From: none@none.com99   
      
   I might not be allowed to talk about it here though.  Except for setting   
   it up it probably won't see much metalworking.  I wanted a bigger CNC   
   machine for sheet goods.  I really wanted something in the 5'x10' size   
   envelope, but everything I liked was out of my price range, and I   
   struggled with where I would put it.  Even the machine with the 4'x4'   
   cut range I ordered might get put in the garage instead of the shop.   
      
   All of my planned first projects with the new CNC router are in wood,   
   plywood, MDF, or HDPE.  Drawers, hold down table (of course), rod racks,   
   cabinets, etc.   
      
   I think with extendable out feed rollers and good indexing plans I'll be   
   able to work on upto 4x8 sheet goods and not tie up all that space when   
   its not in use.  It is however not a real "pro" machine.  High end of   
   the hobby range is my hope.  Then again I started mold making as a   
   business with a low/mid range hobby machine, so there is no telling what   
   this new toy might wind up doing.   
      
   The thing that excites me most about it (Onefinity Elite Foreman) is the   
   Masso G3 Touch controller it comes with.  It looks like its instruction   
   set includes everything my main CAM software can put out, and a few   
   things more.  If I like it I may use a Masso controller on the   
   Bridgeport.  It would simplify a lot of the controller planning over my   
   earlier plan to run with LinucCNC and a MESA I/O board.  At 4GB of code   
   capacity per program that means millions of lines of code.  No bottle   
   neck there thank goodness.  I do run code files over a million lines,   
   and have run a few well over 2 million lines.   
      
      
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   Bob La Londe   
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