It appears that archive.org is backing up Yahoo groups, but private groups require an invitation to join the group. That site appears to have a snapshot of files from 2017, but it just contains a snapshot of some of the files area. Info at the link below.
I'd really like to thank Harvey & Barry for the many years of effort running this group. They did a great job keeping things civil and useful. I hope they will at least get it uploaded to archive.org to preserve the knowledge they've provided and collected.
As a recently retired engineer, I'm going to encourage them to "pass the torch" and let someone else run the group if there is enough interest, or let it go if not, unless they really want to stay chained to the responsibility.
I'd also like to thank all the other regular contributors for their input to the group.
My "introduction" to the group:
This is my first & last post - I've been subscribed for many years and occasionally read the messages on the few weekends when I wasn't working 12-14 hour days 6 days a week, but mostly working too much overtime for 33 years as an aerospace software & hardware engineer and manager at a single company, including as lead/responsible engineer on the solid state data recorder for the Cassini mission to Saturn and Chandra Telescope, and a number of other challenging assignments in test software and high performance computing and networking.
I retired 3 years ago, a week before finding out I'd need to provide care for a parent with advanced cancer & heart problems, as that continues, I am also doing some contracting part-time while getting my retirement home & shop built.
I've got an X1, two X2, and one X3 mill all still in the shipping crates, mini-lathe, and a big old craftsman lathe that needs to be refurbished. I've also got a couple welders and saws, several 3D printers that I did get to use quite a bit. I recently added a CO2 LASER engraver and a fiber LASER engraver to my tool set. For metal engraving/marking and even cutting thin materials the 30W Fiber Laser is an amazing tool - I recently drilled a 500x500 grid of 0.1mm holes every 0.25mm in thin aluminum (soda can) - just to see what it would do. It also does very good deep engraving in Brass, and I often engrave pet ID Tags in Aluminum, Stainless, and Brass.
I'd hoped that when I retired I'd be able to access this group as I start getting the machines online. Now, many of the issues are covered (sometimes incorrectly) in YouTube videos and a few other sites, but I still consider this group a great resource.
Thanks again.
marc
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