Re: [Emc-users] OT: Fly cutting slots?

2022-08-16 Thread andrew beck
I would weld a lathe parting or grooving tool to a round shank at about the right dia cutter And away you go. Easy On Tue, 16 Aug 2022, 3:23 pm Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users, < emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > How thick is it axially? If it's pretty thin it should be sandwiched > betwee

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7C80 and rpi4

2022-08-16 Thread andrew beck
Hey guys just want to report back! We got it working. We had a working 7c80 file that was close and just copied and pasted the config into a dummy one from pnconf Worked a treat. Hey quick question Does anyone know how to make a desktop Linuxcnc launcher. I got lost On Thu, 11 Aug 2022, 7:

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7C80 and rpi4

2022-08-16 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 16 Aug 2022 at 08:17, andrew beck wrote: > Does anyone know how to make a desktop Linuxcnc launcher. I think that there might be a script for that. http://linuxcnc.org/docs/stable/html/man/man1/linuxcncmkdesktop.1.html -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment a

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7C80 and rpi4

2022-08-16 Thread Todd Zuercher
If your config shows up in the Linuxcnc config picker, there is a checkbox at the bottom of that screen that will automatically create a desktop launcher for the config you choose and will create one upon startup. Todd Zuercher P. Graham Dunn Inc. 630 Henry Street  Dalton, Ohio 44618 Phone:  (33

[Emc-users] Siggen Issues

2022-08-16 Thread Todd Zuercher
I'm trying to help this poor guy on the forum and ran into an odd stumbling block. I'm trying to use Siggen to generate a square wave form and output it to the analog output of a Mesa 7i77. This is for tuning the current loop on a servo drive. I set up a simple config to do this, but with the

Re: [Emc-users] Siggen Issues

2022-08-16 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 16 Aug 2022 at 19:45, Todd Zuercher wrote: > I'm trying to use Siggen to generate a square wave form and output it to the > analog output of a Mesa 7i77. This is for tuning the current loop on a servo > drive. I set up a simple config to do this, but with the oscilloscope hooked > up

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Fly cutting slots?

2022-08-16 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
Hi guys. Sorry for the late reply and thanks to all for the answers. I'll try to answer more or less to all in one reply to keep it organized. The rotor is 125 mm long. Cuts are about 45 mm deep. I forgot to mention that my universal mill is too small for the job so I'll be doing this on the lat

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7C80 and rpi4

2022-08-16 Thread andrew beck
Awesome thanks guys I'll have a look. On Wed, 17 Aug 2022, 12:03 am Todd Zuercher, wrote: > If your config shows up in the Linuxcnc config picker, there is a checkbox > at the bottom of that screen that will automatically create a desktop > launcher for the config you choose and will create one