On 10/8/2013 11:04 AM, John Alexander Stewart wrote: > Hi all; > > Over at http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=88623#1507866 > > (Model Engineer forums, a thread about reworking a Warco Lathe) are some > interesting and honest feedback postings. > > LinuxCNC works wonderfully, but has an issue with user perceptions - they > are used to the look and feel of Windows and Mach3. > > At first it is possible to say "they are out to lunch", but, why is Mach3 > so popular? Why do users continue using Mach3??
Wellll, I'm going to setup the PC for my mill dual boot XP and Linux. "Out of the box" Mach 3 runs the steppers I have nice and smooth. No fiddling or twiddling or tweaking and adjusting needed aside from setting the LPT port pin configuration and that the motors are 200 steps. (Finding where in the UI where the motors could be tested was a bit of an egg hunt.) To get LCNC to run them smooth and vibration free will require some experimenting with various settings. People like easy things, even when they can't do as much fancy stuff. I'm still collecting parts for my mill refit. Going to replace all three motor pulleys, bore and ream to 14mm instead of trying to adapt 14mm two-flat shaft to 5/8" keyed pulleys. Still waiting on the 14mm reamer to arrive. Got all new cogged belts. Just got the VFD yesterday, which I posted about here and got zero comments/thoughts about. It's a Teco/Westinghouse JNEV-203-H1. Should be able to replace most of the parts in the old spindle control box with that one unit. $232.14 from Wolfman Automation. Had aluminum adapter plates made by Augustine Machine for about $20 each so soon after the reamer shows up I can start installing the motors on the table and Z axis, then start on getting the software setup. The process is still 1. Get the mill operational 2. Start making the item I *need* CNC to make. 3. Go for fancy extras later. Got my fingers crossed for the motor to be good when I hook up the VFD and no expensive noises to come from the head. ;) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60134071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
