RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Newbie Question

Hi Kim,

Welcome to the list. You can purchase stepper motors from Sherline, they
sell motors with shafts at both ends so you can put the hand wheels on the
back of the motors. As for drivers check out the Camtronics 2 amp driver
board kit, this is a nice one and is used by lots of people with Sherline
equipment. G-code interpreters can be had for Linux, dos and windows. You
can get TurboCNC for $20.00 if you register it, or free if you don't. I
works well and Dave K. has done a nice job with developing it. DOS is used
because it does not have the bad habits the winslow has, such as going off
to do what ever it thinks it needs to instead of running your program. You
don't need windows to run CNC, in fact I think it gets in the way when you
are trying to control a machine. As far as cad goes you can get IntelliCAD
for free from www.cadopia.com , you just have to go back to their site
annually to renew the license. You can use Aceconvert to generate the
gcode from a DXF file or the demo version of Flashcut will do it also. If
you want to move up in the cad/cam software world and spend $$$ then IMHO
the best way to go is Vector. Check out www.imsrv.com for information about
Vector. You can get your Sherline working with CNC for a relatively small
investment, certainly less than the price of the mill if you want to. If
you want to spend lots of money on this you can do that too. If you have
questions about Sherline products and pricing email me off list and I will
see if I can help you.

John Guenther
Sterling, Virginia
Sherline Dealer

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kimvellore [mailto:kim@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 11:48 AM
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Newbie Question
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> Hi,
> I am planning on buying a Sherline with CNC option and convert it
> to CNC. I am trying to understand how the CNC process works, this is
> how I understand it works
> First you draw the parts you want made in .dwg or .dxf or other
> drawing format.
> Next you use another application and convert the drawing to g-code
> and use a g-code interpreter to convert the G-code to pulse and
> direction to the parallel port.
> The g-code interpreter works on DOS.
> If this is right why does the g-code interpreter work in DOS?
> Is there one application that them all. I am will be using the
> mill/lathe for my hobby needs and I am looking for a cheap software.
>
> Also can some one explain the options in hardware and software I have
> to convert the sherline to CNC.
>
> Thanks
> Kim
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