On Wednesday 16 November 2016 11:06:55 andy pugh wrote: > 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.
It would to me also. But I was following the tut of someone else that did essentially what I did, for the same machine. The finished conversion makes a heck of a lot better machine out of TLM, I should have done it years ago. That, and putting a block of cast the same height as the compound on it in place of the compound, I can actually call it a lathe without feeling like I'm telling a lie. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
