Michael, Thanks for the reply, sounds like what I thought as well. I'll contact ilaro (author of the fork) and see what he says, but I'll be loading the current Machinekit SD card image for Cramps/BBB to get started.
I'll follow up with what I am sure will be other questions as I proceed. Cheers, John On Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 12:28:34 AM UTC-4, Michael Haberler wrote: > > Hi John, > > > Am 01.09.2016 um 05:15 schrieb John Pickens <[email protected] > <javascript:>>: > > > > Now I've gone and done it. I was accepted as an exhibitor at New York > Makerfaire October 1st and 2nd, 2016. > > I have built a Ramps 1.3 Arduino Mega 2560 controlled delta printer > based upon the original Johann Rostock build with my own modifications. > > It works rather well, but I bought the makings for a second printer when > I got the original stuff, because it was much cheaper for the second > > printer's parts. I would have spent about $400 for one printer, and the > extra parts for the second one cost less than $200 due to savings > > on quantity and shipping. > > > > Anyway, I have planned to build the second printer to improve upon the > first, and over the course of the last year or so, the Machinekit > > project for FDM printers caught my eye. I went and purchased a CRAMPS > board and BBB, and now it is time to build. > > > > I entered as a Makerfaire Exhibitor with the express intention of > forcing a deadline on myself to make some serious progress on this project. > > I will be bringing my completed Ramps/Arduino printer to the show, along > with the Machinekit/CRAMPS unit in whatever state it is in on > > September 30. > > > > SO.... > > > > I was hoping that the members of this group could assist me in choosing > the path for a Newbie to implement Machinekit on this custom > > Delta printer. > > > > As I understand it, the current SD card image for the BBB/Cramps > Machinkit/Debian is here: > > > > > http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#BBW.2FBBB_.28All_Revs.29_Machinekit > > > > > And I should be loading the prebuild SD card image, which at this point > is: > > > > 2016-08-28 > > > > BBW/BBB (All Revs) Machinekit > > > > microSD/Standalone: (machinekit) Classic > > > > Get prebuilt image: > > > > wget: etc...... > > > > My first point of confusion is a thread in this group which says to go > here: > > > > https://github.com/ilaro-org/machinekit/wiki > > > > Which is a Machinekit fork described as: > > > > Repository to work with machinekit in a BeagleBone Black with CRAMPS > board. It is a fork fromhttps://github.com/machinekit/machinekit and > includes additions to work with a linear delta printer and a delta printer > with a rotating nozzle plataform for multiple extruders. > > > > Now this sounds exactly like what I want to do, but I am wary of going > to a fork repository rather than the mainline Machinekit project. > > first time I hear of this fork > > I had a look - the repo is at a state of late May and contains no changes > to the code base proper but really configs and G-code fragments > > > > > My questions are twofold: > > > > 1. Which Beaglebone Black/Cramps image should I start with? > > I think you will need to get the author involved (hi!) but gut feeling - > this looks like a stock image plus minor local changes which do not affect > the actual code base so no rebuild needed > > > 2. If it is best to start with the main Machinekit version, can I > combine the ilaro fork's add-ons for Cura Gcode conversion, etc. to the > main fork version? > > At first glance I'd say there is nothing from keeping you from doing that; > again I'd suggest to involve the author > > - Michael > > > > > Any guidance would be appreciated. I only have four weeks to get this > puppy up and running for all to see. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > John > > > > > > > > > > -- > > website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io > github: https://github.com/machinekit > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Machinekit" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Machinekit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
