[Noisebridge-discuss] Laser Cutter Computer

[Robert Benson]

guy from toronto hackerspace built a laser cutter & got it running
w/linuxcnc. said he had to compile the drivers, which involved determining
the # of steps in the stepper motors & autocompiling drivers. maybe i
should try to contact him...he said he would help, if we needed it.

do you work for retina, the software driving the lasercutter?


On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 4:58 PM, John Adams <jna at retina.net> wrote:

> In my experience with laser cutters, the print-driver software is
> proprietary and no one has a solid solution under Linux.
>
> -j
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Robert Benson <sf99er at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> thx for the info. if i try to get the full spectrum laser running with
>> linuxcnc, i will do it from another (probably mine) computer.
>>
>> just curious, is linux & open source 3D & lasercutter software *really*that far behind windows & proprietary? i haven't found a good comparison
>>
>> ~robb
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 7:03 PM, Andrew Byrne <andrew at pachakutech.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Previous attempts to get grub running on that machine have nearly
>>> bricked it. -dru
>>>  On Apr 16, 2013 11:06 AM, "LinkReincarnate" <linkreincarnate at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> We need windows to run the black 3d printer on it's most recent
>>>> firmware.  You can add a linux partition but do not remove windows from
>>>> that machine please.  I try not to get tech evangelists get into my head
>>>> too much.  All of the os's have their strengths and weaknesses.
>>>> On Apr 15, 2013 9:40 PM, "Robert Benson" <sf99er at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> as per the lasercutter, "It does seem like more of a software issue
>>>>> than hardware.", maybe it's time to find or compile drivers for linuxcnc as
>>>>> the manual suggests
>>>>> https://fslaser.com/index.php/aitdownloadablefiles/download/aitfile/aitfile_id/12/
>>>>>
>>>>> i'm embarrassed that i haven't gotten to it already. windows
>>>>> 7...really? it's a great machine, don't get me wrong; but, trying to
>>>>> explain the cause of not employing linuxcnc to that guy from the toronto
>>>>> hackerspace was not at all pleasant :/
>>>>>
>>>>> ~r
>>>>>
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