of DIGITAL MACHINIST  has an extensive
article on Linux EMC. The magazine has had numerous articles on
converting a tool to CNC.

volume 4 #4 winter 09.  Web site is www. digitalmachinist.net. If you
have already gotten your mill to work forget this email
Csmale

I am trying to combine what little I know about EMC and EFI.
The mill is still waiting to be done. Jeff showed up
with real reasonable prices on NC mill stuff so that
took the pressure off me to get mine working.

Many shops around the world are seeing the advantages
of EMC. A lot of the machines out there have really old
computers with very limited memory by todays PC standards
so there is a lot of effort to upgrade with PC's and
EMC.

Also a lot of what we need is done on NC lathes so I
have a few local suppliers that are rather reasonable
in that area. I am thinking of investing a bunch of
money in another batch of wiggins couplings.

I may put that off until we try this new p-port engine
without oil scrapper rings on a dyno. Given the friction
of oil scraper rings I think it will improve the BSFC.

Paul Lamar