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Threading... That's something I have thought about adding. Honestly that could likely be a whole "app" by itself...

For those following along I have done an update to Blockmill: TEXT!

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There's now a single font, single line text and number engraving feature included. This ...

I added a few updates per some feedback and requests I got.

Firstly, I added a few more "block groups"

These are predfined operations that you can pull in, like this one for "slabbing" (router folks like to do this to flatten slabs)

Now rather than having to set this one up from scratch each ...

I used a little motor speed controller I got from Amazon. Nothing fancy, it was something that handled the 80v motor and tool 0-10 volts for a control signal.

Are you doing something different than setting Z Zero at the top of your work?

Hey @suntravel I added some "canned operations" that you might be interested in:

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If you have any suggestions I'd be interested in hearing

Ronk, so you want a a rectangle that can do Inside/Outside/On-line cuts?

For the Z ref feature, and you just asking if operations can start at Z zero?

That's some great feedback Uwe, the screenshots are super helpful.

There are a couple of ways that the amount of blocks could be reduced... One is to pack more into your M6 and M30. (I like to have tool height comp in my M6) and my M30 kills the spindle, coolant, etc.

However that will only get ...

Suntravel:

Backplot is something I am working on, I'll get that done when I feel like the blocks are in good shape.

As far as "too much typing" are you taking about putting in XY positions and feedrates, or typing information into the blocks themselves?

An tagging on to grossman's comments ...

Nice! Let me ask you another question...

What would you use this for? You've clearly got access to a lot of CAM software that can do a wide range of stuff.. Why would you use Blockmill over Fusion/Vectric?

Obviously I have an answer for me because I built the thing... but I don't want to "lead the ...

Wow! This is really incredible.
Is there a way to save blocks as reusable pieces? Can an assembly of given blocks be used to define a reusable super block so you can avoid all the regular starting stuff?

I've been giving this some thought, and holding off on releasing it as a feature...

There ...