I didn't know that he died a couple of years ago. Anyone ever follow him?
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Bob Warfield
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I used to read some of his articles on his website. Some were quite interesting. Last time I visited his website it mentioned he had passed away. His work lives on in the way that his cut calculator is still available to download. It's mentioned that they don't have the source code so there will no longer be updated.
Do you have a link for the download ?
That's too bad. I followed him quite closely for years but not so much for the last 10 or so. If you didn't follow his early years he was extensively involved in the spreadsheet quatro. When Borland bought it he became a VP there. He tried a couple of start ups that went sideways until he stumbled on his speeds and feeds calculator. Not sure if it is still on the web but he did a very extensive reno on his house that was quite well documented. One of the first extensive home theaters I saw. I believe he was a strong proponent of ELS with quite a few posts on it until he switched his allegiance to full CNC.
Brian
Brian
It's at the bottom of this page. I haven't downloaded it myself.
Sad News
CNC Cookbook mourns the sudden passing of CEO Bob Warfield, resulting in the cessation of operations but aims to restore the site soon.
www.cnccookbook.com
Unfortunately unless a person had an account before their registration service is not working so a new user can't register and use it. 🙁
Well that is not good. I think I did have an account for it but that was long ago.
Someone with more energy than me could possibly reverse engineer the application. The download is a zip archive, and inside is an Adobe AIR app. Which has its own issues as no decent browser will run Flash anymore.
OTOH I found it was not very useful for my 3kw spindle-based CNC router/mill. Too much depended on brand name bits. I find Fusion does an ok job of speeds/feeds if you edit/update its tool table with realistic feeds and tool RPM's (It seems to be chip load based)
OTOH I found it was not very useful for my 3kw spindle-based CNC router/mill. Too much depended on brand name bits. I find Fusion does an ok job of speeds/feeds if you edit/update its tool table with realistic feeds and tool RPM's (It seems to be chip load based)