LinuxCNC on Raspberry Pi 5

It would take the pleasure out of building and just turn it into a very tedious task.

Maybe so, maybe so.

But part of me wants to use a Pi 5 for *something*.

Have a look at Sheetcam for all of  your CAM, nesting and scanning with its scananything addon.

TomAlborough wrote:

Maybe so, maybe so.

But part of me wants to use a Pi 5 for *something*.
 

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Aleister Crowley

Hi rodw,

SheetCAM looks like it gets the nod. Many thanks.

It does have you start by scanning the plans on a (big) scanner and into an image file (.JPG, etc.). For that, maybe I can buy time on a scanner. I do own the plans and the scan would only be for my use.

On top of buying time on a cutting machine maybe I can get my boat realized (and keeping me busy) without actually having a CNC machine.

To reiterate my very first post: I have a fair amount of *nix/device driver and kernel experience and if a need comes up let me know how I might help.

Thanks,
Tom

Tom, if you had of set out your goals from the beginning, without having to play 20 questions, you would have had an answer in far far less time.

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This is what makes me somewhat miffed on the forum, getting information out of people to provide a concise answer is like pulling teeth. It's like everything is a state secret. Have people forgotten the art of asking a question ?
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