cnc for dummies

[heisler0]

With my new purchase of a lobo cnc mill to play with I was wondering if there any reading material that might be of interest or web sites that might help with the learning curve?

[hwboivin3]

Specifically for lobo cnc? Programming? Software?

[heisler0]

programming

[dorin]

There are two books on this website that are not bad.
(Look towards the bottom)
http://www.sq-1.com/index.html

I have a copy of both books...if they have not been updated some of the software
might be out of date. However I think I learned a lot from them.

[GlennW]

The first step would be to determine if the stuff you will be using recognizes G Code or if it is Conversational.

If G Code, what G Code and format does it recognize?

It all depends on the machine control.

[lobocnc]

The G-Code interpreter used with the Lobo CNC controller boards is really quite basic - lines, arcs, rapids, etc, but no canned cycles. If there's anything more complicated than a few lines of G-Code, I use CamBam to generate G-codes, using just the default post-processor. Just let me know if you have any questions about specific codes supported, or look at the documentation included in:

http://lobocnc.com/lobopscnc.zip

-Jeff
lobocnc.com