[QUELAB CNC] The X-poko

[John Benedetto]

Thanks for working on that, Paul.

With the upgrade to GRBL, does it still work with Easel? (last time I
upgraded GRBL, we - Adric, I think - had to tweak something to make it
work with the web-based Easel from Inventables.  Even though some
people don't like Easel, I hope we can continue to make it work with
Easel)

For fasteners, I would vote for Albuquerque Bolt & Fastener, though
they are only open banker's hours, more or less.  Not sure about
plate, though you could see if Rudy's recycling on 2nd would let you
rifle through their pile o' stuff to see if you can find any.  Talk to
Eric about where to buy quality endmills, though I think we will end
up on eBay.  The tiny ones break so easily (& quickly!).

As for name, I would call it what it is: an X-Carve (it was donated by
Inventables as a Shapoko2 & upgraded to the X-Carve by Morgan when
now-former-member Andres purchased the upgrade kit & the Bosch Colt
router mount). Thanks to Andres & Morgan, as well as John Anthes, who
purchased the Colt router.

JT

On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 11:21 AM, Paul Kendrick <plkndrck at gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> I updated the Machines Firmware to GRBL 1.1 last Friday.
>
> I am printing up endstop mounts for the max X axis and Y axis right now.
> (Figuring out how to mount these was easy once I realized we have a small
> xcarve not a shapeoko 2) I won't be able to mount these until the M2-10mm
> screws I ordered come in.
>
> Speaking of the the machine name. I"m going to start calling it the X-Poko
> per Morgan's suggestion unless someone has a better idea.
>
> What's a good (local?) source for some aluminum plate and 1/4" shank
> endmills?
> Also, does anyone know of a local source for m2 nuts for the endstops?  I
> can special order at the home depot, but that takes a week or two for
> delivery.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
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