On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 4:47 PM John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> wrote:
> > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Wendt [mailto:wendt.m...@gmail.com] > > Completely > > redesigning a working system to satisfy a small number of people who > might > > or would like something different I'm sure is not something the > developers > > of this great software would consider. > > > > So,like I said before, fork off to a new branch, do your design work, > write > > your code and rule the CNC world. Don't expect somebody else to do your > > work for the things you want. You want it, you make it happen. > > > > Mark > > Mark, > Why did you change from MACH3 to LinuxCNC? What was it about MACH3 you > didn't like? Forget for a moment that it's Windows or Linux as a reason. > What was it that made LinuxCNC Axis (or what do you use?) so much nicer. > And for how many years did you run MACH3 before you changed? Do you miss > the wizards? > > Also I wonder how many of these are sold per year? > > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10000055531039.html > > The pictures on the web site look more like CAD representations but there > are other aliexpress and banggood sites that sell similar products. > > Does anyone on this list have one like this? > > Just curious. > John Dammeyer > Never said I changed from Mach 3 to LinuxCNC. I've not owned a Windows machine for the better part of 30 years. My days as a system and network admin were done on VMS, Unix, DecUnix, HP-UX, SGI, Solaris and Linux. My first machine was built and used LinuxCNC. Been using LinuxCNC for over 20 years. Wouldn't switch to anything else, especially since any form of Windows is outlawed in either my home or shop. Doesn't matter to me how many units that Aliexpress sold per year of that controller. Wouldn't work on my machine, so I have no need to even consider it. Mach 3 would have been a poor choice for my machine too. LinuxCNC (EMC/EMC2 at the time when I designed and built my machine) offered me the flexibility to be able to make my machine work the way I wanted it to. Nothing else came close. Mark _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
