Building the Avid Pro: Part 4 - Planning the electronics case.
One of my goals for this project is to have a well designed electronics cabinet that is neatly organized and allows easy maintenance. It...
Building the Avid Pro: Mounting a square spindle
I bought a 2.2 KW Air Cooled ER25 spindle for my CNC router. After reading a lot of reviews and comments, I settled on the G-Penny model....
Building the Avid Pro: Part 3 - Frame, Rails and Gantry.
The next step is pretty far from Home Built - just assembling someone else's design. Frankly, it was a joy to do. The Avid Pro is an...
Building the Avid Pro: Part 2 - Spindles and Steppers and Drivers, Oh My!
I have made good progress on cleaning out my space and started assembly of the frame, rails, gantry and such. But first lets talk about...
Building the AvidPro: Part 1 - site planning.
We'll get the boring stuff out of the way first. As realtors like to say "Location, Location, Location". So, today I'm doing location....
A Pro for the Pro!
I just got notification that my newest toy will be available for pick up next week. It is an Avid Pro4848 CNC Router frame. Avid is a...
Panel Meters
Being able to monitor current or voltage on an electronic project is really nice to have. There are lots of different panel meters...
Naked Teensy Party!
So, you bought a grblHAL breakout board or just got curious about how grblHAL works on a bare Teensy 4.1 and decided to try it. This blog...
How fast can it go?
I get a lot of questions about performance of grblHAL vs Grbl Classic. Sometimes the question asked is drenched in skeptical tones. While...
TB6600: Fake or not? But, who cares?
Having been focused on the CNC world as both a hobbyist and electronics designer for a while now, I have been struck by the sheer amount...
