Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Configuration help

2014-04-20 Thread David Armstrong
On 06/04/14 05:17, Howard Mearns wrote: I need some clarification on lathe setup. The integrator manual seems to indicate that I should remove the [axis_1] section. Some older posts say that I will have to make a dummy 'y' axis. I worked on ini/hal bugs/learning curve until I got Axis

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Configuration help

2014-04-06 Thread Marius Liebenberg
You remove the axis section out of the ini but you do this Under [TRAJ] section AXIS = 3 COORDINATES = X Z Then you will have [AXIS_0] tralala [AXIS_2] tralala Note that the Z is still AXIS_2 On 2014-04-06 06:17, Howard Mearns wrote: I need some clarification on lathe setup. The integrator

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Configuration help

2014-04-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 06 April 2014 02:54:42 Howard Mearns did opine: I need some clarification on lathe setup. The integrator manual seems to indicate that I should remove the [axis_1] section. Some older posts say that I will have to make a dummy 'y' axis. I worked on ini/hal bugs/learning curve

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Configuration help

2014-04-06 Thread andy pugh
On 6 April 2014 05:17, Howard Mearns hmea...@hotmail.com wrote: Does removing the y axis mean that axis 1 is now the z axis? Others have explained what to do, but here is a small explanation of why. When LinuxCNC was first written there was an assumption made that an X in the G-code would

[Emc-users] Lathe Configuration help

2014-04-05 Thread Howard Mearns
I need some clarification on lathe setup. The integrator manual seems to indicate that I should remove the [axis_1] section. Some older posts say that I will have to make a dummy 'y' axis. I worked on ini/hal bugs/learning curve until I got Axis to appear without crashing setup just as a