> From: Mark Wendt [mailto:wendt.m...@gmail.com] > On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 4:47 PM John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> wrote: > > 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?
> Never said I changed from Mach 3 to LinuxCNC. I've not owned a Windows > machine for the better part of 30 years. Oops. Sorry. For some reason I thought you had. What I'm looking for are reasons why perhaps (again other than a dislike of Windows) why people changed. > 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. I understand that. I think that Chris was basically trying to say the same thing. If for example those types of far east controllers were selling in the thousands that might say a lot about that type of user interface. OTOH, I've not seen that sort of a control system on any of the Grizzly Tools mills nor on any mills from Princess Auto or KMS tools here in Canada. I do remember someone, maybe on the MACH group, stating they'd bought two for their mills and were extremely happy with them. That they no longer had to muck with a PC and could continue making chips. Even if I did build an ELS-MILL I would never expect anyone with a proper functioning system to change. I know I wouldn't. For example I have a DRO-550 in addition to the two DRO350 kits. I'm still using the first DRO-350 I built. The second was to be a spare. The DRO-550 was to replace it but never did. So I'm likely the last person to change easily. That's why my PC on the mill is still dual boot. Just in case I wanted to keep it the same as the CNC router which is still running MACH3 on WIN-XP and a Shuttle Xpress as the MPG. BTW, I really like that little unit. I think we're all basically in agreement that the design needs to be done first. And before the design, a list of requirements. John Dammeyer _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
