Greetings. I'm old, but I'm new here. - Introduce Yourself

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AngeloB — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 21:26:45 +0000

Seem like we all ended up at the same place, a good place

Bill the owner of this site is a great teacher on robot stuff, coding etc...

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Hunter O'Gold — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:42:53 +0000

At Williamtown, NSW, Australia. Also in defence.

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AngeloB — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:38:09 +0000

I am just a robot guy, my wife is an engineer and her brother, an engineer, worked at Bombardier and McDonald Douglas - new plane testing also Andrews air force base

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PolarPyro — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 17:37:06 +0000

@hunterogold

Thanks. I've been a jet engine guy for most of my career. F404 & CFM56. Both navy programs. Are you in St. Louis? Or one of the other campuses?

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AngeloB — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 16:56:36 +0000

What's happening at Boeing?

Any new jets you can tell us about? lol

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Hunter O'Gold — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 08:57:52 +0000

Welcome. I am a current software engineer with Boeing.

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PolarPyro — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 19:02:23 +0000

Just to add to my introductions, I have been doing some large pyrographic projects, and considering how slow it is, necessarily so, there is a large investment in time and wood if for some reason it should drop some steps. That is why I want to use larger motors and controllers.

The problem is, I am not a programmer, at least not recently, and I am dependent upon the open source sketches and libraries that were provided by Sandy Noble. My question is, does the polargraph controller software and libraries require the use of the motor shield module?

Bill's demo using an arduino with large stepper only used one stepper and controller and no motorshield.

I hope my question makes sense.

Greetings. I'm old, but I'm new here.

PolarPyro — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 18:58:18 +0000

Greetings,

I built a polargraph as a school project and adapted it to do woodburning. That's my hobby. I am here because I want to do some modifications. I am sure you will all be very helpful. hopefully I can be of assistance as well.

I am a semi-retired aeronautical engineer. I now do mechanical design work using solidworks and Inventor.

I am glad to be here.

PolarPyro.