Heh - since we got the K&T back up and running - the manual mill has been off. (except for boring out engine sleeves for scrap aluminum cleanup). Even the simplest jobs are just as easy to throw on the cnc an run in mdi or make a short program.
But that is just me.. (plus the k&t has 2 pallets so there is a lot of room to set things up) Yes I am showing off... ;) sam On 3/8/2012 9:23 AM, John Stewart wrote: > Viesturs; > > (I can't agree or disagree with any of this thread, as I'm on an exploratory > path, and I don't know what the eventual outcome will be) > >> … but on the other hand, ngcgui probably >> should go mainstream as it is much better than hand-writing the code… > This is what is bandied about in the Model Engineering forums - "you can > start CNC machining without needing CAD, CAM, or knowing what a G-code is - > just use Mach3 Wizards, and all your worries will fade away". > > So, assuming the above statement is true, for a novice I can see the > attraction of simple machining with your simple CNC mill, with the minimum of > fuss. With the CAD and the CAM and the GCode coming later, if required. > > Much of my model building is simple machining operations, and I *do* find > myself using my old mill rather than my new CNC one, because it's just faster > to throw in a bit of material and machine it. > > eg: just finished making two "forks" - 10mm square steel, a 4mm slot from the > end down the centre of one side for about 12mm, 10mm deep. > > No need for extreme accuracy, and only 2 required. I could machine it faster > than I could type in the G-Code program, set my CNC machine up, etc, etc. So > my old manual mill got the job. > > Now, if I had a quick way of clicking something, like the Mach3 Wizards are > touted to provide, the CNC mill would have been powered up... > > These are all just thoughts and observations. > > --------------------------- > John A. Stewart > [email protected] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization& Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
