Hi. I have built a long arm quilter for my wife and am looking to automate it. As the device is essentially a sewing machine that moves X & Y it needs to A. start in a specific place and B. travel in one continuous line. I have played around with a simple drawing of one line that criss crosses it's self and then loaded the SVG file into OpenBuilds CAM - GCODE Generator however the result is that I can't get it to simulate a continuous line. Is this possible or should I be using other software. All the best
Our CAM is optimised for Closed path vectors. A closed path has at least 3 points. A Line only has two, so no it wont work unfortunately. But simple linear moves can easily be written by hand: G90; Absolute mode G0 X0 Y0 ; Where X0 Y0 is the first point, could be X10 Y500 or whatever G0 X100 Y100; ; Where X100 Y100 is the Second point, could be other values too.
Checkout Sample Files and Self-Made Embroidery Machine (Running on G-Code) - they have their own software at inkstitch/inkstitch
Hi Peter. You're a star. Having extensively searched the net I didn't find this. Some time you can find stuff straight away and others.... All the very best Chris.
(; pure luck man, it popped up on Hackaday today CNC Embroidery Machine Punches Out Designs a Stitch at a Time and i remembered you as soon as i saw it
Also may be helpful to help point in the right direction is the build posted by @sausagePaws - Embroidery machine with XY belt and pinion drive.
