On 13 Jun 2013, at 12:07, Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
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Why do you use LinuxCNC and what are the features you like best? I am
about to introduce some new users to LinuxCNC and I want to make sure
I have a good list of it's strengths.
For me,
2013/6/13 Charles Steinkuehler char...@steinkuehler.net:
Why do you use LinuxCNC and what are the features you like best?
Because it's Linux!
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I have an odd-ball machine, single purpose design, which cuts triangular
tapered bamboo strips in a single pass. It's called a saw beveler. I'm a
Unix/Linux bigot to begin with, so for me it was a no-brainer to go with
LinuxCNC (EMC2 at the time).
That being said, you would really have to work
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Why do you use LinuxCNC and what are the features you like best? I am
about to introduce some new users to LinuxCNC and I want to make sure
I have a good list of it's strengths.
I was drawn to LinuxCNC because of HAL and programmable kinematics,
but
On 13 June 2013 12:07, Charles Steinkuehler char...@steinkuehler.net wrote:
Why do you use LinuxCNC and what are the features you like best?
I use it because I started using it. I guess I could have started with
Mach and been enthusiastic about that.
As a Mac user LinuxCNC was cheaper. Not just
2013/6/13 Charles Steinkuehler char...@steinkuehler.net
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Why do you use LinuxCNC and what are the features you like best? I am
about to introduce some new users to LinuxCNC and I want to make sure
I have a good list of it's strengths.
These
Like many others, I started with a very old Mach3 (bless Art) on a Win32
system, controlling steppers on a converted HF mini mill. That still
runs, btw, mostly for teaching and demos. It was a paid copy, although
most of my work would have fit within the free version (# blocks limited
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On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:07:20 -0500
Charles Steinkuehler char...@steinkuehler.net wrote:
Why do you use LinuxCNC and what are the features you like best?
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Help me out with some talking points! :)
It's similar to the reason I use Linux (I guess, considering the reasons
I'm about to give, I
I mostly agree with Matt except I have found thought investment is usually
pretty portable.
Linuxcnc is fun and flexible. That is the only 'reason' needed. :)
On Jun 13, 2013 11:13 AM, Matt Shaver m...@mattshaver.com wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:07:20 -0500
Charles Steinkuehler
Matt,
That is very well said and I could not agree more. I am trying to get
my VMC into a profitable position and after spending THOUSANDS of dollars
trying to fix the aging control only to KNOW that at some point it will be
beyond the support of the factory let alone anyone else was quite
Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
Why do you use LinuxCNC and what are the features you like best? I am
about to introduce some new users to LinuxCNC and I want to make sure
I have a good list of it's strengths.
I started using it in 1998, and have NEVER had it fail in the middle of
a job!
This
On 06/13/2013 07:07 AM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
Why do you use LinuxCNC and what are the features you like best?
One of my favorite features is the fact that LinuxCNC is Free Open
Source Software, but that probably won't impress a lot of people as it
does me, so I'll skip the religion
On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:37:58 -0500
Stuart Stevenson stus...@gmail.com wrote:
I mostly agree with Matt except I have found thought investment is
usually pretty portable.
Linuxcnc is fun and flexible. That is the only 'reason' needed. :)
That's true for me too.
Most of the writing I've done
On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:39:22 -0400
Bruce Layne linux...@thinkingdevices.com wrote:
On 06/13/2013 07:07 AM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
Why do you use LinuxCNC and what are the features you like best?
One of my favorite features is the fact that LinuxCNC is Free Open
Source Software,
On Thursday 13 June 2013 14:09:24 Matt Shaver did opine:
On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:39:22 -0400
Bruce Layne linux...@thinkingdevices.com wrote:
On 06/13/2013 07:07 AM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
Why do you use LinuxCNC and what are the features you like best?
One of my favorite
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Why do you use LinuxCNC and what are the features you like best? I am about
to introduce some new users to LinuxCNC and I want to make sure
of it, being able to fix problems
myself,
and not wait on others.
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