Upshot: Don't bother soldering. Crimps or GTFO. Topic Index: 00:00 - intro 01:10 - wire routing & they're doing it wrong 06:12 - doing it right 08:20 - the provided crimps are awful too 09:24 - USB vs bluetooth, closing This item on AliExpress, from their official store, not sponsored in any way: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32821185351.html Demonstration of using this with the modbus protocol control: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoTV7003glU EEVBlog videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2rvAoO-MIA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwdnGbI5ls8 Donations help me make more cool shit: http://paypal.me/swolebroshopworks ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kIKpnaqWLw

Upshot: Will it chooch? Designs so bad it almost causes you to wonder if they made it non-serviceable on purpose just to drive up sales... Most of my videos are shop related (if you couldn't tell). The ones that are also kitchen related are in this playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9xPdBFt5g3Q0D8VPD66nejzCoOqu8coE ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz_UD6wUq5k

Upshot: Whenever I show somebody my shop, the game controller is their favorite part. Topic index: 00:00 - intro, demo, summary 00:25 - XBox 360, official Microsoft vs knockoffs 03:57 - QJoypad for keyboard emulation 07:26 - drawbacks of QJoypad 08:26 - adding xbox.hal 09:22 - loadusr vs loadrt, user components are Python scripts 11:37 - hal_input component 13:00 - looking at pins provided by hal_input with halmeter 14:16 - changes to the laser.hal file, logic component 16:38 - MDI shortcuts 19:52 - setting up a subroutine file 21:10 - gcode for adjusting laser offset 24:02 - wrap up Here's a blurb about installing software in general on LinuxCNC 2.7: https://github.com/swolebro/swolebro-youtube/blob/master/linuxcnc/misc/installing-software.rst Here's the bit specifically about the XBox 360 controller. It has both the info on how to install QJoypad, as well as a link for that repair cable I used. (It's a non-affiliate Amazon link. Feel free to buy any like-kind-like-quality cable elsewhere, just be sure the listing says it's shielded and has four cables for data, as well as power.) https://github.com/swolebro/swolebro-youtube/blob/master/linuxcnc/misc/xbox-controller.rst For gcode programming, in addition to chapter 5 in the docs, this guy has a really good tutorial. This guy goes by "BigJohnT" (for Thorton) on the forums, and I'm pretty sure he works for Mesa, which makes high performance I/O and driver cards for LinuxCNC. https://gnipsel.com/linuxcnc/index.html Browse the files exactly as shown in this video: https://github.com/swolebro/swolebro-youtube/tree/hal-tutorial-pt05 Check out the latest, including my other notes and links to other people's videos and configs: https://github.com/swolebro/swolebro-youtube/tree/master/linuxcnc Here's the full plasma build series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9xPdBFt5g3Q6TkuhhfQmQNm6TdvNkPuX Just the LinuxCNC stuff: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9xPdBFt5g3Qnn3ZY2wYh7L2yzZ377UwI Help me make more cool shit: http://paypal.me/swolebroshopworks ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc4mRmYd3EM

Upshot: I clean up shop. Printable object files here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3277907 (Ridgid brand 1.875") https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3324089 (Ridgid brand 2.5") https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3324066 (Dustless brand 2.5") The XS, S, M, L, XL files are variants with different levels of clearance (in 0.015" increments) for the tapers so you can get a snug fit. The mediums are what worked for me. Your printer/settings/filament combo may print differently, so if you want to do a test before committing to a long-ass print, there's some files that only include the tapers. Alternatively, if the taper comes out too tight, just bust out the sandpaper, and if it's too loose, you can apply thin coats of super glue and baking soda (acts as a hardening catalyst) as necessary to fill in the gap. Source code here: https://github.com/swolebro/caddyshack Perma-link to the source code when this video was published: https://github.com/swolebro/caddyshack/tree/938b72316602eeefaa4366efd87d541c0e716f01/scripts/shop The baffle should be about 11.5" in diameter prior to cutting the slots - I mentioned needing to look that value up in the video. To be clear, that baffle is made of HARD-board (aka. Masonite, tempered board, HDF, etc.), not cardboard. Cardboard won't hold up so well. lol One tip, if you want a larger collector but don't want to deal with the CAD to make the adapters fit your barrel/trashcan... Just use the 5 gallon bucket, and cut the bottom out. Then cut a hole of the same size in the lid of your trash can. Put one and two together. Problem solved. Help me make more cool shit: http://paypal.me/swolebroshopworks ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evu_HuDse4M