Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] USB and parallel ports, O/S wars and the invention of the oval-shaped wheel

Codesuidae wrote:

>Wayne Weedon wrote:
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>>It's also a mistake to think that doing it on the cheap will get you
>>fantastic performance, we all really know it wont. Scrounging printer
>>steppers as I saw in here this week was once example! (might drive a
>>printer not a machine tool)
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>Different horses for different courses.
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>If you have certain requirements for your equipment and have solutions
>for them, no need to criticize the solutions used to address other
>people's requirements.
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Not really a critique. I cannot even find the original post to put the
guy straight, he posted a link to a 7.2deg miniature stepper, which is
just not going to work unless it's a model of a machine tool!

Doing it right 1st time saves everyone a lot of hassle, frankly in my
opinion there's some real junk pretending to be viable products being
sold to individuals who don't know any better.

I dont read every post in here, as often I cant follow the tangents some
threads split off into, but there are often tales of woe which simply
should not of happened in the first place. But also there are some who
really ought to stay away from a drill press let alone a cnc tool!!
Guess thats the nature of this hobby (and yes it's also a hobby to me,
except one that pays) Every man and his dog wants a CNC, except I often
wonder who's tail is wagging who ;-)

Wayne....

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