Re: [Emc-users] Paging doctor P.I.D. Guru

2007-11-28 Thread Jon Elson
Marc van Doornik wrote: > Right. It seems I have got it, now. Feel a bit Kelly Bundy-ish right > now, but I've finally realized my mistake. All the while, I've been > treating the linear motors as if they were stepping motors with a large > pole period (2.4", by the way). This also explains all

Re: [Emc-users] A simple question on I & J

2007-11-28 Thread Sven Mueller
Jon Elson wrote on 28/11/2007 04:05: > I think the above quoted text should read "Only one offset word > is required". You definitely can have two. I think with the > in-plane only arcs that EMC does, you can't have 3. Some > controls allow arcs in arbitrary planes, and you can have an arc

Re: [Emc-users] Paging doctor P.I.D. Guru

2007-11-28 Thread Dave Engvall
On Nov 28, 2007, at 7:42 AM, Marc van Doornik wrote: > Right. It seems I have got it, now. Feel a bit Kelly Bundy-ish right > now, but I've finally realized my mistake. All the while, I've been > treating the linear motors as if they were stepping motors with a > large > pole period (2.4", by t

Re: [Emc-users] Paging doctor P.I.D. Guru

2007-11-28 Thread Marc van Doornik
Right. It seems I have got it, now. Feel a bit Kelly Bundy-ish right now, but I've finally realized my mistake. All the while, I've been treating the linear motors as if they were stepping motors with a large pole period (2.4", by the way). This also explains all that hysteresis stuff and the s

Re: [Emc-users] G Code Generators

2007-11-28 Thread Manfredi Leto
Hello, now it works, just three suggestions: 1) add "spindle speed" field and add a M3 SXXX at the beginning. If we don't start the spindle, facing is not possible ;) 2) Change the "Cutting Speed IPM" lable in "Cutting Speed IPM or mm/min" so if one is using mm knows that the field indicat

Re: [Emc-users] G Code Generators

2007-11-28 Thread Thomas J Powderly
John, please check wiki page for a note on the face.py thanks tomp - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let i

Re: [Emc-users] Can I display stock outline in AXIS?

2007-11-28 Thread Ray Henry
On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 20:47 -0500, Patrick Ferrick wrote: > Which brings me to another question: by upgrading to frantic ferret or > whatever the latest Ubuntu distro is called, am I taking a risk that my > hard-won ini tweaks will no longer work? Can I expect my current ini > files to work w