Lester, I would never buy the far east solution myself. My original point was that building a dedicated box that does everything and doesn't use, as the OP remarked, use old PC technology, isn't really an option when the price of those systems is so low.
I still think the BBB with Replicape is a good choice even if I'm not using mine yet. John > -----Original Message----- > From: Lester Caine [mailto:les...@lsces.co.uk] > Sent: February-19-19 1:20 AM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] DIY CNC builder dilemma, open request for > comments > > On 18/02/2019 22:07, John Dammeyer wrote: > > Then there is the Far East solutions like the one in this link. > > <https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Low-cost-New-Product-3Axis- > 4Axis_60343603384.html?spm=a2700.7724857.normalList.37.3701292eTmjk5 > p> > > Just testing ... The problem I have with long links is that once > thunderbird sees a quote it adds it's own '>' at the start and other > clients do as well, so <> wrapper is simply a stupid choice. > > Re the actual controller ... just what IS the capability of the unit. > How does one connect to it and does it really come with an open end > multicore cable for the pendent? On one hand these do look attractive, > but much of the 'magic' in gcode is the facilities beyond the simple > motion stuff and some indication on what it does support would help? The > pictures at the top show two different products anyway. > > The brick wall I'm currently hitting with my 3D printer is that the > supplied controller does not support table levelling and hard wires the > two z axis motors to one driver. Being able to play with levelling left > to right other than yanking one leadscrew manually would be nice and I > think the MachineKit based controller will do that AND allow setting up > profiling the surface afterwards. Something that a 'packaged' solution > from China has no provision for unless you replace the whole machine ... > > -- > Lester Caine - G8HFL > ----------------------------- > Contact - https://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact > L.S.Caine Electronic Services - https://lsces.co.uk > EnquirySolve - https://enquirysolve.com/ > Model Engineers Digital Workshop - https://medw.co.uk > Rainbow Digital Media - https://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
