Sounds like you are getting some good training to use the e-stop for emergencies and not as a stop button...
John On 29 Jul 2008 at 0:13, Kirk Wallace wrote: > On Mon, 2008-07-28 at 23:10 -0500, Jon Elson wrote: > ... snip > > > > Another thing is that axis alignment is preserved when you hit Estop > > or crash. That generally isn't the case with a stepper system. > > > > Jon > > On my stepper mill, I find that I am much less willing to press the > e-stop for this reason. I suppose home switches with a screw index > would solve that, but typical stepper machines don't have these. > > -- > Kirk Wallace (California, USA > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ > Hardinge HNC/EMC CNC lathe, > Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, > Zubal lathe conversion pending > Craftsman AA 109 restoration > Shizuoka ST-N/EMC CNC) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & > win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event > anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
