Yes, I definitely think the more ‘Plug & Playable’ LCNC options there are the more it will be adopted and the more the community will develop and be supported as some PnP users get more interested/confident and delve deeper into LCNC.
My own LCNC journey started from zero. Not knowing what a stepper motor was but excited about making stuff with CNC. I bought a converted lathe but the PC was lost so I had to setup LCNC again to get it going. I only chose LCNC as that is what had been used previously so I guessed it should work. It was a steep and difficult learning curve and I wouldn’t have been able to do it without the magnificent support of the LCNC community via this email group and the forum. I needed help with ATC coding, PID tuning, spindle encoder noise suppression, etc. The historical forum posts are also invaluable. I now have a working lathe helping me to earn a living (2 years later!) Is their a way for my Hal/ini files, (v. basic) schematics and parts list to be offered to someone else thinking of using LCNC to retrofit an Emcoturn 220? Could we build a library of ‘how to’ manuals and files for various machines already successfully converted? > On 24 Dec 2021, at 10:44, Jérémie Tarot <silopo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > >> Le jeu. 23 déc. 2021 à 20:05, John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> a >> écrit : >> >> ... > > But I wonder if it wouldn't be a good idea in the new year to develop a >> build thread that takes a beginner through conversion of a mill to LCNC so >> it appears to be turnkey like the perhaps the ACORN CNC approach. >> >> Comments? >> > > > While working on docs translations migration and thinking about future > documentation work, "my" idea along this line would be to develop/document > a set of "reference implementations" to be used as plug and play recipes or > basis for adaptation. > > These would cover all the usual suspects of DIY CNC projects like router, > laser, plasma, mill, lathe builds/conversion/retrofits. > These docs may provide infos for the size sensitive components for the > reader to adapt. > > Another (complementary) approach would be to add to the docs a library of > well crafted howtos about the setup of the various subsystems like motion, > spindle/torch, coolant, limits, e-stop... Some kind of decision tree could > be provided to lead the implementor who'd find the appropriate support doc > for each choice he'd make. > > For those of us that like to tinker with machines anyway, LinuxCNC is > already just great... For the rest of the world that'd better have a > machine that they can use to make stuff, we need to provide setups that > "just work" in a way or another. > > Willing to work on this after docs migration and french translation is > done. I'm all in to bring LinuxCNC goodness to the masses without putting > the burden on the devs who I'd rather have working on fancier things for > the future... > > As I may be unable to build an actual machine for the foreseable future. I > plan to start building docs using vismach, then move to tabletop/lab setups > with small real components, etc... > > All these reference docs could have a category and a dedicated thread in > the forum to hold discussions, requests and criticisms. > > TY > Jérémie > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
