[DennisCNC]

Any one seen a basic nc (cnc) controller for use in a simple point to point application. I have a small machine 12"x12" 2 axis that moves to position drills a hole goes to next position and so on. I'm looking for a very basic controller with a small LCD to program the locations. I have a few machines running Mach3 and they work great but this machine doesn't need a fancy interface. Just a few buttons for input.



Thanks

Dennis

[Christian Knüll]

Hi,

considering 2nd hand computer prices it will be hard if not impossible to come up with a cheaper solution than just using an old computer for the task (you may try LinuxCNC to keep the software cost to zero).

There are for sure ways to solve this e.g. with an Arduino and GRBL for example - but unless you do it for the "learning experience" its just wasting a lot of time for a task that could be done cheaper and more convenient with an old computer...