Hi John,
Gee, I suppose the first guy that painted a car red is the only
person with the rights to do so? In your way of thinking, we would
have run out of colors a long time ago! John, get over it. Your
designs are not all that "earth shattering", the materials used are
crude at best, and there is nothing in your designs that is so
innovative that it makes people stand up and say "Gee, that just
brilliant!" Seriously, you actually think you are the first person
to use aluminum extrusions for a guideway? Good thing you don't
work at the patent office!
Chris
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "crankorgan" <john@...> wrote:
>
> Chris,
> Three people copied the HobbyCNC board. All three went down
in
> flames when Dave came out with the new board. It made my day! You
can
> search every magazine in the world. I was the first to use the
window
> channel. The scraps never made it into the hands of the public. You
> remind me of the people who said swaping MP3s were going to help
the
> record industry. I am in the process of looking for a job. There
won't
> be any new designs (old ones according to you) coming from me in
the
> future. I took a bunch of old ideas and made something new out of
> them. In six years nobody has done anything as slick.
>
> John
>
>
>
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "lcdpublishing"
> <lcdpublishing@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi John,
> >
> > I know you have been upset about this whole thing for some time
now. I
> > don't know what you expect of other people though.
Realistically, your
> > machine designs use crude, commonly available materials. Just
because
> > you printed on paper the idea of using cheap window channel for
a
> > guideway does not give you sole rights to use that idea. Nor
does the
> > use of extremely crude gas/water pipe for other machine
components.
> > Anyone can use any of those materials in anything they wish to,
> > including a CNC machine.
> >
> > If you look back through woodworking magazines for the last 20
years
> > or so, you will find numerous uses of the cheap aluminum
extrusions
> > for a variety of jigs and fixtures. In many cases, it was used
as a
> > guideway. Assuming those published drawings predate yours, then
in
> > essence you ripped off them of their idea.
> >
> > Using gas pipe and or water pipe is another "hacked together"
framing
> > material used for innovative purposes long before you used it on
your
> > machine. As it is easy to obtain, it has been used for many
other
> > purposes including as an axel for a turntable type device
published in
> > a woodworking magazine many years back. It is used as a "hidden
shelf
> > hanger" device and I am sure many other unique applications.
> >
> > I don't know if you expected the world to bow down to you for
all
> > machine designs using similar materials, but if so, you were not
being
> > realistic at all. Sorry to sound so harsh, but you seem to want
to
> > claim rights to things that you have no right to claim. If
someone is
> > photocopying your drawings and reselling them, call the
authorities as
> > you would have something to complain about. But complaining
about
> > people showing similar uses of similar materials is just
unrealistic.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "crankorgan" <john@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Stefan,
> > > Lets see him produce plans without the window channel.
The
> > > window channel was my epiphany! He mounted the motor and
bearing
> > > plates on the channel the same way! The Z axis Gas pipe etc. I
guess
> > > if I stole your car and repainted it, that would be ok with
you?
> > >
> > > John
> >
>