Re: [Emc-developers] A trivial change.

2015-07-22 Thread Ed Simmons
into the top of my vice neatly crushing the body and breaking the pcb :-( silverliningHo Hum... it was a rubbish probe anyway./sl I would second this, I've had to dodge flying bits of small end mills due to the same scenario! -- Ed Simmons e...@estechnical.co.uk http://www.estechnical.co.uk

Re: [Emc-developers] Setting tool length vs touching off Z every time [was: g43 and modal commands]

2014-03-19 Thread Ed Simmons
On 19/03/14 00:57, jeremy youngs wrote: also modifying the work offset affects EVERY tool , (further bad juju) , however understanding the limits of many of us on the list without toolchangers and holders i use the touch off method, while not perfect it has sufficed for anything i do at the

Re: [Emc-developers] Closed loop speed control of spindle

2014-03-18 Thread Ed Simmons
On 18/03/14 08:47, andy pugh wrote: On 18 March 2014 08:37, Ed Simmons e...@estechnical.co.uk wrote: I'd like to know if it's possible to measure the actual speed of the spindle by also connecting the 3 hall sensor signals to the inputs of my 5I23 Mesa card Yes, just connect any single Hall

Re: [Emc-developers] gpio driver

2014-03-17 Thread Ed Simmons
Hi Paul, On 17/03/2014 15:08, Paul S. wrote: Hello again, it's been a long time since my last email, and I've tried to make hal driver for my boards' gpios, but it seems I'm stuck. First, I've used pcl720.comp as an example, and after a couple of iterations I've got this code:

[Emc-developers] Gladevcp and machine position

2014-03-16 Thread Ed Simmons
Hi Linuxcnc list, I've just made a start with Gladevcp for a custom control panel for our engraving machine. We frequently cut and engrave bendy plastic panels that need to be set in the machine very level... we have a simple probe routine as a gcode file at the moment that probes the height of