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Re: CNC homebrew

on 2003-10-06 11:54:58 UTC
> I'll gonna to make one, I have some idea with the chassis, motors
> steps and other, but with not the controller card because if I use
any
> CNC software I need one who knows the protocol.
> If any body konws one to make, thanks...

You probably want a simple step and direction controller. These
connect to the parralel port of your PC and control stepper motors.
You can use very cheap or even free software to control the machine.

Examples of controllers are:

www.xylotex.com

http://www.seanet.com/~dmauch/

Examples of control programs:

http://www.dakeng.com/turbo.html (free to try $20 to register, I use
this!)

http://www.artofcnc.ca/index.html (windows based)

If you want to make something big/fast then also consider
www.geckodrive.com

Cheers,

Graham

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Juan 30.SA.146 // EA7??? 2003-10-06 07:44:32 UTC CNC homebrew Antonius J.M. Groothuizen 2003-10-06 08:00:25 UTC Re: CNC homebrew James Cullins 2003-10-06 09:05:57 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC homebrew Juan 30.SA.146 // EA7??? 2003-10-06 10:49:59 UTC Re: CNC homebrew mmeyers1111 2003-10-06 10:51:09 UTC Re: CNC homebrew Graham Stabler 2003-10-06 11:54:58 UTC Re: CNC homebrew Juan 30.SA.146 // EA7??? 2003-10-07 07:42:32 UTC Re: CNC homebrew