On 23 May 2014 06:37, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Short of downloading the related pdf, opening it in acroread, there is not
> today, a link that takes you to the gcode, mcode or ocode descriptions in
> one or 2 clicks.
www.linuxcnc.org then click "documentation" in the title bar.
Then click "all docum
Andy
Do you suggest then that the X is homed as far out as possible and the Z
is homed as near to the chuck as possible?
On 2014-05-22 19:57, andy pugh wrote:
> On 22 May 2014 18:45, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote:
>> I've never set up or run a CNC lathe, but i think i'd want to home Z
>> away from t
On Thursday 22 May 2014 23:00:08 Chris Radek did opine
And Gene did reply:
> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 07:26:42PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > answer my questions.
> >
> > However, since the wiki.linuxcnc.org site no longer has a search
> > function, and the index seems to be a will-o-the-wisp, I
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 07:26:42PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> answer my questions.
>
> However, since the wiki.linuxcnc.org site no longer has a search function,
> and the index seems to be a will-o-the-wisp, I couldn't find it. For new
> bee, or even an old fart like me, that lack hurts the
On Thursday 22 May 2014 13:45:55 Sebastian Kuzminsky did opine
And Gene did reply:
> On 5/22/14 11:23 , Gene Heskett wrote:
> > In setting up the homing switches on my lathe, there are two items in
> > the .ini file I don't quite have the results I see, making any sense
> > when I adjust them.
> >
On Thursday 22 May 2014 13:45:55 Sebastian Kuzminsky did opine
And Gene did reply:
> On 5/22/14 11:23 , Gene Heskett wrote:
> > In setting up the homing switches on my lathe, there are two items in
> > the .ini file I don't quite have the results I see, making any sense
> > when I adjust them.
> >
On 22 May 2014 18:45, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote:
> I've never set up or run a CNC lathe, but i think i'd want to home Z
> away from the chunk, it seems less prone to crashes.
If you wind X out all the way that is normally unlikely.
Conversely, if you have work set up on a tailstock centre or fixe
On 5/22/14 11:23 , Gene Heskett wrote:
> In setting up the homing switches on my lathe, there are two items in the
> .ini file I don't quite have the results I see, making any sense when I
> adjust them.
>
> These are HOME_POSITION, and HOME_OFFSET.
There's no .ini variable named HOME_POSITION. D
In setting up the homing switches on my lathe, there are two items in the
.ini file I don't quite have the results I see, making any sense when I
adjust them.
These are HOME_POSITION, and HOME_OFFSET.
Currently I have a switch on the crossfeed that triggers about 5 thou
short of a maximum mech
