User on Mastercam forum d b

[CNCAppsJames]

and d b probably stand for...?

This isn't a family show... no need to keep your ideas to yourself....

 

[neurosis]

Ron and I are pretty good friends. To the best not my knowledge there's no reason in particular he isn't here. He's not in Practical Machinist either. There really isn't a whole lot going on in the technical side here.

I believe that he, like many others, got tired of having to wade through insults and negativity to have a conversation. That was the impression that I got.

[JakeL]

Was wondering if/when this conversation was going to pop up here. As soon as I read his signature I got a bad gut feeling. Was hoping someone here had a little more information.

I feel like Ron gets a lot of pushback because he tends to be sort of blunt. For the first couple weeks on the forum I thought he was kind of rude. I quickly learned he's incredibly helpful and just wants to get to the point.

[gcode]

I feel like Ron gets a lot of pushback because he tends to be sort of blunt.

Ron doesn't suffer fools lightly .... and there are plenty of fools to suffer on these forums 

[gcode]

I would be surprised if that person had access to, or worked for someone who had access to, a legit maintenanced seat of Mastercam.

If you know what you're doing, it only takes 5 minutes on a computer with a legitimate license to create an account
on Mastercam.com. The account has to be validated once a year on a machine with access to that license, but other than that, you have full access to Mastercam.com from any PC or mobile device for a year.

[neurosis]

For the first couple weeks on the forum I thought he was kind of rude. I quickly learned he's incredibly helpful and just wants to get to the point.

You caught on faster than I did. It took me about two years to realize that he was just rough around the edges. And back in those days, he was one of the easy-going guys.

[Jeff]

he was just rough around the edges.

Sounds like me!
I'm just misunderstood.


 

[Here's Johnny!]

I'm just misunderstood.

Definite Red Wings fan.....  

[MIL-TFP-41]

and d b probably stand for...?

Douche Bag
Dumb Bitch
DeadBeat
Dirty Bastard

All are likely descriptive. 

[CNCAppsJames]

Definitely has issues... and I'm 99% sure they lie between the seat and keyboard. Dude has started 39 topics between September 5th 2025 and November 5th (9 weeks - 43-ish working days). Maybe programming isn't for him.  

https://my.mastercam.com/forums/users/879040/topics/ 

 

 

[CNCAppsJames]

Douche Bag
Dumb Bitch
DeadBeat
Dirty Bastard
Dave Boucher

All are likely descriptive. 

Missed one...

[jstell]

And in his most recent post, trolling Tom.  G's just taking it from all sides today.  At least eMC is staying calm/polite today.

[CNCAppsJames]

And in his most recent post, trolling Tom.  G's just taking it from all sides today.  At least eMC is staying calm/polite today.

It's still early on the left coast. 

[CNCAppsJames]

Tom is one of the most solid dudes in the industry. I meet A LOT of really good and talented people... there's a few that stand apart and he's one of them. He's bailed me out of a few self induced jams over the years. 

Most recently, I left my laptop at home... WTF does that when it's your MAIN tool for the job? Me. I do that apparently. Anyway, my wife was traveling with me and her laptop is my old work laptop, so I got all the software I needed reloaded... but I didn't have a space navigator. Tom lent me his spare one for the week I needed it. 

Solid dude through and through. 

[DaveB]

Thanks (not) for the slur James, you are, as you well know, barking up the wrong tree. Not to give any credence to your post, but I'm happily semi-retired with nothing but good memories and total respect for my co-workers at Mastercam.