Tutorials

If you have made a tutorial for LinuxCNC, machining or other CNC related tutorials please post them here.

If you have a question about a tutorial please start a new thread so this one stays short and to the point.

Thanks
JT

Learning LinuxCNC series

JT

Hello all,

I have created some tutorials aimed at new users of LinuxCNC. You can access the play list by following the following link: Tutorial Playlist

Currently, there are 20 videos in the list and as I add more I will update the table of contents below.

001 - What is NC / CNC?
002 - The LinuxCNC Controller
003 - Downloading LinuxCNC with Linux
004 - Downloading LinuxCNC with Windows
005 - Machine Requirements for LinuxCNC
006 - Installing LinuxCNC v2.7
007 - Updating the LinuxCNC Computer
008 - Stress Testing the LinuxCNC Computer
009 - LinuxCNC I/O Options
010 - LinuxCNC and the Parallel Port
011 - Introduction to Stepper Motors
012 - Stepper Motor Drivers
013 - Linear Motion
014 - Calculating Steps Per Machine Unit (Leadscrew)
015 - Computing Steps per Machine Unit (Rack & Pinion)
016 - Configuring LinuxCNC using Stepconf (Overview)
017 - Compiling a Realtime Kernel for LinuxCNC
018 - Compiling LinuxCNC from Source Code
019 - Debian Wheezy is EOL, Now What?
020 - Parallel Port Revisited

Regards,
Joe Hildreth
Webpage: myheap.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/myheap

My Videos (most form ICH...) are here
www.youtube.com/channel/UCGuJsIoXW-exBAwdn38dXow/videos

all about linuxcnc Freecad Blender3D heekscad/cnc sheetcam Camotics ......

Hi BigjohnT thanks for the video tutorial. I am very new to LinuxCNC and hope to replace my current Mach3 and Smooth Stepper setup with it. As such I have a question . Given when the video was made how viable is this build as of 6-11-20?

I didn't make the videos, the general ideas should be the same.

JT

Is this topic dead? Every single tutorial i have found is like six to nine years old. I'm just getting started with CNC plasma cutting, my shop computer is on Linux because i really dislike windows, but if there's no new tutorials out there to guide newbs, then i might as well not waste my time and just install windows.

Have fun with windows...

but if there's no new tutorials out there to guide newbs, then i might as well not waste my time and just install windows.

Makes me wonder why we bother maintaining about 1500 pages of written documentation:

linuxcnc.org/docs/html/

Here is an installation tutorial for Debian Trixie fresh off the press today


But yes, the 1500 pages of documentation is my go to guide...