I like the wiki page definition of "stupidly expensive" as "$200-300." I suspect there are thousands of hobbyist cnc users out there that would take exception to that characterization. Eric
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 4:32 AM, Sebastien Bailard <peng...@supermeta.com> wrote: > Interesting! > > What brand mill? How fast can you move the table around? Also, what > are your motors, electronics, etc. like? (I'm trying to pin down some > known-good mill-and-motor-and-electronics toolchains to recommend to > our users. I'm also worried that mills make bad bootstrap RepRaps > because it's tricky to get rapid traverses with our stock electronics, > but I haven't investigated the matter in depth.) > > http://objects.reprap.org/wiki/Builders/MillStrap > > When you get it working, could you tack up a note on the wiki? Note = > 10 words, or massive sprawling document, whatever's more fun to write. > > Cheers, > -Sebastien > > On March 10, 2010 04:06:44 am John Pfleger wrote: >> I am currently adding a RepRap head to my EMC2 controlled desktop mill. >> Using serial link to control head temperature but feed rate will be >> controlled via EMC2. >> >> >From the Virtual Desk of John > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
