Is buying a machine like that really worthwhile? After you remove the dents, repaint the machine to cover the damage, replace the controls etc.
Why not just build a machine from scratch? If the crating was bad its quite possible that the frame could be tweaked also. I've heard of stories like this a few times. Dave On 6/10/2014 3:17 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 10 June 2014 12:56:23 Chris Kelley did opine > And Gene did reply: > >> Here at the Labs we recently bought a Chinese 4'X8' CNC router ( >> http://www.signstech.com/ProductShow.asp?ID=448) to replace the >> painfully slow, and awkwardly sized, 3'X5' router that was built years >> ago by one of our members. >> >> After removing it from the joke of a crate it was shipped in and noting >> the inevitable shipping damage (fortunately all cosmetic) we got it >> hooked up and running, jogging around at least. >> >> The software it came with is called NCstudio and, let me tell you, it >> is horrifying. Aside from only running under windows, calling the >> layout and translation 'bad' would be much like calling the current >> state of the Titanic 'wet'. Also, while it will let you input a G20 >> (inch mode) command without an error, it will proceed to execute all >> subsequent code as millimetres. > Oh goody. I think I'd have a lengthy conversation with the vendor with > the point being to at least get the SW's license fee refunded since it is > not in a usable state, and will never be used to make a nickels worth of > product. > >> Anyway, we had planned on converting it to LCNC when we ordered it and >> the new Mesa hardware just arrived yesterday (5i25 and 7i76). >> >> Pic of the machine is attached. > Impressive Chris, it does look beefy enough to stand the test of time. > > What sort of rapids do you expect to get once LCNC is running it? > >> -Chris Kelley >> -TX/RX Labs >> -Houston, TX >> -LinuxCNC Fest 2014, Oct. 18-25 > > Cheers, Gene Heskett ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
