Suggestions for MPCNC Build Docs

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I am helping a student with a new MPCNC build. Generally the docs are great, but we have found a few things missing or hard to find:

Add to the MPCNC Build instructions:
– New menu item: “8-Wiring”: Where all the wiring goes and how to connect it all up. Issues like which wires to put through which pipes, whether to use dragchains, how to make it safe and secure from disconnection or short-circuits. How to avoid stresses and unplugging. How to connect the endstop switches for auto-squaring. Connecting the probe. Power supply. Fans needed? Heatsinks?

– Stop blocks should be part of a section about endstops, not belts.

– A section about the Jackpot controller should be linked or mentioned on pages that describe other controllers.

– Control/“Setup” is too vague a title. Maybe divide this up into specific sections with their own menu items.

– FluidNC needs to be discussed where other softwares are being discussed. It was hard to find.

– How to use the drawing attachment and where is the crown gcode? What to look out for in the drawing. How to use a drawing to check for squareness and backlash.

– Something about enclosures for the controller with links to plans that are out there.

– Links on the Parts page about where to source parts that are not part of the V1E kits, for those in EU, North America, or elsewhere.

– A longer discussion (whole page?) about the router/spindle options to consider and which model numbers are recommended (US and EU)

– A link to the DOCS on the top of the home page, along with Home Shop Media Forum.

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It is getting a bit long in the tooth and we have been recommending the jackpot first for a while now in the forums. Maybe the “yellow brick road” should switch to fluidnc and marlin needs to move to an appendix.

When we first wrote the docs, we were supporting the mini rambo, serial wiring, rambo, and skr. So the wiring section became a fork in the road. We also want to have some of the controller/firmware info shared between machines.

But maybe that doesn’t make any sense anymore. Maybe we should just write wiring for each machine and at least the most basic stub for the jackpot on each build. If you are building a MPCNC, you could flow all the way through. Or LR4, but in a different section. Something like building marlin would be an appendix. Same with some tips on FluidNC. But FluidNC means users can just drop in the config.

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