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| shapeoko [2017/01/18 16:06] – sdh7 | shapeoko [2017/01/18 20:15] – sdh7 |
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| Software: We are now using bCNC as the Gcode sender. It also has some CAM functionality. | Software: We are now using bCNC as the Gcode sender. It also has some CAM functionality. |
| Another option for design/Gcode generation is Inventables' Easel software, which is made with the Shapeoko in mind. Design your part, export the Gcode, and load it into bCNC. | |
| | Another option for design/Gcode generation is Inventables' [[http://easel.inventables.com|Easel]] software, which is made (partially) with the Shapeoko in mind. Design your part, export the Gcode, and load it into bCNC. Just tell it you're using a Shapeoko 1, and keep your design to about 6" (160-ish mm) square. |
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| ===To-Do List=== | ===To-Do List=== |
| *Electronics needs to be better organized in a box with bulkhead connectors, etc. | *Electronics needs to be better organized in a box with bulkhead connectors, etc. |
| *Base: Drill holes in base to mount to whatever bench it will sit on | *Base: Drill holes in base to mount to whatever bench it will sit on |
| *Calibration: (1/17/17- X&Y were determined to be out of whack. Ran a 50mm square job and found it produced a 45-ish mm square. Read more documentation and found steps/mm for MXL belts should be 43.74 vs. the 40 it was set to. 50mm square carved correctly on the second run) X&Y good. Z TBD. | *Calibration: (1/17/17- X&Y were determined to be out of whack. Ran a 50mm square job and found it produced a 45-ish mm square. Read more documentation and found steps/mm for MXL belts should be 43.74 vs. the 40 it was set to. 50mm square carved correctly on the second run) X&Y good. Z TBD- need to design a job to mill out pockets of particular depths and check with a depth gauge. Also tricky to quantify since current workholding uses fairly spongy double-sided tape. |
| *Limit Switches: Use mechanical switches for X-/X+/Y-/Y+/Z+. Maybe build/buy a touch plate setup for Z-? Printed the base of a touch plate, and Steve will cut out a brass disc for it on his CNC router. (X- & Y- switches are installed on 3D printed mounts. Additional T-nuts are needed to install X+ & Y+ switches.) | *Limit Switches: Use mechanical switches for X-/X+/Y-/Y+/Z+. Maybe build/buy a touch plate setup for Z-? Printed the base of a touch plate, and Steve will cut out a brass disc for it on his CNC router. (X- & Y- switches are installed on 3D printed mounts. Additional T-nuts are needed to install X+ & Y+ switches.) |
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