Ghosts in the machine.

Misc notes on using the Ruida controller and Lightburn

Fast/Slow on the Wireless Handle

The button in the middle of the motion arrows is labeled 'fast/slow' But it didn't work.

Going into Lightburn Machine Settings under Miscellaneous there is a setting 'enable wireless panel speed shift' and a …

The Clearlake Oaks - Glennhaven Catfish Derby has been held annually for over forty years.

The event is held on approximately the same dates in May, and arguably attracts the most effective catchers of Catfish, so I think that the time series data reflects something real.

But I'm not sure what …

Project in progress...

I just installed my new Ruida 4445S controller, and I dug in and while I have wires that were connected to the limit switch inputs on the previous controller I don't actually appear to have limit switches.

Needs further investigation. But I can cut if I just …

Upgrade from the Leetro MPC6515 controller to Ruida RDC6445S

These are raw notes.

Things that I need to know:

Homing / Reset Origin TopRight - is where there are limit switches

Work Area Size (eg 700x500mm) 1200 x 900 mm

Ultimate Air Assist Yes / No I don't know

Automatic Z Axis (Controlled …

For some reason my personal Pelican site won't properly serve localhost:8080

Chrome treats it as a file and downloads it. localhost:8080/index.html works fine.

I hit my head on the wall for a hot minute before I remembered telnet.

telnet localhost 8080
get / HTTP/1.1

And …

How to engrave a picture onto a glass bottle

Speed: Power:

Speed: Power:

Speed: Power:

Engrave: speed 300 power 40 Cut: speed 20 power 85, 3 times.

is helpful.

The laser originally LaserCut 5.3 and a plugin to Corel Draw.

It had the Leetro MPC6515 controller

Pictures from Aug 5, 2024

The full controller. Rotated to match the block diagram.

two Stepper drivers. Not sure where the third driver is.

Switches set the same. I rotated the image …

How to engrave a picture

On the way from the Lodge I told Finn "We don't want to go saying stupid things, like 'an Octopus in a Tuxedo."

"What's wrong with an Octopus in a Tuxedo?" he asked, quite reasonably.

I waited for a safe place to pull over, and …