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gantry (continued)
spanning beams for. 155-1 56. 155. 156
tools and materials for, 153
upr ights and feet for. 155. 155. 159-1 60. 159 . 160
X ax is in . 160- 164. 161-164
Gerber fil es. 219
glass etching. 266- 267. 266. 267
guide rail s. 7. 7. 8

half- step sequence, in motor, 52, 52
heat sink for driver. 111, III
Hew lett Packard Graphics Language (Sec also HPGL files) . 222
HPGL files. 12. 21 9. 222- 223

import file creation for Kearn, 222-223
INA Inc.• 296
in terface board. 19- 21 . 20
artwork for, 80, 8 1
cables for. 128. 129
driver board connection to. 118-120, 11 8, 11 9
motherboard mounting of. 127. 127
stepper motor driver and computer. 13- 15. 13

joints. cabinetry. 283-286. 283. 284. 285 . 286

KCam and programm ing . 11- 12. 12. 13
ACME Profil er and . 239-243. 240-242
AutoCad in, 12
changing bit size and . 23 6. 23 7
CNC con trol selling in. 218-2 19. 218. 219
CNC Controller software for. 215- 219
converting text to curves in. 23 7, 237
CorelDra w and. II. 12. 223-239 . 223
cutting depth settings in, 258
downloading cop y of. 11 3- 11 4
file formats in . 12.219- 222
G code and com mands fo r. 11 . 21 9- 221
impo rt file creati on for, 222 - 223
insta llat ion of. II 3. 215
lathecorej .plt fil e. 287- 291
li netest. plt file in. 228 -230. 230
Iinetest2 .plt fil e in . 231 - 232. 233
M code and commands for, II, 220-222
machine setup file for. 258
offsetting G cod e to center the project. 238. 238. 239
openi ng. 21 5
port assignment in, 216, 217
shapes.plt file for. 261-262. 26 1. 262
software selectio n, 10-1 2

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