Raspberry Pi CNC Controller

Ever wanted to keep your computer away safe the dust and chips of your CNC router? With a Raspberry Pi running Universal GCode Sender, you can keep your laptop out of the shop, and its cheap to replace if anything does go wrong. We'll walk you through the setup in this video.

[WillWinder]

Nice setup, always fun to see how people are using my little program. Thanks for the shout out!

[rstiekema]

I love how you make every sentence count. No bullshit, a lot of great info. Thanks for making this.

[Duraltia]

Suddenly and out of nowhere comes G28.1 without any further explanation as to what its purpose is like telling some guy on the street to turn the switch on a console of a device he just saw for the first time.

Certainly for anyone vaguely familiar with the topic this video made kind of sense but for anyone else this was like a rollercoaster of a how-to xD

[freeelectron]

Sweet! Just what I'm looking for as I have a nice clean dust free laptop and an unused Pi. Raspberry Pi's are becoming so useful now.

[SebastiaanSwinkels]

So it's not really a controller but just a gcode streamer. A controller is the part that actually sends the step command to the individual stepper drivers etc.

[dineshvyas]

The shortest and the most informative video.

[jul]

ASDDDSAFSFSFDA THANKS, I'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO THIS WITH MY CNC FOR MONTHS AND I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING "FREE" ABOUT IT, THANKS MAN

[jmpattillo]

I’ve been meaning to do this with my x carve for two years. Thanks for the step by step

[InnerBushman]

This is misinformation at best. The Pi is not the CNC controller. You clearly have a CNC machine with a built-in controller. The Pi is only working as an interface, or like repetier host works for 3D printers. It only sends plain text g-code over serial cable and displays the read-back from the controller.

[zBesh]

Now I am changing my setup to make it Pi-based, thank you for the video, great help

[Zimbob]

lol, As soon as I heard RPi only $35 I had to check how old the video is, well it's old. Lot of subscribers though, I'll check out the rest of the channel

[yummo]

Very nicely done ... to the point and matching your dialog to the action in the video made everything easy to follow.

[bscottmartyn]

How is the Raspberry Pi connected to the motor and spindle controllers?

[taylorwight]

I have been trying to figure out how to do this for a while. Thanks for breaking that down so simply!

[SloanThrasher]

Nice setup. Can you add links to text files with the commands and config options you used in the video?

[ssfdre]

I would use the touch scree for a lot of those buttons as it would be easier to control then the keyboard just to make the process faster

[pucomponent]

where you bought keyboard with buildin pad
could you guide the link please

[CiaranWhelan]

Any way to add touch screen for the UGS on that screen since it is a touch screen? Seems a waste not to use it.

[RinksRides]

bruh! just ordered the 3-axis Nema 34 kit from fleabay that uses a parallel port and linuxCNC, and a laptop dock for my DELL 6410... Ur mesin with my head now, lol! Great vid!

[yash]

First video I have ever seen, which brought my Electronics/Computer's love with my Mechanical wife (LOL).