I've been gathering parts and pieces for a 3D printer for a while. Then I saw a
review on Hackaday of the Monoprice Select Mini 3D printer. Inexpensive but
quite well built.
A few weeks later, I decided just for the heck of it to see if jet.com had
anything for 3D printers and they had that printer on a very good deal so I hit
the buy button. So far the only problem with it has been the external power
supply. Seems to be about a 90% failure rate but since it's 12 volt its cheap
to replace with a first generation Xbox 360 brick, or there are 10 amp ones
from Amazon that actually are capable of 10 amp output and plug right into the
printer.
Some people are using the Mini printer to print parts to build bigger printers.
From: Ron Ginger <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 6:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC officially rocks
> ---- John Alexander Stewart <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Agree that LinuxCNC is fantastic.
>> >
>> > What gets me is the number of Mach3 users - why don't they switch? Is it
>> > that they are (essentially) computer illiterate, and know only Windows
>> > (barely), or is it just momentum in the home hobbyist field??
>> >
I think many Mach3 users do not care, or even know, what is running
their mill or router. They want to make parts, not play with machine
controls.
The hobby cnc world has moved on in the last few years. When I got into
this- nearly 20 years ago- you had to build your own, there were no
choices. Now there are dozens of builders of whole machines, software
included, ready to just 'plug and play' The world is full of 'makers'
that want to make things, not work with software. And remember, windows
won the desktop battle a long time ago.
I just bought an amazing little router- 4 axis, nicely built and
finished, very nice control console, with a built in VFD for the 800
watt water cooled spindle all for $900 shipped to my door in 4 days. It
included a (cracked) copy of Mach3. I am sure most people installing and
using it have no clue that linuxcnc, or any other software even exists,
let alone will try to install it.
I am happy to be among the group that likes to play with my control
software, but I am sure that puts me, and most of the people reading
this, into a very small community- maybe this is something we are the 1% :)
ron ginger
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