Mini wannabe datron build

Ahh I thought that was a separate machine. Fish are you in the GTA>?

"Fish are you in the GTA"

maaaaybe?

Bah. My pc is locking up after some hours of being idle. Fan goes full speed and screen goes scrambled.

The google says this is mostly likely a cpu issue. I cant be bother trying to diagnose it, so I'm just going to reinstall on a different pc with a new SSD.

Always something.

(The crashing pc is the one from the brother tc 225 which is a refurb lenovo. It got smacked around a fair bit in it's travels.)

I saw your add on kijiji a few years ago, it said you were a few streets over from me on the mountain . I want to buy one of those brothers if you part ways

O_o

Brothers I sold years ago.

Ordered a little 3d probe. Also ordering a new spindle which can magically make one tool into another...

Seems to me I should change to probe basic to make the most out of this. Need to read up on how to install that. Looks like I need to install a different linux version maybe? Any insights would be appreciated?

Mmmm shiny




Trying to think up a tool magazine cover method. with this one, i need the rod the cover is attached to to spin 180 degrees. Does just using a stepper axis seem like the easiest way. Probably with a switch to tell it it is open. Everything else (arduinos with rc servos, air pistons, etc) seem needlessly complex.

A while back i saw on youtube a guy made the lid open and close by using 2 bearings on both sides of the gantry to push levers on both sides, and those open the lid.
That saved a a bit of usable travel and worked perfectly well.

That mechanism is very complicated. I thought of those already cause the look so cool, but, i think for me in the space i have a little motor is best.

Ok, back to software.

I want to install probe basic.

I have a bookwork alpha 2 iso

my understanding is once that is installed i can command linuxcnc 2.9 to be installed, however, the iso seems to say is has no GUI. and ive seen no in between steps.

I know little too about linux short of using it for the cnc to know if there are missing steps here.