On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 22:39 -0500, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> Gentlemen,
>   We now have a shop full of EMC2 believers. I walked out into the shop this
> morning and all three EMC2 controlled machines were cutting steel parts. The
> Dahlih was making some blocks for a draw press. The Cinci was milling some
> steel plates and the Enshu was milling some steel blocks.
>   I wanted to get some pictures of the Enshu cutting the blocks but 2 hours
> later when I went out with the camera the job was completed. The job did not
> have any tool changes so it was not a good candidate for a video. I don't
> know what is going on it next. I will get a video shortly.
>   The Cinci is generating a lot of good feedback. One of our programmers
> said this is the best machine in the shop. One of my partners came in my
> office today to tell me the Cinci had circle interpolated a (I think) 4 inch
> hole within .0005 round. Neither man is easily impressed. I will get some
> pictures of the parts.
>   We moved the Dahlih into the main shop. Clyde, the machinist that ran the
> Dahlih in the back shop, wanted us to move it to the main shop so he could
> run it there. Clyde is not a CNC operator. Clyde is a crochety old manual
> machinist. He likes the Dahlih. He was very skeptical at first. When he saw
> the keyboard (the gui is AXIS) he turned up his nose. His finger now fly
> over the keys. We have a small cell set up for him. A manual bridgeport, a
> manual lathe and the Dahlih. I would love to set an EMC2 controlled lathe in
> his cell.
>   I have not worked on the G&L again - yet - I will get to it shortly.
>   EMC2 ROCKS
> thanks
> Stuart

Damn scary what good software will do. ;-)

Dave


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