List goals/aims/results? also Re: DeskWinNC, GeckoG210, Bridgett

Tim,

Is this a "size 42 modified" drive?

Thank you in advance.

Ballendo

>I know that many of you don't feel that maximum rapid rates are an
>issue for home shop use, but watching a table move 16" at 24 IPM is
>sure a waste of time.
>Tim

P.S. As for waste of time, it beats watching TV, and you "could" be
doing something also worthwhile, instead of/while watching... :-)

P.P.S. I've had some private posts which come from people who feel
the list has become non-useful to the NON Gecko/EMC/Insert whatever
here people. In other words, the people for whom 24IPM would be
WONDERFUL!

Others complain (NOT privately) that only a few people post. I hope
we can realise that BOTH ends of the spectrum are valid; and ALSO
notice that there is a bit of unintended "oppression" of these go-
slow newbies...

When we focus so much on how fast, and how wonderful, and "I could be
happy with .00025" (on a 'designed for'.001 machine!) They become
afraid to speak up, since they feel that they aren't even
doing "REAL" CNC...

Note: I've used Tims' quotes here because they are fresh, but others
also may be unintentionally keeping these people out of the
conversation. Not everyone can find, afford, or even wants, a
Bridgeport.

While I also hear from people who think we spend too much time
on "small stuff", these 'commercially oriented' people ARE more
likely to speak up, from what I've seen.

The list description specifically states "home shop" AND "not aimed
at commercial users".

I think that maybe the reason we have so many silent members, is that
they fear public ridicule, again , since they are content to go
24IPM, and NOT get bored!

This is also why I just posted that in july of 1983, 24IPM was as
fast as this bridgeport went! (So no one needs to feel bad about slow)

Thank you for listening. In the interest of ALL the list,

Ballendo

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Tim Goldstein <timg@k...> wrote:
All I can relate is
> that I had the Y doing 100+ ipm last night with the G210 Gecko
drive.
>
> [Denver, CO]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Tim,
> >
> > Wow, that is slow!!!! You'd want to plan your sequence of
operations
> > very carefully if you needed multiple tools on a large part.
Like
> > making a hole pattern, you might want to spot all the holes on
one
> > end, then change tools and drill, rather than "rapiding" (and I'm
> > using that term loosely) from one end of the part to the other
with
> > the same tool.
> >
> > Just to see what 25 ipm is like I set my 300ipm machine down to
25 to
> > get a feel for it. Frustratingly slow!!!
> >
> >
> > Just a thought, that 25ipm isn't the max cutting rate is it?
With a
> > faster rate for rapids? I thought someone posted a rapid rate of
> > 125ipm for the old BOSS stepper machines a while back.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Doug
> > FAQ: http://www.ktmarketing.com/faq.html