On Tuesday 28 August 2018 09:22:12 Les Newell wrote: > Hi Gene, > > > So, where do I get this absolute Z position to feed lincurve from? > > Assuming you have a cartesian machine joint.N.pos-fb is probably the > way to go. That's what I used when I did something similar on my > lathe. > > Les > That would likely work and well Les, if indeed that data is referenced to the machines location vis-a-vis its actually 0.000000 at a g53 g0 z0. nothing else is such a permanent reference. I'll make some tests. If it moves with a touch off or tool loaded but not g43'd, its not too valuable.
Now to feed the missus and refill her coffee cup with freshly brewed, and I'll hang a halmeter on it and find out. Thanks Les. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- 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 -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
