/Candle

GRBL controller application with G-Code visualizer written in Qt.

Primary LanguageC++GNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

Up and Running on Mac

First get QT5: $ brew install qt5

Link the binaries: $ brew link qt5 --force

It might ask you to copy something into your bash profile. Do that.

Clone the repo, navigate to it, then build and run: $ qmake && make && ./src/candle/Candle.app/Contents/MacOS/Candle

Config & First Carve

Included bit: 20˚ V bit, 1/8" shank

Measured z-probe height: 14.07mm

Probe command: G21G91G38.2Z-45F100; G0Z1; G38.2Z-2F10; G92Z13.95; G0Z2

After probing, enter: G90 G0 Z0 F50. This sets the router into absolute coordinate mode and goes to position 0 on the Z axis.