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Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Next step for hobby CNC

Posted by Tom Eldredge
on 2001-04-15 10:54:48 UTC
Hi Diazden,

I would also like to receive a copy of the code if you find it.

Tom Eldredge


----- Original Message -----
From: diazden <diazden@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 5:27 AM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Next step for hobby CNC


> Joe;
> some 4 years ago the Silicon Chip magazine run an article on a program
called rboprject or
> some thing like that, the software used to run a 5 stepper robot that used
to have the boards
> that were featured on the same magazine (if I remember correctly January
94) the software
> was shareware ,I still got the disk somewhere, and it was written in
Qbasic ,also I believe
> that the source code was included, if you are interested I could try to
email it to you
> regards
> mariano
>
>
> jvicars@... 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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