Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Revitalising a Hurco BNC30 3 axis CNC Mill

Jon Elson wrote:

> Polaraligned wrote:
>
> cept EMC, of course. We have a 10 ton Mazak at Roland Friestad's shop
> with a tool carousel and a very intricate tool change sequence running
> under EMC. Hell of a machine, but it won't fit in my basement, that's for
> sure.
>

Saw that machine Jon, and glad to say the EMC guys have obviously been
busy. I'll take back anything I may have said or indeed thought about
it LOL...

I recently downloaded the Live CD ISO, but nowhere I could find the
minimum pc requirements to run EMC2? Only spare machine I had here was
probably too low on memory for the live demo. Tried installing it but
gave up when the partition manager had not started 1 hour after that
stage. No text based installer on the disk?

What I do like is the attempt to well define methods for adding extra
functions and the inclusion of classic ladder athough I have not
studiedit in too much depth yet.

As much as I like Mach, and I use it daily to run a Leadwell VMC, adding
stuff like atc's is not easy or maybe even possible to achieve in the
original form without jumping through hoops, or cludging in some way.

I have many machines here to retrofit, and will be looking more closely
into emc as I get time.

Wayne...

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