Re: [Emc-users] CAD for LinuxCNC

2018-07-25 Thread Valerio Bellizzomi
On Wed, 2018-07-25 at 18:49 +0100, andy pugh wrote: > On 25 July 2018 at 18:26, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > > > I'm not a python programmer. > > Nobody is until they start. > > (Not a glib answer, I have taught myself both C and Python to work on > LinuxCNC) > I don't think you want a progr

Re: [Emc-users] CAD for LinuxCNC

2018-07-25 Thread dave engvall
On 07/24/2018 04:14 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 24 July 2018 at 21:02, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: I think "rest machining" refers to doing initial machining passes with a large-diameter cutter, having the CAM keep track of the remaining material that needs to be removed, and then doing finishing

Re: [Emc-users] CAD for LinuxCNC

2018-07-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 July 2018 at 18:26, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > I'm not a python programmer. Nobody is until they start. (Not a glib answer, I have taught myself both C and Python to work on LinuxCNC) -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use o

Re: [Emc-users] CAD for LinuxCNC

2018-07-25 Thread Valerio Bellizzomi
On Wed, 2018-07-25 at 08:36 -0600, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 7:46 AM Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2018-07-25 at 14:03 +0100, andy pugh wrote: > > > On 25 July 2018 at 05:12, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > > > > > > > I have asked for the possibility to extend

Re: [Emc-users] CAD for LinuxCNC

2018-07-25 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 7:46 AM Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > > On Wed, 2018-07-25 at 14:03 +0100, andy pugh wrote: > > On 25 July 2018 at 05:12, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > > > > > I have asked for the possibility to extend PyCAM to 5 axis but got no > > > response. > > > > Who did you ask? > > I

Re: [Emc-users] CAD for LinuxCNC

2018-07-25 Thread Valerio Bellizzomi
On Wed, 2018-07-25 at 14:03 +0100, andy pugh wrote: > On 25 July 2018 at 05:12, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > > > I have asked for the possibility to extend PyCAM to 5 axis but got no > > response. > > Who did you ask? > I asked the question in the IRC channel ---

Re: [Emc-users] CAD for LinuxCNC

2018-07-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 July 2018 at 05:12, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > I have asked for the possibility to extend PyCAM to 5 axis but got no > response. Who did you ask? -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and l

Re: [Emc-users] CAD for LinuxCNC

2018-07-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 July 2018 at 05:07, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > Well then, PyCAM has rough and fine operations. I am not 100% sure that that is the same thing. For example previous finish operations with a different cutter might leave large lumps of finished surface above the height of the current operati

Re: [Emc-users] Fwd: Re: CAD for LinuxCNC --> PCB photoresist exposure

2018-07-25 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
DLP with UV light should be very good technology for this. Self driving car, drunk drivers choice. > I always wondered if a small LCD projector would be enough to expose a > typical photosensitive PCB--they can be had for not much more than $100, > and are surprisingly bright at small distance

Re: [Emc-users] Fwd: Re: CAD for LinuxCNC

2018-07-25 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
I discovered PCB etching is as good as the mask and an ordinary laser printer is not very good. As I understand it a DLP with UV light is very good and could "print" the pattern with UV light directly onto the PCB. > The typical photoresists used for PCB's are sensitive from UV up to > ~400nm.

Re: [Emc-users] CAD for LinuxCNC

2018-07-25 Thread Lester Caine
On 25/07/18 02:46, Jon Elson wrote: I use Freecad version 16 on debian, I have designed a cnc machine with it, but I do not use the included cam module which is at first stage I think I downloaded ver 0.17, which was only a couple days old when I got it. Probably I SHOULD have tried with ver 0