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Hi Dale - I've built 4 copper boilers. It's lots of fun. 1) Make sure you know what annealed copper feels like. I did not for my first boiler, so I re-made it. 2) a soft faced hammer is what you want. When copper is annealed, you want to just suggest to it where it should go; a hammer with a...

Tin; I know Mach3 does interesting things to try to ensure pseudo-realtime timing. However, LinuxCNC does a really good job of this in a number of different ways; e.g., I push one core aside for the real-time side of things, AFAIK the Beagle Bone LinuxCNC people use the Beagle Bone PRU...

I've got a KX1, which I got without controller, so may not be of interest to you. I put in a G540, run it with LinuxCNC, and the thing just flies, and works, and works... but, I do have spindle bearing issues (see below) Have a peek at the (now dormant)...

Thank you for posting these pictures; I had been to the meet at Winnipeg about a decade ago, and noticed how many (and how well) these propane burners worked. I tried building one, but did not get it right, so at least now I have pictures to help. John A. Stewart

Will; Keep going. Assume we have LinuxCNC running on a computer - assume an intel box, as those wanting a Pi or other computer can then take the LinuxCNC config files and simply use them. Tell us how you did the lathe. What size steppers. Ball screws or the screws on the machine? Limit...