On 27 March 2011 09:12, Les Newell <[email protected]> wrote: > With a bit of practice you can turn out > one-offs or short runs very quickly by mixing manual and MDI (works > really well in Mach3, not so well in EMC).
For lathe use I can highly recommend setting up some sort of semi-manual system. I have my own setup with a Pyvcp panel for target X, target Z, surface speed, cut and feed. Then I just jog to a startpoint and press (for example) the "Face", "Turn" or "Bore" button and let the machine get on with it. I suspect that the setup John has using NGCGUI is rather slicker, and I might change over (having a tab for each operation in Axis seems sensible) I documented my setup in case it is not clear what I mean. http://www.bodgesoc.org/lathe/lathe.html (Though in the meantime I have added taper and leadout radius options) Now that Axis allows you to easily add tabs, I think that the approach that this thread alludes to http://www.linuxcnc.org/component/option,com_kunena/Itemid,20/func,view/id,3408/catid,40/limit,6/limitstart,0/lang,english/ is probably better. (But I can't see a good example screenshot) -- atp "Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
