14 Jun
2006
14 Jun
'06
3:05 a.m.
On Saturday 10 June 2006 09:57 pm, Chuck Guzis wrote:
You know, paper tape's still very much around in
the CNC field. Here's a
supplier:
http://www.wncsupply.com/mylar.html
Not nearly as much as it was some decades ago...
Most of the folks that I see in the various CNC-related lists that I hang out
in are looking at a computer tied to the machine, and connected to the CAD
system by way of a LAN link, or similar. I don't know how much paper tape
is seeing use in the regular machine shops, but again I get the impression
that it's really not all that much these days.
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ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
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