Re: [Emc-users] Foam cutting configuration

2007-08-22 Thread Ryan Hulsker
On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 09:36 -0500, Jeff Epler wrote: On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 02:02:39PM +, ben lipkowitz wrote: The first couple of cuts I was using a chord length of about 100mm, meaning that my g-code statements around the leading edge where about 0.1mm apart or less, which

Re: [Emc-users] Foam cutting configuration

2007-08-20 Thread Ryan Hulsker
emcTrajSetAxes emcTrajSetAxes failing: axes=4 axismask=c3 bad return value from emcTrajSetAxes emc/task/emctaskmain.cc 2584: can't initialize motion And then I get the splash screen, but Axis never comes up. Ryan On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 13:00 -0600, Ryan Hulsker wrote: I completed building my 4 axis hotwire

[Emc-users] Foam cutting configuration

2007-08-20 Thread Ryan Hulsker
I completed building my 4 axis hotwire foam cutter this weekend and am trying to get EMC2 to work with it. I checked out emc2-head yesterday and managed to get it to compile (run in place) and it seems to run ok with the default stepper_mm configuration. So i decided to use this as a base to

Re: [Emc-users] Foam cutting configuration

2007-08-20 Thread Ryan Hulsker
Ok, thanks for your help (Chris too), I seem to have it working now. In the ini file I have AXES = 8 COORDINATES = X Y U V HOME = 0 0 0 0 And [AXIS_6] and [AXIS_7] sections instead of the 2 and 3 I had before. And in my core_foam_stepper.hal I changed

Re: [Emc-users] EMC Features (Filament Winding)

2007-08-17 Thread Ryan Hulsker
On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 14:36 -0400, John Kasunich wrote: It sounds to me like this will require some very tricky g-coding. One possibility to consider is using a rotary axis instead of a spindle. Then you can program any head-vs-mandrel pattern you want, including zero-degree, 90-degree,

[Emc-users] EMC Features

2007-08-15 Thread Ryan Hulsker
while being indexed to the mandrel rotation once you have the g-code. Does anyone know of a g-code generator that would generate code for a filament winder that is free/open-source? Ryan Hulsker - This SF.net email