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

[Jake]

noisebridge has been saved by its supporters, but thank you for your 
generous offer.

-jake

On Mon, 1 Apr 2013, lordclaypool wrote:

> Can i get back on the list? I have some solutions on how to save
> noisebridge.
> -lrderclaypoo
> 
> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Hao <hao at dorabot.com> wrote:
>       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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