Some people were wondering how to hack their CNC tool chains at PS:One CNC night. I made this blog post to show the process I usually follow.
I used my Quantum ORD Bot as a stand in for a small CNC router like the ShapeOko. I got it to run this toolchain.
Vectric Aspire
PrintRun
Marlin
I had Marlin use a fan control for the spindle and wrote a custom post processor. Most people are using GRBL, but Marlin seems for be on the development fast track these days.
http://www.buildlog.net/blog/2012/08/ha ... toolchain/