Re: [Emc-users] Rattling steppers losing steps

2009-01-24 Thread John Thornton
In addition to what Alex said if you can get Gecko stepper drivers where you are located they work well. If your acceleration is set too high for the voltage you drive your steppers at you will have problems with missed steps. The higher your voltage (more or less) the faster you can drive a

Re: [Emc-users] Rattling steppers losing steps

2009-01-24 Thread John Thornton
Then do like I do and make your own beer and wine! http://suburb.semo.net/jet1024/BeerHome.htm There is even instructions on my web site for making beer on your stove top with common household items... Enjoy John One more word for explanation: You see, I'm not earning any money with my

Re: [Emc-users] jog does not stop!

2009-01-24 Thread John Thornton
If your using the keyboard arrow keys and you have maxed out your cpu there will be a slight delay from the time you release your key to the information getting to EMC. I just tested my plasma cutter at 400 IPM on an old and slow computer and sometimes the delay is enough for me to notice

Re: [Emc-users] jog does not stop!

2009-01-29 Thread John Thornton
Just my 2 cents but jogging with the keyboard or the gui can have some lag time in responce if your cpu is loaded down pretty good generating a bunch of fast steps. I'm guessing that your base period is just a bit low for the cpu and the cpu is really loaded up at fast jog speeds. Using

Re: [Emc-users] Table Skew correction

2009-01-31 Thread John Thornton
Is your Y axis out of square with your X or is it something different? If you need compensation for an axis because you the thread pitch is off you can create one as shown here http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html//config_ini_config.html#sub:[AXIS]-Section However if the difference is linear

Re: [Emc-users] How to get ubuntu-8.04-desktop-emc2-aj07-i386.iso to run from a CD.

2009-02-03 Thread John Thornton
Hey Jim, Here is the instructions for downloading and burning the CD. http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html//common_Getting_EMC.html Once you have burned the image to a CD you need to boot from that CD. Here is a short pdf file that walks you through...

Re: [Emc-users] G-code noob question #2

2009-02-04 Thread John Thornton
Marty Swartz wrote: Thanks, Chris! I agree with Sven, you've made G41/G42 perfectly clear. I've spent the last several hours banging my head against my NEXT challenge, one that I'm sure that many of you have been through. I want to use a .25 endmill to cut a hole 0.505 in

Re: [Emc-users] How to turn the spindle / coolant on to resume after program stop ?

2009-02-04 Thread John Thornton
I've searched the manuals and I can't find it :( all though I seem to remember some talk about it not long ago... John On 4 Feb 2009 at 3:32, Tom wrote: Hi all, In an earlier post I commented on pausing Emc2/Axis in the middle of a cut in order to clear swarf and the problem of using the

Re: [Emc-users] CNC 101

2009-02-05 Thread John Thornton
The first thing I would do is get a copy of EMC and explore it: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/EMC2_Getting_Started.pdf A couple of links you might be interested in: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Stepper_Drive_Timing http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl John On 4 Feb 2009

Re: [Emc-users] EMC Board Election Results

2009-02-05 Thread John Thornton
Radek 80 Alex Joni 79 Jeff Epler 78 John Kasunich 58 Stephen Wille Padnos 47 John Thornton 29 Sam Sokolik Thanks for taking the time to vote, and congratulations to the elected board members

Re: [Emc-users] How to turn the spindle / coolant on to resumeafter program stop ? (Alex Joni might know about this)

2009-02-05 Thread John Thornton
Hi Paul, Thanks for the suggestions. On 5 Feb 2009 at 14:29, paul_c wrote: Change \papersides from 1 to 2 in the preamble of each LyX file - This can be done quite quickly with sed and friends. Or Documents-Settings-PageLayout and tick the Two-sided document box (be warned that it may

Re: [Emc-users] pagesides

2009-02-06 Thread John Thornton
Hi Paul, On 6 Feb 2009 at 10:05, paul_c wrote: On Friday 06 February 2009, John Thornton wrote: I didn't see \papersides in any of the preambles nor could I find Documents/Settings/Pagelayout... We are still using Lyx 1.3.7 are you refering to a newer version? I have LyX 1.5.5

Re: [Emc-users] My hal-input HID device does not install as expected

2009-02-07 Thread John Thornton
Is it a manual pulse generator or a joystick? MPG example here http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Hooking_Up_A_MPG_Pendant joystick example here http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Simple_Remote_Pendant John On 7 Feb 2009 at 21:30, Lars Andersson wrote: From:

Re: [Emc-users] stepconf won't accept latency test 50K

2009-02-08 Thread John Thornton
For simulation open one of the sims in the configuration selector. It has to be assumed that any config from the stepper config wizard will be used in a real machine. If your not running a machine then latency problems won't affect you AFAIK if your just wanting to get the look and feel of

Re: [Emc-users] stepconf won't accept latency test 50K

2009-02-08 Thread John Thornton
of this as simulation although I understand that there is a different definition for the term among developers. Rayh On Sun, 2009-02-08 at 06:39 -0600, John Thornton wrote: For simulation open one of the sims in the configuration selector. It has to be assumed that any config from

Re: [Emc-users] stepconf won't accept latency test 50K

2009-02-08 Thread John Thornton
Nope, missed it. You have to build a simulated (non-realtime)... http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi- bin/emcinfo.pl?Installing_EMC2#Simulator_Build_On_Ubuntu_8_04_Hardy_Heron John On 8 Feb 2009 at 10:49, John Thornton wrote: I do the same thing... I have a zillon configs on my desktop and none

Re: [Emc-users] Additional Stepconfig options

2009-02-08 Thread John Thornton
I'm sure you know it is bad practice to have home/limit switches as N.O. If I had three inputs I would configure each as home/limit for each axis that way you can tell what axis has homed or hit a limit. This also gives you the opportunity to to a Home All when you fire it up. John On 8 Feb

Re: [Emc-users] next big thing

2014-02-03 Thread John Thornton
Why limit your design to a tool holder? Make it a 3/4 shaft so any tool holder can hold it. Of course if it was a popular design you would think that the market would be flooded with cheap Chinlee versions. JT On 2/3/2014 2:21 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: On 2/2/2014 5:50 PM, a k wrote: Hi i

Re: [Emc-users] John Thorntons Gui3 Sample in Linuxcnc 2.6pre

2014-02-07 Thread John Thornton
Sorry, work is pressing... I noticed the Subject says Gui3 and you downloaded Gui8? Which one are you working on? I'll try and test with master this evening. JT On 2/7/2014 8:49 AM, Mark Tucker wrote: Andy I tried as below and everything shows as False. I have re-downloaded johns example

Re: [Emc-users] countersink.py problem

2014-02-15 Thread John Thornton
I wrote that back in 2008, let me look at it and see what the problem might be. JT On 2/14/2014 6:42 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings; I didn't look to see whose code that is, but I made several passes at trying to use it to bore a hole .7 deep in a 1 piece of steel this afternoon, and

Re: [Emc-users] countersink.py problem

2014-02-15 Thread John Thornton
There is a problem with my code when the tool diameter is less than 1/2 the hole diameter. From the back plot it cuts a small hole on center then cuts a larger hole off center. Either your the first to use this program or the first to use it with the tool size less that 1/2 the hole size... in

Re: [Emc-users] off sub geography

2014-02-17 Thread John Thornton
Not far from me... JT On 2/17/2014 7:06 AM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: The two towns mentioned are Alton Missouri Eminence Missouri quite a ways from Mt Home Arkansas On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 6:28 AM, Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Jon Elson

Re: [Emc-users] off sub geography

2014-02-17 Thread John Thornton
It's only 100 miles from Mountain Home Ar. to Eminence Mo and some of the most beautiful scenery along the way JT On 2/17/2014 7:11 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Stuart Stevenson stus...@gmail.com wrote: The two towns mentioned are Alton Missouri Eminence Missouri

Re: [Emc-users] off sub geography

2014-02-18 Thread John Thornton
I'm in Poplar Bluff. JT On 2/18/2014 4:14 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: 100 miles isn't too bad. That would make a decent day trip. Where are you at John? Mark On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 12:33 PM, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: It's only 100 miles from Mountain Home Ar. to Eminence Mo

Re: [Emc-users] off sub geography

2014-02-18 Thread John Thornton
Any of them are not far from me at Poplar Bluff Mo. JT On 2/18/2014 4:13 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: Alton/Eminence, or Mt Home? Mark On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 12:30 PM, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: Not far from me... JT On 2/17/2014 7:06 AM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: The two towns

Re: [Emc-users] off sub geography

2014-02-18 Thread John Thornton
Sounds like fun to me! JT On 2/18/2014 5:18 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: Hmmm, that's about 125 miles from my buddy's place. Maybe this fall we can all meet up at Stuart's for a day of goofing off and drooling over machinery? ;-) Mark On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 6:07 AM, John Thornton bjt

Re: [Emc-users] off sub geography

2014-02-18 Thread John Thornton
7:31 AM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: The place in Eminence has no LinuxCNC machines yet. I would schedule a trip to there to match your visit. On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 5:25 AM, Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com wrote: What say ye, Stuart? ;-) Mark On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 6:21 AM, John Thornton

Re: [Emc-users] off sub geography

2014-02-19 Thread John Thornton
I have Wildblue and it is ok, I think it is the same as Exceed just a different name. Hugesnet is a rip off big time. JT On 2/18/2014 8:09 PM, Jon Elson wrote: On 02/18/2014 12:45 PM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: We could probably have internet with cell service. 4G is fast Well, I've thought

[Emc-users] Counterbore G code Generator

2014-02-20 Thread John Thornton
Hey Gene and anyone else, I added counterbore to my mill G code generator in version 1.6.0. http://gnipsel.com/files/g-code-generator/ Any feed back is appreciated. JT -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based

Re: [Emc-users] Counterbore G code Generator

2014-02-20 Thread John Thornton
should use rather? On 2014-02-20 14:59, John Thornton wrote: Hey Gene and anyone else, I added counterbore to my mill G code generator in version 1.6.0. http://gnipsel.com/files/g-code-generator/ Any feed back is appreciated. JT

Re: [Emc-users] Counterbore G code Generator

2014-02-20 Thread John Thornton
Ok, I can try and run it on windoze I have a couple of them running. JT On 2/20/2014 7:49 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: This one is on Windoze On 2014-02-20 15:44, John Thornton wrote: I'm on 10.04 and Python version is 2.6.5. Run from a terminal and let me know the error msg. Dunno if I

Re: [Emc-users] Counterbore G code Generator

2014-02-20 Thread John Thornton
Oh, and I have 1.6.1 up now. JT On 2/20/2014 7:49 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: This one is on Windoze On 2014-02-20 15:44, John Thornton wrote: I'm on 10.04 and Python version is 2.6.5. Run from a terminal and let me know the error msg. Dunno if I can fix it or not... JT On 2/20/2014

Re: [Emc-users] Counterbore G code Generator

2014-02-20 Thread John Thornton
is the version that I should use rather? On 2014-02-20 14:59, John Thornton wrote: Hey Gene and anyone else, I added counterbore to my mill G code generator in version 1.6.0. http://gnipsel.com/files/g-code-generator/ Any feed back is appreciated. JT

Re: [Emc-users] Counterbore G code Generator

2014-02-20 Thread John Thornton
On 2014-02-20 15:44, John Thornton wrote: I'm on 10.04 and Python version is 2.6.5. Run from a terminal and let me know the error msg. Dunno if I can fix it or not... JT On 2/20/2014 7:32 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: Hi John I had to rebuild my laptop so now I am on Python 3.3 and there seem

Re: [Emc-users] Counterbore G code Generator

2014-02-20 Thread John Thornton
What I forgot to update is the variable... JT On 2/20/2014 8:42 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: John did you update the version in the about box? I am still seeing 1.6.1. Now I dont know if I screwed up the extract. On 2014-02-20 16:24, John Thornton wrote: Ok, 1.6.2 is uploaded. Fixed

Re: [Emc-users] Counterbore G code Generator

2014-02-20 Thread John Thornton
The version updates from a variable so it is automagic. JT On 2/20/2014 8:42 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: John did you update the version in the about box? I am still seeing 1.6.1. Now I dont know if I screwed up the extract. On 2014-02-20 16:24, John Thornton wrote: Ok, 1.6.2 is uploaded

Re: [Emc-users] Counterbore G code Generator

2014-02-20 Thread John Thornton
away. Was it that one? On 2014-02-20 16:22, John Thornton wrote: Give me a moment, I just spotted an error with the counterbore... JT On 2/20/2014 7:59 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: Never mind I'll just use the Linux box. It work very well on that. Thanks John On 2014-02-20 15:49, Marius

Re: [Emc-users] Counterbore G code Generator

2014-02-20 Thread John Thornton
. Was it that one? On 2014-02-20 16:22, John Thornton wrote: Give me a moment, I just spotted an error with the counterbore... JT On 2/20/2014 7:59 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: Never mind I'll just use the Linux box. It work very well on that. Thanks John On 2014-02-20 15:49, Marius

Re: [Emc-users] Counterbore G code Generator

2014-02-20 Thread John Thornton
I just uploaded 1.6.3 with some more content in the help file. JT On 2/20/2014 8:42 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: John did you update the version in the about box? I am still seeing 1.6.1. Now I dont know if I screwed up the extract. On 2014-02-20 16:24, John Thornton wrote: Ok, 1.6.2

Re: [Emc-users] John Thornton - Mill GCode Generator metric small issue

2014-02-21 Thread John Thornton
John, Thanks for the report, I have fixed that in 1.6.04 JT On 2/20/2014 8:06 PM, John Alexander Stewart wrote: John; I do everything in metric; the Preferences-Preamble, when I change G20 to G21, and save, it does not seem to have saved next time I run the program. Still trying to run

Re: [Emc-users] Counterbore G code Generator

2014-02-21 Thread John Thornton
has no attribute 'units' On 2014-02-20 19:47, John Thornton wrote: I just uploaded 1.6.3 with some more content in the help file. JT On 2/20/2014 8:42 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: John did you update the version in the about box? I am still seeing 1.6.1. Now I dont know if I screwed up

Re: [Emc-users] Counterbore G code Generator

2014-02-21 Thread John Thornton
Ah you don't change the ini file directly when you save the preferences it updates the ini file. JT On 2/21/2014 7:31 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: I changed the units entry in the INI file. On 2014-02-21 15:15, John Thornton wrote: Where did you try and put mm? Change the preamble line

Re: [Emc-users] Counterbore G code Generator

2014-02-21 Thread John Thornton
Let me know if you find anything else. JT On 2/21/2014 7:58 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: You see I am getting used to Linux. Always expect the difficult. On 2014-02-21 15:45, John Thornton wrote: Ah you don't change the ini file directly when you save the preferences it updates the ini file

[Emc-users] G93 Inverse Time Mode

2014-03-07 Thread John Thornton
of A is pretty constant so I just use an average radius in my calculations. I attached what I have so far for your amusement. Does anyone have any ideas about how to calculate the F word? Thanks JT #!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- version = '0.0.00' # Copyright John Thornton 2014

Re: [Emc-users] G93 Inverse Time Mode

2014-03-07 Thread John Thornton
Stuart, He complains about jerky motion so I was trying to see if G93 would help. JT On 3/7/2014 7:30 AM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: John, Does the regular feed rate not give you the motion you want? On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 6:38 AM, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: I'm trying to create

Re: [Emc-users] G93 Inverse Time Mode

2014-03-07 Thread John Thornton
Visualmill JT On 3/7/2014 8:08 AM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: How was the code generated? On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 8:01 AM, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: Stuart, He complains about jerky motion so I was trying to see if G93 would help. JT On 3/7/2014 7:30 AM, Stuart Stevenson

Re: [Emc-users] G93 Inverse Time Mode

2014-03-07 Thread John Thornton
the short length lines caused the machine axes to oscillate - the machine was faithfully reproducing the code instructions. I don't know Visualmill but the post processor is critical. On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 8:14 AM, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: Visualmill JT On 3/7/2014 8:08 AM

Re: [Emc-users] bug with pncconf

2014-04-09 Thread John Thornton
Chris is very active on the forum, but IIRC he is quite busy at work and working some long hours... JT On 4/9/2014 6:21 AM, bruno wrote: I got no answer or feedback from the developers, maybe the pncconf author is looking at this list instead ? Bruno Original Message

Re: [Emc-users] Jerky motion

2014-04-12 Thread John Thornton
I've found max acceleration values are typically 10-20 times the max velocity setting. JT On 4/12/2014 7:28 AM, Rod Fitzsimmons Frey wrote: Turns out that when I actually CUT something other than air, using the loose tolerances (even 0.02) gives me unacceptable faceting. I don't need

Re: [Emc-users] Nest homing question

2014-04-20 Thread John Thornton
Gene, You can set the homing order and the position you call home in the ini file. JT On 4/19/2014 4:36 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings all; Where I was more or less forced to mount the Z homing switch puts it in a position where quite a bit of its work envelop has it closed, with it

Re: [Emc-users] Nest homing question

2014-04-20 Thread John Thornton
Gene, In the axis section you can set the position the axis goes to after homing with HOME = 0.1 - The position that the joint will go to upon completion of the homing sequence. JT On 4/20/2014 7:05 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 20 April 2014 07:55:40 John Thornton did opine: Gene

Re: [Emc-users] Nest homing question

2014-04-20 Thread John Thornton
April 2014 08:32:29 John Thornton did opine: Gene, In the axis section you can set the position the axis goes to after homing with HOME = 0.1 - The position that the joint will go to upon completion of the homing sequence. JT I have that grokked except for some fine tuning

Re: [Emc-users] Tool Shape

2014-04-22 Thread John Thornton
With MySql you need to install LAMP and with postgresql it looks like you have to have a server running and create a user that can log into the server or something like that. Sqlite requires non of that. I've used MySql for web based PHP applications and Sqlite for local Python applications.

Re: [Emc-users] Tool Shape

2014-04-23 Thread John Thornton
I'm working on a checkbook program and I noticed that if you use a REAL field and store 1.00 into it it only stores the 1 so I just use text now to store numbers. JT On 4/22/2014 10:23 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: What sort of contortions are required to fully recover a number stored in SQLite as

Re: [Emc-users] standardizingtool table entries

2014-04-24 Thread John Thornton
Every time I change a tool on my lathe turret I touch off Z to the spindle face and if it is a turning tool I touch off X and take a test cut if needed to get X correct. IMHO, unless you have a repeatable tool change using the tool table does not make much sense. JT On 4/23/2014 4:17 PM,

Re: [Emc-users] standardizingtool table entries

2014-04-24 Thread John Thornton
a pyvcp button that executes a MDI command. Look in the halui section of the Integrators manual for info on executing a MDI command with HAL. JT On 4/24/2014 8:07 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Thursday 24 April 2014 08:45:52 John Thornton did opine: Every time I change a tool on my lathe turret I

Re: [Emc-users] G2/G3 eating my lunch again

2014-04-28 Thread John Thornton
Yes that will error with Cannot make arc with zero feed rate. The correct syntax is: G3 J1 Fsomenumber An unspecified offset is evaluated as 0. JT On 4/28/2014 2:08 AM, Steve Blackmore wrote: On Mon, 28 Apr 2014 00:51:13 +0100, you wrote: On 28 April 2014 00:28, Gene Heskett

Re: [Emc-users] PLASCUTTER 6x12

2014-05-15 Thread John Thornton
I do conversions remotely from time to time. In other words the customer does any physical work on the machine and I build and troubleshoot the configuration files for them. Bit of advice git rid of BobCrap... JT On 5/9/2014 11:23 PM, MC Cason wrote: Does anybody have any experience

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Bandsaw Blades

2014-06-01 Thread John Thornton
opps http://www.bandsawbladesdirect.com JT On 5/31/2014 11:55 AM, Kirk Wallace wrote: I haven't bought bandsaw blades for many years so I don't have a known good source. Does anyone have a favorite source for 93 x .032 x 3/4 steel cutting blades?

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Bandsaw Blades

2014-06-01 Thread John Thornton
I think this is the other place I wanted to try a Starrett blade or two http://www.bandsawbladesking.com JT On 5/31/2014 11:55 AM, Kirk Wallace wrote: I haven't bought bandsaw blades for many years so I don't have a known good source. Does anyone have a favorite source for 93 x .032 x 3/4

Re: [Emc-users] Running on older computers.

2014-06-01 Thread John Thornton
I assume you could install the minimal CD and pick a lighter weight desktop then add the real time kernel... https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD JT On 6/1/2014 5:36 AM, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: Could it be possible to use the server install of ubuntu 10.04 on an old pc?

Re: [Emc-users] Running on older computers.

2014-06-01 Thread John Thornton
on trying it on one of my shop computers when I get a chance. JT On 6/1/2014 7:33 AM, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: 2014-06-01 7:46 GMT-03:00 John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com: I assume you could install the minimal CD and pick a lighter weight desktop then add the real time kernel... https

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Bandsaw Blades

2014-06-02 Thread John Thornton
Let us know what you think about it... might save me from trying it. JT On 6/1/2014 3:23 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: On 06/01/2014 11:39 AM, John Alexander Stewart wrote: Hate to say this, but I had 3 Starrett blades that would NOT stay on my cutoff bandsaw. Real frustrating having a bandsaw that

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe touch off

2014-06-04 Thread John Thornton
I use a dowel to touch off to the face of my spindle using the same method as Andy, move the tool closer than the diameter of the dowel then put the dowel between and jog out using 0.001 increments. And like Andy when the dowel falls through I touch off the tool not the material. For X I use

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe touch off

2014-06-05 Thread John Thornton
On X you can get confused if you forget what mode your in. For diameter mode it is 2 x the dowel + the diameter of the object in the chuck. For radius mode it is the diameter of the dowel + 1/2 the diameter of the object in the chuck. JT On 6/4/2014 8:08 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: So for

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe touch off

2014-06-06 Thread John Thornton
I do 98% of my lathe work with ngcgui subroutines, having said that when hand programming arcs I use radius mode. JT On 6/5/2014 12:14 PM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: Would you say it is better to always work in any one of the modes? I mean Radius or Diameter? On 2014-06-05 12:33, John

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe touch off

2014-06-06 Thread John Thornton
-linuxcnc-features-a-kind-of-ngcgui I have it loaded but not working all the way yet but it looks to be a great tool for lathe especially. On 2014-06-06 13:33, John Thornton wrote: I do 98% of my lathe work with ngcgui subroutines, having said that when hand programming arcs I use radius mode. JT

Re: [Emc-users] Either I am a survivor, or he isn't ready for me.

2014-06-06 Thread John Thornton
Gene, Your one tough old son of a gun... glad to here you have your feet on the ground. I've been a free bleeder since 1993 and one scratch and I look like the Julia Child skit on SNL. JT On 6/6/2014 12:50 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: Just s short note to explain my quietness this past week,

Re: [Emc-users] .pit file extension

2014-06-13 Thread John Thornton
Rick, Have you looked at the ladder I use on my Hardinge CHNC? http://gnipsel.com/shop/hardinge/hardinge.xhtml JT -- HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in

Re: [Emc-users] Question on limits switches.

2014-06-14 Thread John Thornton
Gene, Limit switches are normally wired up normally closed. The reason for this is if you cut a wire the machine stops. That sounds like a strange way to put limit switches... on my BP mill for example there is a switch mounted to the X table and a bumpy thing mounted near each end so when

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe configuration

2014-06-29 Thread John Thornton
CSS requires Spindle Feedback and an index pulse once per rev. Rigid tapping in addition requires a way to reverse the spindle. On my knee mill I use an Automation Direct GS2 VFD with the modbus component of the same name and an encoder connected to the spindle. JT On 6/29/2014 5:46 AM, Marius

Re: [Emc-users] Float precision/size?

2014-07-02 Thread John Thornton
Cecil, You can send any bugs in the docs to me at bjt...@gmail.com JT On 7/2/2014 6:50 AM, Churms, Cecil wrote: On page 4 of the HAL Manual V2.6.0-pre4, 2014-06-12 a float is defined as 64 bits (i.e which I refer to as a double in my programming), which I take to be the case within a HAL

Re: [Emc-users] debounce docs?

2014-07-05 Thread John Thornton
Gene, does this make better sense now? http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/man/man9/debounce.9.html JT On 7/2/2014 9:47 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 02 July 2014 10:05:09 Gene Heskett did opine And Gene did reply: On Wednesday 02 July 2014 08:40:07 andy pugh did opine And Gene did reply:

Re: [Emc-users] Parts to CNC mill

2014-07-07 Thread John Thornton
Or ask them for a price without the C10. On 7/6/2014 4:40 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 6 July 2014 22:24, Brian Morel brianmore...@gmail.com wrote: Do I need the C10 breakout with the 7i76? No, but you might be able to sell it on.

Re: [Emc-users] Where to get latest PncConf?

2014-07-11 Thread John Thornton
Gene, I noticed a new branch with pncconf on it. http://git.linuxcnc.org/gitweb?p=linuxcnc.git;a=summary JT On 7/10/2014 7:21 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: I am hitting a road block on setting up the 5i25 when trying to move functions to the pins of the BOB I am using, and was wondering if there

Re: [Emc-users] Where to get latest PncConf?

2014-07-11 Thread John Thornton
Gene, Look in src/emc/usr_intf/pncconf JT On 7/11/2014 6:03 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Friday 11 July 2014 06:54:23 Gene Heskett did opine And Gene did reply: On Friday 11 July 2014 06:21:25 John Thornton did opine And Gene did reply: Gene, I noticed a new branch with pncconf

Re: [Emc-users] Where to get latest PncConf?

2014-07-11 Thread John Thornton
I assume to run pncconf you do the standard things like build it etc and set the environment the just type in pncconf. JT On 7/11/2014 6:03 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Friday 11 July 2014 06:54:23 Gene Heskett did opine And Gene did reply: On Friday 11 July 2014 06:21:25 John Thornton did

Re: [Emc-users] Where to get latest PncConf?

2014-07-11 Thread John Thornton
: On Friday 11 July 2014 06:54:23 Gene Heskett did opine And Gene did reply: On Friday 11 July 2014 06:21:25 John Thornton did opine And Gene did reply: Gene, I noticed a new branch with pncconf on it. http://git.linuxcnc.org/gitweb?p=linuxcnc.git;a=summary JT Thanks John. I had some fun

Re: [Emc-users] integrator manual

2014-07-15 Thread John Thornton
Aram, Big Picture: home switch connect home pin IM detail much problem cause try Mach agenda none On 7/14/2014 4:36 PM, a k wrote: want to address to those who put together --integrator manual--I M i search in it for home homing - and I M provides only separate blocks and never show

Re: [Emc-users] integrator manual

2014-07-15 Thread John Thornton
http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.6/html/config/ini_homing.html#_home_is_shared On 7/15/2014 2:38 PM, a k wrote: about code from hal net home-switch = hm2_[HOSTMOT2](BOARD).0.gpio.025.in_not net home-switch = axis.0.home-sw-in net home-switch = axis.1.home-sw-in net home-switch =

Re: [Emc-users] Homing Questions

2014-07-16 Thread John Thornton
One usually homes Z first to get it up and out of the way On 7/15/2014 4:26 PM, a k wrote: to be sure --HOME_SEQUENCE 0|1|2|3 0|1|2|3- this set sequence for axis? like 0-x first, 1-y second etc? -- Want

Re: [Emc-users] Tool-path compression?

2014-07-17 Thread John Thornton
G64 Pn will blend with tolerance but as noted will not combine a string of moves into one. It does speed up many short moves. http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.6/html/common/User_Concepts.html JT On 7/17/2014 3:48 AM, Churms, Cecil wrote: Hi gents I have been searching through the LinuxCNC

Re: [Emc-users] joint

2014-07-21 Thread John Thornton
I'm always amazed that people will read documents for other things and expect them to apply to LinuxCNC... Try reading the LinuxCNC docs. Here is the link http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/ JT On 7/21/2014 12:59 AM, a k wrote: i found this

[Emc-users] OT: Twist Drills

2014-07-21 Thread John Thornton
I'm writing a little Python program to give me RPM and IPM for twist drills. I have found some conflicting and some very old charts for feed per revolution like this one: http://www.free-ed.net/sweethaven/IndustrialTech/machinist01/pics/ch04.h1.gif I use mostly screw machine drills with 135°

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Twist Drills

2014-07-21 Thread John Thornton
start with it is a really good reference and the ONE that i trust most , well worth the 20 bucks. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Machinists-Speed-Feed-Calculator-CNC-Mill-Tooling-/230704129486?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item35b709a5ce jeremy youngs On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 12:13 PM, John Thornton

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Twist Drills

2014-07-21 Thread John Thornton
Hi Seb, Thanks, have you seen the mill G code generator yet? http://gnipsel.com/files/g-code-generator/ JT On 7/21/2014 12:28 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: On 7/21/14 10:13 , John Thornton wrote: I'm writing a little Python program to give me RPM and IPM for twist drills. I have found some

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Twist Drills

2014-07-21 Thread John Thornton
and just go pay you a visit , if it is in the shop at moms it will be a few days and i will get you that information for now thats what i can do jeremy youngs On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 1:31 PM, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: Jeremy, The photo is rather small, is the calculator small

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Twist Drills

2014-07-21 Thread John Thornton
is peaved i played hooky so he gave me tomorrow off ! 1 more day to work on heading south is the way i look at that jeremy youngs On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 7:28 PM, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Jeremy, Drop by any time (well call, text or e-mail me to make sure I'm home first

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Twist Drills

2014-07-22 Thread John Thornton
youngs wrote: no but i have taken several exams at the pb high school near the steak and shake jeremy youngs On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 7:44 PM, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: I assumed you meant Malden, which is just a few minutes away from Poplar Bluff. Have you ever eaten

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Twist Drills

2014-07-22 Thread John Thornton
Just as an update, I uploaded 0.8 with a much improved Drilling Tab. I actually think it is usable now. http://gnipsel.com/files/sfc/sfc-0.8.zip If anyone looks at let me know what you think. JT On 7/21/2014 12:28 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: On 7/21/14 10:13 , John Thornton wrote: I'm

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Twist Drills

2014-07-22 Thread John Thornton
was told it is good. It's a little strange to be driving down a country road, almost 1000 miles from any ocean and see a sign that says Fresh Shrimp for Sale with an arrow pointing to an Amish farmhouse. Dave On 7/22/2014 6:56 AM, John Thornton wrote: Here is where Hydes is hiding out

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.6.0~pre5

2014-07-24 Thread John Thornton
Steve your negativity just amazes me... closed shop? far from it, lets see we have this mailing list for people who prefer that method of communication, we have the forum for windows users who don't know anything else and we have the IRC. How much more open than that can you get? Each area

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper driven A axis with servos

2014-07-25 Thread John Thornton
Andy, what is this parallel port breakout for the 5i25? I need to do the exact same thing on my BP with a 5i25 7i77. JT On 7/24/2014 2:17 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 24 July 2014 20:12, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za wrote: I am going to put the stepper on the parport with a cheap bob.

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper driven A axis with servos

2014-07-25 Thread John Thornton
On 7/25/2014 5:50 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Friday 25 July 2014 06:36:58 John Thornton did opine And Gene did reply: Andy, what is this parallel port breakout for the 5i25? I need to do the exact same thing on my BP with a 5i25 7i77. JT You can use a std parport breakout, a 26 pin IDC

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.6.0 is out!

2014-07-31 Thread John Thornton
Hi Seb, I think the link http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/ should point to 2.6.0 docs now. JT On 7/28/2014 11:51 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: Howdy folks, at long last LinuxCNC 2.6.0 is here. Here is a summary of changes since 2.5, although if you've been following the 2.6 pre-release

Re: [Emc-users] Question on the use of the G10 L2 p# command

2014-07-31 Thread John Thornton
I think your focused on the word calculated and stop comprehending the rest of the sentence. So let me try and word what G10 L2 and G10 L20 do in a different way. G10 L2 P1 Z-1.5 sets the offset of G54 Z to -1.5, (which is #5223) G10 L20 P1 Z0 calculates the value needed to make the current

Re: [Emc-users] Question on the use of the G10 L2 p# command

2014-08-01 Thread John Thornton
On 7/31/2014 10:14 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Thursday 31 July 2014 08:22:34 John Thornton did opine And Gene did reply: G10 L20 P1 Z0 calculates the value needed to make the current location of G54 Z0 Now, if L20 p2 does that for G55, and L20 P3 does that for G56, its exactly what I want

Re: [Emc-users] Machine Vision?

2014-08-18 Thread John Thornton
We use cameras to check things on production lines, I'd assume from that experience you would need to traverse the conveyer and when a target is found blast some air. Is this just to save some air vs an air curtain? JT On 8/18/2014 12:46 PM, Todd Zuercher wrote: I've had a problem proposed to

Re: [Emc-users] gedit tools-external tools-new missing

2014-09-04 Thread John Thornton
Gene, I haven't looked at Arc Buddy in a long time but that feature looks like it can make it actually useful. I just made it work on 10.04 but the instructions are terse at best. It needs a little refinement to be actually useful IMOH. I think the ability to select what you want to send

Re: [Emc-users] gedit tools-external tools-new missing

2014-09-04 Thread John Thornton
Gene, Try Arc Buddy 1.5, I've incorporated the ability to use in Gedit and instructions on how to do so. JT On 9/4/2014 7:58 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings; Reading the preamble to arcbuddy-sje.py, I have no 'new' entry in that menu. gedit is version 2.30.3, but the gedit tools is

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