Building the Avid Pro: Part 2 - Spindles and Steppers and Drivers, Oh My!
I have made good progress on cleaning out my space and started assembly of the frame, rails, gantry and such. But first lets talk about...


Building the AvidPro: Part 1 - site planning.
We'll get the boring stuff out of the way first. As realtors like to say "Location, Location, Location". So, today I'm doing location....


A Pro for the Pro!
I just got notification that my newest toy will be available for pick up next week. It is an Avid Pro4848 CNC Router frame. Avid is a...


Panel Meters
Being able to monitor current or voltage on an electronic project is really nice to have. There are lots of different panel meters...


Naked Teensy Party!
So, you bought a grblHAL breakout board or just got curious about how grblHAL works on a bare Teensy 4.1 and decided to try it. This blog...


How fast can it go?
I get a lot of questions about performance of grblHAL vs Grbl Classic. Sometimes the question asked is drenched in skeptical tones. While...


TB6600: Fake or not? But, who cares?
Having been focused on the CNC world as both a hobbyist and electronics designer for a while now, I have been struck by the sheer amount...


Planetary Gears.
Firmly in the "useless" category is this a fun project to create an articulated toy. The goal is to draw people in and encourage them to...


EStop doing that!
I have always been a big proponent of emergency stop mechanisms on all my workshop machines. Most people are familiar with the simple...


EEPROM - Do I need it?
What is that empty IC footprint on the breakout board for? Do I need it? EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programable Read Only Memory) is...
































