Re: [Emc-users] Desktop CNC Website Information

2007-10-04 Thread Peter Homann
Hi Jon, You may want to ask Art to have another look. These days there are plug-ins that are written that talk to various type of hardware. You would probably have to write the plug-in yourself with Arts help. It may be worth considering. Cheers, Peter. Jon Elson wrote: Stephen Wille

Re: [Emc-users] Plasma Torch Height Control

2007-10-04 Thread Jarl Stefansson
To elaborate on what Alex posted: dallur-thc is an old version of a gantry based plasma config which uses classicladder and has basic functionality. plasma-thc is a newer version which only uses HAL and has things like corner height lock, realtime adjustable cutting height and more.

Re: [Emc-users] Off Topic Bellows

2007-10-04 Thread Frank Tkalcevic
I made a bellows out of manila to see if I could do it, and it turned out well. Can anyone suggest a material for the final version? Kirk Wallace I used thin polypropylene sheet, 0.39mm thick. I got it from my local art supply store. It needs to be scored for it to fold properly, but if

Re: [Emc-users] Desktop CNC Website Information

2007-10-04 Thread Ray Henry
On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 20:29 -0400, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: s It may be better to leave closed loop out of it altogether, because a lot of people don't really know what it is, and will claim closed loop operation when it really isn't. As an old time user/repairer of machines that use

Re: [Emc-users] Desktop CNC Website Information

2007-10-04 Thread RogerN
- Original Message - From: Steve Blackmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 2:29 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Desktop CNC Website Information On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:57:37 -0500, you wrote: snip

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe, Tapered threads?

2007-10-04 Thread RogerN
While on the subject of G76 being complex already I've read that alternating the infeed works well as your tool cuts on leading edge with one pass, trailing edge with the next pass Currently an infeed of 29 Deg. moves the X and Z axis in (external threading) decreasing radius and

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe, Tapered threads?

2007-10-04 Thread Andre' Blanchard
At 09:29 AM 10/4/2007, you wrote: While on the subject of G76 being complex already I've read that alternating the infeed works well as your tool cuts on leading edge with one pass, trailing edge with the next pass Currently an infeed of 29 Deg. moves the X and Z axis in (external

Re: [Emc-users] Desktop CNC Website Information

2007-10-04 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Ray Henry wrote: On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 20:29 -0400, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: s It may be better to leave closed loop out of it altogether, because a lot of people don't really know what it is, and will claim closed loop operation when it really isn't. As an old time user/repairer

Re: [Emc-users] Desktop CNC Website Information

2007-10-04 Thread Jon Elson
Peter Homann wrote: Hi Jon, You may want to ask Art to have another look. These days there are plug-ins that are written that talk to various type of hardware. You would probably have to write the plug-in yourself with Arts help. I talked to him at the CNC Workshop, and he sounded pretty

Re: [Emc-users] Comparison operators

2007-10-04 Thread Kirk Wallace
Do you mean== = = != , etc. for use with C, python or scripts? Kirk Wallace ~~ On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 09:20 -0700, Alan Condit wrote: Where would one fine a list of the legal comparison operators for if- else-then and do-while? I may

Re: [Emc-users] Comparison operators

2007-10-04 Thread Kenneth Lerman
http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?AdditionalGCodeFunctionality The above link points to a page that defines this stuff. Ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mark Kenny Products Company, LLC 55 Main Street Voice: (888)ISO-SEVO (888)476-7386 Newtown, CT 06470Fax:

[Emc-users] Oh man, my home is broke...

2007-10-04 Thread Patrick Ferrick
Hi all, Well, I've gone and added a rotary axis to my xyz-minimill, and I've managed to break my nice homing sequence. As it turns out, I guess I don't understand homing as well as I thought I did, because I can't figure out the following situation: First, here's a picture of my Y-axis

Re: [Emc-users] Off Topic Bellows

2007-10-04 Thread Frank Tkalcevic
I made a bellows out of manila to see if I could do it, and it turned out well. Can anyone suggest a material for the final version? Kirk Wallace I used thin polypropylene sheet, 0.39mm thick. I got it from ... snip The milky white appearance of the polypropylene was a

Re: [Emc-users] broken homing

2007-10-04 Thread Stuart Stevenson
I seem to remember having this same problem early on. I THINK I fixed it by homing the axis and then setting home position to zero. A fanuc control will act this way also. Try this. If it doesn't work I will play with my machine tomorrow and see if I can reenact this problem. Stuart