Experimental releases 25 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm

I spend a lot of time designing new machines. For the last 2+ years I’ve spent 5-10 hours a week taking a standard set of components (makerslide, fasteners, laser cut steel) and virtually configuring ...

New End Plates, New Motor Mount Plates 16 Aug 2013 | 11:53 pm

Last July, before coming on at Inventables I started selling two “upgrade” plates that I had designed for Shapeoko. One was a new plate designed to support the ends of the Makerslide that made up the...

Growing and Changing 9 Aug 2013 | 07:13 am

Due to my lack of posting over the last several months, it may seem to the casual observer that the project is stagnant. It’s not! A quick look at the forums and you’ll see the community is alive and ...

Using inkscape and makercam to make an embossed sign 22 Feb 2013 | 05:11 am

MakerCAM – a web based CAM program 31 Jan 2013 | 09:52 am

I have a little story to tell you. Years ago, maybe 7-8 at this point, I finished building my very first CNC machine. It was not named Shapeoko, you could not build it for anywhere near $300, and it w...

The times they are a changin 1 Oct 2012 | 04:28 pm

Today, I’d like to share some big news coming out of Project Shapeoko hq. But, before we get to the big news, I’d like revisit the past and bring everyone up to speed. When this project started it was...

Better DXF exports from Inkscape 21 Aug 2012 | 09:50 pm

If you’re using Inkscape as part of your CNC software stack, you may have found the default Inkscape DXF export utility to be um… lacking. To say the least. Exporting vector images as DXF from Inkscap...

Flashing grbl to Arduino, clear EEPROM 2 Aug 2012 | 09:44 pm

On a few occasions over the last several months I’ve wanted to flash a *fresh* install of grbl to an Arduino. As you may know, the problem with this is the persistent EEPROM settings that define your ...

GRBL, EMC2, and Mach3…oh my! 9 Jul 2012 | 12:17 am

When you start down a road that you haven’t traveled before, it’s hard to know what you need and what you don’t need. What’s important and what’s not important. So when there are choices, as a newcome...

All-in-one CNC Controller (Azteeg G1) 26 Jun 2012 | 11:23 pm

A quick history: A little over 2 years ago, I posted this to the sprakfun forum. In summary it is a schematic for an ‘all-in-one’ cnc controller that I wanted to call grblDuino. The core of the desig...