Re: [Emc-users] Machinekit LinuxCNC-on-BeagleBone Initial Release
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 6/11/2013 10:26 AM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: I'm going to hold off posting outside the LinuxCNC community for a bit to get a bit better out-of-box experience. But I'm not going to wait too long, and I'm not really the guy you would assign to user experience tweaking (I'm more the hardware/device-driver guy). Ship it! Details: http://bb-lcnc.blogspot.com/ Video: http://youtu.be/AK_OYoNOBDQ Image file for the impatient: http://www.machinekit.net/deb/rootfs/wheezy/debian-7.0.0-machinekit-armhf-2013-06-14.tar.xz - -- Charles Steinkuehler char...@steinkuehler.net -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlG6tfUACgkQLywbqEHdNFyWsACfaGPCZAJvMXNpsis98KVr3qZu hwAAoNr5AmfsopotcppPxAlrSyBEw4aF =GwXo -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Why is LinuxCNC Great?
On 13 Jun 2013, at 12:07, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Why do you use LinuxCNC and what are the features you like best? I am about to introduce some new users to LinuxCNC and I want to make sure I have a good list of it's strengths. For me, one of the most attractive features is that it incorporates elements of a programming language, and that distinguishes it from other packages. I'm thinking of the IF statements, and the While/Endwhile and Do/While loops which let me take decisions, as well as the decent Repeat structure. All a joy to use, and providing a very capable programming environment. I was drawn to LinuxCNC because of HAL and programmable kinematics, but I'm sure there's a lot of features I don't even know about. Help me out with some talking points! :) As others have noted, LinuxCNC allows a programmer to control pretty much anything (and I would add elegantly). Marcus -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Why is LinuxCNC Great?
2013/6/13 Charles Steinkuehler char...@steinkuehler.net: Why do you use LinuxCNC and what are the features you like best? Because it's Linux! -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Why is LinuxCNC Great?
I have an odd-ball machine, single purpose design, which cuts triangular tapered bamboo strips in a single pass. It's called a saw beveler. I'm a Unix/Linux bigot to begin with, so for me it was a no-brainer to go with LinuxCNC (EMC2 at the time). That being said, you would really have to work pretty hard to find a simpler OS/controller installation all in one fell swoop than the LiveCD. The window manager has come a long way from when I cut my teeth on Unix and Linux installations, and unless you really want to get under the hood, it should be a relatively simple transition from the virus that masquerades as an OS to Ubuntu. Unless you really want to, there's no need to open a terminal window and go at things with vi. As much as it saddens me to say, all the system administration can now be done with a GUI. ;-) The help I received both here on the list and on the IRC was phenomenal. My machine and it's operation has some quirks that don't translate well to a generic configuration, and with the help of the experienced folks here and on the IRC, this CNC newbie got his machine up and running. And were else are you going to find folks with the warped sense of humor like Andy, Gene, Jon, Michael, Sam and too many others to name? ;-) Mark -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Integrator meeting Germany?
Hello Everybody, I collected these emails of the eleven interested people who already stated their interest in a linuxcnc meeting. Four of those people are close to Stuttgart, two are from Austria (please correct me if I am wrong). So I think it would be sensible to meet somewhere in or around Stuttgart. So I think there are three mayor questions: 1. Location - Something big enough to bring gear, something to mess around with, maybe have one cnc machine there ? Anybody got ideas ? 2. Date - maybe not before the summer holidays start ? So maybe late September or early October 2013 - when everybody is back ? That would give people time to make travel arrangements and have a chance at a still free schedule. 3. What to do if we should meet up ;) I have a small (1,2m x 1,5m) cnc machine with linuxcnc that I could load into a van. But I'd need a forklift at the destination to unload and three phase electric power, too. -- Here are the interested people: Christian Stöveken, christian.stoeve...@gmail.com, Stuttgart, Germany Michael Haberler, mai...@mah.priv.at, Austria Martin Schöneck, c...@martinschoeneck.de, Ludwigsburg - near Stuttgart, Germany Alex Joni, alex.j...@robcon.ro, Timișoara (still?), Romania Sven Wesley, svenne.d...@gmail.com, loc. unknown Viesturs Lācis, viesturs.la...@gmail.com, loc. unknown Matt Shaver, m...@mattshaver.com, USA Alex Chiosso, achio...@gmail.com, northern Italy Jan Maier, jan.ma...@joline.net, Tuebingen - near Stuttgart, Germany W. Martinjak, mats...@play-pla.net, Graz, Austria Maximilian H., mhemc2nos...@googlemail.com, near Stuttgart, Germany BR Max. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Kirk's old iron
On 06/13/2013 10:39 PM, Cecil Thomas wrote: Kirk, If you would like I could take a few shots of my machine and send them off line or can I post them here as attachment. I forget. I guess at some level of exactness most of any class of machine tool look pretty much alike and besides if it works... don't fix it! Cecil If it is convenient, I would like to see your machine. In 1916 the US was tooling up for WWI. The government probably provided the specifications and maybe plans for the machines they wanted, so machines of this type where most likely very similar. At some point the pulleys on my machine where replaced with v-belt pulleys and a motor attachment. I'm hoping to find good pictures of an original machine, so I can reproduce the flat belt pulley mechanism. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/ -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Integrator meeting Germany?
Depending on dates, and time/money availability I would try to get there too... Javier Ros On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Maximilian H mhemc2nos...@googlemail.comwrote: Hello Everybody, I collected these emails of the eleven interested people who already stated their interest in a linuxcnc meeting. Four of those people are close to Stuttgart, two are from Austria (please correct me if I am wrong). So I think it would be sensible to meet somewhere in or around Stuttgart. So I think there are three mayor questions: 1. Location - Something big enough to bring gear, something to mess around with, maybe have one cnc machine there ? Anybody got ideas ? 2. Date - maybe not before the summer holidays start ? So maybe late September or early October 2013 - when everybody is back ? That would give people time to make travel arrangements and have a chance at a still free schedule. 3. What to do if we should meet up ;) I have a small (1,2m x 1,5m) cnc machine with linuxcnc that I could load into a van. But I'd need a forklift at the destination to unload and three phase electric power, too. -- Here are the interested people: Christian Stöveken, christian.stoeve...@gmail.com, Stuttgart, Germany Michael Haberler, mai...@mah.priv.at, Austria Martin Schöneck, c...@martinschoeneck.de, Ludwigsburg - near Stuttgart, Germany Alex Joni, alex.j...@robcon.ro, Timișoara (still?), Romania Sven Wesley, svenne.d...@gmail.com, loc. unknown Viesturs Lācis, viesturs.la...@gmail.com, loc. unknown Matt Shaver, m...@mattshaver.com, USA Alex Chiosso, achio...@gmail.com, northern Italy Jan Maier, jan.ma...@joline.net, Tuebingen - near Stuttgart, Germany W. Martinjak, mats...@play-pla.net, Graz, Austria Maximilian H., mhemc2nos...@googlemail.com, near Stuttgart, Germany BR Max. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Integrator meeting Germany?
Sorry, my location is Pamplona/Iruña Spain On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Javier Ros j...@unavarra.es wrote: Depending on dates, and time/money availability I would try to get there too... Javier Ros On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Maximilian H mhemc2nos...@googlemail.com wrote: Hello Everybody, I collected these emails of the eleven interested people who already stated their interest in a linuxcnc meeting. Four of those people are close to Stuttgart, two are from Austria (please correct me if I am wrong). So I think it would be sensible to meet somewhere in or around Stuttgart. So I think there are three mayor questions: 1. Location - Something big enough to bring gear, something to mess around with, maybe have one cnc machine there ? Anybody got ideas ? 2. Date - maybe not before the summer holidays start ? So maybe late September or early October 2013 - when everybody is back ? That would give people time to make travel arrangements and have a chance at a still free schedule. 3. What to do if we should meet up ;) I have a small (1,2m x 1,5m) cnc machine with linuxcnc that I could load into a van. But I'd need a forklift at the destination to unload and three phase electric power, too. -- Here are the interested people: Christian Stöveken, christian.stoeve...@gmail.com, Stuttgart, Germany Michael Haberler, mai...@mah.priv.at, Austria Martin Schöneck, c...@martinschoeneck.de, Ludwigsburg - near Stuttgart, Germany Alex Joni, alex.j...@robcon.ro, Timișoara (still?), Romania Sven Wesley, svenne.d...@gmail.com, loc. unknown Viesturs Lācis, viesturs.la...@gmail.com, loc. unknown Matt Shaver, m...@mattshaver.com, USA Alex Chiosso, achio...@gmail.com, northern Italy Jan Maier, jan.ma...@joline.net, Tuebingen - near Stuttgart, Germany W. Martinjak, mats...@play-pla.net, Graz, Austria Maximilian H., mhemc2nos...@googlemail.com, near Stuttgart, Germany BR Max. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Integrator meeting Germany?
...and my location is still west side Stockholm, Sweden. :) 2013/6/14 Sven Wesley svenne.d...@gmail.com: 2013/6/14 Maximilian H mhemc2nos...@googlemail.com: 1. Location - Something big enough to bring gear, something to mess around with, maybe have one cnc machine there ? Anybody got ideas ? 2. Date - maybe not before the summer holidays start ? So maybe late September or early October 2013 - when everybody is back ? That would give people time to make travel arrangements and have a chance at a still free schedule. 3. What to do if we should meet up ;) I have a small (1,2m x 1,5m) cnc machine with linuxcnc that I could load into a van. But I'd need a forklift at the destination to unload and three phase electric power, too. 1. Perfect, direct flight for me! :) 2. As long as it's NOT 20th of september I'm coming. 3. What about making a tool changer and make it work? Would be a nice exercise with HAL and everything. We stuff carrots in chickens and grill 'em up! I can bring a PRO license of Rhino and MadCAM (which has a working LxCNC post processor) and then we can make 3D parts with ease if needed. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Integrator meeting Germany?
2013/6/14 Maximilian H mhemc2nos...@googlemail.com: 1. Location - Something big enough to bring gear, something to mess around with, maybe have one cnc machine there ? Anybody got ideas ? 2. Date - maybe not before the summer holidays start ? So maybe late September or early October 2013 - when everybody is back ? That would give people time to make travel arrangements and have a chance at a still free schedule. 3. What to do if we should meet up ;) I have a small (1,2m x 1,5m) cnc machine with linuxcnc that I could load into a van. But I'd need a forklift at the destination to unload and three phase electric power, too. 1. Perfect, direct flight for me! :) 2. As long as it's NOT 20th of september I'm coming. 3. What about making a tool changer and make it work? Would be a nice exercise with HAL and everything. We stuff carrots in chickens and grill 'em up! I can bring a PRO license of Rhino and MadCAM (which has a working LxCNC post processor) and then we can make 3D parts with ease if needed. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Machinekit LinuxCNC-on-BeagleBone Initial Release
This looks fantastic! The image is downloading now, and I hope to have some time this weekend to play with it. I dabbled with LinuxCNC a few years ago, and the 3D printing thing is giving me an excuse to work with it again. I'd like to find some ways to contribute. As someone who has a lot of years experience with Linux and programming, there is probably something I can do. My target system will primarily be a 3D printer, and occasionally it will be used to drill and mill PCBs. At this time, I'll disconnect my RAMPS board from the Arduino and use that as the interface. I know it's not an exact drop-in, but it should work to get started. Thanks for getting this set up. Troy On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 1:19 AM, Charles Steinkuehler char...@steinkuehler.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 6/11/2013 10:26 AM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: I'm going to hold off posting outside the LinuxCNC community for a bit to get a bit better out-of-box experience. But I'm not going to wait too long, and I'm not really the guy you would assign to user experience tweaking (I'm more the hardware/device-driver guy). Ship it! Details: http://bb-lcnc.blogspot.com/ Video: http://youtu.be/AK_OYoNOBDQ Image file for the impatient: http://www.machinekit.net/deb/rootfs/wheezy/debian-7.0.0-machinekit-armhf-2013-06-14.tar.xz - -- Charles Steinkuehler char...@steinkuehler.net -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlG6tfUACgkQLywbqEHdNFyWsACfaGPCZAJvMXNpsis98KVr3qZu hwAAoNr5AmfsopotcppPxAlrSyBEw4aF =GwXo -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Integrator meeting Germany?
2013/6/14 Maximilian H mhemc2nos...@googlemail.com Hello Everybody, I collected these emails of the eleven interested people who already stated their interest in a linuxcnc meeting. Four of those people are close to Stuttgart, two are from Austria (please correct me if I am wrong). So I think it would be sensible to meet somewhere in or around Stuttgart. So I think there are three mayor questions: 1. Location - Something big enough to bring gear, something to mess around with, maybe have one cnc machine there ? Anybody got ideas ? As we found out, there are several people from that region. Since they are using LinuxCNC, I would expect them to have some premises with some machines with LinuxCNC on them. What I am trying to say - is there a possibility that we visit somebody's workshop? I can offer my workshop, currently it has one functional LinuxCNC machine, but it is just that I am from Latvia, too little LinuxCNC users are located in Baltic region. 2. Date - maybe not before the summer holidays start ? So maybe late September or early October 2013 - when everybody is back ? That would give people time to make travel arrangements and have a chance at a still free schedule. For me personally february-march would be better, as I will have a last year in university this autumn. -- Viesturs If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Machine slowed to a crawl
After rebooting, I restarted my job and it completed fine (it took 8 hours :( ) without using linuxcncrsh. Hmm, one possibility is there's a memory leak, and it ran the CNC system out of free memory. Was the disk busy (swapping)? But, I'm just guessing. I don't think so. The machine was very responsive. When running normally, axis uses most of the CPU so all other tasks run slowly. Are there some performance statistics I can check for if this happens again? I know the windows environment better - I know where to look for process memory leaks, resource leaks, etc. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Lathe on a mill table.
Here's a thing I never would've thought of. Tormach has slightly modified a bog standard Chinese 7x12 lathe with a spindle clamp and indexing plate, then fitted it up with mounts to bolt to the table of their larger CNC mill. Put a stepper on the spindle and the lathe becomes a full 4th axis/indexer/dividing head with tailstock. http://www.tormach.com/product_pcnc_lathe2.html Instead of moving the tool for CNC lathe work, this moves the entire lathe. Looks like a job for LinuxCNC. Put a 7x12 on a Bridgeport or a Unimat on a mini mill, or a 9 South Bend on a Warner Swasey #4. Or a 17x78 LeBlond on a 20 foot Cincinnati planer with a rotary spindle retrofit... I happen to have a small antique indexer with tailstock on a common frame, don't need to align the two separately on the table. Probably ought to keep it and put a motor on it or something... -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Timing belt system
In my 10EE CNC conversion I have decided to go to either a type L (.375 between teeth) or type T10 (10 mm between teeth). I think I will need the belts to be heavier than the XL that I used on my Millrite conversion because the apron drive will require 12 inches between the pulleys. Does anyone have any reason for picking the L series over the T10 due to cost, availability, load capacity etc between the two either for the belts themselves or for the pulleys. I have done a little googling on the subject but can find no direct comparisons of the two. If anyone has positive or negative experience with either it might save me time or money down the road. Thanks, Cecil -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
