Re: [Emc-users] Talking of taps

2013-11-05 Thread John Thornton
WOW the cheapest rate with the USPS is $45 to ship to England... JT On 11/5/2013 10:29 AM, andy pugh wrote: Would anyone like to volunteer to do me a favour? I want a No 8 x 30 tpi tap. I can't find one in the UK. I have found them on the US Amazon site, but they won't ship to the UK. I

Re: [Emc-users] Talking of taps

2013-11-05 Thread John Thornton
Well I didn't look hard enough a first class letter can be 15 x 12 x 3/4 and goes for $6.30 JT On 11/5/2013 10:29 AM, andy pugh wrote: Would anyone like to volunteer to do me a favour? I want a No 8 x 30 tpi tap. I can't find one in the UK. I have found them on the US Amazon site, but they

Re: [Emc-users] Drill sharpening Re: G33.1 probem

2013-11-06 Thread John Thornton
Well that is neat but the plans are only in the Home Shop Machinest and you can't get the plans as Vol. 31 No. 1 of HSM is not offered in the back issues section. JT On 11/5/2013 1:35 PM, Kenneth Lerman wrote: A friend of mine, John Moran has been working on drill sharpeners for the home

Re: [Emc-users] OD CNC table drives.

2013-11-06 Thread John Thornton
I have a belt driven plasma table that I've been using for years, in fact it was my first EMC machine that I built. The biggest problem with my design is the linear bearings that I used, they just slide over the extruded aluminum. I would go with bigger belts next time or invest in the dual

Re: [Emc-users] OD CNC table drives.

2013-11-07 Thread John Thornton
Why would you need to shield the belts? I've run my plasma with the belts hanging out in the breeze for years... I agree a shaft connecting both sides of the gantry is the best way to go. I did find a thin wall tube to connect the sides worked much better than a shaft. JT On 11/6/2013 7:27

Re: [Emc-users] Gcmc test with an SVG backend

2013-11-19 Thread John Thornton
QCad CAM can load a dxf and spit out G code... JT On 11/19/2013 9:35 AM, David Armstrong wrote: On 19/11/13 15:10, Bertho Stultiens wrote: Hi All, I was hacking a bit on gcmc and got the idea that it might be used for the local hacker-space's PhotonSaw too (home-made laser cutter at

Re: [Emc-users] Elapsed Time Clock

2013-11-19 Thread John Thornton
You can use the time component. It has a complete example on the man page. JT On 11/19/2013 2:28 PM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: I'm wondering how long it takes to run some gcode programs and a way to track progress (other than the gcode window scroll bar). Is there an easy way to turn on or

Re: [Emc-users] Elapsed Time Clock

2013-11-19 Thread John Thornton
Your welcome, I enjoyed writing it. JT On 11/19/2013 3:17 PM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: That's exactly what I needed...THANKS! On 11/19/2013 3:11 PM, John Thornton wrote: You can use the time component. It has a complete example on the man page. JT On 11/19/2013 2:28 PM, Charles

[Emc-users] G code Generator

2013-11-27 Thread John Thornton
Sergey, just emailed me about his simple free online G code generators for milling, drilling and engraving. He has quite a variety of generators. intuwiz.com/ http://intuwiz.com/ You will have to add your own lead in and preamble and tool lines. He needs to add a safe Z as well but lots of

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 5i25 + 7i77 basic configuration

2013-11-29 Thread John Thornton
I have some start up help on my web site for 5i25 7i77. http://gnipsel.com/linuxcnc/index.html JT On 11/29/2013 8:10 AM, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: Hello. I'm in the process of testing a servo configuration witht the 5i25 and since it's the first time I use this board I have some doubts.

Re: [Emc-users] OneCNC post for LinuxCNC?

2013-12-04 Thread John Thornton
Hi Dave, I have OneCNC and have developed a LinuxCNC post for it. It doesn't seem to be in a shared folder so when I go out to the shop I'll email it to you. JT On 12/3/2013 3:16 PM, David Bagby wrote: Hi, Anyone around that uses both OneCNC (CAM) and Linux CNC? I'm looking for a OneCNC

[Emc-users] Python Glade Gtk Tutorial

2013-12-15 Thread John Thornton
I've added another chapter to my Python Glade Gtk Tutorials. This one covers quite a few things I discovered recently. How to dynamically populate a combobox based on user choices. How do change the content displayed on a page based on user choices. Using libraries and keeping them in a

Re: [Emc-users] Off topic.

2014-01-02 Thread John Thornton
I love the dovetail work... JT On 1/2/2014 4:44 AM, andy pugh wrote: Lathe related, but not a single CNC machine was used. Tthis is what I did with my Christmas holiday: http://bodgesoc.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/rivett-lathe-stand.html A woodworking project for a change.

Re: [Emc-users] Python g-code generator framework

2014-01-02 Thread John Thornton
Hi Erik, I wrote some of the simple G code generators on the wiki and have a 3rd generation of my learning curve in Python, Gtk, Glade3 G code generator on my web site. I quit using Tk a while back and prefer to use Gtk now. http://gnipsel.com/files/g-code-generator/ If you get a chance to

Re: [Emc-users] Python g-code generator framework

2014-01-02 Thread John Thornton
Hi Erik, You might want to disable the g-code buttons until after some G code has been created. JT On 1/2/2014 6:31 AM, erik wrote: Hello together, After fiddeling around with ngc subroutines for a while, I decided to give Python a chance and write g-code generators as a substitute.

Re: [Emc-users] Python g-code generator framework

2014-01-02 Thread John Thornton
Hi Norbert, A comma is not accepted by LinuxCNC as a decimal separator. You would need to modify the is_number function to accept a comma then change it to a dot in the G code. JT On 1/2/2014 9:40 AM, Niemand Sonst wrote: Am 02.01.2014 14:13, schrieb John Thornton: Hi Erik, I wrote some

Re: [Emc-users] Python g-code generator framework

2014-01-02 Thread John Thornton
that I wrote hello together...how embarrassing. Regards Erik Am 02.01.2014 14:13, schrieb John Thornton: Hi Erik, I wrote some of the simple G code generators on the wiki and have a 3rd generation of my learning curve in Python, Gtk, Glade3 G code generator on my web site. I quit using Tk

Re: [Emc-users] Python g-code generator framework

2014-01-02 Thread John Thornton
18:50, schrieb John Thornton: Hi Norbert, A comma is not accepted by LinuxCNC as a decimal separator. You would need to modify the is_number function to accept a comma then change it to a dot in the G code. JT On 1/2/2014 9:40 AM, Niemand Sonst wrote: Am 02.01.2014 14:13, schrieb John

Re: [Emc-users] Python g-code generator framework

2014-01-02 Thread John Thornton
I uploaded a new version and figured out how to do the Send to Axis again. JT On 1/2/2014 9:40 AM, Niemand Sonst wrote: Am 02.01.2014 14:13, schrieb John Thornton: Hi Erik, I wrote some of the simple G code generators on the wiki and have a 3rd generation of my learning curve in Python, Gtk

Re: [Emc-users] Python g-code generator framework

2014-01-02 Thread John Thornton
19:23, schrieb John Thornton: Hi Norbert, Mainly because I don't know how to check locale settings in Python or how to convert them back and forth as needed. If you have any ideas I'm all ears or eyes as the case might be. JT On 1/2/2014 12:06 PM, Niemand Sonst wrote: Hallo JT, I know

Re: [Emc-users] Commutating Reactor

2012-06-05 Thread John Thornton
Dennis, It was all we could do to run it for 10 minutes and keep it anywhere near 1800 RPM... a real circus that was. John On 6/4/2012 1:48 PM, ceen...@in-front.com wrote: Did John run it for an hour or longer to be able to repeat the only one hour run time situation? I forgot what the

Re: [Emc-users] Commutating Reactor

2012-06-05 Thread John Thornton
On 6/5/2012 10:24 AM, gene heskett wrote: On Tuesday, June 05, 2012 10:58:41 AM John Thornton did opine: Dennis, It was all we could do to run it for 10 minutes and keep it anywhere near 1800 RPM... a real circus that was. John The governors on a Cummins 335 we had at KXNE-TV

Re: [Emc-users] Commutating Reactor

2012-06-06 Thread John Thornton
... pretty much a Rube Goldberg setup. John On 6/5/2012 3:32 PM, gene heskett wrote: On Tuesday, June 05, 2012 04:22:05 PM John Thornton did opine: This was just a cobbled up gen set with a diesel power unit like the kind you see pumping water in a farmers field with a generator from a river tug

Re: [Emc-users] While/Do cammands

2012-06-07 Thread John Thornton
Bill, While the Do While example in the manual does work, unless you changed it, it's not very graphic. I have changed the example to give some feed back if you test run the code. Within an hour or so the online docs should have the improved example. John On 6/6/2012 10:38 AM, Cathrine

Re: [Emc-users] Commutating Reactor

2012-06-07 Thread John Thornton
John Thornton did opine: This was just a cobbled up gen set with a diesel power unit like the kind you see pumping water in a farmers field with a generator from a river tug and a driveshaft. There was no feedback from the generator other than the DMM that the throttle man watched and tried

Re: [Emc-users] phase of cut thread varies with spindle speed

2012-06-08 Thread John Thornton
I've cut the same threads at rpm's from 100 to 2000 (by accident) and the pitch is perfect. I've seen a video where a guy was turning his spindle by hand back and forth and EMC was keeping perfect pitch, iirc the guy was positioning the stock for a recut of the threads. John On 6/7/2012 8:39

Re: [Emc-users] phase of cut thread varies with spindle speed

2012-06-09 Thread John Thornton
John, Do you know if the same algorithm is used for G76? Thanks John On 6/8/2012 12:56 PM, John Kasunich wrote: On Fri, Jun 8, 2012, at 09:20 AM, gene heskett wrote: I first observed this problem on my lathe a few months after G33 was added. I could hear strange noises as the motor first

Re: [Emc-users] Question about steels?

2012-06-11 Thread John Thornton
Gene, I use 4140 or 41L40 for parts that need a good finish or have some toughness. 1018 is softer so you get a poor finish with light cuts. Here is a nice chart about different carbon steels, alloy steels and tool steels that we have on this side of the pond.

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Threading

2012-06-11 Thread John Thornton
Do you have it wired up as TTL? John On 6/11/2012 11:44 AM, Brian May wrote: that is the correct encoder. I just verified the part number on the encoder itself. It was working for measuring RPM with the jumper in the TTL position (Where it has been the whole time). I just moved it to the

Re: [Emc-users] Question about steels?

2012-06-12 Thread John Thornton
I've never used 1144 thanks for the heads up on that. John On 6/11/2012 12:23 PM, Terry Christophersen wrote: 12L14 is better for finishes if the same part could be made with 1018 1144 (Stressproof) is even better for finishes and cuts like butter will crack when welded without preheating I

[Emc-users] LiveCD Fails to install LinuxCNC

2012-06-13 Thread John Thornton
So while trying to fix the eye killing psychedelic highlighting in gedit for a ngc file I somehow broke LinuxCNC and it would not execute a named or numbered subroutine from the mdi anymore and would give me a File not open error when I tried to execute a subroutine so I gave up and grabbed

Re: [Emc-users] LiveCD Fails to install LinuxCNC

2012-06-13 Thread John Thornton
Andy, Thanks for the link, I can't wait to try Nick's highlighting out as soon as I can get LinuxCNC to install... what was the result of your tests last night? I know Tom_itx had the same problem that I did and gave up and used the install script. John On 6/13/2012 6:44 AM, andy pugh wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] LiveCD Fails to install LinuxCNC

2012-06-13 Thread John Thornton
I just tried to install the LiveCD again after last night leaving me at the maroon screen of death and the only thing that got installed from LinuxCNC was the docs in english and truetypetracer... John On 6/13/2012 6:44 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 13 June 2012 12:37, John Thorntonbjt...@gmail.com

Re: [Emc-users] LiveCD Fails to install LinuxCNC

2012-06-13 Thread John Thornton
I'm just going out to the shop with a new LiveCD burned at 1x and will boot on it then delete the existing partition and format the hard drive then try to install John On 6/13/2012 8:54 AM, Andy Pugh wrote: On 13 Jun 2012, at 12:55, John Thorntonbjt...@gmail.com wrote: what was the

Re: [Emc-users] LiveCD Fails to install LinuxCNC

2012-06-13 Thread John Thornton
OPEN_FILES = was the ini setting However it worked up to the point that I tried to edit ngc.lang to fix the highlighting John On 6/13/2012 10:42 AM, Michael Haberler wrote: Am 13.06.2012 um 13:37 schrieb John Thornton: or numbered subroutine from the mdi anymore and would give me a File

Re: [Emc-users] LiveCD Fails to install LinuxCNC

2012-06-14 Thread John Thornton
as well as having a halui mdi entry in your ini file. This was quite difficult to track down as I don't load a splash file in the INI. John On 6/13/2012 6:23 PM, Chris Radek wrote: On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 06:37:31AM -0500, John Thornton wrote: After installing there was no CNC menu

Re: [Emc-users] LiveCD Fails to install LinuxCNC

2012-06-14 Thread John Thornton
difficult to track down as I don't load a splash file in the INI. John On 6/13/2012 6:23 PM, Chris Radek wrote: On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 06:37:31AM -0500, John Thornton wrote: After installing there was no CNC menu and LinuxCNC was not installed I've seen this reported before and always

Re: [Emc-users] LiveCD Fails to install LinuxCNC

2012-06-14 Thread John Thornton
Because there are two slots and that is how much ram that fits is the only reason that I have... no logical reason at all. Like Tom said on the IRC yesterday it's the max. John On 6/14/2012 6:20 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/6/14 John Thorntonbjt...@gmail.com: I don't know if that is the

Re: [Emc-users] LiveCD Fails to install LinuxCNC

2012-06-14 Thread John Thornton
Yes, but I was willing to go the extra mile for testing purposes after a day and a half of pulling out my hair. John On 6/14/2012 6:23 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: Much easier to pull the network cable than pull a memory chip. ;-) Mark On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 7:00 AM, John

Re: [Emc-users] LiveCD Fails to install LinuxCNC

2012-06-14 Thread John Thornton
IIRC, the ram choices were pretty limited on the 525 to 2 or 4Gb... so to get 3.2 I had to pick 4... sounds plausible anyway, but I doubt that it happened that way. John On 6/14/2012 6:37 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: I 2012/6/14 Mark Wendtwendt.m...@gmail.com: RAM is cheap, and you really

Re: [Emc-users] Sherline Mill 5410 and EMC2

2012-06-24 Thread John Thornton
My guess is he doesn't know where they are... John On 6/24/2012 12:54 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: On 06/24/2012 11:00 AM, Robot Abzar Team wrote: I purchased a 5410 cnc-ready with 8760 driver box . and try to make the configuration by myself , Is there a reason you don't want to you use

Re: [Emc-users] Plasma

2012-06-28 Thread John Thornton
A few things I learned in hindsight... I should have made the Y axis rails extend beyond the end of the water table enough so the torch head could reach all of the water table. A little more Z travel would have been nice. My slats are not rigid enough to keep thin material from moving when

Re: [Emc-users] Problem registering in Forum

2012-08-16 Thread John Thornton
I've tried as well but that file is locked and you have to have access to the back end to edit it. On Thu, 2012-08-16 at 12:27 +0200, andy pugh wrote: On 16 August 2012 12:10, Dave Caroline dave.thearchiv...@gmail.com wrote: This needs a better regexp to fix and human intervention The

[Emc-users] Test Message

2012-08-16 Thread John Thornton
I think tbird was messing with my from address and that stopped any replies to the list from me for some time it seems, if this works I've fixed it and please ignore. John -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive

Re: [Emc-users] Ladder question

2012-08-18 Thread John Thornton
Are you loading the user part of classicladder? loadusr classicladder --nogui hardinge.clp John On 8/18/2012 7:34 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: Hello! I started to work on config for the machine I am building and I am now stuck with figuring out, how to properly set up material pushers. I

Re: [Emc-users] Ladder question

2012-08-18 Thread John Thornton
If you don't load your ladder at start up it won't be there... The variable assignment along with your input logic should work. http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/ladder/classic_ladder.html#_variable_assignment On 8/18/2012 10:44 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/8/18 John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com

Re: [Emc-users] Ladder question

2012-08-18 Thread John Thornton
wrote: 2012/8/18 John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com: The variable assignment along with your input logic should work. http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/ladder/classic_ladder.html#_variable_assignment Thanks! I already found that part. The question is: Can I assign different values to _one

Re: [Emc-users] Ladder question

2012-08-18 Thread John Thornton
John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com: It's hard to describe here but I'll try... sounds like you need a timer and based on the value of the timer you assign a value to your output pin. you have to arrange your rungs... this would be so much easier on the forum I could upload a screenshot... Thanks! I

Re: [Emc-users] Joint position from VCP

2012-08-19 Thread John Thornton
You could roll your own in GladeVCP... have you seen my tutorials on that? John On 8/19/2012 6:29 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/8/19 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 19 August 2012 13:08, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a way to set commanded position for particular

Re: [Emc-users] Joint position from VCP

2012-08-19 Thread John Thornton
Have you looked at halui to home the joint? Have you seen this? http://linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/component/kunena/?func=viewcatid=48id=23317limit=6 On 8/19/2012 7:00 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/8/19 John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com: You could roll your own in GladeVCP... have you seen

Re: [Emc-users] Joint position from VCP

2012-08-19 Thread John Thornton
how to run a program on startup seems to come up with the answer you seek. John On 8/19/2012 8:09 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/8/19 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 19 August 2012 14:14, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: Have you looked at halui to home the joint? Have you seen

Re: [Emc-users] Joint position from VCP

2012-08-19 Thread John Thornton
changing my search string to ubuntu 10.04 how to run a program on startup brings up even better results On 8/19/2012 8:09 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/8/19 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 19 August 2012 14:14, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: Have you looked at halui to home

Re: [Emc-users] Joint position from VCP

2012-08-19 Thread John Thornton
lives beside them... On 8/19/2012 9:20 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 19 August 2012 15:48, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: The problem I've run across with trying to use halrun is how to shut it down when finished. I have however stumbled across how to install your custom gui and run it from

Re: [Emc-users] Joint position from VCP

2012-08-19 Thread John Thornton
You mean if I don't copy the files to the installed folders? On 8/19/2012 9:42 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 19 August 2012 16:33, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: The new GUI doesn't replace the others it just lives beside them... What do you get if you only put your GUI in the INI

Re: [Emc-users] Joint position from VCP

2012-08-19 Thread John Thornton
: On 19 August 2012 18:20, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: What do you get if you only put your GUI in the INI? You mean if I don't copy the files to the installed folders? Perhaps I should have said If you put only your GUI in the INI ie, can yours be the only GUI

Re: [Emc-users] Joint position from VCP

2012-08-19 Thread John Thornton
machine need? iirc you need to home an axis On 8/19/2012 12:51 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/8/19 John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com: I think I understand but the accent gave me a rough time... I'm not running my GUI on top of or embedded in Axis or any other LinuxCNC GUI. DISPLAY=MyGui So yes

Re: [Emc-users] What is a good Atom motherboard?

2012-08-20 Thread John Thornton
Be nice if you could buy a D525 but everyone is out of stock... On 8/20/2012 10:22 AM, Dave wrote: On 8/20/2012 11:14 AM, Joe Spanier wrote: Hey Guys, Im working on converting my mill to cnc and am specing out the PC. I'm thinking of building a new computer this time rather then running an

Re: [Emc-users] What is a good Atom motherboard?

2012-08-20 Thread John Thornton
I have a similar board in my CHCN iirc and was looking at that same board for a backup... I might wait till you get yours and see how you like it. On 8/20/2012 10:14 AM, Joe Spanier wrote: Hey Guys, Im working on converting my mill to cnc and am specing out the PC. I'm thinking of building

Re: [Emc-users] Ladder question

2012-08-20 Thread John Thornton
That's because you didn't change the default number of IEC timers. You do have 15 Timers now... On 8/20/2012 2:35 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/8/20 Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com: 2012/8/20 Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com: 2012/8/19 Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com:

Re: [Emc-users] Ladder question

2012-08-20 Thread John Thornton
We have a winner here folks On 8/20/2012 2:45 PM, Klemen Ozebek wrote: Hi, Try: loadrt classicladder_rt numTimersIec=15 http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/html/ladder/classic_ladder.html#_realtime_module Br. On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.comwrote:

Re: [Emc-users] General question about gibs

2012-08-23 Thread John Thornton
It is very likely your ways are not very precise and fit up properly as well as your gib being junk. Take a look at Nick Muller's videos on cheap chinese ways http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1eOQa1gYiUfeature=player_embedded John On 8/22/2012 6:33 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: Hi all; I am

[Emc-users] Postgui

2012-09-01 Thread John Thornton
I'm trying to decipher how to have a postgui hal file with my custom GUI. The following snippet I assume does the magic of loading the postgui file. Some I understand and some I don't. if __name__ == __main__: if len(sys.argv) 2 and sys.argv[1] == '-ini': print ini,

Re: [Emc-users] Postgui

2012-09-01 Thread John Thornton
Hi Chris, Thanks for the explanation that helps a lot in understanding what the heck is going on. I do mostly monkey see, monkey do programming so understanding more slowly changes that... John On 9/1/2012 9:50 AM, Chris Morley wrote: Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 08:05:45 -0500 From:

Re: [Emc-users] Postgui

2012-09-01 Thread John Thornton
Hi Chris, I found the postgui() method and copied it and hacked at it till it ran... but now the filename,inipath = touchy.postgui(hwg) make much more sense to me. Thanks again for being 6 months ahead of me... I find writing the tutorial helps me remember and when I forget a place to go

Re: [Emc-users] Postgui

2012-09-02 Thread John Thornton
Chris, Thanks again for the explanation I've added that to my tutorial. http://gnipsel.com/linuxcnc/gui/gui06e.html John On 9/1/2012 12:30 PM, Chris Morley wrote: Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 10:05:23 -0500 From: bjt...@gmail.com To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users]

Re: [Emc-users] Counting and saving to file

2012-09-13 Thread John Thornton
This is a pretty good tutorial on file I/O in python http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Non-Programmer%27s_Tutorial_for_Python_3/File_IO Have you seen my tutorials on gladevcp and building a gui from scratch? John On 9/13/2012 2:46 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: Hello! I am asked, if I can make a DRO

Re: [Emc-users] Counting and saving to file

2012-09-13 Thread John Thornton
#23708 John On 9/13/2012 11:38 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/9/13 John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com: This is a pretty good tutorial on file I/O in python http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Non-Programmer%27s_Tutorial_for_Python_3/File_IO Have you seen my tutorials on gladevcp and building a gui from

Re: [Emc-users] Counting and saving to file

2012-09-14 Thread John Thornton
the data, counted in one session should be updated in the same line, not add another line as soon as new part is done. I was looking at that tutorial, shared by John Thornton, but I did not yet get it, how exactly does that writing to a file happen. Today I will visit the client (those guys

Re: [Emc-users] Router speed

2012-09-21 Thread John Thornton
This is a good chapter on trajectory planning. http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/common/User_Concepts.html and perhaps in addition to the above your acceleration might be too low if your doing lots of small segments. John On 9/21/2012 6:32 AM, aaron moore wrote: Hi EMC I have a router running

Re: [Emc-users] New Member - Hi

2012-10-16 Thread John Thornton
Mark, Welcome to the fun. Also check out the resources in the forum and the wiki site. John On 10/16/2012 6:57 AM, Mark Brown wrote: Hello everyone, I just joined the list and have plenty to learn. My equipment is a Smithy 1240 mill running their version of EMC2. I hope to glean a few

Re: [Emc-users] VFD parameter question

2012-10-20 Thread John Thornton
If you have not purchased the VFD yet the Automation Direct GS2 series can be controlled directly with LinuxCNC via the serial port. That is what I have on my BP. Can't wait to fit the encoder... John On 10/19/2012 4:47 PM, Greg Bentzinger wrote: I am converting a cnc knee mill from 3 phase

Re: [Emc-users] ClassicLadder error

2012-10-28 Thread John Thornton
A copy of the ladder file would be a big clue to look at. John On 10/27/2012 6:32 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: Hello! While working in premises of my customer to add new automatic material loading/unloading module for one of my machines, I have encountered strange error in ClassicLadder. I

Re: [Emc-users] ClassicLadder error

2012-10-28 Thread John Thornton
Sam was talking about a classicladder output. You never have more than one output in a ladder logic as the status of the last one wins and that will be the state of the output when they are updated. John On 10/28/2012 3:38 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/10/28 Jason Burton

Re: [Emc-users] I crashed my machine, now I need a new drill chuck

2012-10-30 Thread John Thornton
I don't use a drill chuck on any of my mills, I've been told ER collets are much better and that is what I use. A little googling and it looks like the NMBT30 can be modified to fit the QC30 with the only difference between the 30's is the flange and drive lugs.

Re: [Emc-users] I crashed my machine, now I need a new drill chuck

2012-10-30 Thread John Thornton
have a jacobs chuck for my BP but don't use it. John On 10/30/2012 7:31 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: On 30.10.12 06:15, John Thornton wrote: I don't use a drill chuck on any of my mills, I've been told ER collets are much better and that is what I use. Can't disagree a lot, for milling, anyway

Re: [Emc-users] I crashed my machine, now I need a new drill chuck

2012-10-30 Thread John Thornton
: On Tuesday 30 October 2012 09:50:06 John Thornton did opine: Another reason is collet holders are much shorter than a drill chuck and on Z challenged machines like my BP switching between an end mill holder an a drill chuck is not always a practical thing... but at $200 for a set of collets

Re: [Emc-users] I crashed my machine, now I need a new drill chuck

2012-10-30 Thread John Thornton
I use collets up to 3/4 with heavy cuts and huge fly cutters with no problem. Collets are for milling too. John On 10/30/2012 12:35 PM, jeremy youngs wrote: be wary of milling with a collet, any serious cuts will tend to pull the endmill out ouf the collet. my position is i dont put an

Re: [Emc-users] I crashed my machine, now I need a new drill chuck

2012-10-31 Thread John Thornton
specs on collets? I think you would be surprised we have collets into the 1.5 to 2 inch range. I don't ever remember any pulling out. John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: I use collets up to 3/4 with heavy cuts and huge fly cutters with no problem. Collets are for milling too

Re: [Emc-users] I crashed my machine, now I need a new drill chuck

2012-10-31 Thread John Thornton
assume you would use shrink fit tooling for something like that not end mill holders with set screws. John On 10/31/2012 6:18 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 31 October 2012 10:59, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I emailed Frank at Maritool and he sent me the torque specs for the ER collets

Re: [Emc-users] Plasma Cutting on a Mill.

2012-11-06 Thread John Thornton
Depending on the thickness you might not have enough speed to make a clean cut. It would cut at any speed but might be fugly. On my Hypertherm 1250 for example with the fine cut consumables mounted the cut speeds vary from 2286 mm/min to 3174 mm/min for 3.4mm down to 0.6mm steel. So it depends

Re: [Emc-users] Floating plasma torch - asking to share experience

2012-11-12 Thread John Thornton
That does sound like a lot of work when a simple acme screw and plain bearing slides do the trick. http://gnipsel.com/shop/plasma/z-axis-02.xhtml John On 11/12/2012 5:32 AM, Les Newell wrote: If you want to go with the auxiliary slide idea you can often pick up short linear slides off eBay

Re: [Emc-users] Floating plasma torch - asking to share experience

2012-11-12 Thread John Thornton
But not practical for touch off on thin material... On 11/12/2012 6:30 PM, Peter C. Wallace wrote: On Mon, 12 Nov 2012, Tom Easterday wrote: Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:13:15 -0500 From: Tom Easterday tom-...@bgp.nu Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)

Re: [Emc-users] limit override question

2012-11-30 Thread John Thornton
Now you need to set your ini entries for min and max limit and you'll never jog into a limit switch again. On 11/29/2012 8:30 PM, Scott Hasse wrote: All- I'm running a pncconf-generated configuration with shared home and limit switches. I find that if I hit a limit switch, even if I check

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC on Hackaday

2012-12-06 Thread John Thornton
Have you see my notes on building a GUI? http://gnipsel.com/linuxcnc/index.html John On 12/5/2012 8:11 PM, Ben Paulsen wrote: This is actually similar to what I have been thinking about lately. I am designing an interface for EMC that will have a touchscreen, some number of physical

Re: [Emc-users] missing man 9 hal

2012-12-09 Thread John Thornton
Yea, there is nothing intuitive about man pages... either you know the magic names or your lost. On 12/8/2012 4:14 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: On 12/08/2012 02:25 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: What we need is a short man page that describes the syntax of the various first word of a line

Re: [Emc-users] An Addenda to the button discussion the other day

2012-12-11 Thread John Thornton
I use a label printer and use buttons with a removable clear cover and stick the label to the button then cover with the cover... takes a few seconds. On 12/11/2012 7:12 AM, Erik Friesen wrote: I have been doing the buttons with a .015 end mill, and model enamel paint. I let it dry a few

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC documentation in russian

2012-12-14 Thread John Thornton
That is my thoughts exactly, why clutter up the repo with untranslated docs. All the master docs and the html indexes use the English docs unless it is a real translated chapter in the case of the Spanish docs. On 12/13/2012 4:19 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: On 12/13/12 15:11 , John

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC documentation in russian

2012-12-14 Thread John Thornton
: On 14 December 2012 11:50, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: That is my thoughts exactly, why clutter up the repo with untranslated docs I wonder if it would make sense to feed the documents through an auto-translator? It wouldn't be a clean translation, but it might be enough

[Emc-users] gremlin

2012-12-15 Thread John Thornton
I'm trying to load gremlin into my GUI but am not having much success. Does anyone know how to integrate it directly into the Gtk via the Python? I have so far import linuxcnc, hal, gremlin in the init of my gui class self.builder = gtk.Builder() self.plot = self.builder.get_object('hbox2')

Re: [Emc-users] touchscreens

2013-01-10 Thread John Thornton
I recently tried an ELO APR touch screen but was unable to get it to work with Ubuntu 10.04. Having said that I have an ELO that uses Intellitouch and that works fine for me. I to like the backplot and gscreen is progressing quite well. I've also started some tutorials on rolling your own

Re: [Emc-users] converting TO a Mesa 5I25

2013-01-17 Thread John Thornton
Basically you just need to change the pin names to match the 7i76 and change to the 5i25. My plasma hal # kinematics loadrt trivkins # motion controller, get name and thread periods from ini file loadrt motmod servo_period_nsec=100 num_joints=[TRAJ]AXES # hostmot2 driver loadrt hostmot2 #

Re: [Emc-users] Glade question

2013-01-22 Thread John Thornton
On 1/20/2013 1:02 PM, Chris Morley wrote: oh and .glade is the old ending I think they use .ui now, same thing. you must be using a new version of glade then me. The glade on Ubuntu 10.04 defaults to .glade, if you use .ui then click on the file Qt will take 5 minutes to load and then open

Re: [Emc-users] Glade question

2013-01-22 Thread John Thornton
it adds the .glade as it should. John On 1/22/2013 12:03 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2013/1/22 John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com: On 1/20/2013 1:02 PM, Chris Morley wrote: oh and .glade is the old ending I think they use .ui now, same thing. you must be using a new version of glade then me. The glade

Re: [Emc-users] Chinese grease zerk. 6mm

2013-02-10 Thread John Thornton
McMaster Carr does not have a minimum order... I've ordered $2 parts from them, you still pay reasonable shipping on anything you order. John On 2/10/2013 8:05 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 10 February 2013 08:34:10 Mark Wendt did opine: Message additions Copyright Sunday 10 February 2013

Re: [Emc-users] Easy 50% Duty Cycle in HAL for way lube pump?

2013-02-11 Thread John Thornton
Classicladder is the simple way to control your lube pump. You can view my configuration files here: http://www.gnipsel.com/shop/hardinge/hardinge.xhtml John On 2/10/2013 10:52 PM, John Murphy wrote: The lube pump in my BossV is over-oiling everything. If I leave it powered, I come back to

Re: [Emc-users] Trim Posts

2013-02-18 Thread John Thornton
I use the delete key... and that is why I prefer the forum you don't have to wade through all the repeat posts. On 2/16/2013 6:05 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: On 16.02.13 11:32, Marshland Engineering wrote: Hi Chaps. Could you please trim your posts. They are getting quite long at this

Re: [Emc-users] Trim Posts

2013-02-18 Thread John Thornton
/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users On 2/18/2013 8:23 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: On 18.02.13 06:55, John Thornton wrote the following, but with a 37 line fullquote following the 2 line reply. Here is how it's

Re: [Emc-users] Trim Posts

2013-02-18 Thread John Thornton
No, the forum is like the IRC and a separate communications medium that many prefer. You can't miss it if you tried when you visit linuxcnc.org... John On 2/18/2013 8:23 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: On 18.02.13 06:55, John Thornton wrote the following, but with a 37 line fullquote following

Re: [Emc-users] Trim Posts

2013-02-19 Thread John Thornton
should someone read the forum, only they can answer that. John On 2/19/2013 11:12 AM, Kent A. Reed wrote: On 2/18/2013 10:05 AM, John Thornton wrote: No, the forum is like the IRC and a separate communications medium that many prefer. John: All my email---and we're talking three different

Re: [Emc-users] Trim Posts

2013-02-24 Thread John Thornton
Why not do top posting, inline posting and bottom posting... oh that is what we do. Top posting makes more sense to me when giving a general reply to the point just below and makes for faster reading. On 2/24/2013 7:52 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 24 February 2013 13:40, Roland Jollivet

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