On Sun, Feb 5, 2012, at 02:43 AM, spad...@sover.net wrote: > >> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 19:46:39 -0600 > >> From: jep...@unpythonic.net > >> I don't know what the use case is for toggling lathe mode at runtime, > >> but it probably doesn't hurt anything. > > There are combination machines that can operate as either lathe or mill. > Two examples that come to mind are the ShopTask machines and the Tormach > PCNC with the lathe attachment.
I have a Shoptask. Lathe setups and mill setups are significantly different, I simply use one ini file for each mode, and pick the one I want when I start LinuxCNC. -- John Kasunich jmkasun...@fastmail.fm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers