Periodically my manager requests that we clean up the overstock. This month the overstock has some awesome bits of equipment, including the two new additions to the engraver. We now have a five foot long X axis and a theta axis to mount to the Engraver. The linear stage will add the needed stiffness with the additional benefit of allowing for longer work pieces. The theta stage will eventual be used for more complex cuts, but for now it just looks cool. Both stages are stepper motors with TTL inputs, so they should blend nicely with the LinuxCNC setup I have. Now I will have to study up on more advanced g-codes and tool path programming to take advantage of the theta stage.
