Jon Elson wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> i/ I guess this is going to come down to a philosophical choice, do you >> pursue the DRO first, or the EMC + NC first? vi vs emacs anyone? > If you are going to the trouble and expense of embarking on one > of these paths, then the CNC path is the most reward for your > efforts.
> The first > time you design a part with free-flowing angles and arcs, and > watch the machine cut it as easily as a straight line parallel > to the ways, you will be kicking yourself and saying "I should > have done this YEARS ago!" I second that. I've only had my machine working for a month, and I'm already changing the way I look at machining. For example, this part: http://jmkasunich.com/cgi-bin/blosxom/shoptask/spindle-encoder-bracket-01-07-08.html Because I was fitting an odd shaped part into a odd-shaped blank with oddly located holes in it, there was no cut in the entire part that was parallel to a machine axis. The blank was mounted at an angle too... The only things that were aligned to the machine are the two 3/8" holes that I clamped it down with. Regards, John Kasunich ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
