Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Best CNC Textbooks

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From: "James Owens" <wotisname@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Best CNC Textbooks


> Hi Jan,
>
> You have my ten votes to publish. I would love to read it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Terry
>
>
> > It would be great to be able to read your article!
> > Alex
>
> >
> >
>
> > >
> > > > What are some of the best texts on CNC ? - need info on both
> programming
> > and
> > > > building a CNC system.
> > > >
> > > Joe!
> > >
> > > At the outset, I must admit I am NOT a professional machinist nor "CNC
> > guru."
> > > I only built FOUR little CNC lathes from scratch, first operated by
an
> > > ancient Commodore PET using BASIC!, and the last two VERY successfully
> > using
> > > OLD Tandy 1500HD laptops, running GWBASIC. Being ignernt at the
outset,
> > and
> > > there BEING no info "off the shelf" for a beginner to read in 1978-on,
I
> > > taught myself.
> > >
> > > However, I TRIED, and got the following books. I scanned them, but
> > realized
> > > that IF I wanted to learn anything about professional CNC, I'd have to
> go
> > > into "disciplined mode" and "study," and, well, NEVERmind! But I
still
> > have
> > > the books "for reference," doncha know! They are:
> > >
> > > NC MACHINE PROGRAMMING AND SOFTWARE DESIGN by Chao-Hwa Chang and
Michel
> > (NO,
> > > not Michael!) A. Melkanoff. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
> > > NICELY bound hardback book with drawings. Looks like an EXCELLENT
> > beginning!
> > >
> > >
> > > Second, perhaps useful: (I had marked "$35.00 cost" on the cover of
> THIS
> > > one!) AN OPERATORS [sic!] INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL
> > written
> > > by Chris Mackay. Plastic multiloop spine--you know those left-edges
of
> > each
> > > page punched with 19 small rectangular holes. 89 pages (pages printed
> on
> > > both sides of paper)
> > >
> > > This one looks to me like it was probably originally published as a
> > textbook
> > > for H.S. Vocational Arts classes on CNC machining: Introduction to
> NC/CNC
> > > Operation William W. Luggen. Lotsa explanatory diagrams, drawings,
> and
> > a
> > > few BW photos.
> > >
> > > Question to the entire CCED group: For us NON-machinists, should I
> write
> > a
> > > 2- or 3-page article on how to use GWBASIC (or probably MOST BASIC's
> would
> > > work?) to send STEP-pulses out the LPT-1 for X- and Y-, and to control
> the
> > > tail-stock and spindle-motor??? Would a little document that size be
> too
> > > much for the FILES department of this group? TELL ME! I can do
> straight
> > > lines at any angle with simple FOR-NEXT loops, and CURVES of any
> > mathematical
> > > form (circles, ellipses, parallelogram, etc.) using a bit of RAM to
hold
> a
> > > "lookup table" which is generated when the program is first RUN.
> Perhaps
> > a
> > > proper discussion of how I do curves that way would be a bit much for
> said
> > > article, as there are "important details" I have discovered over the
> years
> > > which would add-up in pages!
> > >
> > > Jan Rowland
>
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