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TED Talks: Dan Pink on the puzzle of Motivation

Here`s an interesting take: CO2 Laser Engraver/Cutter Addition to a CNC-Retrofitted Sieg X2 Mini Mill

Well! Couple years after I used: Mini-Mill Riser Blocks Mini-Mill Riser Blocks (2) Adding a Column Riser to a Solid Column Mill Metal For Riser For Mini Mill LMS 3900 Extended Column (Primary Resource) to make mine (Cold Rolled C1018), Little Machine Shop finally has a riser block for their mills. Riser, 2 inch solid column. […]

Excellent example of Servo vs. Stepper vs. Feed Speeds. This is by John Dammeyer, developer of the Electronic Lead Screw Project: Electronic Lead Screw Main Page …now I did some experiments as a result of this posting subject. I found if I turned the handle for moving the carriage at what was a pretty normal speed it went 10” […]

The GCode Interpreter included with KmotionCNC is more bare-bones than the extended on in LinuxCNC, and some people were discussing how to work-around this perceived lack. I found a link on CNCZone that outlined a method (albeit on Mach3) of performing conditionals (as Mach3 also does not support the higher-functions in LinuxCNC). At one point, […]

G-Code (more precisely G and M Code, more formally, RS-274D or other names) is a programming code that dates back circa 1950, and was originally developed to control mechanical machining operations using paper tape. It shows. The last ratified standard was in 1980, and the last open source variant in 2000 (RS274NGC_3.pdf – 2000). Most […]

Who might be interested in this. Anyone that would like to operate their KFlop controlled machine from their phone, tablets or anything with a web browser. Github Repository of the patched system GitHub Parhansson YouTube Link of Operational System

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CNC toolchain: CAD -> CAM -> G-Code PostProcessor -> Motion Controller -> Drives A Motion Controller is, well, just that. A structure to control the coordinated motion of at least a singular CNC axis. Motion controllers can be software or hardware based. On the hardware side, the continuum runs from as simple as relay logic through small […]

Rigging (in this context) is the act of safely supporting and transporting machine tools. Some pointers: Twisted rope has a much higher sliding coefficient (ropes are rougher). It can take a lot more static tension to overcome sticktion. This makes it harder to “synch” up the rigging before hoisting the load Twisted rope frays more […]