Re: microstepping drivers

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Vaughan" <mark@...> wrote:

>
> A CNC mill does not come under the definition of fixed machinery.
>
> I brought this up with the authorities, when I questioned a device

we sell

> to keep scale from pipes. I tried to argue it becomes part of a

building, it

> is bolted to the wall and fixed to it's plumbing, if removed the

building

> will scaleup and cease to function. My argument was no accepted, I

was told

> my kit would be exempt since it has a control portion until Jan2008.
>
>

So from reading your post it appears that even the written rules are
open to subjective interpretation. Worse than that it varies by
country within the EU and there there is the whole problem of
enforcement. I think instead of making your local EU industries more
competative they have actually done just the opposite. So can you
build a product for a country without the restrictions and export or
is that banned too?

I don't think the RHoS was ever about the environment or pollution. I
think some chowder-head political types saw an opportunity to erect
some trade barriers thinking the Far East would be kept from dumping
cheap electronics. Like all government run programs it takes on a
life of it's own once jobs are created to "manage" the process.

So I guess I will be selling "control systems" until Jan then maybe
Boat Electronics after that (:-)

Gotta go. It's been proven that Global Warming is being caused by all
of the friction from all of the home build CNC machines running and I
need to go shut mine off.

TOM C