Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: PC based CNC system architecture

Wally K wrote:

> And one last thing. I am getting the impression you and Jon designed
> this to sell to indrustrial people and not necessarily the people on
> this list, would that be a fair statement.

Yes. I got into this whole cnc control thing because my own machine (a
Bridgeport V2E3) broke down, and there was really nowhere to turn for
help unless I was willing to spend a great deal of money ($5000-$25000).
This was almost 5 years ago and in the intervening time a lot has
happened that has reduced the cost of building cnc machines. My eventual
goal is to have a complete public domain or GPL manufacturing system
(CAD, CAM & CNC), and to have the cnc part (EMC) adopted by a major
machine tool manufacturer either as their standard control, or as an
option. I don't know how long this will take, or if it will ever happen
at all, but I'm going to keep doing what I can to make it happen. One
aspect of this is to have a "motion control peripheral" that is
inexpensive (on the industrial scale, not the hobbyist scale) and which
works "out of the box" with the EMC. There is other hardware that
performs this function now, like the Servo-to-Go card, but I'm not
really happy with its physical configuration. Anyway, that's some of the
"why it is the way it is" part.

Matt