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Greg G.
 
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Default Mortise and Tenon Machine?

Morris Dovey said:

I've been thinking seriously about CNC conversions for mini-mill (HF)
and mini-lathe (Griz) for making small metal parts for the woodshop.
Either can be built using all new components for under $2K. I have a
programming background and was able to write the driver software for a
$200 controller card in about an hour. It's /not/ rocket surgery!


What program(s) do you use to generate the plot files?
Do they produce Gerber output, or something else?

I have considered this very thing, not only for woodworking, but for
drilling numerous tiny, precision holes in printed circuit boards.

Started building a small X/Y/Z drill plotter back in 92, but never
finished it due to various moves around the country. Finished most of
the software, but never completed the hardware. It read Gerber files.
The cost of big stepper motors and such relegated it to the back
burner - I was going to salvage the parts from old equipment, but
never found a good set of adequate matching motors.

There was a recent thread with a Dutch OP who built a CNC router and


I noticed that as well. Looked over some of his pages, and meant to
reply to him, but life got in the way...

FWIW,

Greg G.