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[Reply #15 on:]

Thank you Jeff,

It sounds like you have been going over every bump in the road that I did. Only difference is I started with the controller and worked my way outwards to the mechanical bits. I also knew from past projects that once I learn to make something ( like EMC2Arduino ) I end up learning some new things along the way.

I wrote EMC2Arduino as a pilot project to learn how to make a working DIY CNC.

These days as I get time, I'm working on writing HAL2Arduino to make it even better, to refine what I have learned and distill those ideas into less complicated easier to use / easier to understand project.

When I'm done I intend to make a customized live linuxCNC CD that will have all the tricky bits in place so people won't have to worry about it. That way all they'll have to do it play with is the Arduino.

[Reply #16 on:]

sound like a good plan an a lot of work...

i could spare a few hours today to tried it out and it did not work, which is not really surprising for me since i am not really new to linux but i have to learn a lot of things  so i probably did something wrong.
i could offer you to document everything in a latex file hoping that in the end it will work for me and there will be a more user friendly installation guide ( no offence, but if you dont know anything about linux its pretty much chineese).

Im gonna start over and post the problems

i would love to contribute but my skills arent anywhere in your range so i guess this is my way

jeff

[Reply #17 on:]

hi again,
hope you did'nt get me wrong in my last post...?

since 10 minutes ago i'm ready to go... i got my steppers to work -all 3 of them :-)
woohoo

[Reply #18 on:]

Sweet! Now the fun begins.