Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: What is everyone doing, building, wanting to learn?

Hi George:
Have you looked at trying to get the Bridgeport DX32 control setup for
your mill?
It is a PC control.
Runs in a DOS shell
Dirt simple to use
Post processors available from most CAM vendors
Pretty extensive subset of G code (includes helical and spiral
interpolation, programming with macros, subroutines etc.) Pretty standard G
code too.
Does not require a Druid's degree to understand.

I recommend it highly.

Marcus



-----Original Message-----
From: gmaithonis@... <gmaithonis@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com>
Date: Sunday, January 07, 2001 11:19 AM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: What is everyone doing, building, wanting to
learn?

>Tim,
>
>I am one of the silent majority on this list. I have read all the
>pertinent contributions to my cause for the last ten months and have
>learned many things.
>I am the proud owner of a Bridgeport Series I CNC Boss 6 rigid ram
>three stepper motor (x,y,z) vertical knee mill.
>
>My plan is as follows:
>1. Build a phase converter, for which I have obtained the components
>and plans already (10 HP).
>2. Attempt to fire up the mill with its existing Boss 6 control,
>just to see if it works, which, even if it does it may not be
>practical for me long term due to the high cost of maintenance(I've
>located a California based maintenance outfit).
>3. Select a combination of hardware/ operating system/ software,
>etc. that is:
>A. PC based, because it is IMO less expensive in the lang haul and
>is and is my personal preferance and is the industry trend as I see
>it.
>B. User friendly. I do not wish to learn Linux, EMC, or any other
>mind bending topics if it can be avoided. Ideally I am looking for a
>windows based system possibly utilizing a PCI or ISA motion control
>card plus motor drivers from suppliers on this list and some
>relatively low cost, user friendly software.
>4. This off the shelf control card will control either stepper
>motors (Bridgeport originals) or possibly some servo motors, on a
>future upgrade some time in the near future.
>5. I am content to watch and learn from the pioneers on this list,
>the ones with arrows sticking out of their backsides, by virtue of
>their experiences. Therefore my contribution to this list will not
>be in the first wave but will hopefully follow closely behind. I am
>currently focussing on resolving numbers 3 & 4 above. Any input in
>these areas is greatly appreciated. As my progress unfolds I'll
>submit an update to the list. Thank you all for your numerous and
>insitefull contributions.
>
>Respectfully, George Maithonis
>
>
>--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com, "Tim Goldstein" <timg@k...> wrote:
>> I was just reviewing past messages and it is amazing. We have
>almost 1000
>> people on this list and there are only about 10 of us that
>regularly say
>> things and probably only 30 or so that have even posted in the past
>month.
>>
>> What is going on with the rest of you? If you are trying to learn
>this
>> stuff, start asking some questions so we can have some discussion
>on topics
>> other than the esoteric. If you are a pro already please jump in
>and share
>> your knowledge. Tell the group what you are building, what you want
>to
>> build, what you have made that was a failure. Come on, there has to
>be more
>> happening out in our collective workshops than BSing about
>digitizers most
>> of us will never build and writing G-code parsers most of us will
>never
>> write. Don't mean to disparage these topics, but they are not high
>on my
>> list of exciting discussion topics. Let's hear about cutting some
>metal and
>> making chips or sparks (didn't want to forget the EDM part of our
>name).
>>
>> Tim
>> [Denver, CO]
>> On the quest to broaden our discussions
>
>
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