The laser drilling was the first thing I thought of too. Pratt & Whitney uses
this process to drill similar size holes in the turbine blades. The keep the
slag out of the holes they fill the interior of the blade with epoxy: Upon
burn through the epoxy virtually explodes, blowing and slag or
Hi Chris,
Congratulations! It looks good. I remember having to cover the table with thick
cardboard in case it dropped the tool (which it did) when we were just getting
into it. It's come a long way.
Ian
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> On Jun 4, 2015, at 11:01 AM, Chris Kelley wrote:
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> Greetings
Marius,
What you've described is a common setup. My Haas mill is set up that way for
example. It's simple to remember that all movements from home are in the
negative direction that way, instead of a mix of negative for the Z and
positive for the X or Y axes.
Ian
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Hi Guys,
I am tuning the axes on my rear-mounted turret lathe and am having problems
with the X axis. In the current state, pressing 'up arrow' on the keyboard
moves the turret forward (towards me) instead of back. The diameter readout
increases as it should and any MDI motion commands in the
I'm flying home today after a great week in Houston at the LinuxCNC Fest. I
had the opportunity to meet some of the developers working hard to keep up with
all the demands made on them by our community.
They were each very helpful and patiently answered all the questions that I and
others aske
