Smithy forum gone

[smallblock]

I just noticed that the Smithy forum on Delphi is gone- I'm not an owner, but I used to get catalogues from them every couple of months, but haven't seen one since last year. I know they must be hurting from the economy in Michigan. Anyone have any info?

[jdclark]

That delphi group was pretty dead anyway- there used to be a more active one on Yahoo, but its MIA as well. I sure wouldn't want to be running a business out of Michigan these days either.

[digitalmdj]

Nevada is not doing to well either.

[instructor37]

I just noticed that the Smithy forum on Delphi is gone- Anyone have any info?

Delphi lost a lot of people when they started charging a fee for various grades of service. Other places like the Rec.metalworking had no moderators, so they got taken over by a lot of off topic stuff and people lost interest. I think the commercial forums like this one have moved in to fill those voids. The advertisers pay enough so that the moderators can keep the loonies under control.

[Tapered_Gib]

This is probably the best place to go for Smithy support as a forum and think tank :

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smithy-machines/

The guy that runs it is an electronics engineer and prototype machinist. He used to participate to my 3-in-1 Yahoo! group very frequently until he took the plunge to setup his own group.

As a plus he references his experience with the Sieg mill from Grizzly, Super X3, I think it is. He converted it to his home-brew CNC, off his separate web page full of photos of his projects, both Sieg and Granite.

Want to know about the Smithy Granite 3-in-1, go to his group. But he covers all the Smithy machines.

Biggest problem with usenet, ( rec.crafts.metalworking ) via PC is trojans. Lost a hard drive that way. Google Groups is safer. My old WebTV was safer doing usenet.

(This thread is a bit dated. I do not stop by frequently; just noticed the topic. I am impressed very positively with CNC Zone .)

Kurt