Homebrew PCBs

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
> >
>