----- Original Message -----

From: Ron Kline

To: yeagerautomation@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 6:26 PM

Subject: Re: [yeagerautomation] Re: What happened to Yeager Automation.?

YES.
It has tool compensation.
Have you ever tried Mach ?

--
Ron Kline

American Precision Ceramics .. (Industrial ceramics)
Central Ky.

larrysalamey wrote:
>
> Ron,
>
> I guess it has been longer than I thought. You were a strong
> advocate of cncpor. It served me well for a number of years. I
> meant "tool width compensation" in my question.
>
> Once configured will it run off the same parallel port or do I have
> to reconfigure everything.
>
> Thanks again for your advise and insight.
>
> Happey New Year.
>
> Larry
>
> --- In yeagerautomation@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:yeagerautomation%40yahoogroups.com>, Ron Kline <ronkline@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > By compensation do you mean cost ?
> > Unfortunately I believe they are about the same , I think I payed
> $120
> > for Mach 3 and I don't know what CNCpro is selling for now (I
> bought
> > mine about 6 years ago my serial # is below 70) .
> > Mach has many more bells and whistles and is much more modern but
> > requires a 1 gig or faster computer with Win XP .
> > CNCpro will run on almost any computer you find at a garage sale or
> by
> > the street .
> > I use mach on the big mill and 2 lathes and CNCpro on one lathe one
> > surface grinder and several home made things like a wire cutter and
> a
> > very small metal shear I constructed , because it is good for very
> basic
> > machine control using some OLD IBM laptops I picked up for almost
> nothing .
> >
> > --
> > Ron Kline
> >
> > American Precision Ceramics .. (Industrial ceramics)
> > Central Ky.
> >
> >
> > larrysalamey wrote:
> > >
> > > Too bad about it, it had a lot of potential. Does Mach3 have too
> > > width compensation? How much. Does anyone elso recommend anything
> > > else? What have most of the users gone to?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Larry
> > >
> > > --- In yeagerautomation@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:yeagerautomation%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > <mailto:yeagerautomation%40yahoogroups.com>, "Bob Muse" <mtebob1@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > It's been that way for a while now. Doug surfaced about a year
> ago
> > > with plans to write some new cnc software. Just about everyone who
> > > replied to him said that he has been out of the picture too long
> and
> > > to give up the idea-he would never be able to catch up with some
> of
> > > the current guys. I was using cncpro on an almost daily basis up
> > > until about 3 months ago. Built a new control for my flatbed mill
> > > and installed mach3-wow what a difference! Mach3 is lightyears
> ahead.
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: dominickbox
> > > > To: yeagerautomation@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:yeagerautomation%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > <mailto:yeagerautomation%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > > Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 11:18 AM
> > > > Subject: [yeagerautomation] What happened to Yeager Automation.?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Anyone know what happened to the Yeager Automation website?
> Also,
> > > > anyone know what happened to this forum. it seems to have been
> > > overrun
> > > > with spam messages
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

--
Ron Kline

American Precision Ceramics .. (Industrial ceramics)
Central Ky.