On Fri, 2014-07-25 at 07:56 +0100, Steve Blackmore wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:08:00 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >I can understand your frustration.
> >
> >However, maybe a differences in our characters - and this is not a
> >complaint or put-down. I ponder and dig and experiment and learn. My wife's
> >always saying "quit pondering and just do it" - and many times she's right.
>
> Hi John
>
> I'm soon to get my workshop back after over a year of it being full of
> my sons house contents which gives me my mill and lathe back. I've done
> a lot of pondering during that time :) The only machine I've had access
> to is my Router. That now runs using Bert Edings CPU-5B - runs far, far
> better than it ever did with either Mach or LinuxCNC.
>
> Lack of progress with Mach4 or LinuxCNC looks like it going to force me
> down a similar path.
>
> The mill, I'll probably go with the same setup as the router.
>
> Lathe's a different story, Bert's stuff wont take an encoder input, so
> lathes no better than Mach. LinuxCNC has it own problems.
>
> I'm looking at a Fanuc, Siemens or Chinese controller for that. I need
> to make some money again, not fart about learning how to program
> software or do development work - unfortunately cost is going to delay
> any payback a bit but I've plenty of work to go at.
>
> Anyway - I'll leave you Linux guys to prevaricate and dither and get on
> with actually making things.
>
> Steve Blackmore
Gee Golly Steve,
Sorry for my ignorance, but not knowing any better I've been making
things pretty much everyday since Jon shipped the first ppmc board.
(2000 or '01 ?). Much like the bumblebee that didn't realize theory said
it couldn't fly.
Dave
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