Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

[Stuart Stevenson]

Just for your information if you need it.
There is an electric motor rebuild shop here in Wichita Kansas.
They have a 2000hp dynamometer.
I don't know the hp rating but if the motor goes over that number they have
to coordinate a test the the hospital about 6 blocks away. The hospital and
the power company found out about their dyno when they browned out the
hospital a few years ago.
They do a good job of electric motor rebuilding.


On Sun, Jan 19, 2020 at 8:31 PM Gene Heskett  wrote:

> On Sunday 19 January 2020 19:20:12 R C wrote:
>
> > a 100HP motor, is about 75kW, so that's a little over 200kW for 3 of
> > them,  they might see a little blip.. especially near a 'larger' area
> >
> > I work in HPC, we deal with dozens of mW. I actually did get calls for
> > restarting "something"  being told...  please don't do that like that
> > ...
> >
> > (me and my team, unknowingly, caused brown outs *lol*)
> >
> I was in charge of a 30 kw visual output GE UHF tv transmitter back thru
> the 70's. KXNE-19 for the Nebraska ETV Commission, used 2 klystrons
> rated at 100kw input each, but they are old tech now and not very
> efficient, long since retired for more efficient technology, best eff
> was 28%, so when everything was singing on key, the building draw was
> around 230 kw unless the deicers were on which ran it up to 265 kw or
> so. We were Wayne County Nebraska's biggest customer until someone built
> a pair of 300 foot long air conditioned hog barns over east of Wayne. If
> that place sneezed, I had a couple power service trucks in the driveway
> in around 10 minutes. I didn't have to call them, they just sort of
> materialized.
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > On 1/19/20 5:00 PM, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> > > About a mile away is a few Cinci high speed 3 spindle 5 axis
> > > gantries. Each spindle has a 100 horse motor. I can imagine the
> > > power company could monitor and tell when they start.
> > >
> > > On Sun, Jan 19, 2020, 4:57 PM Jon Elson 
> wrote:
> > >> On 01/19/2020 12:38 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > >>> I heard rumors of the uni calling when it was oscillating as their
> > >>> seizmo stuff was registering it.  At the weight being moved I can
> > >>> imagine that scenario.  Were you present?
> > >>
> > >> It certainly was not vibrating to that level when I was
> > >> working on it.  It did have those insane
> > >> Gettys motors and drives, so I'll bet when something was not
> > >> set up right, it could create a
> > >> lot of vibration.  With all the massive aerospace
> > >> manufacturing in the area, I can't imagine
> > >> how anybody could localize where a vibration came from, though.
> > >>
> > >> Jon
> > >>
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Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

[Gene Heskett]

On Sunday 19 January 2020 19:20:12 R C wrote:

> a 100HP motor, is about 75kW, so that's a little over 200kW for 3 of
> them,  they might see a little blip.. especially near a 'larger' area
>
> I work in HPC, we deal with dozens of mW. I actually did get calls for
> restarting "something"  being told...  please don't do that like that
> ...
>
> (me and my team, unknowingly, caused brown outs *lol*)
>
I was in charge of a 30 kw visual output GE UHF tv transmitter back thru 
the 70's. KXNE-19 for the Nebraska ETV Commission, used 2 klystrons 
rated at 100kw input each, but they are old tech now and not very 
efficient, long since retired for more efficient technology, best eff 
was 28%, so when everything was singing on key, the building draw was 
around 230 kw unless the deicers were on which ran it up to 265 kw or 
so. We were Wayne County Nebraska's biggest customer until someone built 
a pair of 300 foot long air conditioned hog barns over east of Wayne. If 
that place sneezed, I had a couple power service trucks in the driveway 
in around 10 minutes. I didn't have to call them, they just sort of 
materialized.
>
> Ron
>
> On 1/19/20 5:00 PM, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> > About a mile away is a few Cinci high speed 3 spindle 5 axis
> > gantries. Each spindle has a 100 horse motor. I can imagine the
> > power company could monitor and tell when they start.
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 19, 2020, 4:57 PM Jon Elson  
wrote:
> >> On 01/19/2020 12:38 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >>> I heard rumors of the uni calling when it was oscillating as their
> >>> seizmo stuff was registering it.  At the weight being moved I can
> >>> imagine that scenario.  Were you present?
> >>
> >> It certainly was not vibrating to that level when I was
> >> working on it.  It did have those insane
> >> Gettys motors and drives, so I'll bet when something was not
> >> set up right, it could create a
> >> lot of vibration.  With all the massive aerospace
> >> manufacturing in the area, I can't imagine
> >> how anybody could localize where a vibration came from, though.
> >>
> >> Jon
> >>
> >>
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Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

[Jon Elson]

On 01/19/2020 06:00 PM, Stuart Stevenson wrote:

About a mile away is a few Cinci high speed 3 spindle 5 axis gantries. Each
spindle has a 100 horse motor. I can imagine the power company could
monitor and tell when they start.


Yes, years ago at our university dorms, they had a 500 Hp 
electric turbine chiller.  There was a phone on the side
of the unit with a list of all the electric company control 
rooms that had to be notified before the motor was
started.  It was a surprisingly long list.  Generally, the 
thing was started once per season.


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[R C]

a 100HP motor, is about 75kW, so that's a little over 200kW for 3 of 
them,  they might see a little blip.. especially near a 'larger' area


I work in HPC, we deal with dozens of mW. I actually did get calls for 
restarting "something"  being told...  please don't do that like that ...


(me and my team, unknowingly, caused brown outs *lol*)


Ron

On 1/19/20 5:00 PM, Stuart Stevenson wrote:

About a mile away is a few Cinci high speed 3 spindle 5 axis gantries. Each
spindle has a 100 horse motor. I can imagine the power company could
monitor and tell when they start.

On Sun, Jan 19, 2020, 4:57 PM Jon Elson  wrote:


On 01/19/2020 12:38 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:

I heard rumors of the uni calling when it was oscillating as their seizmo
stuff was registering it.  At the weight being moved I can imagine that
scenario.  Were you present?

It certainly was not vibrating to that level when I was
working on it.  It did have those insane
Gettys motors and drives, so I'll bet when something was not
set up right, it could create a
lot of vibration.  With all the massive aerospace
manufacturing in the area, I can't imagine
how anybody could localize where a vibration came from, though.

Jon


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Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

[Stuart Stevenson]

About a mile away is a few Cinci high speed 3 spindle 5 axis gantries. Each
spindle has a 100 horse motor. I can imagine the power company could
monitor and tell when they start.

On Sun, Jan 19, 2020, 4:57 PM Jon Elson  wrote:

> On 01/19/2020 12:38 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > I heard rumors of the uni calling when it was oscillating as their seizmo
> > stuff was registering it.  At the weight being moved I can imagine that
> > scenario.  Were you present?
> It certainly was not vibrating to that level when I was
> working on it.  It did have those insane
> Gettys motors and drives, so I'll bet when something was not
> set up right, it could create a
> lot of vibration.  With all the massive aerospace
> manufacturing in the area, I can't imagine
> how anybody could localize where a vibration came from, though.
>
> Jon
>
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Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

[R C]

I run a seismograph, you can triangulate signals.  However, I don't know 
why they would see it (or be disturbed by it), the signals they'd be 
looking for  are < 10Hz (cheap geophones) or < 1Hz for anything real 
serious.  Also, since it is not a seismic signal (I am pretty sure)  
they could/would filter it out?


can you register vibrations?  you betcha,  I have a pretty inexpensive 
set of geophones, but I can tell the diffrence between the schoolbus 
driving by, or the UPS truck... (helicopters have a pretty distinct 
pattern too.  :) )


If you are "banging" pretty hard, and just a few hundred feet away,  
yeah, they'd see it.  if the distance is significantly larger..  it 
would register as noise at best.


just my 2 cts,


Ron



Ron

On 1/19/20 3:54 PM, Jon Elson wrote:

On 01/19/2020 12:38 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
I heard rumors of the uni calling when it was oscillating as their 
seizmo

stuff was registering it.  At the weight being moved I can imagine that
scenario.  Were you present?
It certainly was not vibrating to that level when I was working on 
it.  It did have those insane
Gettys motors and drives, so I'll bet when something was not set up 
right, it could create a
lot of vibration.  With all the massive aerospace manufacturing in the 
area, I can't imagine

how anybody could localize where a vibration came from, though.

Jon


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Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

[Jon Elson]

On 01/19/2020 12:38 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:

I heard rumors of the uni calling when it was oscillating as their seizmo
stuff was registering it.  At the weight being moved I can imagine that
scenario.  Were you present?
It certainly was not vibrating to that level when I was 
working on it.  It did have those insane
Gettys motors and drives, so I'll bet when something was not 
set up right, it could create a
lot of vibration.  With all the massive aerospace 
manufacturing in the area, I can't imagine

how anybody could localize where a vibration came from, though.

Jon


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Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

[andy pugh]

On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 at 18:09, Sam Sokolik  wrote:
>
> That is what makes linuxcnc awesome.   It will run your smallest desktop or
> your largest machining center...
>
> https://youtu.be/39q6kvrSBSk

I wonder if you have the oldest purpose-built CNC still running?

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Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

[Gene Heskett]

On Sunday 19 January 2020 12:03:06 Jon Elson wrote:

> On 01/18/2020 11:50 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > In watching the Cinci 5 axis move, the impressive thing to
> > me is how slow it moves.
>
> It is the same thing with why people get hit by trains.
> Their size fools you into thinking they are
> moving slowly, when they are actually moving faster than you
> think.
>
> I did some servo tuning on that Cinci some years ago, and it
> CAN move pretty quickly.
> For us guys who don't regularly use such big iron, it
> DEFINITELY can be intimidating!
>
> Jon
>
I heard rumors of the uni calling when it was oscillating as their seizmo 
stuff was registering it.  At the weight being moved I can imagine that 
scenario.  Were you present?
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Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

[Sam Sokolik]

That is what makes linuxcnc awesome.   It will run your smallest desktop or
your largest machining center...

https://youtu.be/39q6kvrSBSk

On Sun, Jan 19, 2020, 11:05 AM Jon Elson  wrote:

> On 01/18/2020 11:50 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > In watching the Cinci 5 axis move, the impressive thing to
> > me is how slow it moves.
> It is the same thing with why people get hit by trains.
> Their size fools you into thinking they are
> moving slowly, when they are actually moving faster than you
> think.
>
> I did some servo tuning on that Cinci some years ago, and it
> CAN move pretty quickly.
> For us guys who don't regularly use such big iron, it
> DEFINITELY can be intimidating!
>
> Jon
>
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Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

[Jon Elson]

On 01/18/2020 11:50 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
In watching the Cinci 5 axis move, the impressive thing to 
me is how slow it moves.
It is the same thing with why people get hit by trains.  
Their size fools you into thinking they are
moving slowly, when they are actually moving faster than you 
think.


I did some servo tuning on that Cinci some years ago, and it 
CAN move pretty quickly.
For us guys who don't regularly use such big iron, it 
DEFINITELY can be intimidating!


Jon


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Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

[Tomaz T .]

Hi,
mine is not actually retrofit, but it can be used in commercial purposes, and 
it is 5-axis, electronics from Pico.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2MSzw1MhYU

Regards!


From: andrew beck 
Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2020 7:14 PM
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) 
Subject: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

Hi guys

I was just wondering who here has retrofitted any big commercial machines
with linuxcnc  and who actually uses there machine to make parts everyday.
I work in machine shops and am using fagor/ siemens/ controllers all the
time.  and I am retrofitting a cnc mill myself as a project and so I can
start my own machine shop at home on the farm.

I was thinking maybe if everyone makes a quick video of their machine I
could make a google drive link that everyone can add the videos to.  Then I
could compile everything into one big video.  It would be cool to see all
the big cool projects hiding out there that people have retrofitted with
linux cnc

There are not enough videos of machines actually making parts that are
professional quality.  I know linuxcnc is completely capable of it.  But
just haven't seen many examples.

Regards

Andrew

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Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 18 January 2020 23:48:59 Jon Elson wrote:

> On 01/18/2020 01:14 PM, andrew beck wrote:
> > Hi guys
> >
> > I was just wondering who here has retrofitted any big commercial
> > machines with linuxcnc  and who actually uses there machine to make
> > parts everyday. I work in machine shops and am using fagor/ siemens/
> > controllers all the time.  and I am retrofitting a cnc mill myself
> > as a project and so I can start my own machine shop at home on the
> > farm.
>
> Stuart Stevenson made these videos when he was previously at
> MPM in Wichita, KS.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxxdq6y8z8M
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn1bJ3YAQdI
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35tHYaDUmZQ
>
> He had 2 GIANT Cincinnatti 5-axis mills there, one
> previously retrofitted with OpenCNC, and this
> one with LinuxCNC.  He built a 5-axis error compensation
> matrix to correct motion alignment errors
> in the machine, and added this to the LinuxCNC code.  The
> demo with the 3 indicators on the big ball
> shows that the errors are well compensated while all 5 axes
> are in motion.
>
> MPM also had a colossal Giddings and Lewis horizontal boring
> mill, also run by LinuxCNC.
>
> He later left MPM and set up his own shop where he has a
> couple more of the 5-axis Cincis, and a bunch
> of other machines.
>
> I don't make parts every day, but most of the work on my
> Bridgeport is for commercial production.
> But, since I am the only guy here, I have to do all the
> other work as well.
>
> I'm helping a local guy retrofit a Hardinge CHNC I lathe
> which will go into commercial production when
> we get it finished.
>
> Jon
>
But, fancy comp schemes aren't limited to the huge stuffs. On my Sheldon 
11x56, I have used that lincurve code to compensate for bed wear of that 
70 yo machine. I can now go from just clearing the chuck to the 
tailstock with a max OD variation of +- .0015". I could get closer but 
the lincurve module only has 16 correction points. I've conjured up a 
way to use 2 to get even closer, but haven't actually implemented it 
yet.  All done by an r-pi4b.  But because the left Z screw covering  
bellows is being compressed enough to affect the carriages seating on 
the v-way, I need to add tapered gibs to hold it down better before the 
finer grained lincurve is worth implementing.  That and write an 
automatic calibrator based on the bore sighting laser setup I've used to 
calibrate it by hand. IMO, extreme accuracy can be obtained from any 
machine rigid enough to hold those settings.

That to me is the beauty of linuxcnc, you can make it do anything you 
want it to. If you can measure the error, you can compensate for it. I 
don't have an interferometer so no way to detect longitudinal screw 
errors in C7 grade screws. But if I did have that tool, I could correct 
that too.

In watching the Cinci 5 axis move, the impressive thing to me is how slow 
it moves.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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[Jon Elson]

On 01/18/2020 01:14 PM, andrew beck wrote:

Hi guys

I was just wondering who here has retrofitted any big commercial machines
with linuxcnc  and who actually uses there machine to make parts everyday.
I work in machine shops and am using fagor/ siemens/ controllers all the
time.  and I am retrofitting a cnc mill myself as a project and so I can
start my own machine shop at home on the farm.

Stuart Stevenson made these videos when he was previously at 
MPM in Wichita, KS.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxxdq6y8z8M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn1bJ3YAQdI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35tHYaDUmZQ

He had 2 GIANT Cincinnatti 5-axis mills there, one 
previously retrofitted with OpenCNC, and this
one with LinuxCNC.  He built a 5-axis error compensation 
matrix to correct motion alignment errors
in the machine, and added this to the LinuxCNC code.  The 
demo with the 3 indicators on the big ball
shows that the errors are well compensated while all 5 axes 
are in motion.


MPM also had a colossal Giddings and Lewis horizontal boring 
mill, also run by LinuxCNC.


He later left MPM and set up his own shop where he has a 
couple more of the 5-axis Cincis, and a bunch

of other machines.

I don't make parts every day, but most of the work on my 
Bridgeport is for commercial production.
But, since I am the only guy here, I have to do all the 
other work as well.


I'm helping a local guy retrofit a Hardinge CHNC I lathe 
which will go into commercial production when

we get it finished.

Jon


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[andrew beck]

Yes I know about that.  It needs updating I think.  Not to put down the
work people have done on it!  I definitely appreciate it.  Just think it
could be updated with some new retros.  There are only a couple of examples
on there that are decently sized that I can see

Really thinking about it.  If people send their videos in they should be
added to the linuxcnc showcase

On Sun, Jan 19, 2020, 8:39 AM bari  wrote:

> You could start by looking here:
> http://linuxcnc.org/showcase/
>
> On 1/18/20 1:14 PM, andrew beck wrote:
> > Hi guys
> >
> > I was just wondering who here has retrofitted any big commercial machines
> > with linuxcnc  and who actually uses there machine to make parts
> everyday.
> > I work in machine shops and am using fagor/ siemens/ controllers all the
> > time.  and I am retrofitting a cnc mill myself as a project and so I can
> > start my own machine shop at home on the farm.
> >
> > I was thinking maybe if everyone makes a quick video of their machine I
> > could make a google drive link that everyone can add the videos to.
> Then I
> > could compile everything into one big video.  It would be cool to see all
> > the big cool projects hiding out there that people have retrofitted with
> > linux cnc
> >
> > There are not enough videos of machines actually making parts that are
> > professional quality.  I know linuxcnc is completely capable of it.  But
> > just haven't seen many examples.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Andrew
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Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

[Andy Pugh]

> On 18 Jan 2020, at 19:16, andrew beck  wrote:
> 
> 
> I was just wondering who here has retrofitted any big commercial machines
> with linuxcnc

Well, there is Stuart’s little toy :-)

https://youtu.be/mxxdq6y8z8M


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Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

[Stuart Stevenson]

go to youtube and search for sws1253
you will find a few videos
that is my (such as it is) channel - I haven't added anything for a long
time but you may find it interesting

mpm no longer has this machine - it went to a shop in Tulsa - I have been
in contact with the shop in Tulsa a few times - they are happy with it
afaik.

I am no longer with mpm

I heard of a comment from programming at mpm before they sold it - "Why are
you getting rid of it - it is the most accurate machine in the shop?"
mpm also sold the enshu and G
now they only have the Dahlih with LinuxCNC

mpm and I did not part amicably so I think the reason they got rid of the
LinuxCNC machine is they were my babies. :)

regards
Stuart


On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 2:28 PM Gene Heskett  wrote:

> On Saturday 18 January 2020 14:14:54 andrew beck wrote:
>
> > Hi guys
> >
> > I was just wondering who here has retrofitted any big commercial
> > machines with linuxcnc  and who actually uses there machine to make
> > parts everyday. I work in machine shops and am using fagor/ siemens/
> > controllers all the time.  and I am retrofitting a cnc mill myself as
> > a project and so I can start my own machine shop at home on the farm.
> >
> > I was thinking maybe if everyone makes a quick video of their machine
> > I could make a google drive link that everyone can add the videos to.
> > Then I could compile everything into one big video.  It would be cool
> > to see all the big cool projects hiding out there that people have
> > retrofitted with linux cnc
> >
> > There are not enough videos of machines actually making parts that are
> > professional quality.  I know linuxcnc is completely capable of it.
> > But just haven't seen many examples.
> >
> > Regards
>
> > Andrew
>
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Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 18 January 2020 14:14:54 andrew beck wrote:

> Hi guys
>
> I was just wondering who here has retrofitted any big commercial
> machines with linuxcnc  and who actually uses there machine to make
> parts everyday. I work in machine shops and am using fagor/ siemens/
> controllers all the time.  and I am retrofitting a cnc mill myself as
> a project and so I can start my own machine shop at home on the farm.
>
> I was thinking maybe if everyone makes a quick video of their machine
> I could make a google drive link that everyone can add the videos to. 
> Then I could compile everything into one big video.  It would be cool
> to see all the big cool projects hiding out there that people have
> retrofitted with linux cnc
>
> There are not enough videos of machines actually making parts that are
> professional quality.  I know linuxcnc is completely capable of it. 
> But just haven't seen many examples.
>
> Regards

> Andrew

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Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

[bari]

You could start by looking here:
http://linuxcnc.org/showcase/

On 1/18/20 1:14 PM, andrew beck wrote:
> Hi guys
>
> I was just wondering who here has retrofitted any big commercial machines
> with linuxcnc  and who actually uses there machine to make parts everyday.
> I work in machine shops and am using fagor/ siemens/ controllers all the
> time.  and I am retrofitting a cnc mill myself as a project and so I can
> start my own machine shop at home on the farm.
>
> I was thinking maybe if everyone makes a quick video of their machine I
> could make a google drive link that everyone can add the videos to.  Then I
> could compile everything into one big video.  It would be cool to see all
> the big cool projects hiding out there that people have retrofitted with
> linux cnc
>
> There are not enough videos of machines actually making parts that are
> professional quality.  I know linuxcnc is completely capable of it.  But
> just haven't seen many examples.
>
> Regards
>
> Andrew
>
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[Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

[andrew beck]

Hi guys

I was just wondering who here has retrofitted any big commercial machines
with linuxcnc  and who actually uses there machine to make parts everyday.
I work in machine shops and am using fagor/ siemens/ controllers all the
time.  and I am retrofitting a cnc mill myself as a project and so I can
start my own machine shop at home on the farm.

I was thinking maybe if everyone makes a quick video of their machine I
could make a google drive link that everyone can add the videos to.  Then I
could compile everything into one big video.  It would be cool to see all
the big cool projects hiding out there that people have retrofitted with
linux cnc

There are not enough videos of machines actually making parts that are
professional quality.  I know linuxcnc is completely capable of it.  But
just haven't seen many examples.

Regards

Andrew

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