Re: Next step for hobby CNC

---Sorry, fill me in on this one, a home shop welding robot?
It must be just the challenge of building one, surely?
Terry

In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., jvicars@c... wrote:

> What I would like to build is a home shop welding robot. The one
> thing missing is the ability to run a program by "teaching".
>
> All the MIG robots I have seen work this way. You switch the

machine

> to "Teach Mode" and manually move the welding head around the work

in

> whatever path you need. While you are doing this the computer

records

> the motion and translates into G-code. You have simple record,

pause,

> rewind, etc.
>
> I pictured building this with steppers with encoder feedback. The
> "recording" program and the control dont' even have to be related.
> There's no reason CNCpro (or other hobby controller) couldn't run a

3

> or 4 axis robot arm. The problem right now is on the software side.
> The Gecko G201's already have the free spooling feature built in

which

> would make it very easy to switch back and fourth from teach to run
> modes.
>
> Does anyone know of any software (free or cheap) that will perform
> this "recording" function as I have described? Are there some

details

> that I am missing?