Hey Iggy

Bob, that is what I am using , EMC2 whose webpage is linuxcnc.org. I am EXTREMELY happy with EMC, beyond belief. It really is quite amazing. What kind of controller do you use and for what application?

Are none of those links they list to various CAM packages any good? Seems to me you would rather be making chips than writing code.

I'm using Mach 3 to push a DeepGroove1 on a Taig, but I also have a Gecko Controller and some bigger motors that I'll probably swap out to. Then I've got a little salvage MaxNC machine that I may run under Mach 3.

I am pushing mini mill(s).

I have not even started looking at CAM. I have no idea. I am trying to cover the basics and learn G code the hard way. I have discovered that learning things the hard way is the best way to learn.

I see!

Good luck Bob! CNC is quite fun.

Parachuting, hunting russian boar with a knife, self defense in the inner city......ayup....best way.....

Gunner

"A conservative who doesn't believe? in God simply doesn't pray; a godless liberal wants no one to pray. A conservative who doesn't like guns doesn't buy one; a liberal gun-hater wants to disarm us all. A gay conservative has sex his own way; a gay liberal requires us all to watch and accept his perversion and have it taught to children. A conservative who is offended by a radio show changes the station; an offended liberal wants it banned, prosecuted and persecuted." Bobby XD9

Nobody hunts boars with knives.

However I did some parachuting and even lived in a black neighborhood (by accident).

Uh, sorry, but an old javelina-hunting buddy of mine did just that, with a European boar, and had the guide shoot a video. It's creepy. However, it was on a hunting preserve somewhere in the Southeastern US, not in the wild.

IIRC, the pig weighed around 400 pounds. I've lost track of the guy, but I probably could track him down. I'd have to make some calls to remember his name.

The guy was pretty gentle, too. He was a quail hunter who went rogue. d8-)

No question you're doing the right thing. being well grounded in manual machining and gcoding is critical to being good at this hobby. For the parts I make, CAM is needed only occasionally. I'm lucky, I have my son do these after I design in AutoCAD. Making a good gcode program in CAM is difficult if you do it only every now and then.

Karl

Good to hear. Being close to the metal etc. CNC is not point and cilck.

Shocking!

He was a pioneer in the field of extreme bloodsports.

I have to call my old friend Tony Mandile, former editor of _Arizona Hunter_, anyway. I'll see if he remembers the guy's name. It was Todd something. Maybe he even has the video online somewhere.

You mean..no one in Chicago does. Right?

I have, along with a shitload of other people in the world.

Google "boar hunting with knife"

Ive also hunted boar with spear, bow and arrow etc etc. A friend of mine has hunted them with 3 pound sledge. Not penned animals..wild ones.

He is a bit ...odd...though...shrug.

Black neighborhood, or Inner City?

There is a VAST difference.

And how do you move someplace "by accident"?????

"A conservative who doesn't believe? in God simply doesn't pray; a godless liberal wants no one to pray. A conservative who doesn't like guns doesn't buy one; a liberal gun-hater wants to disarm us all. A gay conservative has sex his own way; a gay liberal requires us all to watch and accept his perversion and have it taught to children. A conservative who is offended by a radio show changes the station; an offended liberal wants it banned, prosecuted and persecuted." Bobby XD9

Liberals should love the idea..the inner child, back to nature, etc etc etc.

We just improved our method of killing our food over the millinia...we still kill our food.

And the guy who does it with a knife, or a sharp stick..or a 3 lb sledge is a hell of a lot closer to what we used to be, than the guy who buys a white stryrofoam tray with pork on it at the Piggly Wiggly.

Gunner

"A conservative who doesn't believe? in God simply doesn't pray; a godless liberal wants no one to pray. A conservative who doesn't like guns doesn't buy one; a liberal gun-hater wants to disarm us all. A gay conservative has sex his own way; a gay liberal requires us all to watch and accept his perversion and have it taught to children. A conservative who is offended by a radio show changes the station; an offended liberal wants it banned, prosecuted and persecuted." Bobby XD9

It was a black neighborhood on the west side of the street. On the east side of the street was a "Inner City" dump.

I moved there by accident because due to cmoplete lack of experience, I did not pay any attention to the "racial composition" of the place. All I cared for was a cheap rent.

It was actually not horrible, but I had to be on alert.

Google "Larry Harley Boar Hunting" for an example. One look at Larry and his knives and your sympathy goes out to the pig.

I see that it's become quite popular with the "hold my beer and watch this" crowd. Todd did it back around 1980 or so.

By the time the 'Piggly' is on a styrofoam tray, it's no longer 'Wiggly'! ;-)