CNC Controller Build: Design Decisions

Summary of the design decisions one needs to make up front before moving forward with a CNC controller build.
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[@robertstaples9207]

I am looking into doing a make over on my CNC machines and I must say your videos are great. My systems have always use a soft stop system for my E stop, so when I seen some of these different hard stop configuration, I new I wanted to incorporate that into my new system. The one draw back I could see in the hard stop, is most of the time I hit the E stop when I realize I have made a minor mistakes and the machine is running. (I do not make these kinds of mistakes as often any more put when I was first learning it happened a fair bit ) Having both a soft stop and a hard stop is a ingenious idea I think for the reasons you explain in the video. Great videos you do a great job of explaining your topic and give more detail even diagrams than most other peoples videos.

[@jeromeherron4195]

I builder a small CNC 3 years ago. I builder it just to learn all the thing you outlined. I am currently building one similar to your CNC. I wished I could have found a video like this 3 years ago. You did a very good job outlining the task at hand.

[@Thapaintrain]

Thanks for the info bro!