>>To be fair, some 3D printers *DO* run Mach. I didn't know that, thanks for correcting me.
How are they doing temperature control with Mach3 ?? Or are they not doing that. Dave On 10/22/2014 4:24 PM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > On 10/22/2014 12:38 PM, Dave Cole wrote: >> LinuxCNC is constantly being developed and redeveloped. Do you see any >> derivation of Mach3/4 being used on 3D printers. No. > To be fair, some 3D printers *DO* run Mach. AFAIK, it's not that many, > and mostly the "retrofit" sort of printer where someone attaches an > extruder to the business end of an existing mill (known as a "Rep-Strap" > by the 3D printer folks), but they are out there, and it's not really > any more or less hassle to use Mach than LinuxCNC (both support "normal" > gcode, are confused by the RepRap flavor gcode, need some sort of file > translation to get things working, and are not without "sharp edges"). > > I think LinuxCNC is overall a better fit than Mach for the Maker / > Hacker crowd because: > > * It's open source (this is a *BIG* deal with most makers) > > * Most of the maker folks have experience with Linux, or at least aren't > scared of it > > * LinuxCNC is far more powerful and configurable than Mach or the other > machine control options (think Linux is hard? Try writing real-time > microcontroller firmware for an AVR based Arduino that's heavily CPU > bound!). > > I'm working on "beating the drum" (with the last point especially), but > it's hard to convince folks of what they're missing (halscope, run time > editable configurations, etc) when they are used to having to compile > firmware to do something like change the axis gain. <sigh> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
