Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Newbie

dex367 wrote:

> I have built in 1991 a three axis router(Stepper Motor driven) using
> at first a Commodore 64 then later a IBM 286's parallel port and some
> homemade basic programs. I worked great. To make a long story
> short. I got married and it was put away for a decade. Now
> resurrecting it. I've got time. (No more dipers) :-)
>
> I will use a PC's parallel port for step and direction. I need to
> know what software packages are out there that can get this baby
> running. I do not want to be writing code when I can purchace it.
>
> Dex

A short list of places to look:

http://www.ajaxcnc.com/
http://mynock.dhs.org/cncmachine/index.shtml
http://www.maxnc.com/
http://www.hobbycnc.com/
http://www.yty.net/cnc/
http://www.cheapcnc.com/software.html
http://www.linuxcnc.org/ <--- I definately recommend trying this at
least once
http://www.cheapcnc.com/
http://www.Stepperworld.com <-- where I got my 4-axis controller (rated
36A/phase, 140W)
And let's not forget
http://www.geckodrive.com/
which is the next step, when I can afford it


I'm just getting started myself...I decided I was going to get the
software and controller working before I built the machine...and I now
have the FET-4 from Stepperworld mounted in an enclosure with 3 400-watt
DC powersupplies, a pair of powerful fans on the FET-4, and all the
other whatnot...I also have working my linux computer with Mandrake 9.0,
with a recompiled realtime kernel and the EMC cnc software. Everything
works...I can spin some steppers real nice :)

Now I just have to make the router :)