Re: [Emc-users] made with EMC (of course) and Synergy CAD/CAM

2008-12-19 Thread Tom
Dave Engvall writes: ... > > BTW - I'm manually changing tools with the dual arm tool changer > similar to the one Stuart uses. > > But everyone has their preferred way to doing things and that is why > it is important to be able to change the post. ... Dave, Heehee, I have a tray of 40 t

Re: [Emc-users] made with EMC (of course) and Synergy CAD/CAM

2008-12-19 Thread Dave Engvall
Look under /usr/weber/post_formats/EMC2 for the emc2 post files. For starters (npi) check out startup1 and startup2. I don't use some of the stuff in the startup file(s) My first few lines tends to be: G17G20G40G49G80G90 G0Z0M5 (MSG, LOAD TOOL) M0M6T1 with the tool change position in my .

Re: [Emc-users] made with EMC (of course) and Synergy CAD/CAM

2008-12-19 Thread Tom
Dave Engvall writes: ... I have thoughts about getting a blog going and if so the instructions > for getting the correct contour will be there. > > Dave Dave, Thanks for posting that. Based on what you did, I downloaded the free trial version of Synergy, and poked around a little. Do you hav

Re: [Emc-users] made with EMC (of course) and Synergy CAD/CAM

2008-12-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 18 December 2008, Greg Michalski wrote: >When I saw the images I had a feeling it was for some style of >musket-loading pistol - very cool. Nice work and glad to see Synergy is >working well for you. Definitely start a blog of you work. Replica work >like this, though not the histori

Re: [Emc-users] made with EMC (of course) and Synergy CAD/CAM

2008-12-18 Thread Greg Michalski
...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 8:31 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] made with EMC (of course) and Synergy CAD/CAM On Thursday 18 December 2008, Dave Engvall wrote: >Hi, >Finally got brave enough to try something with Synergy solids. > &g

Re: [Emc-users] made with EMC (of course) and Synergy CAD/CAM

2008-12-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 18 December 2008, Dave Engvall wrote: >Hi, >Finally got brave enough to try something with Synergy solids. > >The easy stuff was done in 2.5 D but the contour in the pic was done >with solids. > >Used a .500 roughing mill to rough and then a 0.500 ball end to >finish plus a bit of clean

Re: [Emc-users] made with EMC (of course) and Synergy CAD/CAM

2008-12-18 Thread Dave Engvall
On Dec 18, 2008, at 2:36 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: > On Thu, 2008-12-18 at 13:32 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: > >> Could I get you to post a tool path picture? >> ( for ex. >> http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/Synergy/Screenshot-3b.png >> ) >> --- >> Kirk >> http://www.wallacecompan

Re: [Emc-users] made with EMC (of course) and Synergy CAD/CAM

2008-12-18 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Thu, 2008-12-18 at 13:32 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: > Could I get you to post a tool path picture? > ( for ex. > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/Synergy/Screenshot-3b.png > ) > --- > Kirk > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Oops, your screen shot shows the project

Re: [Emc-users] made with EMC (of course) and Synergy CAD/CAM

2008-12-18 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Thu, 2008-12-18 at 13:05 -0800, Dave Engvall wrote: > Hi, > Finally got brave enough to try something with Synergy solids. > > The easy stuff was done in 2.5 D but the contour in the pic was done > with solids. > > Used a .500 roughing mill to rough and then a 0.500 ball end to > finish pl

[Emc-users] made with EMC (of course) and Synergy CAD/CAM

2008-12-18 Thread Dave Engvall
Hi, Finally got brave enough to try something with Synergy solids. The easy stuff was done in 2.5 D but the contour in the pic was done with solids. Used a .500 roughing mill to rough and then a 0.500 ball end to finish plus a bit of cleaning up with a file and emery cloth. ;-) http://imageb