Two comments: 1. Software to Generate basic G-code from a sequence of positions should not be a very difficult problem.
2. It would seem to me that welding a good bead (not spot welding) would require either very consistent materials or some feedback on puddle properties. Puddle properties could be measured from a visual and/or IR image. Measuring welding voltage/current might also be useful. (It has been some years since I considered this problem, so good technical solutions may since have been found.) Craig Daniel Kavanagh wrote: > Hi Alex, > > That sounds kind of limited :( > > What I really want to do is 5 or 6 axis control with joysticks, > recording all the while. > > I am gathering the parts to make a 6 axis gantry style welder. The > setup would be like a 5 axis router with the sixth axis being like a > spindle to rotate the torch. > > The thought of doing CAM and gcode for that just seems like a total > nightmare. Think zig zag bead as you travel around a tube notch. > > Leaning to weld with joysticks however seems like a video game! Put a > camera on it! Dual monitors.....awesome! > > I realize this is complicated, joystick jogging is not real time. I > was thinking you could use hal streamer and maybe log it and then play > it back? Automate pressing the teach button and add some code that > converts it to gcode? > > I don't know. I do know that I can build the machine and I really > would like to automate some of my welding. > > I am working on my plasma tube notcher right now and the welder is the > next project. > > Thanks, > Dan > > > Alex Joni wrote: > >> Hi Dan, >> >> the teach-in function that is included in emc2 is a "hack" that is used >> to save position for some puma-typed robots. >> Basicly you launch the teach-in script (once emc2 is running), and when >> you push teach (if my memory serves me right) it saves the current >> position (both in joint space and in carthesian space). >> I'm not sure if this is useful to you, as you would have to write the >> G-code for those points. >> >> Regards, >> Alex >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
