Re: [Emc-users] incremental Jog

2010-06-30 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 29 June 2010, Mark Wendt wrote: >Has anybody messed with incremental jogs using the buttons on those >nice, chea..., uh, inexpensive Logitech controllers (the poor man's >MPG). Looking to wire up a set of buttons for my Z axis to jog in >increments of .01" and .001" rather than have to

Re: [Emc-users] Docs on C axis vs GEOMETRY statement

2010-06-30 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 29 June 2010, Mark Wendt wrote: >On 06/19/2010 04:53 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> Hi all; >> >> I have a rather weird thing that seems to have developed, apparently >> while my 4th axis, a rotary table, was disconnected and machined so that >> it has a good friction lock that can be mostly

[Emc-users] Compiling EMC2 on Lucid

2010-06-30 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Hello! I have 2 questions about EMC2, I hope that somebody can point me into some useful direction. 1) Is there a way to update from 2.4.0 to 2.4.1 on Lucid? 2) I have been trying to compile EMC2 on Lucid without any success. What I did: Acquired EMC2 source by executing: git clone git://git.lin

Re: [Emc-users] Compiling EMC2 on Lucid

2010-06-30 Thread Michał Geszkiewicz
hi, follow these instructions: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Installing_EMC2#Building_emc2_realtime regards, Michael Viesturs Lācis pisze: > Hello! > > I have 2 questions about EMC2, I hope that somebody can point me into > some useful direction. > 1) Is there a way to update from

Re: [Emc-users] Compiling EMC2 on Lucid

2010-06-30 Thread Mark Wendt
On 06/30/2010 07:37 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > Hello! > > I have 2 questions about EMC2, I hope that somebody can point me into > some useful direction. > 1) Is there a way to update from 2.4.0 to 2.4.1 on Lucid? > > 2) I have been trying to compile EMC2 on Lucid without any success. > > What I di

Re: [Emc-users] Compiling EMC2 on Lucid

2010-06-30 Thread Jeff Epler
The configure script is generated by the autogen script. Run autogen, then configure, as shown on the wiki: 2.6. Building emc2 (simulator) Run these commands in the directory created by git above: $ cd src $ ./autogen.sh $ ./configure --enable-run-in-place --enable-si

[Emc-users] Spindle Noses

2010-06-30 Thread Andy Pugh
My milling machine has 4 M10 holes on the face of the spindle. (It is a 30 INT). it appears that these are part of the specification for 30INT. Has does anyone know what they are for? http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa294/oldtiffie/machine_tapers/Machine-taper5.jpg -- atp ---

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Noses

2010-06-30 Thread Steve Stallings
These bolt holes are used for mounting large face mills. They use a centering plug in the taper but do not rely on a drawbar to hold them into the spindle. The plug is not a permanent part of the face mill, but rather an accessory used with an other face mills. > -Original Message- > Fro

Re: [Emc-users] Compiling EMC2 on Lucid

2010-06-30 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Thank You, Jeff and Michal for the suggestions! They helped me to get to point, when I run $ ./configure And besides all the other data in terminal, I see that at the end of output is following line: configure: error: GTK2 missing. Install it or specify --disable-gtk to skip the parts of emc2 that

Re: [Emc-users] Compiling EMC2 on Lucid

2010-06-30 Thread Michał Geszkiewicz
You can run make only when configure will run wthout any errors And you must 'sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev' to fix gtk problem you have. regards Michael Viesturs Lācis pisze: > Thank You, Jeff and Michal for the suggestions! > They helped me to get to point, when I run > $ ./configure > >

Re: [Emc-users] Compiling EMC2 on Lucid

2010-06-30 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Ok, thank You! Viesturs 2010/6/30 Michał Geszkiewicz : > You can run make only when configure will run wthout any errors > And you must 'sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev' to fix gtk problem you > have. > > regards > Michael > > Viesturs Lācis pisze: >> Thank You, Jeff and Michal for the suggest

Re: [Emc-users] Compiling EMC2 on Lucid

2010-06-30 Thread Viesturs Lācis
My apologies for sending e-mail before the typing full text is finished. I managed to complete all these commands. $ ./autogen.sh $ ./configure $ make $ sudo make setuid I also ran these commands: $ . /home/waterjet/emc2-dev/scripts/emc-environment $ emc The last one started EMC2. Which means tha

Re: [Emc-users] Compiling EMC2 on Lucid

2010-06-30 Thread Jeff Epler
For a run-in-place build of emc2, you can make install-menus to put items in the Applications > CNC menu. I'm not sure this is documented anywhere; please feel free to improve the wiki by mentioning it. As far as I recall, this capability is new in emc2.4. Jeff -

Re: [Emc-users] Compiling EMC2 on Lucid

2010-06-30 Thread Viesturs Lācis
YAY! I can report on successful compiling EMC 2.5~pre on Lucid! 2010/6/30 Jeff Epler : > For a run-in-place build of emc2, you can >    make install-menus > to put items in the Applications > CNC menu. > > I'm not sure this is documented anywhere; please feel free to improve > the wiki by mentioni

Re: [Emc-users] Compiling EMC2 on Lucid

2010-06-30 Thread s...@highlab.com
Eventually the buildbot will make lucid packages... For now, here's how to create a debian package from your git checkout: cd to your git checkout (probably $HOME/emc2-dev) cd debian ./configure -a cd .. fakeroot debian/rules binary dpkg -i ../*.deb -- Sebastian Kuzminsky - Reply message

Re: [Emc-users] Compiling EMC2 on Lucid

2010-06-30 Thread Jeff Epler
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:25:46PM +0300, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > YAY! I can report on successful compiling EMC 2.5~pre on Lucid! > > 2010/6/30 Jeff Epler : > > For a run-in-place build of emc2, you can > >    make install-menus > > to put items in the Applications > CNC menu. > > > > I'm not sure

Re: [Emc-users] Good candidate for an EMC conversion

2010-06-30 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
Hello, i'm interested in that machining center, i'm from argentina and i would really appreciate if you could help me, i noticed that the bid finishes in 1 hour so i'm going to place mine. Thanks in advance. Regards. Leonardo. 2010/6/30 Tom > Andy Pugh writes: > > > > > $103? It's worth that

Re: [Emc-users] Good candidate for an EMC conversion

2010-06-30 Thread John Thornton
I hope your not bidding on the one I'm bidding on :) John Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: > Hello, i'm interested in that machining center, i'm from argentina and i > would really appreciate if you could help me, i noticed that the bid > finishes in 1 hour so i'm going to place mine. > > Thanks in adva

Re: [Emc-users] Good candidate for an EMC conversion

2010-06-30 Thread Tom
Leonardo Marsaglia writes: > > Hello, i'm interested in that machining center, i'm from argentina and i > would really appreciate if you could help me, i noticed that the bid > finishes in 1 hour so i'm going to place mine. > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards. > > Leonardo. >

Re: [Emc-users] CAM??

2010-06-30 Thread a
Hi In small industrial city (where I am), I can count few CAD/CAM software that in use. Here is list of CAM software - everything for mill and some cost, which is very important. 1. MasterCAM; ($ 16 000) 2. ProE manufacturing; 3. CATIA; ($ 21 500) 4.

Re: [Emc-users] CAM?? -- Now Nesting??

2010-06-30 Thread Dave
What do you guys use for nesting software.. For instance cutting out various shapes on a plasma, waterjet, or laser? http://mynesting.com/ I found this website and I have used it a few times and bought the nested results twice so far. It seems to struggle with larger pieces nested on a smaller