I am looking for a good interface to build to connect my home built 3 axis Stepper motor Router to a PC Printer port. Initially I will run it using EMC2 under Ubuntu Linux, but later, if it works as well as I hope it does, I want the ability to use other standard programs such as Mach3 for example.
I have searched on this (really excellent) forum and the word “EMC2” does not occur even once!!! Which implies to me that nobody here has used the K8000 in this way, or at least, never asked a question…was it that easy???
Setting up EMC2 to run a particular machine, homebuilt or not, is quite a business and I simply do not feel at this moment in time that I am knowledgeable enough to attempt it on my own (Cowardly I know!!),
I like the K8000 specification as it would allow me with the right interface cards to control the speed of my Router as well as checking of limit and home switches in a better manner…
Any comments or help are most welcome from anyone else.
I expect to be in a position to buy the interface hardware sometime later in November if I get enough positive response…
Many thanks and regards from
Der_Fisherman.