I have a robotic arm that I will not be using. This is for local pick up in St Louis Mo. What do you have to trade for? Wanting to make a CNC mill / router. Will not ship , Needs to be picked up, weigh about 100lbs Joe
Mary is homer yawning from no thread activity or is he drooling cause he wants it? Come on to STL and pick it up for him. Joe
Joe you should never show me things like this! I want to be on a plane out there to get this bad boy right now It really is cool man and I would love to have one but with no shipping it makes it too difficult. I wonder if you put it on your local craigs list you might have better luck. btw is there a controller for this?
Guys, Joe is sending this along to OpenBuilds and we are going to try to get her up and running again! Its going to be a fun project. Thanks Joe
If it doesn't include the controller (and I don't see any servo drivers?!), LinuxCNC + 6i25 + Mesa7i76 (my mill combo, plus a 7i85 for encoders that you might also need?) will definitely get it up and running with full inverse kinematics. I snagged a $30 ex-corporate Dell box on eBay to run it on, so the combo's under $350 all-in. It'll probably involve learning how to manually write HAL entries, which could get interesting. I'm not there yet, but I do have it to look forward to...
Thanks Rob looks like we are already off to a good start! Its going to be a lot of fun to dig and and hack something together to see it come to life. I think I will enjoy this even more then if it had the controller ready to run lol
Becoming a resource for real, practical, readable, straightforward guides or tips to LinuxCNC would make this place a [-n even more] major destination in the coming years. As people outgrow grbl's axis limitations or want to know the alternatives to Mach 4 (especially for like, plywood machines, 3018 conversions, and other ultra-budget builds), the only real option is LinuxCNC- but it's a massive headache, the wikis are terrible, you have to scrounge for every scrap of information. Small manufacturing is gonna have to come up with a solution to URs, LR Mates, etc. V-Slot is perfect for robot arms... Just sayin'.
Ok this is a bit crazy so had to share Poking around on the inter-webs this weekend to see if i could get some more info on GlaDOS I found this post on the pi forums from back in 2015. Where a guy named Mark was gifted the same arm for hacking! What are the odds Lots of great info on the arm there as well. Diving in! Thermo CRS F3 Robot Arm Controller - Raspberry Pi Forums
Yes that is it. GlaDOS has a sibling, So neat that you have at least some information on the arm to start with. I look forward to see what you come up with.
