On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:44:56 -0500, you wrote: >stepconf should write an inifile that enables "home all" if you have >home switches for all axes. If you don't have home switches, or you >have them for only some axes, then axis won't write an inifile that >enables "home all".
HI Jeff - on the subject of home, why was the behaviour changed to force a home in 2.3? I found the NO_FORCE_HOMING=1 in the wiki. I'm trying to get my head around how to make AXIS and EMC behave like I'm used to with Mach Turn before trying it for real. I do a lot of CNC turning and like many others I know, I don't use the home switches. They are unnecessary. I don't use them during tool changes I do my tool changing just far enough off the end of the stock so the longest tool doesn't hit the stock, really a waste of time to travel any further ;) X0 is always the centre of the stock, Z0 is nearly always the end of the stock. My method is to jog to the end of the stock, touch with tool1( tool1 has no tool offsets) and Zero Z, then jog and touch the side of the stock and enter the stock diameter in the X DRO. (It's possible to type and enter data via the DRO's in Mach). I would then simply run the file. How do I do that? Touch off seems to mess with tool table? Steve Blackmore -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
