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Building and Installing grbl from source

Building grbl from source on Linux There are three basic steps * Install the necessary OS level packages * Get the grbl source * If necessary patch the grbl source, e.g. to work with LaserAxe controller * Build grbl It should go without saying you don't need to patch the grbl

CNC tool chain for PCBs, FlatCAM - Part 2 of 3

FlatCAM [http://flatcam.org/] turns the Image and Drill files created by our CAD program, KiCad, into G-Code which is used to control the mill. This the trickiest part of the process. What you do here determines how the mill moves. It's important to have an understanding of

CNC Mill - Laser Mounting Plate

The CNC Mill / Laser cutter kit I purchased allows for two methods to mount the laser. The first is to simply replace the spindle motor with the laser module. This works well and allows you to use the laser across the full range of the X and Y axis. It&

Tinted plastic != LASER safety goggles

I recently bought a desktop CNC Mill / Laser cutter kit. The kit came with "everything you need" to get started including a pair of safety goggles. The whole kit, with shipping from China to the US was slightly less than $300. As you would expect, costs were kept

CNC tool chain for PCBs - Part 1 of 3

Per a previous post [https://beltrani.com/inexpensive-desktop-cnc-mill-lasercutter/], I purchased an inexpensive desktop mill for the primary purpose of milling PCBs. While it came with everything necessary on the hardware side, it's mostly left to the user to determine how to drive it. For those following a similar

Inexpensive Desktop CNC Mill & Lasercutter

The Electronics and Robotics shop (E&R) at Artisan's Asylum [https://artisansasylum.com/] has one of the original Othermills from the Other Machine Co. "Original" as in back when it was still a Kickstarter project [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/otherfab/the-othermill-custom-circuits-at-your-fingertips] . I had been