Hello everyone,
I have worked in the furniture and wood machining industry in Ontario, Canada since I was legally allowed to work. I'm originally from Poland and came to Canada when I was 9 years old. Started from the bottom and worked my way up to operating and in the last 8 years programming CNC routers. My education is in the CAD/CAM field in both metal machining and woodworking.
A few years ago I started to become interested in purchasing a machine to work from home. My first hobby machine was a Maxnc mill which I quickly realized was not made to take the punishment I imposed upon it. This lead me to look for a more robust machine I could buy and rebuild. My second machine was an old Technoisel full step stepper controlled machine that was missing the control software and cards necessary to run it. I was already familiar with Mach2 from spending time reading many CNC hobby forums. I converted the Techno machine to run on Mach, but eventually I realized that a full step prehistoric control was not going to work. I then purchased Servo motors and 4-axis control from Camtronics and have been very happy with my setup since.
My only contribution to the Mach community has been the ellipse macro I posted for Mach users. You can view videos of my converted Techno machine and some videos of the machines I program in my day jobs below. Yes, fortunately i have more than one job, but I actually really enjoy what I do so the more the better.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=enytned1Incredible software and support, certainly gives us peasants a chance in these turbulent manufacturing times.
Thanks,
Alek