Andy's Adventures in CNC
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CNC Mill
Other Pages
- Rewiring_the_CNC Photos of the setup before/ after rewiring it
- Main CNC Page
- Nick's Page
Inverter
Programming the Inverter
Process is
- UP (or DOWN) arrows to select PD number wanted
- SET to display current reading
- UP (or DOWN) arrows to select setting wanted
- SET to store settings
SHIFT(button with both up and down) changes from single digits (0-9) to decades (10-90)
Correct Settings
For control from xPRO board
- Jumper is between 1 & 2
- PD001 is 0 (You need to press the green button to start the spindle. Seems setting this to 1 doesn't work)
- PD002 is 1
Manual
Board
Control Board: [Spark Concepts CNC xPRO Controller v3] ATmega328P chipon the Xpro
Manual
https://github.com/Spark-Concepts/xPRO/wiki
Grbl/Gcode
Software
Main design
Post processing through
- grbl from autodesks website
- an alternative post processor
Gcode sending/ control of CNC
Universal Gcode sender seems to be favourite at RML | Grbl Panel is the one suggested on the openbuilds website
bCnc seems to allow tool changes
Other
nccorrector gives another view of the gcode
http://www.autoleveller.co.uk/
Ian also suggested freemill but think this would replace fusion
Some useful videos
to understand cnc milling/ this toolpath