[Emc-users] Cutting two side of the job

2014-03-24 Thread Marius Liebenberg
I am busy with some ngcgui stuff to cut some small parts on a lathe. The tools are setup as back tools on the lathe but I need to cut the Id of the job with the same too as the od. So the lathe set up as a back tool lathe on Gmoccapy and the OD shows correct but I need to cut the ID in the

Re: [Emc-users] Cutting two side of the job

2014-03-24 Thread andy pugh
On 24 March 2014 13:23, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za wrote: Is there a way to switch between these two modes with Gcode? I _think_ you can just use a negative diameter and it works. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto

Re: [Emc-users] Cutting two side of the job

2014-03-24 Thread Marius Liebenberg
I tried that Andy but is does not work as expected. I will have to write the routine to explicitly do that. I was hoping to find a shortcut and not have to write it from scratch. No problem I like learning new stuff. It's what drives me :) On 2014-03-24 15:33, andy pugh wrote: On 24 March

Re: [Emc-users] Cutting two side of the job

2014-03-24 Thread Marius Liebenberg
I found a solution. If you just put a (-) in front of the Z figure it travels the opposite way. You also have to swing the incremental counter for the no of cuts to add in stead of subtract as well. On 2014-03-24 15:49, Marius Liebenberg wrote: I tried that Andy but is does not work as

Re: [Emc-users] Cutting two side of the job

2014-03-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 24 March 2014 10:38:50 Marius Liebenberg did opine: I found a solution. If you just put a (-) in front of the Z figure it travels the opposite way. You also have to swing the incremental counter for the no of cuts to add in stead of subtract as well. The way your OP was worded, I