I've been gathering parts and pieces for a 3D printer for a while. Then I saw a 
review on Hackaday of the Monoprice Select Mini 3D printer. Inexpensive but 
quite well built.
A few weeks later, I decided just for the heck of it to see if jet.com had 
anything for 3D printers and they had that printer on a very good deal so I hit 
the buy button. So far the only problem with it has been the external power 
supply. Seems to be about a 90% failure rate but since it's 12 volt its cheap 
to replace with a first generation Xbox 360 brick, or there are 10 amp ones 
from Amazon that actually are capable of 10 amp output and plug right into the 
printer.
Some people are using the Mini printer to print parts to build bigger printers.



 
      From: Ron Ginger <rongin...@roadrunner.com>
 To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net 
 Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 6:16 AM
 Subject: Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC officially rocks
   
> ---- John Alexander Stewart <ivatt...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Agree that LinuxCNC is fantastic.
>> >
>> > What gets me is the number of Mach3 users - why don't they switch? Is it
>> > that they are (essentially) computer illiterate, and know only Windows
>> > (barely), or is it just momentum in the home hobbyist field??
>> >

I think many Mach3 users do not care, or even know, what is running 
their mill or router. They want to make parts, not play with machine 
controls.

The hobby cnc world has moved on in the last few years. When I got into 
this- nearly 20 years ago- you had to build your own, there were no 
choices. Now there are dozens of builders of whole machines, software 
included, ready to just 'plug and play' The world is full of 'makers' 
that want to make things, not work with software. And remember, windows 
won the desktop battle a long time ago.

I just bought an amazing little router- 4 axis, nicely built and 
finished, very nice control console, with a built in VFD for the 800 
watt water cooled spindle all for $900 shipped to my door in 4 days. It 
included a (cracked) copy of Mach3. I am sure most people installing and 
using it have no clue that linuxcnc, or any other software even exists, 
let alone will try to install it.

I am happy to be among the group that likes to play with my control 
software, but I am sure that puts me, and most of the people reading 
this, into a very small community-  maybe this is something we are the 1% :)

ron ginger
   
 
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