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Hi I see that all settings are ok so next step is to try a different picture to see if that persists …In: Problems Greyscale conversion
6 years ago
No worries Tim, it's on github so you can modify my version of Grbl for the 328pb. When flashin …In: GRBL Version / Changes
6 years ago
Hi Steven, the clicking is normally as the controller boots up. You’re supposed to reset and home th …In: Laser Fires and Offset Problems
6 years ago
Hi Dave once I got my k40 back at home I will investigate. Maybe it is indeed a software bug. Will r …In: Grayscale conversion leaves pure black as white
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Hi Stephanius, i have send you a pm with some info. Best way to attack this is too troubleshoot one …In: Setup troubleshooting // hard limits
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Quote from Tim Anderson on December 29, 2017, 3:14 pm
Well those changes definitely made a big diff …In: What am I doing wrong? (Nothing now)
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Hi Tim, yes it is pretty much almost 3D carving. That gave me the best results. However I have done …In: What am I doing wrong? (Nothing now)
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Designed a gantry in fusion360, exported each sketch as stl, imported into tinkercad, exported as sv …In: Cutting a gantry by Trotec/Gerbil
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Hi Tim, what's your $28 value? Default should be zero '0' but you can try other frequ …In: What am I doing wrong? (Nothing now)
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Hi Dave, it's hard to see what's gone wrong. Maybe you can mail me the board and I can inv …In: gerbil stopped working
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Laser web machine setting S parameter (used 500 for my trotec so can be 1000 or more for k40)In: Laserweb
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Hi Chris, i used to use a filter made out of a 1kOhm resistor in serie and 0.1uf cap in parallel wit …In: Noisy PWM signal
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Laserweb needs to be configured to make it work:
Choose Grbl as board
Set the Laser on as M4, …In: Laserweb
6 years ago
A few backers wrote me an email asking me how to deal with the "cannot write to specified file! …In: Cannot write to specified file! error
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Thanks for debugging that issue! I haven’t encountered that issue yet but a great idea to include ca …In: Is there a schematic for the shield, or why won't this thing home.
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The picture seems just one shade of grey and of course we want more grey shades 🙂
try to follow …In: Still getting used to Inkscape but the Gerbil results are great.
6 years ago
Time out settings can be changed within the python script /raster2laser_gcode.py
it’s in the shar …In: gerbil failed 1/3 through print
6 years ago
Hi, from the pictures I can see some labels gnd, xl, yl, gnd, nc. I assume there is also a 5V hidden …In: K40 board does not have ribbon cable
6 years ago
The 4th wire might be the LO laser on wire. Can you trace them back individually to the laser power …In: K40 with Moshi V4.7 Board
6 years ago
Hi Pindar,
You can still install the controller with a small adjustment which is descri …In: K40 with Moshi V4.7 Board
6 years ago
Forgot to mention that these jumpers are on the controller board and not on the k40 shield. Also I j …In: Uploading new firmware
6 years ago
Hi Nick, the 328pb has two uarts while the 328 and 328p has only one uart. I use uart1 since I need …In: Uploading new firmware
6 years ago
This hard to get an idea of what happened, so the best you can do is breaking up the issue in smalle …In: gerbil failed 1/3 through print
6 years ago
Hi the focal length of the clear USA ZnSe lens is 50.2mm (same as the stock lens). I could have opte …In: Optic lens
6 years ago
Hi Peter, Gerbil runs a loop for scanning all the usb ports and then assigns the first found port to …In: problems trying to cut
6 years ago
Hi Dave, try to print it at 750mm/s and 15pix/mm and show us the result.
Cheers, PaulIn: Another gerbil print
6 years ago
Most of these are stemming from libraries which are not compatible. Make sure you install version 0. …In: problems trying to cut
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I have used Libusbk but also had success with libusb0. You can try either and see if they work. If y …In: WIN GATE: WIN10 does not install drivers!
6 years ago
Hi,
indeed there are many versions of k40 wiring and unfortunately not consistent. The solution o …In: How to set it all up (get me started)
6 years ago
Hi Peter,
the board is powered via the power connector on the shield and not via the usb connecto …In: Gerbil First Time Use - no go
6 years ago
You can register by signing up on the home page on the bottom ribbon "Contact us", section …In: How to register?
6 years ago
For those who want to align inkscape and the K40 co-ordinates and not rely on the mirror flag/icon s …In: Endstop L shape Bracket and Flag
6 years ago
In case the usb port is not recognised by your machine, you might need to download the usb drivers a …In: FTDI drivers
6 years ago
We have dedicated a few pages to get you going with setting up Gerbil. The landing page is
https: …In: How to set it all up (get me started)
6 years ago
Inkscape comes with Python as part of it's installation. In most cases this works well but on o …In: PySerial missing on the MAC
6 years ago
Inkscape comes with Python as part of it's installation. In most cases this works well but on o …In: Inkscape's Python gives you issues
6 years ago
For those who don’t like Inkscape and/or want to combine cutting and engraving in one go, there is l …In: Other software than Inkscape (laserweb)
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One of the most annoying errors is when your windows 10 throws an code 43 error. Basically it is say …In: Usb device code 43 error
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