[Emc-users] 6040 axis etc

2018-12-21 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; I finally found a pix of the controller front panel, and it turns out that that box does include the vfd, so I'll either have to by oe of the clones for 70 and change, or just buy it now, and buy the 18 and change set of er-11 collets since it only comes with a 6mm. That then

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-21 Thread Chris Albertson
On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 8:01 PM Thaddeus Waldner wrote: > Fusion 360 also runs natively on a Mac. > I think the comment about needing Windows was to address those runing Linux on their PCs. You can get a free copy of Winows and run it either on virtual or real hardware but no one is giving

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-21 Thread Thaddeus Waldner
Fusion 360 also runs natively on a Mac. Thaddeus Waldner From: Dave Matthews Sent: Friday, December 21, 2018 1:50 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception Lars Christensen has a bunch of

Re: [Emc-users] sim still broken

2018-12-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 21 December 2018 20:16:04 andy pugh wrote: > On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 at 20:07, Gene Heskett wrote: > > What do you folks think of this: > > > If it is to replace a mildly broken sim config... Don't be daft. I expect the sim to get fixed, eventually. No

Re: [Emc-users] Stuart Steveson you still here?

2018-12-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 21 December 2018 19:31:17 Stuart Stevenson wrote: > Sorry no 'Fraid of that. Thanks Stuart. I'm thru putzing with this $350 HF, so I just made an offer of $1185 on a gantry model with a 750mm x table, with 120mm of z clearance, but keep the controller and throw in a set of er-11

Re: [Emc-users] sim still broken

2018-12-21 Thread andy pugh
On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 at 20:07, Gene Heskett wrote: > What do you folks think of this: >

Re: [Emc-users] sim still broken

2018-12-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 21 December 2018 15:05:30 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 21 December 2018 14:36:50 Gene Heskett wrote: > > What do you folks think of this: > aving-Drilling-Milling-Machine/163037438074?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26al

Re: [Emc-users] Stuart Steveson you still here?

2018-12-21 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Sorry no On Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 1:22 PM Gene Heskett > I managed to screw the nut off the end of my X screw, trying to get this > connector pattern which is 11 13/16 long plus a 4mm tool long. And the > screws you sold me all those years ago are about 1.5" of travel short of > being able to do it

Re: [Emc-users] sim still broken

2018-12-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 21 December 2018 14:36:50 Gene Heskett wrote: What do you folks think of this:

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-21 Thread Dave Matthews
Lars Christensen has a bunch of Fusion 360 videos on YouTube. He works for Autodesk and has an absolute beginner series. It is how I learned basic Fusion 360. Dave On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 2:47 PM Dave Cole wrote: > > Its hard to beat this price for 3D Cad/Cam which is free for hobbyist > and

Re: [Emc-users] Done with that panel code, with one exception

2018-12-21 Thread Dave Cole
Its hard to beat this price for 3D Cad/Cam which is free for hobbyist and startups making less than 100K per year. https://www.autodesk.com/campaigns/fusion-360-for-hobbyists It requires Window, but its free! I know of a shop that is using Inventor now and they are moving a lot of their work

Re: [Emc-users] sim still broken

2018-12-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 21 December 2018 09:07:15 andy pugh wrote: > On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 at 14:00, Gene Heskett wrote: > > The sim on this machine is still broken, home switches are left > > activated so it can't be rehomed. > > Why do you care about re-homing the sim configs? I accept that it > isn't ideal

[Emc-users] Stuart Steveson you still here?

2018-12-21 Thread Gene Heskett
I managed to screw the nut off the end of my X screw, trying to get this connector pattern which is 11 13/16 long plus a 4mm tool long. And the screws you sold me all those years ago are about 1.5" of travel short of being able to do it comfortably. The were 8mm diameter with a non-threaded

Re: [Emc-users] Axis(gremlin) for horizontal mill

2018-12-21 Thread nkp
More experiments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKCRbs_kcSQ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users

Re: [Emc-users] sim still broken

2018-12-21 Thread andy pugh
On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 at 14:00, Gene Heskett wrote: > The sim on this machine is still broken, home switches are left activated > so it can't be rehomed. Why do you care about re-homing the sim configs? I accept that it isn't ideal as an example for LinuxCNC newbies, but you are running real

[Emc-users] sim still broken

2018-12-21 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; The sim on this machine is still broken, home switches are left activated so it can't be rehomed. And everytime I try to update it, all my hacks to duplicate the other machines I have disappear. Is there not some way to update master sim without nukeing the config files where I

Re: [Emc-users] Axis(gremlin) for horizontal mill

2018-12-21 Thread Rick Moscoloni
Really nice!, I was waiting for something like this for my plasma tube cutter, did you make a branch of this in git? regards rick El mié., 19 dic. 2018 a las 15:38, nkp () escribió: > The video shows the principle of visualization of a rotating table. > To do: > to rotate the source contour. > >