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

On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 7:50 PM Rafael Skodlar wrote: > > We need specialized SBCs for industrial and CNC systems obviously. It > would be nice to have a handful of well known brands to select from for > DIY projects. They could be functionally the same but use different CPU. > I would

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

On 2/23/19 7:29 PM, Dave Cole wrote: On 2/20/2019 8:42 AM, Ken Strauss wrote: -Original Message- From: John Dammeyer [mailto:jo...@autoartisans.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 12:07 AM To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' Subject: Re: [Emc-users] DIY CNC builder dilemma

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

On 2/20/2019 8:42 AM, Ken Strauss wrote: -Original Message- From: John Dammeyer [mailto:jo...@autoartisans.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 12:07 AM To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' Subject: Re: [Emc-users] DIY CNC builder dilemma, open request for comments My mill

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

On Wednesday 20 February 2019 04:34:14 Lester Caine wrote: > On 20/02/2019 06:01, John Dammeyer wrote: > > And I realize this is not the majority opinion. > > The main problem here is that to China the rest of the world IS a > minority market. The cost of translation to even just English is >

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

> -Original Message- > From: John Dammeyer [mailto:jo...@autoartisans.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 12:07 AM > To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] DIY CNC builder dilemma, open request for comments > > My mill is equivale

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

On 20/02/2019 06:01, John Dammeyer wrote: And I realize this is not the majority opinion. The main problem here is that to China the rest of the world IS a minority market. The cost of translation to even just English is something they don't need to bother with WHILE they had sufficient

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

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

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

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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

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

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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] DIY CNC builder dilemma, open request for comments

is a good choice even if I'm not using mine yet. John > -Original Message- > From: Lester Caine [mailto:les...@lsces.co.uk] > Sent: February-19-19 1:20 AM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] DIY CNC builder dilemma, open request for > comments

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

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] DIY CNC builder dilemma, open request for comments

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

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

On Monday 18 February 2019 17:07:14 John Dammeyer wrote: > Let's try this then. > > Then there is the Far East solutions like the one in this link. > is_603 43603384.html?spm=a2700.7724857.normalList.37.3701292eTmjk5p> > >

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

>> From: John Dammeyer [mailto:jo...@autoartisans.com] >> Sent: February-18-19 2:07 PM >> To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' >> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] DIY CNC builder dilemma, open request for >> comments >> >> Let's try this then. >> &g

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th a far east by making a custom board. John > -Original Message- > From: John Dammeyer [mailto:jo...@autoartisans.com] > Sent: February-18-19 2:07 PM > To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] DIY CNC builder dilemma, open

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

Let's try this then. Then there is the Far East solutions like the one in this link. John Dammeyer ___

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

On Monday 18 February 2019 14:11:38 John Dammeyer wrote: > > However, I started to wonder last year what's the future of > > LinuxCNC? What concerns me most is the computing part mainly based > > on silly old PC architecture from the 80's. Using PCs for that > > purpose made sense in the early

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

> However, I started to wonder last year what's the future of LinuxCNC? > What concerns me most is the computing part mainly based on silly old PC > architecture from the 80's. Using PCs for that purpose made sense in the > early 1990s to about 2010 but now it's time to move on IMO. I don't see >

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

On 02/18/2019 10:58 AM, Rafael Skodlar wrote: However, I started to wonder last year what's the future of LinuxCNC? What concerns me most is the computing part mainly based on silly old PC architecture from the 80's. Using PCs for that purpose made sense in the early 1990s to about 2010

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

Hi everybody, I'm following this mailing list for a number of years with one year interruption during kitchen remodeling and unplanned medical leave last year. First annoyance was subscribing again to post to the list. Now I'm getting two copies of each email. Having experience with