That looks llike a very capable machine, Chris. I've been curious about those Chinese routers as a less expensive alternative for our cabinet shop. I hope you report back to this list on it's performance once you're up and running with it. I looked at the link you provided but didn't see the price. How much did it end up costing with the shipping?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist." -Kenneth Boulding, economist “How unfortunate that the Earth’s first intelligent social animal is a tribal carnivore” -E.O. Wilson, sociobiologist >________________________________ > From: Chris Kelley <chris.kel...@txrxlabs.org> >To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 11:56 AM >Subject: [Emc-users] New toy (4'X8' Router) for conversion > > >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. > >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. > >-Chris Kelley >-TX/RX Labs >-Houston, TX >-LinuxCNC Fest 2014, Oct. 18-25 > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
