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

[hol at gaskill.com]

awesome, can you give the list a headsup when it gets in and you're able 
to plan a time to put the new board in?  would make a good event on how 
to fix->use machine for others to learn

On 2015-01-12 09:24, Adam Munich 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
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> 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
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