A Tiny LinuxCNC Soldering Robot

Sun, 26 Jan 2025 19:17:00 -0700

Mentioned on the LinuxCNC Discord, a very small LinuxCNC robot designed for soldering PCBs.

A LinuxCNC-controlled Packing Robot

Sun, 15 May 2022 18:17:00 -0600

Spotted on Hackaday, a packing robot for Raspberry Pis controlled by LinuxCNC running on a Raspberry Pi.
The blog post gives quite a detailed description of how the system is controlled using a mixture of Ruby scripting and the linuxcncrsh remote control interface.

Blog Post
linuxcncrsh interface.

Heckler and Koch BA25 Retrofit

Sun, 15 May 2022 18:17:00 -0600

Spotted on YouTube, LinuxCNC integrator Halász Attila has retrofitted a sizeable Heckler and Koch BA25 machining centre. The tool changer looks to have been very neatly integrated.

YouTube Link

A Robotic Bioprinter Controlled by LinuxCNC

Mon, 17 May 2021 23:43:00 -0600

Recently mentioned on the forum is a bioprinting BCN3D Moveo robot controlled by LinuxCNC. The hope is that one day a similar system could print replacement body-parts in-situ.

Forum Link

Boring Holes With Corners

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 21:05:00 -0700

Skunkworks has been experimenting with axis offsets calculated from spindle position to bore holes of various shapes using a single-point tool.

Forum Link

Instructive TCP 5-Axis demo

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 16:37:00 -0600

If you were wondering what 5-Axis TCP kinematics could do, this is a good demonstration. The tool continues to run through a simple pattern of squares while the workpiece rotates and tilts underneath it.

Forum Link

Large Homag Vertical Machining Centre Retrofit

Fri, 18 May 2018 17:53:00 -0600

Using a combination of LinuxCNC and the Open-Source STMBL servo drive (in combination with Mesa cards which have open-source firmware) Alex Shure has retrofited a 3300mm x 1200mm x 120mm machining centre.

http://etemu.com/project-biber-cnc-vertical-machining-center/

Matsuura retrofit

Sat, 17 Sep 2016 17:19:16 -0600

Aptly-named forum user “skunkworks” has been working this year to retrofit a Matsuura MC 500v2. The long-running forum thread covers topics like rigging up a spindle encoder that detects the passing teeth of a 69-tooth gear, wiring up a whole pile of Mesa hardware, through setting up the tool changer and doing some rigid tapping.

No Knurling Tool? No Problem.

Sat, 17 Sep 2016 17:19:16 -0600

Long-time forum contributor tome shows us that you can use the G33 threading cycle to make knurling on a lathe. Visit the forum thread for some useful g-code.

Tiny, tiny screws

Wed, 24 Aug 2016 12:48:00 -0600

LinuxCNC developer Chris Radek originally wrote spindle-synchronized threading before the software was even called LinuxCNC. Much later, he used LinuxCNC to create these crazy-small screws for his glases frames (the US dime shown for scale is 18mm diameter): Blog post