Re: Manuals.

Tom,

Thank you. Yes, I still post many dozens of messages and replys each
day to folks doing their own DIY; and have the DIY-CNC yahoo group,
and my 9x20Lathe group and others as well.

In short, my committment to DIY is as strong as ever; I simply have
read literally hundreds of times now that folks generally feel far
less qualified in the electronics arena than in other portions of
the task.
And with so many good folks--such as yourself and Jim, Dave, Phil,
Jeff, Mariss, Dan, Bob--offering the "middle" option, plug-and-cut
was pretty much the only open "niche". It also lends itself better
to our machines; which have been in the works for some time now.

I DO remember the conversation you've recalled, and I'd today take
the same stand as back then. It's based less on what "I" want than
what the original poster had/has asked for. In that thread he let us
know he wanted to do it himself, and asked for resources to learn
how...

FWIW, We've aquired www.cncresource.ORG as well, and are working
hard to put together this NON-store portion of our offering.

So while I'm QUITE sure that I'm currently leaning pretty far in
the "commercial" direction--all meanings of that word-- I believe my
heart is still in the right place.

Thank you again for the kind words,

Ballendo

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "caudlet" <thom@...> wrote:
>>B wrote:P.S. It's not just old heathkit manuals... Lately I've
>>been re-reading through a stack of old POPmechanics from mid to
>>late 60's. Quite a difference in what was expected to be possible
>>for the "popular mechanic" of that time. Things change...

>"things change".....they must. I find it interesting that the
person
> that took me to task a year or two ago for suggesting that a member
> posting about building their own motor driver would be better off
> buying an assembled and tested unit from someplace like Gecko now
> advocates not so MUCH DIY. Your argument at the time was that I
> should not stifle the creative juices of the members and that we
> should strive to do as much of the build ourselves as possible.
>
>So how come all of a sudden I look around and you are standing on my
>side of the fence?
>
>Funny how the practical side of economics skews a thought process.
>
>I have no problem with your flip and your entry into the merchant
side
> of the equation. There is plenty of demand and a lot of good
>solutions out there that already exist. Come on in the water's
fine!
>I do hope you don't use every thread as an excuse to talk about your
>products (sometimes called the FRED syndrome) and will continue to
>help the new entrants into our interesting hobby with thoughful
answers.
>
>
> Tom Caudle
> North Texas
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