>>>
>>>> I have emc up and running I just need to buy
>>>> some
>>>> glass scales for my Kusuga
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>
>
>>> How do you like it? Have you got into any of >>> the
>>> kinematic's of it or anything?
>>>
>>> Mach and EMC are distant cousin's from way >>> back,
>>> just that MACH was re-written for winblows.
>>>
>>> Jarrett
>>>
>>> Don't have it working yet but the user >>> interface
>>> looks real nice.
>>> Blake came out and installed it for me. It is
>>> called Brain Dead
>>> install and comes complete with a SUSE (Novel)
>>> Linux operating system.
>>> As far as I know Blake had no trouble >>> installing
>>> it on a
>>> 2 or 3 year old Space Walker I had lying >>> around.
>>>
>>> What brand of NC mill do you have. I have a
>>> Kusuga.
>>>
>>>
>>> Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
>>
>> I'm actually building my milling machine from
>> Components, so it will be a " Johnson" when its
>> done [ever seen the "Big Johnson" tee-shirts? >> :-)
>> It is 18' x 8' x 4' <--thats the working area >> and
>> yes those are in feet..]  I'm also in the works >> to
>> get a Bridgeport series II, but thats most >> likely
>> going to happen after I get my Large format
>> machine up and running. The large format >> machine
>> is going to be mainly for Molds and bucks of
>> composite parts, as well as some alum parts. >> Your
>> bellhousing is probably as large a pc of Alum >> as
>> I'd want to machine.  I work as a Mech Tech >> full
>> time so the design/build of the unit has been
>> pretty easy, its the electronic's [ primarily >> the
>> control program] that is bugging me right now.
>> I'll get you some pic's here in the near >> future, I
>> don't have any that are terribly recent.
>>
>> Jarrett
>>
>> My next door hangar neighbor built one like >> that.
>> Nemesis Nxt fuselage was done on it. 8' by 4' >> by 4'.
>> The sections were filed with high density foam
>> and then 3D milled or routed
>>
>> Paul
>
> Thats pretty close to what I'm building, only a
> bit bigger. Do you know what they used for CAM
> software and control software on that thing? > How
> many axis is it?
> Very interesting!!
>
> Jarrett
>
> It is only 3 axis.
> http://www.galilmc.com/
>
>
> Long before EMC.
>
> Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

Thats very interesting Paul, I noticed that it
looks like the tool is inclined a bit to be able
to mill the sides or parts, are they then just
using a "lolly pop" tool [just a ball shape on the
end of the mill tool] to cut their parts?  I'm
currently faced w/ the purchase of a fairly high
end control center [most likely a Fagor] which
could run me more than all the rest of the machine
combined. I'm exploring options to see how I can
work around this and have a cheaper, yet workable
solution.

It's been a long road, and I'm by no mean's at the
end of it :-)

Jarrett

Yes that is a high speed router head and he almost always
uses a ball end router to make parts out of wood or high
density tooling foam.

Getting the Galil working was painful. With all the work
done on EMC it would be far easier to do this today.
-- 
Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

I'm hoping Paul, I'm hoping :-)

Jarrett



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