Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 19 November 2020 12:23:01 dave engvall wrote: > On 11/18/20 11:45 AM, Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote: > > Redline Water Wetter or Royal Purple Ice might lower the temps. > > They're intended for use with plain water in race vehicles so that > > when there's a coolant leak they don'

Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-19 Thread dave engvall
On 11/18/20 11:45 AM, Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote: Redline Water Wetter or Royal Purple Ice might lower the temps. They're intended for use with plain water in race vehicles so that when there's a coolant leak they don't make the track or drag strip slick. Their effectiveness is dec

Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-18 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users
Redline Water Wetter or Royal Purple Ice might lower the temps. They're intended for use with plain water in race vehicles so that when there's a coolant leak they don't make the track or drag strip slick. Their effectiveness is decreased in a normal 50/50 antifreeze/water mix but they still l

Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 17 November 2020 18:59:14 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 17 November 2020 13:18:50 andrew beck wrote: > > I will link some videos Gene. And can resize some photos when I get > > a sec. > > Okay. I spent the afternoon putting a fresh bob in the G0704 kit, > then tried to bore 1/4" ho

Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 17 November 2020 13:18:50 andrew beck wrote: > I will link some videos Gene. And can resize some photos when I get a > sec. > Okay. I spent the afternoon putting a fresh bob in the G0704 kit, then tried to bore 1/4" holes lengthwise thru 5.5" of 1/2" alu, with a 3" drill hog bit. Th

Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-17 Thread andrew beck
I will link some videos Gene. And can resize some photos when I get a sec. On Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 2:42 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 17 November 2020 05:25:48 andrew beck wrote: > > > awesome gene > > > > my machines are full size cnc machines 5 and 6 tons. they have > > ballscrews in

Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 17 November 2020 05:25:48 andrew beck wrote: > awesome gene > > my machines are full size cnc machines 5 and 6 tons. they have > ballscrews installed and couplings etc. covers and doors. > > all I need to do to mount the motors is about 4 hrs work for > everything. I need to drill ne

Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-17 Thread andrew beck
awesome gene my machines are full size cnc machines 5 and 6 tons. they have ballscrews installed and couplings etc. covers and doors. all I need to do to mount the motors is about 4 hrs work for everything. I need to drill new holes in the motor mounts and shrink in a ring and then bore out th

Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 16 November 2020 04:12:02 andrew beck wrote: > Sweet. I have 8 big servo drives for all my machines turning up > tomorrow I think finally. Will be so good to get my cnc lathe and > second cnc mill working. > But Andrew, that will generate a lot of 4 letter words, called "work". At my

Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-16 Thread andrew beck
Sweet. I have 8 big servo drives for all my machines turning up tomorrow I think finally. Will be so good to get my cnc lathe and second cnc mill working. So I'll be asking a lot of questions about linuxcnc again soon I think. Regards Andrew On Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 7:49 PM Gene Heskett wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 16 November 2020 01:06:54 andrew beck wrote: > Not sure. I can check later > Never mind, Andrew, I can test later today. Thanks for the reminder. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."

Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-15 Thread andrew beck
Not sure. I can check later On Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 7:02 PM Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 15 November 2020 23:26:31 andrew beck wrote: > > > Gene. > > > > Just so you know. > > > > F7 hotkey on keyboard turns on mist. (when button is greyed out in > > auto mode in axis 2.8) > > > > F8 turns on

Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 15 November 2020 23:26:31 andrew beck wrote: > Gene. > > Just so you know. > > F7 hotkey on keyboard turns on mist. (when button is greyed out in > auto mode in axis 2.8) > > F8 turns on main water coolant. > > That all works perfectly perfect I may have known that, but the wet ram is

Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-15 Thread andrew beck
Gene. Just so you know. F7 hotkey on keyboard turns on mist. (when button is greyed out in auto mode in axis 2.8) F8 turns on main water coolant. That all works perfectly perfect Regards Andrew On Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 9:10 AM jrmitchellj wrote: > When I have needed to pick up a program (sta

Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-15 Thread jrmitchellj
When I have needed to pick up a program (start from here), I start the mist before I start the program. Works well, but having access while in auto would be really nice! --J. Ray Mitchell Jr. jrmitche...@gmail.com "Good enough is the enemy of excellence"author unknown On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at

Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-15 Thread Sam Sokolik
That has always been the case with axis.. I think most people add some hal with a pyvcp or such. On Sun, Nov 15, 2020, 5:16 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 14 November 2020 23:23:36 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Saturday 14 November 2020 19:24:02 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Saturday 14 No

Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 14 November 2020 23:23:36 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 14 November 2020 19:24:02 Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 14 November 2020 18:41:16 andy pugh wrote: > > > On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 at 23:38, Gene Heskett > > > > wrote: > > > > Me neither Andy. And I'd sure like it if it gets

Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 14 November 2020 19:24:02 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 14 November 2020 18:41:16 andy pugh wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 at 23:38, Gene Heskett > > wrote: > > > Me neither Andy. And I'd sure like it if it gets fixed. > > > > Can you create an issue? > > > > https://github.com/Li

Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 14 November 2020 18:41:16 andy pugh wrote: > On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 at 23:38, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Me neither Andy. And I'd sure like it if it gets fixed. > > Can you create an issue? > > https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/issues Any sensible username I might use is not available,

Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-14 Thread andy pugh
On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 at 23:38, Gene Heskett wrote: > Me neither Andy. And I'd sure like it if it gets fixed. Can you create an issue? https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/issues -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical g

Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 14 November 2020 18:28:16 andy pugh wrote: > On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 at 22:58, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Which UI? AFAIK you always could and still can. > > > > axis, and its all ghosted when running gcode on todays master, > > active only if you stop the execution. That machine is still

Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-14 Thread andy pugh
On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 at 22:58, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Which UI? AFAIK you always could and still can. > axis, and its all ghosted when running gcode on todays master, active > only if you stop the execution. That machine is still running wheezy, > but lcnc was fresh early this morning. Having tr

Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 14 November 2020 13:31:35 andy pugh wrote: > On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 at 15:13, Gene Heskett wrote: > > ISTR I used to be able to control the mist and flood buttons when > > LCNC was executing a program, but discovered this morning that I > > can't. > > Which UI? AFAIK you always could an

Re: [Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-14 Thread andy pugh
On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 at 15:13, Gene Heskett wrote: > ISTR I used to be able to control the mist and flood buttons when LCNC > was executing a program, but discovered this morning that I can't. Which UI? AFAIK you always could and still can. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium a

[Emc-users] Poor memory, or new feature?

2020-11-14 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; Bringing up a program to cut out a couple sets of motor mounts, I had added the circles for the 64.5mm diameter motor, and had programmed it to do a test cut .4mm deep, but 50mm was too fast, locked up the spindle motor and tripped the circuit breaker on the power strip its plugg