One of the local shops I send my business to is owned by a friend. He is
always amazed that I am able to dig up answers to questions even though I
have much less experience and head-knowledge than he does. I keep telling
him how powerful and helpful the newsgroups are, but he just doesn't have
time or the will to come join us.

So... He asked me to try and solve a problem he is having. I posted this
to the alt.machines.cnc group too... He owns a Michael Deckel brand
machine. It is a five axis tool grinding machine. Model S18PCNC-5.

Apparently, he bought the machine and now he can't get support at a logical
price for the software... They want a huge sum of money to simply get him
up and running... Something like 250% of the price he paid for the machine
itself.

So... His challenge to me was to find someone who knows something about the
software who might be able to help him. I'm a drilling guy so I couldn't
even tell him where the start button is... But I told him someone here
would probably know the circuitry of the internal boards by heart. grin

Anyone able to help? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

Regards,
Joe Agro, Jr.
(800) 871-5022
01.908.542.0244
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