Re: Dual X axis with LinuxCNC
Originally Posted by
tothwelding
Thank you so much for that info. I'm new to Linux cnc and it was driving me crazy trying to figure out why i couldn't get both motors turning. Went online and found this and I now have all axis moving on my custom plasma table
There has been a number of developments in the current development branch of LinuxCNC to better support gantry machines since this thread was written so if you have any more problems, you'd probably get better support on the LinuxCNC forum. https://forum.linuxcnc.org/
You no longer create slaved steppers, you define a joint axis and you can square the gantry by changing the homing offsets in software. The tradeoff is you need to home all axes before jogging with a single button press.
Rod Webster
www.vehiclemods.net.au