirm) that you hack-and-restart, and repeat. That, and the whole GTK/Glade options to add to the screen-set (which is poor, as stock) and the quirkiness of not being able to manually traverse axis (and from memory that also impacts the MPGs/encoders) when on the MDI page... and don't get me started on the GUI stealing HMI events when running Andy Pugh's lathe macro set.

What I'm trying to say is it's less polished than other control software. And for a novice it is a steep learning curve. I stand behind not recommending it as an entry-point to CNC.

edit: Aha, HAL components - the aforementioned Push button (resettable toggle), check-set-for-n-cycles (to determine a stable spindle-at-speed), a resettable run/pause/stop control (together with driving LED status for each state) and.... something else that I forget again. You could do the above with combinational logic, but that just makes your HAL file brutal.