Re: Yet Another New Machine

On 10/31/2024 10:48 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:

On 10/31/2024 4:39 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vfuc8v$2ap2c$1@dont-email.me...
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The thing that excites me most about it (Onefinity Elite Foreman) is the
Masso G3 Touch controller it comes with. ...
Bob La Londe
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I began designing machine control panels with paper drawings to be made on a shear, brake and Strippit punch. CAD/CAM and plasma cutting is quite an advance but I must say the old way was easy to learn and worked pretty well. I was earning a living with just a pencil.
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Learning the old manual methods has been useful when I needed to modify existing equipment that was too awkward or flexible to do on a machine.
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I also designed relay ladder logic for actual relays, before PLCs arrived. I began circuit board design with black tape or a laundry marker and advanced through computerized design and simulation as they developed. The electronics I learned in the Army used individual transistors, then I closely followed the growth progress of ICs through FPGAs that could self-configure to match a CAD schematic. The computer revolution has been interesting to observe and participate in.
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  First off I have "built up" a couple CNC control systems.  Designed might be a strong word, but assembled from assorted "black boxes" would not.  The thing is the Masso G3 control does "almost" everything in one finished unit for not much more than I could buy the parts, and it appears to be code compatible with what I am already using so the post processor would need little or no modification.  Yes I have modified the post processors for all of my different machines.  Most are just minor tweaks.  Actually I rewrote the macros more than modified the post on the Mach controlled machines, so except for physical capability the code is cross compatible on all of those.
 Well if I was cheap I could build a controller a lot cheaper, but I'm tired of tweaking machines for weeks to get them to run right.
 

I was warned to expect 3-4 weeks to ship as they build machines to order.  I got notice this morning my machine is shipping today.  I guess I'll be desperately be trying to build a base and table for it in the next couple days before it arrives.
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Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff
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