Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-07-11 Thread andy pugh
On 11 July 2014 17:51, Jon Elson wrote: > I'm speaking in generalities, but I think this is true for most > CNC lathes. I think that VDI is a way to repeatably swap tools in a lathe changer. (And maybe some HSK variants) Though I don't think what I have done needs to be 100% generic, as the wh

Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-07-11 Thread Jon Elson
On 07/11/2014 10:32 AM, Andy Pugh wrote: > But, you seem to be saying that lathes don't use the > tool-table pocket number? Typically, lathes have tool turrets, with various tools installed on the turret. Since the way the turret is made is not exactly perfect, swapping a tool to a different pos

Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-07-11 Thread Andy Pugh
> On 11 Jul 2014, at 15:57, Chris Morley wrote: > > T010101 is tool position 1 offset 1 wear offset 1 Can you do that with three different numbers so that I can figure out which is which? But, you seem to be saying that lathes don't use the tool-table pocket number? ---

Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-07-11 Thread Chris Morley
s but the premise is the same for others. - Reply message - From: "andy pugh" To: "EMC developers" Subject: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI Date: Thu, Jul 10, 2014 6:47 PM On 10 June 2014 17:42, andy pugh wrote: > The G43 variant doesn't just let you have compo

Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-07-10 Thread andy pugh
On 10 June 2014 17:42, andy pugh wrote: > The G43 variant doesn't just let you have compouind offsets using the > LinuxCNC "Mill" style toolchange, it also means that using the G43 > variation with a Remapping of the T-word would allow T1020 to call a > G-code sub ... > There will, of course, be i

Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-06-10 Thread andy pugh
On 10 June 2014 17:15, Daniel Rogge wrote: > It wasn't hard coded - it was something only enabled in an ini file, and was > off by default. That wasn't what I meant. I meant that it was just one fixed variant toolhandler, rather than a generic way to allow other approaches. > I know that you

Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-06-10 Thread EBo
On Jun 10 2014 10:15 AM, Daniel Rogge wrote: >>I don't think that is quite fair. >>There is some resistance to the iocontrol hack that hard-codes the >> behaviour. (And there are reasons not to like the Fanuc way, too, >> it is incompatible with the tooldatabase schema that we hacked >> out last ye

Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-06-10 Thread Daniel Rogge
>I don't think that is quite fair. >There is some resistance to the iocontrol hack that hard-codes the > behaviour. (And there are reasons not to like the Fanuc way, too, > it is incompatible with the tooldatabase schema that we hacked > out last year) > Chris recently proposed a new variant o

Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-06-10 Thread andy pugh
On 10 June 2014 15:19, Daniel Rogge wrote: > Someone would have to add this functionality to that program, which is > unlikely because most of the linuxcnc developers aren't in favor of the Fanuc > patch in the first place I don't think that is quite fair. There is some resistance to the iocon

Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-06-10 Thread Daniel Rogge
ikely because most of the linuxcnc developers aren't in favor of the Fanuc patch in the first place. Rogge -Original Message- From: Rick Lair [mailto:r...@superiorroll.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 6:38 AM To: emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] T

Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-06-10 Thread Rick Lair
Hello Daniel, Have you guys made any improvements on the Fanuc tool change patch? I have that setup on three turning centers in our shop, and it is used all day everyday for the last year and a half. I saw in your manual for your lathe, that the wear offsets are put in the columns next to the ac

Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-06-09 Thread Daniel Rogge
> Daniel Rogge can tell you the status of the any part of the software. > He monitors this list. Well, I haven't been monitoring the list lately, but came in to find this buried in a few weeks of old emails this morning. Some answers: Yes - the Tormach lathe is running LCNC for the motion co

Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-06-04 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 06/04/2014 02:13 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 4 June 2014 03:56, Jon Elson wrote: > >> Their G-code files have an .ngc extension in some of the >> screenshots. > > I don't think there is any need for this detective work, it is no > secret that the lathe is using LinuxCNC, it was Tormach who came u

Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-06-04 Thread andy pugh
On 4 June 2014 03:56, Jon Elson wrote: > Their G-code files have an .ngc extension in some of the > screenshots. I don't think there is any need for this detective work, it is no secret that the lathe is using LinuxCNC, it was Tormach who came up with the Fanuc-style tool change patch for their

Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-06-03 Thread Jon Elson
On 06/03/2014 01:19 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > 2014-06-03 16:48 GMT+03:00 Kirk Wallace : > >> See page 10 section 1.4.2. > > Section 5.3, page 42 - that backplot screen seems very familiar :)) > > Their G-code files have an .ngc extension in some of the screenshots. Another place they show detail

Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-06-03 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2014-06-03 16:48 GMT+03:00 Kirk Wallace : > > See page 10 section 1.4.2. Section 5.3, page 42 - that backplot screen seems very familiar :)) Viesturs -- Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databas

Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-06-03 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 06/03/2014 06:36 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 3 June 2014 14:35, andy pugh wrote: > >> file:///C:/Users/APUGH12/Downloads/UM10225_Tormach_15L_Slant-PRO_0514A_web.pdf > > Not to self: check the URL before hitting "Send". > > This link will work better for people who are not currently sat in the > s

Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-06-03 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 06/03/2014 06:26 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 3 June 2014 14:13, EBo wrote: > >> Can you post a link to what you are referring to? I did a quick check >> and was not sure... > > http://www.tormach.com/product_lathe.html > > The user manual and other documents are near the bottom of the page here

Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-06-03 Thread andy pugh
On 3 June 2014 14:35, andy pugh wrote: > file:///C:/Users/APUGH12/Downloads/UM10225_Tormach_15L_Slant-PRO_0514A_web.pdf Not to self: check the URL before hitting "Send". This link will work better for people who are not currently sat in the same chair as me :-) http://www.tormach.com/uploads/7

Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-06-03 Thread EBo
On Jun 3 2014 7:26 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 3 June 2014 14:13, EBo wrote: > >> Can you post a link to what you are referring to? I did a quick >> check >> and was not sure... > > http://www.tormach.com/product_lathe.html Thanks. I thought there might have been a cleaner image someplace. E

Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-06-03 Thread andy pugh
On 3 June 2014 14:26, andy pugh wrote: > http://www.tormach.com/product_lathe.html Also, lots of screen shots in the manual: file:///C:/Users/APUGH12/Downloads/UM10225_Tormach_15L_Slant-PRO_0514A_web.pdf -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ---

Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-06-03 Thread andy pugh
On 3 June 2014 14:13, EBo wrote: > Can you post a link to what you are referring to? I did a quick check > and was not sure... http://www.tormach.com/product_lathe.html -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto

Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-06-03 Thread EBo
On Jun 3 2014 3:32 AM, andy pugh wrote: > The Tormach website for their new lathe shows a rather elaborate > looking lathe GUI. > My understanding (possibly erroneous) is that the controller on that > lathe is LinuxCNC. > Is there any chance that we might see that GUI available more > generally?

[Emc-developers] Tormach GUI

2014-06-03 Thread andy pugh
The Tormach website for their new lathe shows a rather elaborate looking lathe GUI. My understanding (possibly erroneous) is that the controller on that lathe is LinuxCNC. Is there any chance that we might see that GUI available more generally? -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http:/