On 2/4/2012 3:08 PM, dave wrote: > On Sat, 4 Feb 2012 12:21:16 -0500 > Przemek Klosowski<[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Erik Friesen<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Make two programs, with the second program zeroing on the last hole >>> of the first. >> On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 12:16 PM I wrote >> >>> In any case, I would write two CNC programs, one for each half of >>> the holes, in such a way that the home position for the second half >>> would be the last hole of the first half. > I end up doing this all the time since my current small mill is limited > to 16" X travel. However I define Y with respect to the upper jaw of > the vise so all I have to do is slide the part in x to get the dowel > pin aligned. I'll bet that Stuart does it all the time, too. His table is limited to 16 feet in X travel. :-)
Ken > > With no vise one could always use two dowel pins as y index and then > clamp when you get X aligned. > > People with machining skills come up will all sorts of ways to adapt. > Most work. ;-) > > Dave >> >> Funny, how we've been sitting perhaps thousands of miles away and >> simultaneously writing up the same idea. >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Try before you buy = See our experts in action! >> The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft >> developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus >> HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when >> you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try before you buy = See our experts in action! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
