On Wednesday 16 October 2013 14:28:15 Dave Cole did opine: > In the midwest USA, that would be worth scrap value less the haul away > charge..
I am in WV. I don't think scrap cast even makes $180/ton here. > Scrap like that is going for about $220 per ton around me. That guy > will be waiting a long..... time if he wants more than scrap value for > it.. > > Sounds like a lot of work! > > Dave Looks like it too. OTOH, it would keep me out of the bars for several months. His $500 includes local delivery. He doesn't know what it weighs, my guess would be some north of half a ton, but I'm not noted for being good at such swags. Looks like I'll pass in any event. Hopefully I find out tomorrow how much it will cost me to get a left knee that blocks x-rays. > On 10/16/2013 2:04 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 16 October 2013 13:40:05 Dave Cole did opine: > >> Sure Mach3 can have hardware issues also.. that is well documented. > >> The usual solution is to use a different PC motherboard, which is > >> pretty much what the LinuxCNC guys end up doing also. Mach3 is > >> not recommended for laptops since their power saving "features" > >> often screw things up. > >> > >> I chatted with Brian Barker of Artsoft/Mach3 fame recently and he > >> told me that the new Mach4 software is cross platform compatible and > >> they are planning on being able to run it on Linux and dedicated > >> hardware like the Beagle Bone.. So smart move.. and I stand > >> corrected. He is still working on Mach4 vigorously. > >> > >> Has anyone heard of any new Intel Mini ITX board announcements? I > >> thought that Intel was going to release some new Mini ITX boards > >> either this fall or next Spring that did away with the VR video > >> chips that have caused so many problems for Linux and were only > >> Windows 7/8 compatible. > >> > >> The CPUs are on this list -- at the bottom and show a release date of > >> 4th quarter, 2013 - NOW! > >> http://ark.intel.com/products/family/29035 > >> > >> They use Intel HD graphics which should fix a lot of things for Linux > >> users ... I hope! > >> > >> Dave > > > > The one item I take note of is that there are no parportson these next > > gen boards, so in addition to the correct psu, one would need to buy > > a parport card in pci-e format, so the bottom line for the $51 board > > is still pushing the $100 area by the time its actually moving > > motors. > > > > It seems to me that more of the effort s/b directed at BBB > > development. I am eagerly awaiting an i/o cape that either duplicates > > the parport (less desirable though as thats an artificial line number > > restriction), or perhaps even better, replaces my C1G breakouts, > > hopefully having the opto buffering and tally leds that it (the C1G) > > has. Only more of them because the BBB has more and can do more > > things if the constraints of the db25 are removed. > > > > Nother Subject: > > > > There is an old Porter lathe, probably dating to around 1900, > > presently sitting out in the weather, no motor, well rusted ways, > > about a 12 or 14" obviously much newer 4 jaw chuck, about a 6 or 7 > > foot bed, no change gears either. Lantern style tool post is there, > > but its WYSIWYG. Guy wants $500 for it, and I'd have to find a motor, > > replace the screws with ball screws and rig some big steppers to run > > them with LCNC. > > > > Question is, is it worth $20 for the cast iron, or worth making a > > counteroffer on? > > > > It looks like its solid, but even more work than Andy's Rivet to get > > it throwing swarf again. > > > >> On 10/16/2013 9:39 AM, Eric Keller wrote: > >>> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Dr.Mclem <dr.mc...@virgin.net> wrote: > >>>> Mach3 gives the impression it will run on any motherboard and it > >>>> not clear to new users what advantage if anything the rt kernel > >>>> gives for that uncertainty. > >>> > >>> I can't imagine that Mach doesn't have the same problems as linuxcnc > >>> with hardware, it's just that most naive users have step/dir > >>> hardware so they don't really see the glitches. Unless they miss > >>> steps. 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