Re: Re: What do we want?

Ray Henry wrote:

> From: Ray Henry <rehenry@...>
>
> Several have posted good comments on this cad/cam thing and seem to be
> moving toward a group project to make some kind of expert machining system.
> I'm trying to get my head around the nature of the problem(s) that we are
> trying to work on.
>
> Statements of the problem?
>
> Knowledge - One problem is that we have, are getting, or are
> making/retrofitting cnc machines but do not have the experience with and
> knowledge of machining to confidently program those machines to make the
> kinds of product that we want or need to produce. (Speeds and feeds,
> tooling, materials)

Why do you say that? I think I have enough experience to do what I
need done, I've been (seriously) machining about 18 years.

> CAD/CAM/Linux - One problem for the emc/linux people is that they do not
> have a good cad/cam system available to them in that os.

Probably true right now.

> Machine Code - One problem for some is that their machine uses code or
> moves that are not compatible with the output of currently available programs.

Most programs use 'G-code', RS-274D.

> CAD/CAM Program Cost - One problem for many is the high cost in cash and
> time of product development cad/cam systems for HSM and small production
> shop kinds of folk.

Yes, the finest moldmaking software is definitely very expensive.

Jon