On Thursday, May 31, 2012 11:29:49 PM John Thornton did opine: > Are you tapering the slots so the edges are perpendicular to the center?
That was I believe the general idea, John. I have the next one about 1/3rd done, but the run time is nearly 4 hours as I had to slow it because I could see the bit flexing a few thou. When my back gave out just now I hit the pause button while the bit was at SafeZ, put the spindle controller in manual at zero speed, blew that last passes oil & debris off it, its looking great, and turned off the lights for the night. > BTW, 60 slots with the subroutine is a piece of cake. If you can come up > with the code to do one slot I can paste it in my subroutine and send it > back. > > John There's stuff in it that isn't now used, but I just put a copy of whats running right now on my web page, under Genes-os9-stf/eagle/genes- encoder.ngc Part of the run time is the sheet is warping when I cut off a piece, so I have to use a total cut depth that is about 2.5x as thick as the alu, and let it nibble on the oil soaked oak sacrificial pad under it. Thanks John. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac (and nobody cares about it). -- Bill Joy 6/21/85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users