Good idea, Ed Sounds like you have a good grasp of audience need/interest. I wouldn't throw out the real-time entirely. It's the advantage we get from Linux over some other os.
Rayh On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 11:10 -0500, Ed Nisley wrote: > A while back I proposed to Ron Ginger that I do a talk at > Cabin Fever; he liked the idea, but I should run this by > you folks to make sure I'll say the right stuff. After all, > you've done the heavy lifting that makes it all work. > > Last September I gave a talk about my Sherline CNC mill for > the local Linux Users Group. These being computer geeks, I > described the how-and-why of machining, gave a simple > overview of CAD/CAM, covered what G-Code is & how one > writes a program, discussed why real-time Linux is a Good > Thing & how it works (the hook for that audience!), then > did a demo of making a simple part (which actually > worked!). > > The PDF of that talk is at: > http://mhvlug.org/MonthlyMeetings/2007/09 > > It occurred to me that the talk would also be a nice fit for > the Cabin Fever audience, after replacing the real-time > Linux part (more-or-less slides 38-52) with a section about > how & why I make simple 2-1/2 D repair parts. The hook is > that this CNC stuff actually has useful, easy-to-do > applications, with an overview of the whole process. > > I can lug my Sherline setup along and attempt a live-fire > demo if that seems reasonable; I don't know what the > facilities in the lecture room look like. I'll certainly > bring a vacuum cleaner along, though. > > It takes about an hour to present, followed by the demo. > > Suggestions? Tomatoes? > > Thanks... > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
