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[Hawkman]

Are there any books available for editing posts?

[Joeyls319]

asking questions here is about your best resource but please don't ask for a post itself.

 

you will find that just about any question you got can be answered here.

 

Joey

 

PS welcome to the forum

[Dave.L]

Joey, the Hawkman asked for a book, not a post. Relax post police :shake head:

 

Hawkman, ask your reseller for the post guide CD. You can also search the forum since this has come up before.

 

And as Joey said, many users here will help you modify your post

[Joeyls319]

sorry, I didn't mean anything by it.

 

I'm sure that wasn't his intention. I know there have been times where people come in andjust ask for a post and they get jumped on.

 

my apologies Hawkman

[Dave.L]

Joey, no need to apologize. Actually I did not mean to jump on you. I can understand completley that resellers sell this service but I also feel users should be allowed to share posts. In many cases posts can be based on many opinions and sharing those can be very helpful. So, I think its a fine line. As an example, James shared so post blocks which were a way he handles a particular control probaby diffferent to anyone else so sharing that info could be very helpful and something a reseller may have not ever considered.

 

In summary, I guess I dont agree with this rule as it is currently written. After all, a users forum should not restrict USERS from helping USERS.

 

JM2C

[Hardmill]

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the Hawkman asked for a book, not a post. Relax post police :shake head:

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Yeah good thing his post wasnt deleted, huh Dave ??

 

 

 

PEACE

[Thad]

Dave,

 

If you think posts aren't shared here, you're mistaken.

 

Any Joe that walks in and asks for one isn't going to get one, but if you're a productive member here at the forum, you'd be surprised what may show up in your email inbox if you ask the right questions.

 

Help and be helped. It's just that simple.

 

Thad

[Dave.L]

Steve (hardmill) too funny..

 

Thad, I know it I just did not say it coz the police are always watching

[Thad]

Eff the police.

 

Thad

[Thee Rickster ™]

+1 to Thad(2 posts up)....did I say that?

 

Wazz up?

[Guest]

There are MANY people here I would provide a post or post help with, and I have as have MANY others. When new user comes in looking for a post, he isn't getting one from me. Frankly, if you've edited your post, then it's yours to do with as you please but I do question the wisdom of possibly giving something to someone to whom you really know nothing about.

 

I worked up a post processor last week, the person called be back and asked if he could get it to work in X because the guy on the floor was running a cracked copy on his laptop. This stuff REALLY happens.

 

Can you guess what my answer was?

 

Hawkman, was asking for a book, Jay was gently letting him know that asking for a post going forward would be a no-no but asking for "HELP" is always encouraged.

 

JM2C

[Columbo™]

+1 JP.......

 

If I know an answer to a problem/question, I am more than willing to help.......

 

I have never asked for a post.......I HAVE seen the consequences......LOL......But I have asked for help with mine many times with great results......Thanks to all that have helped....

[Dave.L]

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I worked up a post processor last week, the person called be back and asked if he could get it to work in X because the guy on the floor was running a cracked copy on his laptop.

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I suppose I never gave any thought to a user here being a pirate. With that said, it's a good point.

 

Thanks for explaining.

[Guest]

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I suppose I never gave any thought to a user here being a pirate. With that said, it's a good point.

 

Thanks for explaining.

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Mind you I am NOT saying or accusing Hawkman of being a pirate, nothing of the sort.

 

I was just pointing out that they are out there and that is one of the reasons that especially new, unknown people asking for a post illicit the response they generally get.

 

As MOD's we now try to point out the FAQ and lock the threads so they do not get out of hand.

[Thee Rickster ™]

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If I know an answer to a problem

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We'll through ya a big ole party!!

 

In-House is awesome when it comes to helping me

with my post. 4 seats 2 with maintenance, we have

a good relation ship, I just wish they'd stop

sending me Swag, I have no where to put all that stuff.

[Dave.L]

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Mind you I am NOT saying or accusing Hawkman of being a pirate, nothing of the sort.

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I was not suggesting that you were.

[Guest]

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I was not suggesting that you were.

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Nope, just wanted to make sure everyone understood, nothing more.

 

[Dave.L]

[gcode]

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Can you guess what my answer was?

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"you'll be hearing from our legal department" ???

[gcode]

Maybe some background is in order

for some of the new guys.

Sharing posts is not against the rules.

Its just bad manners to sign up on the forum

and ask for a freebie in post #1.

Guys who have 10's of thousands of dollars

and years of sweat equity invested,

take a dim view of some crackbaby stopping by

to ask for a free post.

We had some vicious flame wars and more than

one new member driven off never to return.

Many were pirates, many were not.

It has become unoffical policy to refer the

asker to the FAQ's and lock the thread.

Having said that if you want to give a newbie

crackbaby your posts go for it.

[Dave.L]

Tom,

 

That's a very good explaination.

 

EDIT, maybe it would be helpful to add that explaination to the FAQ's

[MotorCityMinion]

Praise the MPmaster. I hope the last frontier that I ever have to cross is post editing at an intermediate level. Too many other cool things going on in the CAD/CAM world that deserve much more attention.

 

Plus one to your 1st comment Thad. I've never asked for a post but I'm sure the day will come. BTW...

[Jim at Gentex]

One thing nobody mentioned is that you can also take a post editing class from your Mastercam reseller.

 

I'm not sure if all resellers offer them, but I know mine does.