Printer to CNC

Alexander125 · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:01 am Post subject: Printer to CNC

I am trying to make a CNC router from an old printer.
I want to discard of all the plastics, and put a stepper motor instead of a DC motor for the thing that drives the print head.
Only trouble is that I don't know how to make some kind of software to control the steppers.
Could anyone help me??
http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv118/Alexander121/steppermotors_cnc-howto.jpg

Turd · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:34 am Post subject:

Page 14 in part 3 of the PICAXE manual there is some info. Very Happy

eric

Alexander125 · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:05 pm Post subject:

I've got all 3 parts of the manual, thei're 125 pages each.
It ain't helping me, because I've got a PIC16f84.
I want to buy a picaxe 40X2

Alexander125 · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:54 am Post subject:

Hey, just got an ideea.
It would be a neat trick to use the printer software to power the CNC.
Printing something PDF like a PCB and having it engraved.
I only want a CNC that can etch circuit boards.

Alan · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:13 pm Post subject:

Alexander125 · Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:27 am Post subject:

yep
but a printer board at the best of times controlls 2 steppers.
Some HP's controll 3, but the 3'rd is the release for the cartrige.
so any board needs modifications, and I'm concerned about the scaling of the projects

Alexander125 · Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:33 am Post subject:

how much is a comercial pcb engraving CNC??

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