Linuxcnc is the mellenium falcon. I have a small manufacturing company. We are dominating our niche because of linuxcnc.
When I show someone from industry they only see "axis" (which is just fine by the way) and they politely say nothing because it looks like it is from 1998. Then they watch the "crappy" old machine run and again say nothing. But this time their mouth is hanging open because I can make $5000 per hour with it. (If only I could do that for 24 hours per day alas we are small) God bless linuxcnc. On Wed, Jan 8, 2025, 10:35 AM gene heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > On 1/8/25 09:57, Bari wrote: > > What are the levels below hobby grade? > > > > I am surrounded by broken systems like Fanuc and Siemens. Their > > programmers/tech can't even make their own systems operate properly > > and they won't offer us their source. > > > > For example we have a few new robots that they recently installed and > > programmed, yet they crash into each other and the materials they > > interact with near daily. Just lucky or incompetent factory tech staff? > > The latter Bari. My observation's over my 90 years pretty well confirms > that. Having observed the level of factory service while chasing > electrons for a living for 75 years, some of the stuff I've found and > fixed is downright scary. As a CET and broadcast engineer, some things > I have done are magic to the EE's I've encountered. If they make a > mistake, its generally a doozy. Some of mine has been too. > > The biggest problem with factory service techs is if they are good, they > aren't paid enough so they quit and start their own company, because > stuff they design to work, are overhauled by an MBA who actually knows > zip about the electricals, checking the BOM and over-ruling the > designers choice of parts. If it still works when he has subbed cheaper > parts, its the exception that proves the rule. > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-developers mailing list > > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > . > > Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET. > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
