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James McDonald james at jmits.com.au
Thu Nov 3 18:43:23 PDT 2016


That is so cool. I was a Fitter & Machinist in a past life... so CNC rings
memory bells.


On 4 November 2016 at 10:25, wade barocsi via Linux-users <
linux-users at linux-sxs.org> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> While I've been lurking these past 18 years!, I've used Linux in a variety
> of areas.  Lately I've been using it in the form of "Linux CNC" a Debian
> based distro/app for CNC Machines.  I have an older CNC that came with a
> very old (early 80's era) CNC controller.  We recently upgraded it to
> Linux, and have been very happy with its performance and configurability.
> It has saved about $10k over a commercial retrofit to a proprietary
> solution.  It also allows the use of a wide variety of accessory hardware.
>
> We may even upgrade it to 5 axis, so we can make even more sophisticated
> useless stuff.
>
> Cheers,
> Wade Barocsi
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 6:36 PM, bmarsh--- via Linux-users <
> linux-users at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> > On Nov 3, 2016, at 6:22 PM, Collins Richey via Linux-users <
>> linux-users at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > At age 74, I'm probably the oldest on the list other than Skippy.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> Nah....   turned 78 in September.
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