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Limit switches and homing

July 10, 2019 Paul 1 Comment

“All you ever wanted to know about limit switches and homing”. First things first The rest of this article assumes…

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May 2019 update

May 4, 2019 dancolwp1974 3 Comments

Hi Everyone, Paul and I thought we’d do a video this time, enjoy !

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Toy truck – a beginner’s CNC project

April 26, 2019 dancolwp1974 Leave a comment

While Paul was focussing on desigining and delivering the Super Gerbil CNC kickstarter project, I was helping with the testing.…

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Mini Gerbil Acrylic Case

February 17, 2019 Paul Leave a comment

This blog is about the Mini Gerbil acrylic case. You asked for it, so here it is ! You can…

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Digital or Analog Amp meter?

February 15, 2019 Paul Leave a comment

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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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Basic steps to debug a k40 controller set up

August 28, 2018 Paul Leave a comment

Debugging the K40 controller set up consists of a few steps which are easy to follow. Comms Motion Limit stops…

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Other Lasers

December 15, 2017 Paul 5 Comments

Here are the Mini Gerbil connections. Powering the Mini Gerbil The Mini Gerbil is supplied via 5V pin on the…

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Using the Gerbil Plugins

October 22, 2017 Paul 3 Comments

This page describes how you can get started with cutting and engraving. We assume you have installed the Gerbil hardware…

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Kickstarter Update!

October 16, 2017 Paul Leave a comment

It has been a while that I wrote a blog about my K40 but many things were in train to…

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