Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Next step for hobby CNC

That and short prototype runs. If I had one that I could program really quickly I could pick up a few weldment jobs.
We got homebuilt plasma gantry, why not a welder?

hexagon@... wrote:

> ---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?
>
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