Re: Next step for hobby CNC

---I am sure that a robot welding away in the basement would be rather
bad for the chest, but what the heck some folk choose to smoke!
I think if I let my my imagination take over and I had the capability
I would like to develop equipment to help the severely handicapped, or
something that could make a difference.
This list could accomplish far more than just embroydery.

In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Joe Vicars <jvicars@c...> wrote:

> 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@o... 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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