On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 10:23 AM, John Stewart wrote:
>
> Much of my model building is simple machining operations, and I *do* find
> myself using my old mill rather than my new CNC one, because it's just
> faster to throw in a bit of material and machine it.
>
I can't stand to do any operations o
Yup. I'm here.
It's been a while since I touched GWiz -- or EMC ^H^H^H^H LinuxCNC, for
that matter.
I've been thinking about a slightly different model for manual (or
perhaps I should call it interactive) machining. Imagine:
0 -- select a tool from a menu (also feed rate, etc -- or possibly mat
it would be impressive to set up a 6m radius cut on a lathe tho. it's the
stuff of blogging.
--- On Thu, 3/8/12, Peter Blodow wrote:
> From: Peter Blodow
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] State of Wizards/Druids for simple machining.
> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
On 03/08/2012 01:10 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
> Viesturs Lācis wrote:
>
>> I also have thought about the solution for situations, what to do,
>> when a machining operation is simple enough that writing a code for it
>> would take more time than actual work.
>> My intended solution - add 2 (or 3) MPG
Dave, you have apoint there.
I'm speaking now strictly as an amateur CNC user. Of course, making one
or a couple of parts is much quicker manually than using CNC. But there
are lots of parts you couldn't possibly make by hand, and this is where
CNC comes in on the hobbyist level. Some examples:
On Wed, 7 Mar 2012 23:17:17 -0600
Jack Coats wrote:
> As an old friend told me...
> UNIX (and Linux) are user friendly, but it is picky about who its
> friends are.
>
> Yes, most folks that talk about software not being user friendly,
> don't want to have to read a manual, or check requisites
On Thursday, March 08, 2012 02:53:49 PM Frank Tkalcevic did opine:
> Don't forget GWiz
> (http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?GWiz_-_A_Gcode_Wizard_Framewor
> k) - it needs a screen shot - that page doesn't sell it well.
>
> I've build some lathe wizards, and I've just converted my router
>
Viesturs Lācis wrote:
> I also have thought about the solution for situations, what to do,
> when a machining operation is simple enough that writing a code for it
> would take more time than actual work.
> My intended solution - add 2 (or 3) MPGs (most probably - cheap, low
> resolution encoders)
Every where I 'worked' I mounted a vise and lathe chuck on a corner of the
table and tried to leave them in place all the time. The vise is dialed in
with the top of the jaw, the face of the jaw and each end of the jaw at a
known location on the table. The lathe chuck (mounted to a plate) is in
kno
2012/3/8 John Stewart :
>
> Much of my model building is simple machining operations, and I *do* find
> myself using my old mill rather than my new CNC one, because it's just faster
> to throw in a bit of material and machine it.
>
Hmm, I have yet to "grow" to get my first mill or lathe with Lin
Heh - since we got the K&T back up and running - the manual mill has
been off. (except for boring out engine sleeves for scrap aluminum
cleanup). Even the simplest jobs are just as easy to throw on the cnc
an run in mdi or make a short program.
But that is just me.. (plus the k&t has 2 palle
Viesturs;
(I can't agree or disagree with any of this thread, as I'm on an exploratory
path, and I don't know what the eventual outcome will be)
> … but on the other hand, ngcgui probably
> should go mainstream as it is much better than hand-writing the code…
This is what is bandied about in t
Don't forget GWiz
(http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?GWiz_-_A_Gcode_Wizard_Framework) -
it needs a screen shot - that page doesn't sell it well.
I've build some lathe wizards, and I've just converted my router (although I
usually use visual mill for cam) It is just waiting for someone to s
2012/3/8 John Stewart :
>
> Agreed.
>
> Saying that - here we go with *my* scan through the documents and how *I*
> missed NGCGUI.
Sorry, I think that ngcgui does not fit in the category "getting
started with LinuxCNC", I find it to be somewhat advanced (maybe
because I have no need for it curren
As an old friend told me...
UNIX (and Linux) are user friendly, but it is picky about who its
friends are.
Yes, most folks that talk about software not being user friendly,
don't want to have to read a manual, or check requisites (pre or
post). In my experience, 'user friendly' means to many,
Kirk Wallace wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-03-07 at 12:44 -0600, Jon Elson wrote:
> ... snip
>
>> So, I rarely have to write any G-code, just stitch together a bunch of small
>> programs created this way with a text editor.
>>
> ... snip
>
> How would one do this with Touchy? I can see an advantage
Viesturs;
> ... No offence to anyone, but LinuxCNC manuals perfectly explain,
> how to get started with this application, so I have a feeling that
> those who complain that LinuxCNC is not userfriendly, had not done the
> homework and had not tried to learn anything about the program (at
> least f
2012/3/7 Greg Bernard :
> I have to say that as a newbie 2 years ago I did a trial of both Mach and
> LinuxCNC. Even with practically no knowledge of Linux I found LinuxCNC to be
> no more difficult to set up using the LiveCD than Mach was.
Could not say more precise about myself.
A little OT -
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 9:52 AM, John Stewart wrote:
> Hi all;
>
> As we all know, Mach3 has a list of "wizards" to do simple things like
> pocketing, etc, without the need to do the g-code.
>
>
> There was a "visual programming" interface for EMC, but I think that was
during the period when Hurco
me was that I
was able to run Linux on a 10 year old P4 that choked on Mach. I don't regret
my choice at all.
>
> From: John Stewart
>To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
>Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 1:51 PM
>Subject: Re: [Emc-use
On Wed, 2012-03-07 at 12:44 -0600, Jon Elson wrote:
... snip
> So, I rarely have to write any G-code, just stitch together a bunch of small
> programs created this way with a text editor.
... snip
How would one do this with Touchy? I can see an advantage to a system
that could allow for a design a
Hi all;
Thanks for the really interesting answers so far.
I keep reading that "LinuxCnc (emc2) is really hard to setup and use", and "I
do 99% of my machining with Mach3 wizards".
Like many here I have been programming since Neil Armstrong walked on the moon,
but that's not going to cut it for
John Stewart wrote:
> Hi all;
>
> As we all know, Mach3 has a list of "wizards" to do simple things like
> pocketing, etc, without the need to do the g-code.
>
> Googling for wizards/druids or whatever, it seems like this idea never took
> off. Most references I see are from 2007-2009 timeframe.
I have some small demos of what my CAM-libraries can do over here:
https://github.com/aewallin/linuxcnc-scripts
I'd be happy to help create wizards/GUIs for these if someone finds them useful.
In particular there was interest in v-carving of fonts. The problem I
ran into was that truetype-tracer
2012/3/7 John Stewart :
> Hi all;
>
> As we all know, Mach3 has a list of "wizards" to do simple things like
> pocketing, etc, without the need to do the g-code.
I feel that NGCGUI basically is the same:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn8T5Fw0ISs
Viesturs
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cutting and pasting is actually a huge timesaver for editing gcodes. in my
experience, automated coding comes with a large supply of automated disasters.
--- On Wed, 3/7/12, John Stewart wrote:
> From: John Stewart
> Subject: [Emc-users] State of Wizards/Druids for simple machining
Hi all;
As we all know, Mach3 has a list of "wizards" to do simple things like
pocketing, etc, without the need to do the g-code.
Googling for wizards/druids or whatever, it seems like this idea never took
off. Most references I see are from 2007-2009 timeframe.
Yes, I do use the arc buddy, a
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