Hi John,
I guess I started a firestorm.
Are your complaints based on the fact you want the acknowlegement
(ego boost) of combining gas pipes and aluminum channels, or are yopu
bemoaning the fact that your "evergreen" project is not going to go
on forever?
Just face it, you are merely selling convenience. Convenience in
time savings by having the details printed on a pieces of paper.
Convenience for a shoulder to cry on after screwing up (your private
club).
Reread your comments about HobbyCNC. Dave did it right, when the
competition came in, he improved his design and made the old ones
obsolete. But again, he is selling hardware not pieces of paper.
Since, you have stated that you will not make any improvements in the
plans, your course of action to sell more plans is to set the price
so that it is more convenient for someone to buy them preprinted
rather than printing the 100+ pages themselves.
Re: your comments about the music industry, no one is making you pay
for singing or humming a song that you like.
Myc
"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
> > >
> >
>