Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)Rotary problems

2013-11-11 Thread Gene Heskett
n't normally "top post" as you did above, but usually reply by mixing our replies into the "conversation". As I'm doing here. > - Original Message - > From: Gene Heskett > Sent: 11/10/13 02:58 PM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Sub

Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)Rotary problems

2013-11-11 Thread aaron moore
-users] (no subject)Rotary problems On Sunday 10 November 2013 09:38:22 andy pugh did opine: > As I appear to have been ignored... > > The problem probably is linked to the limited lookahead, but if you > only notice it when the rotary is involved, then it may be that the > rotary

Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)Rotary problems

2013-11-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 10 November 2013 09:38:22 andy pugh did opine: > As I appear to have been ignored... > > The problem probably is linked to the limited lookahead, but if you > only notice it when the rotary is involved, then it may be that the > rotary acceleration is much too low. > It is acceleration

Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)Rotary problems

2013-11-10 Thread andy pugh
As I appear to have been ignored... The problem probably is linked to the limited lookahead, but if you only notice it when the rotary is involved, then it may be that the rotary acceleration is much too low. It is acceleration that limits how fast a particular segment is allowed to run, and the l

Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)Rotary problems

2013-11-09 Thread Marius Alksnys
Aaron, Marius L. is right about current LinuxCNC behaviour, but I would not say so about "any CNC machine" when you can let some amount of error in your toolpath, what G64P..Q.. (BTW, I suggest using Q parameter too) should do, but it does not do much in LinuxCNC and your case actually yet. Th

Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)Rotary problems

2013-11-09 Thread Marius Liebenberg
Aaron G64 will have some effect but I cannot say how much. The amount of moves are really determined by you cam software. Some people do an aggressive roughing cycle to use as little time as possible and then they can afford the time spent on the finishing cut. What you can try is to make your

Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)Rotary problems

2013-11-09 Thread aaron moore
Marius Thanks for your replymakes sense. Does G64 p# work on rotary files/systems? It didn't seem to when I ran it. Do you have any tips for reducing the numer of moves in a job? Sorry. I forgot to put a subject up top, Aaron - Original Message - From: Marius Liebenberg Sent: 11/09/13