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emc2_2.2.7 Release

A fresh bugfix release (2.2.7) - (Changelog).
You can get it: as a source package from sourceforge , from CVS , or as a precompiled package which works on Ubuntu as described here.

Ubuntu 8.04&EMC2 Live CD

The EMC2 team now has a brand new custom Live-CD (EU mirror) based on Ubuntu 8.04 with emc 2.2.x included, that will let you try out EMC2 before installing, and it's also the easiest way to install Ubuntu and EMC2 together. (more)

emc2_2.2.6 Release

A fresh bugfix release (2.2.6) - (Changelog).
You can get it: as a source package from sourceforge , from CVS , or as a precompiled package which works on Ubuntu as described here.

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Names 2002

CNC demonstrations at NAMES 2002

Lots of folks from the CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO mailing list as well as others were exhibiting CNC related items at the show.

Interest in CNC is spreading from the original core of electronics buffs to the model builders in general.

Some photos were preserved..

CNC demonstration area at NAMES. View of the systems running small mills. Interest in CNC is gaining among hobbyists	Roland Friestad showing Cardinal Engineering products. Roland is the organizer of CNC exhibits and seminars at NAMES
Bill Anliker, founder of the CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO list. Shown with the controls for his EMCO Compact 5 lathe conversion project.	Ray Henry, the creator of the TKEMC gui for EMC, and general champion of EMC shown tinkering with EMC and his mill.
Ray Henry's CNC mill based on a Grizzly mini-mill. Ray used ballscrews from McMaster Carr and stepper motors.	Paul Corner, on right, creator of the BDI (brain dead install) CD-ROM for the EMC software, with Brian Schwartz, of Vigilant Technologies a maker of servo interfaces.
Steve Stallings of PMDX setting up TurboCNC to run a mill using PMDX drivers. Steve also provides hosting for the LinuxCNC.org and Metalworking.com web sites.	PMDX displayed a MAXNC-10 mill running TurboCNC from DAK Engineering. The mill was upgraded with better steppers and the new PMDX drivers and interfaces.
Ray Henry, on left, and Bill Anliker discussing the process of installing EMC software.	Fred Smith of IM Services, (facing camera) representing Vector CAD-CAM showing the new NURBS software from Vector.
Jon Elson of PICO Systems with his interface boards for EMC. Jon was an early user of EMC.	Jon Elson discusses the finer points of servo driver design with John Kasunich.
Fred Proctor of NIST, on left, and Matt Shaver. NIST developed the EMC software and Matt was the first independent tester of EMC.	Joe Katona of J. R. Woodworking was at the show representing Flashcut and Sherline. He demonstrated a system with a Sherline 2000 mill.
An engine with electronic controls was at a nearby booth. We were not the only ones using electronics! Electric solenoid valves were run by a PIC microcontroller.