On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 08:17:03PM -0600, Brent Loschen wrote: > > And now for my question.?? The old Bridgeport had a button on the front > panel titled "No Z" that turned off all z motion and let me "air mill" a > part as a sanity check of my X & Y boundaries/fixtures.??
First congratulations on your first big retrofit. Now for the opinions: As for the Z inhibit: are you using AXIS in LinuxCNC? The preview shows where the tool is going to go, so there's little need for running in the air. If you are concerned about getting close to a fixture, you can jog the cone over onto the preview line (a jog wheel is great for this) and then see where it will be when it runs. I think Z inhibit (and inhibit all) are on old controls because they didn't have useful previews. You had no idea what the code was going to do, or even if it would run or error or go crazy. My Boss8 would just hang (it would stop and you had to push the control's reset button on the back) for certain gcode errors, especially with canned cycles. But with LinuxCNC when you load your gcode you see a correct preview or an error message telling you what's wrong with it and where. So I encourage you going to LinuxCNC with an open mind and not trying to implement everything your old control had, whether it makes sense or not. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
