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by WillAdams » Wed Mar 11, 2015 11:02 am
Thanks. That was all from the wiki though.
Sending G-code is a simple process --- you can do it w/ a terminal program, I'd much rather the effort was all unified into a single stack of modular programs, but I guess modern computer architecture doesn't support that.
Inkscape and MakerCAM and GRbl Controller work for me, albeit w/ the odd crash (running MC locally helps) and the need to trim files after the fact (yeah, it's supposed to happen automatically, I'd rather just do it up front).
Tl;dr --- currently I'm most familiar w/ and use Grbl Controller (but have since pretty much switched to either Carbide Motion, or bCNC)
Shapeoko 3XL #0006 w/ Carbide Compact Router w/0.125″ and ¼″ Carbide 3D precision collets