"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 22:16:49 -0500, Ignoramus28444
wrote:

On 2011-04-10, Bob La Londe wrote:
"Ignoramus28444" wrote in message
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On 2011-04-09, Bob La Londe wrote:
AS I mentioned in that other thread I ran a simulation on a piece of
G-code with over 358K lines of code. The simulation said it should
take
18 hrs and 57 minutes. I set the alarm on my phone and let it run
while
I chased down a battery for my bike, worked on another design, slept,
etc etc... I was there just before it was supposed to finish, and I
had
to stand there twiddling ym thumbs for 7 hole minutes. Bogus man!
Bogus.

LOL.

Actually, I think that was pretty darn good calculating considering
that
it took a couple hours for the simulation to run.

Pretty good. I turn off lights in the garage, except for a small light
on the mill, and watch it from afar via a netcam. I call it "lights
out manufacturing".

I

I do something similar except I run a couple commercial DVRs on my
home/shop
network. I keep meaning to setup access on my cell, but for now I just
have
to link my cell to my laptop when I'm out running errands in order to
check
on it. I've got three video cables run over to that area, and if I'm
really
worried about an operation I'll put the monitor (composite out module
between KVM and monitor) output on one of them so I can access that too.
It
even works with the monitor turned off.


I have a netcam and I can watch it with my browser, as well as my cell
phone.

I recently found that a friend of mine runs a CNC router. He says he
won't leave the shop with it running due to potential fires. I guess
crashes in wood are more dangerous to leave unattended. The netcam
and cell phone monitors are a very good idea.

Makes sense. Wood dust in the air can be more dangerous than just a fire.
There can be some pretty spectacular explosions. Don't believe it, throw a
handful of flour at a fire some time. Outdoors of course. Then imagine
flammable dust blowing around in the air in a building. Same thing. I
would constantly supervise a wood job, and have a vacuum system if I used it
a lot for wood. I do some wood for things like engraved plaques, but they
are usually so quick that I am getting the next piece ready and hold my vise
wrench in my hand while its cutting.