[Noisebridge-discuss] Do we have a USB to Parallel (printer) port converter?

[Hao]

Cool, Jake, Thanks for the support! And I can surely make a box for
transport this CNC Machine.
I'm hacking on this PCB making problem at After I/O Hackathon right now, at
Mashery Inc. I'll test out what ever result I got after this hackathon
ends. Anybody who's interested on the topic, feel free to contact me!

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 1:28 AM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

> Hao, I am very inspired by your work on PCB milling.
>
> I can supply a laptop with a built-in parallel port for this purpose,
> but we should build a wooden box for the CNC machine so it can transport
> safely.
>
>
> On Sat, 30 Jun 2012, Hao wrote:
>
>  Guys, I've been working on making fine PCBs with this CNC these days, and
>> haven't check mails as often. Sorry for that.However, it's really nice to
>>
>> see you guys discuss this topic. I would give up the idea of using simple
>> USB-parallel converter to control a CNC machine, though.
>>
>> Bandit, thanks for the offer, and we can discuss this further when we met
>> in
>> person next time. Last talk with you was a lot of fun :)
>>
>> Jake, as Miloh said, I want to teach people how to make PCB with CNC in
>> toorcamp, and I'm thinking about borrowing the CNC in Noisebridge during
>> the
>> toorcamp, if possible. (Miloh got another table top CNC in his workspace
>> that I might or might not be able to use, we'll see.) If I can run
>> linuxcnc(formerly EMC2) on a laptop, that would save some space during the
>> trip.
>>
>> Also, I still working on how to run linuxcnc under simulation on my laptop
>> (Ubuntu12.04 Precise), so that I can tweak gcode without working on the
>> slower PC that attached to MAXNC. I would appreciate any help with this.
>>
>> Jfoote, as Jake said, this machine is in good condition now. I wrapped
>> the cellophane over the machine after the dust incident, Nima have also
>> sponsored a set of collets as well as Miloh, and Jonathon Toomim have
>> provided a 60 degree V-bit and a 45 degree V-bit. I've made a pretty good
>> PCB (only with front gerber though, due to lacking of time) on my first
>> try
>> with the 60 degree V-bit. See attached jpg. Please ignore the wide track.
>>
>> And I just found Poul-Henning Kamp had done an amazing job in PCB milling,
>> with hight probe. He managed to make a 1 mil track. Although his code is
>> for
>> the Eagle plug-in Pcb-gcode, I'm working on turning it to fit general
>> gcode
>> generator pcb2gcode. I'm positive on that  we can make pcb boards which
>> mounts 48+ pins smd chips with table top CNC machine.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Andy Isaacson <adi at hexapodia.org> wrote:
>>      On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 03:17:11PM -0700, Jake wrote:
>>      > Yes, me and Jesse backed up the machine, Hao blew the dust out
>>      of it
>>
>> Cool, could you put the configs in git and publish them somewhere?
>>
>> Or send me the files (or put them on pony or something and tell me
>> where
>> they are) and I'll do it...
>>
>> -andy
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