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Category Archives: Cnc

Arduino CNC Shield – 100% GRBL Compatable

2015/08/30 8:01 pm / Bertus Kruger / Featured

Do it yourself CNC projects are popping up everywhere and we decided that we wanted to contribute to the growth. Here are a few of our design goals: Modular Design – We wanted to do more than just keep cost down. We wanted things to be reusable and up-gradable. (Arduino , Individual Stepper Motor Drivers and … Read More →

Posted in: Arduino, CNC, Shields / Tagged: Arduino, Arduino CNC, Arduino Shield, CNC, DIY CNC, grbl

Raspberry Pi CNC Board / Hat

2015/06/17 8:47 pm / Bertus Kruger / Featured

We are happy to announce the next generation of our CNC boards. By combining a real-time CNC system (good old GRBL) and offloading less timely processes to a more powerful processor + operating system we have created a much more flexible but capable solution. To show some of the possibilities we have created a Web … Read More →

Posted in: Breakout Board, CNC / Tagged: CNC, grbl, Raspberry Pi

Robot of the week : Pick and Place machine

2014/07/11 8:00 am / Leave a Comment / Bertus Kruger

Brain Dorey has a nice build log about the DIY Pick and place machine he built. Pick and place machines are robotic machines which are used to place surface-mount devices. They are used a lot in the electronics industry. Some are also used for stacking and packing manufactured goods. The video below is a Pick and Place at … Read More →

Posted in: CNC, Pick and Place, Robots / Tagged: CNC, Pick and place, Robot of the week

Machine of the week : CNC Plasma Cutter

2014/07/04 12:00 am / 1 Comment / Bertus Kruger

I recently found a nice build log about setting up a CNC Plasma Cutter. http://cncplasmabuild.com/buidpage18.html Plasma cutters uses a high-frequency, high-voltage spark to ionize the air through the torch head and initiate an arc that can cut thick plates of steel.  

Posted in: CNC / Tagged: CNC, Machine of the week

Protoneer CNC Shield + Alamode + Raspberry Pi CNC Controller

2014/05/24 8:49 pm / 2 Comments / Bertus Kruger

Charles Taylor sent us a nice update using one of our CNC shields combined with a Raspberry Pi and an Alamode. He created a step by step instructions and its available on Instructables. http://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-Alamode-CNC-Controller/?ALLSTEPS Related articles across the web Most Popular Raspberry Pi Case: Short Crust AlaMode Arduino Compatible shield for Raspberry Pi Five Best … Read More →

Posted in: Breakout Board, CNC / Tagged: Arduino CNC Shield, CNC, Instructables

Sneak preview : LPCDuino

2014/05/11 4:29 pm / 2 Comments / Bertus Kruger

A few months ago while designing the Arduino CNC Shield I bumped into a guy that was also going through the process of building a CNC machine. Between us we had some good brain storms and ended up with the current version of the CNC Shield. He has been keeping himself  busy with a few interesting … Read More →

Posted in: Arduino, CNC, MCU / Tagged: ARM, LPC1549, LPCDuino

Cheap Chinese Laser Cutters – Buying one

2014/04/27 10:02 am / 12 Comments / Bertus Kruger

I finally bit the bullet and bought an entry-level laser cutter(Link to Listing). I have always wanted a laser cutter but a decent machine has always been outside my budget until now. These cheap chinese laser cutters are notorious for horrible software and electronics but relatively good laser tubes. With the success of my Arduino … Read More →

Posted in: CNC, Laser Cutter / Tagged: Cheap Chinese Laser Cutters

CNC workflow : Using Sketch-up and MakerCam

2014/03/13 6:57 pm / Leave a Comment / Bertus Kruger

Sketchup is handy tool cad tool for creating 3D models. It can actually also be used to create work files for CNC routers. The following video explains how to create a drawing in Sketchup, convert it to a SVG file. Then with the help of an online tool called http://www.makercam.com/ generate the G-Code needed to run … Read More →

Posted in: CNC / Tagged: CNC, MAkerCam, Sketchup

Zeroing a CNC Machine

2014/03/09 8:38 am / 2 Comments / Bertus Kruger

Most CNC machines have no  inherent sense of their absolute position and where their cutting heads are positioned. Zeroing a CNC Machine is the process of making sure that your CNC is precisely setup for the material that it is going to cut(giving it absolute positioning). For a milling machine that includes making sure that X … Read More →

Posted in: CNC, Milling Machine / Tagged: Beatty Robotics, CNC

Arduino CNC Shield Project Builds – Turning a A3 Printer into CNC Machine

2014/01/07 8:57 pm / 1 Comment / Bertus Kruger

I have received really good feedback for my Arduino CNC Shield and a few days ago I received some nice feedback from Shane demonstrating the little shield in action. Shane has actually taken an old A3 printer and up-cycled it into a CNC machine.. Great work Shane!!! Related articles across the web Top Ten Arduino … Read More →

Posted in: CNC / Tagged: Arduino CNC Shield, CNC

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