Thank you Greg,
> but I have had some unrealistic expectations placed on me at work (my meat
> and potatoes job) recently which I stood up against (successfully)
>
My MPJ just told me that I may get loads of time for my hobbies (they
call it 'resturcturing' and 'making people redundant', I call it 'big
layoffs' and 'fire people').
I am still not sure if I should be happy or sad ;-)
> thinking you could "slap" together a machine to allow you to perform the task
> and make some money. While that is a commendable aspiration, with two family
> members who work R&D, specifically in process automation and material
> handling/quality inspection disciplines, the tool to complete the task
> typically goes through numerous simulations and revisions before it even sees
> it's first 'trial run'. Rarely is a one-shot attempt even taken, let alone
> successful unless it's the tinyest thing.
My experiences with EMC2 are the exact opposite.
I have a friend who built a machine using a commercial (hobby)
controller. He had loads of problems and it took him months to get the
thing to work - that mainly had to do with the hardware that came with
the software though.
I started collecting stuff and drawing in October last year and building
started just after christmas. I had to wait until February for the
milling spindle to arrive but at that time everything was working
reliably and I could even do some real milling jobs.
Main problem was financing the whole stuff so it took until May for the
T-groove plates to arrive.
> This is only my 2 cents, and in the current economy, that certainly isn't
> worth all that much..
>
plus 2 more from me :-)
> And to round out my message on a positive note - THANK YOU TO EVERY VOLUNTEER
> WHO HAS DONATED TIME AND MONEY TO THE EMC2 PROJECT AND TO EVERY MANUFACTURER
> WHO HAS MADE AN EFFORT TO PRODUCE HARDWARE TO WORK WITH EMC2. YOUR HARD WORK
> IS NOT UNAPPRECIATED.
>
Hear hear!
Thanks again to all who contribute to EMC2, being as core developers,
maintainers of the web-stuff, mailing list and all who take the time to
answer all our questions.
Thanks again for the perfect work you all do.
As users of EMC2, contributing to the mailing list, we are all part (if
even a minute one) of this whole team.
It is OK to be p.. o.. with the product (being your complete setup :-) )
but let us try to keep this list clean and usefull.
During last 'season' I skipped a lot of emails and I am sure that some
of those could have helped me with some little problems I still have.
Have to go now, we are leaving for a visit to a supplier in 15 minutes
for a small hand operated mill. something tells me this machine might be
a victim for EMC2 in the near future ...
Regards,
Rob
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