I'll see if I can find that link.  From what I remember it's specific PRU
code for the Beagle that needs to be written for the Lathe part and that was
never done.

John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Elson [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: October-14-17 12:47 PM
> To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] MachineKit on the BeagleBone Black
> 
> On 10/14/2017 03:38 AM, John Dammeyer wrote:
> > As I recall, there was a specific comment that lathes were not yet
> > supported.
> It doesn't make sense.  Lathes were fully supported for
> several years before the schism/fork of Machinekit.
> So, all features that were in LinuxCNC before that should
> all work in Machinekit.  Lathe threading had been working
> since a LONG time ago, since at LEAST 2008.  Now, there have
> been some major changes in 2-axis tool offsets in the tool
> table, that was done for lathes. So, maybe that is what they
> meant about not supported.  That's the ONLY thing I can
> think of.  Or maybe it is constant surface speed, although
> that should be able to be done OUTSIDE of Machinekit, with a
> few HAL commands.  There is also feed per revolution, but I
> think that has been there for some time, too.
> 
> Jon
> 
>
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