On 16 November 2016 at 15:56, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > The small bit of postings about G71 possibly being added to LinuxCNC, > prompts me to ask about the chances of G68/G69 being added as I have > needed to be able to do that on a few projects. Making tapered gibs for > instance, is now a matter of proping up one end of a bit of material,
Having now made two tapered gibs I have to say that I don't quite understand your problem. I made mine with a combined X and Z move and a hint of trigonometry. Given that shallow tapers are typically specified in distance/ft (or metric equivalent) this actually feels more natural to me. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
