Re: [Emc-users] DIY CNC builder dilemma, open request for comments

2019-02-19 Thread John Dammeyer
Hi guys, I think the other thing that came up was the changing processor environment. The Beagles have been around for a few years now. I've just received the second edition of Derek Molloy's book. Much better than the first. But if I was going to complain about the BBB it would be the Linux

Re: [Emc-users] DIY CNC builder dilemma, open request for comments

2019-02-19 Thread John Dammeyer
My mill is equivalent to a Grizzly G3606. From the now defunct House of Tools. They handle the broken parts and assemble and make sure everything is there before I ever saw it. No real complaints but it's not a HAAS. Of course the price was nowhere near that either. I know for sure that I'm

Re: [Emc-users] DIY CNC builder dilemma, open request for comments

2019-02-19 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 2/19/19 5:28 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: I did find the actual supplier web site. http://newker-cnc.com/index.php?l=3 Having some trouble downloading the English manual but these are the units sold through Alibaba. There you go, classic problem with made in china. I'm not in any way saying

Re: [Emc-users] DIY CNC builder dilemma, open request for comments

2019-02-19 Thread John Dammeyer
I did find the actual supplier web site. http://newker-cnc.com/index.php?l=3 Having some trouble downloading the English manual but these are the units sold through Alibaba. I'm not in any way saying these are better than LinuxCNC on a PC or MachineKit on a Beaglebone. They do claim to be

Re: [Emc-users] Easy use of a 2 line URL [Was: Re: DIY CNC builder dilemma, open request for comments

2019-02-19 Thread Martin Dobbins
tinyurl.com Martin From: John Dammeyer Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 5:59 PM To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Easy use of a 2 line URL [Was: Re: DIY CNC builder dilemma, open request for comments What I do with long URLs

Re: [Emc-users] Easy use of a 2 line URL [Was: Re: DIY CNC builder dilemma, open request for comments

2019-02-19 Thread John Dammeyer
What I do with long URLs (outlook 2010) is edit the email message. I select 'Actions' and then 'Edit Message'. At that point I can turn the multi-line URL back into one long line. Add an ENTER key at the end of the line and the text highlighting even changes back to blue for the URL. Then

Re: [Emc-users] Easy use of a 2 line URL [Was: Re: DIY CNC builder dilemma, open request for comments

2019-02-19 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 19.02.19 07:32, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 18 February 2019 23:57:28 Erik Christiansen wrote: > > > On 18.02.19 22:47, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Already set true here Erik. Next? ;-) > > > > And it didn't take the lumpy URL when pasted whack in the middle of > > the screen? (Dunno that I

Re: [Emc-users] DIY CNC builder dilemma, open request for comments

2019-02-19 Thread Lester Caine
On 19/02/2019 17:30, John Dammeyer wrote: Lester, I would never buy the far east solution myself. My original point was that building a dedicated box that does everything and doesn't use, as the OP remarked, use old PC technology, isn't really an option when the price of those systems is so

Re: [Emc-users] Dedicated Processor hardware for LinuxCNC

2019-02-19 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 01:00:21 + (UTC) Greg Bentzinger via Emc-users wrote: > ( Greg ) > Every kid would love to ask for a pony, if they thought they could get it > they would ask for a unicorn. Reality however usually proves this to be > impractical to impossible. > Everything is changing

Re: [Emc-users] DIY CNC builder dilemma, open request for comments

2019-02-19 Thread John Dammeyer
Lester, I would never buy the far east solution myself. My original point was that building a dedicated box that does everything and doesn't use, as the OP remarked, use old PC technology, isn't really an option when the price of those systems is so low. I still think the BBB with Replicape is a

Re: [Emc-users] DIY CNC builder dilemma, open request for comments

2019-02-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 19 February 2019 04:20:28 Lester Caine wrote: > On 18/02/2019 22:07, John Dammeyer wrote: > > Then there is the Far East solutions like the one in this link. > >

Re: [Emc-users] Easy use of a 2 line URL [Was: Re: DIY CNC builder dilemma, open request for comments

2019-02-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 18 February 2019 23:57:28 Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 18.02.19 22:47, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Already set true here Erik. Next? ;-) > > And it didn't take the lumpy URL when pasted whack in the middle of > the screen? (Dunno that I have any other magic settings. That one > works

Re: [Emc-users] DIY CNC builder dilemma, open request for comments

2019-02-19 Thread Lester Caine
On 18/02/2019 22:07, John Dammeyer wrote: Then there is the Far East solutions like the one in this link. Just testing ... The problem I have with long