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Category: Paul’s blog

Applying positive gamma lightens up the darker areas

Best possible K40 laser engravings

February 20, 2019 Paul 2 Comments

Applying gamma correction to laser engraving pictures

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K40 laser: Dither or Gray scale engraving ?

February 19, 2019 Paul 1 Comment

While ‘Dither vs Gray scale’ sounds like a movie, it’s the question K40 laser engravers ask themselves every day. I…

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LightBurn and Mini Gerbil Tips

February 17, 2019 Paul 20 Comments

There are some settings in LightBurn that you might want to tweak in order to get the best out of…

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Buy K40 laser cutter upgrades, CNC controllers and more online

February 7, 2019 dancolwp1974 Leave a comment

Buy laser cutter upgrades easily in our new store SuperGerbil.com.  It sells all our products in a standard shopping cart…

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Posted in: Paul's blog, Super Gerbil, Uncategorized Filed under: Mini Gerbil, news, Super Gerbil
A simple acrylic disc for machining accuracy check

Super Gerbil CNC Controller Accuracy Testing

January 19, 2019 dancolwp1974 1 Comment

Time to test Super Gerbil CNC controller accuracy. Using Fusion 360, we designed and machined a simple 25.00mm disc from…

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Posted in: Dan's blog, Paul's blog, Super Gerbil Filed under: CNC, Super Gerbil, test

Super Gerbil CNC Controller Testing

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It’s testing time for the Super Gerbil CNC Controller pre-production units! We put them through their paces with a testing regime that’s…

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Posted in: Dan's blog, Paul's blog, Super Gerbil Filed under: CNC, Super Gerbil

Grbl demystified

December 19, 2018 Paul 5 Comments

Looking online and on Github… The big strength of Grbl is that it runs on an Arduino and is therefore…

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XT computers for CNC machining…. really ?

November 23, 2018 Paul 11 Comments

XT computers for CNC machining…. really ? This morning I read an email from the HME, the Home model engine…

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What did we learn during our One day build?

November 19, 2018 Paul Leave a comment

What we learnt during our One day build Today I will share some insights into our adventure while upgrading the…

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Super Gerbil development underway

September 10, 2018 dancolwp1974 10 Comments

Hey all, I’ve been busy at work on a successor to the Gerbil, provisionally named the Super Gerbil.  The goal…

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