[sudo-discuss] Laser gantry, oh gantry, where art thou drivers?

[David Rorex]

You might want to check lightobject.com,  he is local and sells laser
cutter parts for reasonable prices, and aren't jerks like FSL.
On Jan 9, 2015 11:55 AM, <hol at gaskill.com> wrote:

> thanks for bringing in the machine and i agree just swapping in a
> replacement driver is best.  count me in for $20
>
> On 2015-01-08 22:14, Adam Munich wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> The full spectrum laser cutter I brought to the hacker pace has been
>> out of service for some time, after Brendon's attempt to fix its loose
>> keyswitch ended in board-popping disaster. (Shit happens,  **but
>> ermehgawd always remove power before fixing circuits guize**)
>>
>> Anyway, I bought some new stepper motor drivers to replace the burnt
>> ones on the controller, but unfortunately there seems to be more
>> wrecked with it than just that simple fix. I'd love to get this thing
>> working for the community, though, that's a bit hard with no brains
>> for the machine.
>>
>> A new board from full spectrum is $1500, but I contacted them with a
>> "we're a poor hackerspace" card and they'd be willing to replace it
>> for $250 if I mail in the old controller, which I feel is within
>> raise-able reach. This would give us full access to their software
>> suite / print driver, and a reliable machine.
>>
>> The other option, suggested by rayc is to use an arduino, stepper
>> controllers and a g-code generating toolchain to run the machine.
>> While I don't see any reason why that couldn't work, I feel like that
>> might be a bit awkward for people who wish to use the cutter, and
>> further makes the guide I wrote kind of useless.
>> http://hack.rit.edu/tools/full-spectrum-laser-cutter/
>>
>> As a community, what do y'all believe is best?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> -Adam
>>
>>
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