On Wednesday 22 August 2012 01:24:47 John Stewart did opine: > Hi Gene; > > > I had no clue it was working, many thanks for the heads up > > What I end up doing is taking the dxf from qcad, and read it into > dxf2gcode. > > rotate, move as desired. Write g-code with 1 "layer" > > then edit the g-code, add my standard header, and make the dxf2gcode > code into a SUB. > > Z-Depth I use as a named parameter, so I can go through and call that > sub with whatever depth I decide on at the moment.
That sounds like a useful approach, draw it layer by layer. > -- > > I'm certain that there are better (faster) ways, but I'm learning G-code > and my cnc-mill and so on by being kind-of hands on. Only way to go. Break some bits, blow some fuses & find out what it can do. :) > PS - next machine is a little lathe like yours… up here in Canada there > is a company called BusyBee that sells a little one that is not a Sieg, > but an equivalent. > > That'll be 3 lathes with this the smallest in my workshop. I'm wishing I could get a Grizzly G9972Z and put some bigger stepper motors on it. That is about the size I should have bought in the first place, but the missus says no way Jose. > Take care; > > JohnS. You too John. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! Everything bows to success, even grammar. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
