Hobby CNC, the rotor way

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Hobbies, Crafts, & Houses > Hobby CNC, the rotor way

Sir Cornelius: Oct 30, 2011

Freemill isn't too bad. http://mecsoft.com/freemill/

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Sir Cornelius: Oct 30, 2011

echinopsis posted:

thats insane

I think that's done in HyperMill not MasterCAM.

# ¿ Mar 2, 2014 13:44

Sir Cornelius: Oct 30, 2011

rotor posted:

I've gotten my taig mill + steppers + linuxcnc all hosed up.

I can't figure out how to zero it. Currently it thinks (0,0,0) is somewhere in the middle of the table about 2" up and it won't let me jog past it. This it putting a serious crimp in my abilities to machine things. he;lp

Sounds like it's locked in some tool-change position. Use the EMC2 Stepconf Wizard to write a new .ini-file.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2014 11:25

Sir Cornelius: Oct 30, 2011

rotor posted:

do you usually have home set at 0,0,0 or does it not matter?

Depends on how you like to work with it. Most people will prefer bottom left corner of your work area. Are you talking about software or machine zero?

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