[Emc-users] STOP RIGHT NOW...
and take this poll: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DB68YQF Thanks, Matt P.S. No ballet box stuffing and be honest, OK? -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] STOP RIGHT NOW...
On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 10:35:18AM -0400, Matt Shaver wrote: and take this poll: What the heck, Matt. I don't see linuxcnc on there. -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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Chris Radek wrote: and take this poll: What the heck, Matt. I don't see linuxcnc on there. But it's still got 22% ;) It will be a long time before I stop calling it -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] STOP RIGHT NOW...
Hi Chris, On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Chris Radek ch...@timeguy.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 10:35:18AM -0400, Matt Shaver wrote: and take this poll: What the heck, Matt. I don't see linuxcnc on there. It shows up as EMC2. -- Dave Hylands Shuswap, BC, Canada http://www.davehylands.com -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] STOP RIGHT NOW...
Matt Shaver wrote: and take this poll: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DB68YQF Thanks, Matt P.S. No ballet box stuffing and be honest, OK? Obviously most reporters must be hobby-level, as Mach has the largest number, and Fanuc is barely there. About stuffing the box, what if I have more than one actual machine running EMC2? What if I have more than one computer with EMC2 on it (with or without machine tool)? But, I see EMC2 has a REALLY good showing, currently 33%! Jon -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 11:42:02AM -0500, Jon Elson wrote: But, I see EMC2 has a REALLY good showing, currently 33%! Well if it's posted on the emc-users list, this is hardly surprising. Matt, how do you want to use these numbers? What is this for? -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] STOP RIGHT NOW...
Like any self selected participant survey, the results should be taken with a grain of salt. The instigator of this survey was Bob Warfield of CNC Cookbook fame. See: http://blog.cnccookbook.com/2012/07/31/survey-which-cnc-control-do-you-use/ -Original Message- From: Chris Radek [mailto:ch...@timeguy.com] Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 11:46 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] STOP RIGHT NOW... On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 11:42:02AM -0500, Jon Elson wrote: But, I see EMC2 has a REALLY good showing, currently 33%! Well if it's posted on the emc-users list, this is hardly surprising. Matt, how do you want to use these numbers? What is this for? -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] STOP RIGHT NOW...
On Fri, 3 Aug 2012 09:56:36 -0500 Chris Radek ch...@timeguy.com wrote: What the heck, Matt. I don't see linuxcnc on there. It's not my poll, it's this: http://blog.cnccookbook.com/2012/08/02/cnc-control-market-shares-what-are-the-most-popular-controls/ Thanks, Matt -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] STOP RIGHT NOW...
Bob is a mach guy (seems like a nice guy otherwise..) ;) . He cannot understand why you would need or want true closed loop control, realtime os - non buffered system. Peter tried to convince him :) http://www.cnczone.com/forums/1040843-post61.html sam On 8/3/2012 12:55 PM, Steve Stallings wrote: Like any self selected participant survey, the results should be taken with a grain of salt. The instigator of this survey was Bob Warfield of CNC Cookbook fame. See: http://blog.cnccookbook.com/2012/07/31/survey-which-cnc-control-do-you-use/ -Original Message- From: Chris Radek [mailto:ch...@timeguy.com] Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 11:46 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] STOP RIGHT NOW... On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 11:42:02AM -0500, Jon Elson wrote: But, I see EMC2 has a REALLY good showing, currently 33%! Well if it's posted on the emc-users list, this is hardly surprising. Matt, how do you want to use these numbers? What is this for? -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] STOP RIGHT NOW...
On Fri, 3 Aug 2012 11:46:00 -0500 Chris Radek ch...@timeguy.com wrote: Well if it's posted on the emc-users list, this is hardly surprising. Matt, how do you want to use these numbers? What is this for? This is a poll by Bob Warfield of cnccookbook.com. In the link I posted above ( blog.cnccookbook.com/2012/08/02/cnc-control-market-shares-what-are-the-most-popular-controls/ ) there is a preliminary analysis of their poll data in which they state: I suspect most Mach3 users wouldn’t have guessed LinuxCNC was as big as it is. I know I was surprised. I wish I had data over time in order to understand whether it was always this big or whether it has been steadily gaining share at Mach3′s expense. I get the feeling that the Mach folks feel that they own the world, so I wanted to be sure that linuxcnc (EMC2) was fairly represented. I really mean FAIRLY! I don't want any ballet stuffing or any other funny business, just a result that represents the widest possible sampling of the real world. Thanks, Matt -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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33% 2 hrs ago 39 now I think posting this was a good thing admittedly i was concerned it was spam so i checked carefully thanx. We need recognition and i am happy to see someone helping that -- jeremy youngs -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] STOP RIGHT NOW...
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Matt Shaver m...@mattshaver.com wrote: I suspect most Mach3 users wouldn’t have guessed LinuxCNC was as big as it is. I know I was surprised. I wish I had data over time in order to understand whether it was always this big or whether it has been steadily gaining share at Mach3′s expense. Unfortunately, this survey tells us nothing at all about the real popularity of anything. All we can tell for sure is that more Mach users have heard about the poll. The matter is made worse by the tiny sample set-- he is reaching conclusions based a sample of only 100 non-randomly-selected users. Unfortunately the two factors together combine to make the matter effectively meaningless. -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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all of the above is absolutely true mike , in my case however i had to chek the mazak fanuc 10, fanuc other, yasnac, haas and mach as i have used it in tormach. It does appear that by the results shown this is a hobbiest pole. Any press for us is good and the results so far at least show we are not a has run On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Mike Payson mikepay...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Matt Shaver m...@mattshaver.com wrote: I suspect most Mach3 users wouldn’t have guessed LinuxCNC was as big as it is. I know I was surprised. I wish I had data over time in order to understand whether it was always this big or whether it has been steadily gaining share at Mach3′s expense. Unfortunately, this survey tells us nothing at all about the real popularity of anything. All we can tell for sure is that more Mach users have heard about the poll. The matter is made worse by the tiny sample set-- he is reaching conclusions based a sample of only 100 non-randomly-selected users. Unfortunately the two factors together combine to make the matter effectively meaningless. -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- jeremy youngs -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] STOP RIGHT NOW...
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Mike Payson mikepay...@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunately, this survey tells us nothing at all about the real popularity of anything. All we can tell for sure is that more Mach users have heard about the poll. The matter is made worse by the tiny sample set-- he is reaching conclusions based a sample of only 100 non-randomly-selected users. Unfortunately the two factors together combine to make the matter effectively meaningless. -- To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure how much this affects most of us. Anyone that wants to use anything other than step/dir usually ends up using linuxcnc eventually anyway. And Linuxcnc garners a reasonable portion of the step/dir market too. I'm convinced Mach will eventually succumb to Microsoft anklebiting. Of course, using PCs for anything useful may eventually succumb to the iPad syndrome, but who knows? There are lots of people that are using Linuxcnc that we never hear from. The person that is responsible for the Shapeoko project, Edward Ford, is almost never heard from, but he's using Linuxcnc. I don't think most home cnc machines get any public exposure, and the commercial machines that use linuxcnc are even less likely to get public exposure. Popularity isn't that important to most users. Eric Keller -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] can't jog using handwheel with gantrykins
On 17 July 2012 17:38, Sebastian Kuzminsky s...@highlab.com wrote: Incremental jogging (as with a hand wheel) doesn't work with gantrykins :-( Continuous jogging does, but that doesn't help you much. I am not sure that is true either. I am looking at a config from the forum, and there is quite clearly no acceleration limiting applied when keyboard jogging that (gantrykins) config. In the case of the config I am looking at this was leading to f-errors because the stepgen access were low enough to show it. There is acceleration limiting in a trivkins config. I find the difference a bit puzzling. (This is with version 2.5.1) -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] can't jog using handwheel with gantrykins
On 3 August 2012 23:24, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: I am looking at a config from the forum, and there is quite clearly no acceleration limiting applied when keyboard jogging that (gantrykins) config. … And that is because there is no [TRAJ] DEFAULT_VELOCITY It looks like a PNCConf config, so perhaps one for Chris M. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] STOP RIGHT NOW...
on a similar note co we track how many times the live cd is downloaded? Or perhaps the number of updates? If we did it seems we would have numbers that were at least useable ? just thoughts On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Eric Keller eekel...@psu.edu wrote: On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Mike Payson mikepay...@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunately, this survey tells us nothing at all about the real popularity of anything. All we can tell for sure is that more Mach users have heard about the poll. The matter is made worse by the tiny sample set-- he is reaching conclusions based a sample of only 100 non-randomly-selected users. Unfortunately the two factors together combine to make the matter effectively meaningless. -- To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure how much this affects most of us. Anyone that wants to use anything other than step/dir usually ends up using linuxcnc eventually anyway. And Linuxcnc garners a reasonable portion of the step/dir market too. I'm convinced Mach will eventually succumb to Microsoft anklebiting. Of course, using PCs for anything useful may eventually succumb to the iPad syndrome, but who knows? There are lots of people that are using Linuxcnc that we never hear from. The person that is responsible for the Shapeoko project, Edward Ford, is almost never heard from, but he's using Linuxcnc. I don't think most home cnc machines get any public exposure, and the commercial machines that use linuxcnc are even less likely to get public exposure. Popularity isn't that important to most users. Eric Keller -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- jeremy youngs -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] STOP RIGHT NOW...
Matt Shaver wrote: and take this poll: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DB68YQF Thanks, Matt P.S. No ballet box stuffing and be honest, OK? Hey, we're now IN THE LEAD! Amazing! Jon -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] STOP RIGHT NOW...
On 4 August 2012 02:46, Jon Elson el...@pico-systems.com wrote: Hey, we're now IN THE LEAD! Amazing! Bad stats. For example the other section in the summary is clearly the result of 10 responses in total. i.e., one or two of each. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] STOP RIGHT NOW...
i wonder if he will adjust his biased pie charts ? http://blog.cnccookbook.com/2012/08/02/cnc-control-market-shares-what-are-the-most-popular-controls/ On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Jon Elson el...@pico-systems.com wrote: Matt Shaver wrote: and take this poll: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DB68YQF Thanks, Matt P.S. No ballet box stuffing and be honest, OK? Hey, we're now IN THE LEAD! Amazing! Jon -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- jeremy youngs -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] file sharing
thinking again, Andy i was checking your gmail profile with the cnc stuff in it and found the pictures of your encoder it occurred to me that the group may benefit from a gcode file sharing ability and even cad cam. I was really impressed with the encoder was the wheel made from circuit board? also the motor that you built is it a servo? making engines work ? i spent 15 yrs of life as an auto tech before moving to manufacturing -- jeremy youngs -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] file sharing
On 4 August 2012 04:02, jeremy youngs jcyoung...@gmail.com wrote: it occurred to me that the group may benefit from a gcode file sharing ability I don't think that we have a suitable area for that, so you might have a point. You can post files to the Wiki (but that might not be appropriate) or to the forum (but they will get buried). A dedicated, open, Gcode file dump might be worth having. I was really impressed with the encoder was the wheel made from circuit board? Which one? I have so-far made 6 encoders using 5 different techniques (laser print, machining, etching, paying money, using existing machine gears). also the motor that you built is it a servo? Yes, it's a slightly special 3-phase brushless servo. making engines work ? My day-job is programming diesel-engine control modules for a motor manufacturer with a blue, oval, badge. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] file sharing
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-T220N7Tiw8E/TwTD78fzoQI/BRM/rJ_xLsUUfC4/w269-h204-n-k/IMG_0272.JPG this one Im speculating in england you are programming implements if not Im very familiar with th 7.3 D.I.T and the 6.0 the 7.3 ran very well and the 6.0 im not in love with in 04 when it was introduced i swapped badges and went to work for a crappy american company that has had financial touble for 30 yrs or more :) Im pretty into yahoo groups also, they dont have a tremendous amount of file space but several groups i belong to just make more groups for files with consecutive names its just a thought. But think if you spend all the time drawing and programming if we did dump that would be of benefit to share. Which encoder did you like the best? 3phase ive got several (6?) 3phase motors and controllers with sla 7082? bldc chips attached and when i finish the mill i want to convert my rivettt lathe with them and need encoder for it. On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 11:16 PM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 4 August 2012 04:02, jeremy youngs jcyoung...@gmail.com wrote: it occurred to me that the group may benefit from a gcode file sharing ability I don't think that we have a suitable area for that, so you might have a point. You can post files to the Wiki (but that might not be appropriate) or to the forum (but they will get buried). A dedicated, open, Gcode file dump might be worth having. I was really impressed with the encoder was the wheel made from circuit board? Which one? I have so-far made 6 encoders using 5 different techniques (laser print, machining, etching, paying money, using existing machine gears). also the motor that you built is it a servo? Yes, it's a slightly special 3-phase brushless servo. making engines work ? My day-job is programming diesel-engine control modules for a motor manufacturer with a blue, oval, badge. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- jeremy youngs -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users