As some of you might know I am installing an NC
controller on my Kasuga heavy duty mill.

http://www.rotaryeng.net/Nc-Mill-How-To.html

An NC mill is as close to printing money as you will every
come unless you happen to be the government :) I need it
to make parts for rotary engines.

There is a open source for the software based on Linux.
http://www.linuxcnc.org/

It is very up to date and has far more computing power
than your average used NC mill selling for $10,000 on up.

I bought this self contained little mother board with
processor for $89 called EPIA mini ITX Mainboard.
http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/embedded/ProductSeries.jsp?serialNo=2

There was some question whether Ubuntu Linux would run on this
cheap 17 mm by 17 mm mother board. The good news is yes Ubuntu 9.04
(Cost me $16 for the DVD and the magazine.) works fine as does
Windows XP pro. For some strange reason Fedora 5 does not like
the built in video driver.

If I had to buy a new  mother board for a  Hass or Fadal used
NC mill it would cost thousands and then would have only one tenth
of the memory.

Paul Lamar

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