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

[Adam Munich]

'yall don't even know about fearless hacking



That's basically the hammer of thor
​



Paypal would probably be best (ajm9414 at g.rit.edu)

I'll send in the old board today and, we'll see if we can get this guy up
in a week :-)

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On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Ben Burke <benjaminburke at me.com> wrote:

> Let me know when/where to send money. I'm in for $125, if the other $125
> comes from a bunch of other people, that's no skin off my back. My purpose
> is to support both people who donate/lend equipment to hackerspaces and
> also people who fearlessly hack on stuff.
>
>
>
> > On Jan 12, 2015, at 9:24 AM, Adam Munich <adam at aperture.systems> wrote:
> >
> > I believe what's happening is Brendan and Ben are going to split the FSL
> board.
> >
> > I'll mail in the old one soon & front the cost s.t. we get this guy up
> > and running quickly :-)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -Adam
> > ---
> > Aperture Systems: Redefining Radiography -  http://aperture.systems/
> > http://adammunich.com/ - Cell: +1-650-452-0554
> >
> > Be • knowledgeable •  social • patient • fearless • compassionate •
> > fun • humble • forgiving.
> >
> > Be a leader
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 10:59 AM, David Rorex <drorex at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> 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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> >>>> http://adammunich.com/ - Cell: +1-650-452-0554
> >>>>
> >>>> Be • knowledgeable •  social • patient • fearless • compassionate •
> >>>> fun • humble • forgiving.
> >>>>
> >>>> Be a leader
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