I have been randomly watching the 3D printer efforts from the sidelines and for the most part I have not been impressed at all.
I think you are right ... they are way, way behind. To many, it seems that reinventing the wheel is how they learn but at the expense of making any meaningful progress. >>Loading an SD card works because it is pretty bullet-proof and easy to manage as is just pressing a button.<< I guess that is fine if you want to duplicate a design that someone else has already worked out on a "standard" printer. However I would hope that some of the "maker guys" would have more ambitious aspirations! :-) Dave Cole On 6/27/2013 10:47 AM, Charles Buckley wrote: > I suspect that that is on their long-term roadmap. > > But, right now, they are trying to re-invent the wheel. After 6 years of > development, they are now only about 30 years behind the industry > standards. > > Rep-rap has been developed from the Maker movement. The one major knock I > have against that is that that movement pretty much ignored industry and > existing design experience and tries to redo things from scratch. Linuxcnc > has a different core underlying principle. But, that said, Rep-rap pays a > lot of attention to how non-machinists would use the machine - because, for > the most part, they aren't machinists. Loading an SD card works because it > is pretty bullet-proof and easy to manage as is just pressing a button. > Ease of use. > > Charles > > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Dave<[email protected]> wrote: > > >> First off.. I don't have a 3d printer. But it seems to me that some >> interactivity with the "printer" might be a very good idea. >> >> How would you feel if you had to run your mill/router/lathe by inserting >> an SD card and hitting the run button! 8-O >> >> Even my el-cheaper printers interact with my PC when printing ... low >> ink, toner, duplex printing, paper out. >> >> I think they are missing the boat. >> >> Simplification is good, but over simplification is very bad. >> >> Dave >> >> >> On 6/27/2013 2:37 AM, Steve Blackmore wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 00:06:39 -0400, you wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> When the 3D folks discover that they need offsets or homing, or any of >>>> the other features of linuxcnc, we'll be there to help. >>>> >>>> >>> Already done Matt >>> >>> see >>> >>> http://reprap.org/wiki/G-code >>> >>> for supported Reprap Gcode list. >>> >>> G10 can be used for offsets. >>> >>> Homing G28 >>> >>> Probing is done and working, G29 to G32 >>> >>> Some of the stand alone controllers go even further with extended >>> command lists. >>> >>> No pc connection required at all with suitable controllers - just insert >>> an SD card with code and off it goes so I don't see what advantage >>> having the printer connected to LinuxCNC could be. >>> >>> Steve Blackmore >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >>> This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: >>> >>> Build for Windows Store. >>> >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Emc-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: >> >> Build for Windows Store. >> >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
