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Rob Taylor attached a file to the thread M4: 1510SS Heavy Mk.I.

No kidding! Even buying them inexpensively from Amazon it adds up, but averaging forces over a lot of fasteners is a time-honoured...

Rick 2.0 liked Peter Van Der Walt's post in the thread INTERFACE CNC Touch Controller.

Understandable, but please bear with us as we figure out whats up (in the factory they go through a couple full bootup QA tests, so we...

JustinTime replied to the thread SainSmart 3018 PROVer Spoilboard.

A DRO is a Digital Read Out. It's where you see the number change when you move an axis. For Calibration, just google 'calibrating a...

REdington replied to the thread Rodney's new Laser.

Motors are mounted. I made the mounts so they lock into the T slots like the "Y to X" blocks. I did this so that the "Y" motor shaft was...

Rick 2.0 replied to the thread Engineering properties of vslot.

Start here: How to calculate V-Slot® deflection | OpenBuilds And remember strength is irrelevant. Flexibility/deflection is what...

eddie_461 posted a new thread.

Engineering properties of vslot

Is there a place where I can get the engineering properties (bending moment, weight per cm, hardness, etc.) of the vslot rail? I want...

Forum: General Talk

blindflight posted a new thread.

Interface Error message

Got an error: "GRBL ERROR! Error no: 1 Invalid GCODE No...

Forum: Interfaces

David the swarfer liked JustinTime's post in the thread bCNC on Raspberry Pi.

After much trial and tribulations, I was finally able to run bCNC on my RPi 3B+ and the Teensy 4.1 using grblHAL. All the problems I had...

David the swarfer liked GraemeGoode's post in the thread GRBL 1.1 x axis calibration.

Hi David I did slow it down and it did the same. Thanks!

JustinTime posted a new thread.

bCNC vs Control

I had used Control and moved to bCNC. I haven't used bCNC much at all, just surface skimmed it, so far. My first impression is: Hats up...

Forum: CAM

JustinTime attached a file to the thread bCNC on Raspberry Pi.

After much trial and tribulations, I was finally able to run bCNC on my RPi 3B+ and the Teensy 4.1 using grblHAL. All the problems I had...

JustinTime replied to the thread Surfacing Lead 1515 Spoilboard.

I know, using a dial indicator is more precise, and I have one but I didn't use it for my tramming. I used a square and a strait rod. I...

JustinTime replied to the thread Easy and Accurate Calibration.

I'm not trying to go into a pis***g match but I'll tell you what I did. First, I use a tape, that I bought at a Dollar Tree for a buck...

JustinTime replied to the thread GRBL 1.1 x axis calibration.

In your OP you said you are using the "Openbuilds calibration wizard". That wizard will do any distance that you want. You just have to...