Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.5.2 is released!

2013-07-21 Thread charles green
#_DD=1 #_RR=#_DD/2 lcnc v2.5.0 generates error bad character / used around whatever line #_DD=1 #_RR=#_DD*.5 generates error bad character * used around whatever line removing the '*/' line altogether from a longer program grenerates bad character + used on whatever line containing the

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.5.2 is released!

2013-07-21 Thread charles green
I think you need brackets around the expression... http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.5/html/gcode/overview.html#sec:Expressions So it would be #_RR=[#_DD/2] On 07/21/2013 09:57 AM, charles green wrote: #_DD=1 #_RR=#_DD/2 lcnc v2.5.0 generates error bad character / used

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.5.2 is released!

2013-07-21 Thread charles green
is released! To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Sunday, July 21, 2013, 9:45 AM On Sunday 21 July 2013 12:37:20 charles green did opine: #_DD=1 #_RR=#_DD/2 lcnc v2.5.0 generates error bad character / used around whatever line #_DD=1 #_RR=#_DD*.5

Re: [Emc-users] Cutting involute spur gears with 4 axis?

2013-07-04 Thread charles green
in some cases, a tap can be ground to serve as a gear cutter. --- On Wed, 7/3/13, Dave Caroline dave.thearchiv...@gmail.com wrote: From: Dave Caroline dave.thearchiv...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Cutting involute spur gears with 4 axis? To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)

Re: [Emc-users] Cutting involute spur gears with 4 axis?

2013-07-04 Thread charles green
-users] Cutting involute spur gears with 4 axis? To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Thursday, July 4, 2013, 3:39 AM On 4 July 2013 11:01, charles green xxzzb...@yahoo.com wrote: in some cases, a tap can be ground to serve as a gear cutter. If you

Re: [Emc-users] How to tell if your kid will be an engineer.

2013-05-24 Thread charles green
hah --- On Thu, 5/23/13, Gregg Eshelman g_ala...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Gregg Eshelman g_ala...@yahoo.com Subject: [Emc-users] How to tell if your kid will be an engineer. To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Thursday, May 23, 2013, 10:56 PM Too bad the Dilbert TV show didn't last.

Re: [Emc-users] Question on stopping a 1HP treadmill motor

2013-05-11 Thread charles green
watt is an energy rate. energy is watt*second. a 120 V 500 W lamp should have a resistance of about 29 ohm at operating temperature but will have a much lower resistance when cold (10-20% of on resistance maybe?) other things walmart has that could potentially dissipate energy: grapite

Re: [Emc-users] DIY G-Code

2013-05-09 Thread charles green
it's all a fun learning exercise until it's on the clock. it is logcially absurd, but everyone seems to want their parts yesterday. what has become of the 'vint'? --- On Thu, 5/9/13, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: From: John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] DIY

Re: [Emc-users] Mar 3, 2013: LinuxCNC 2.5.2 released

2013-03-05 Thread charles green
the new theory and its opponents experience phase changes --- On Tue, 3/5/13, Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net wrote: From: Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Mar 3, 2013: LinuxCNC 2.5.2 released To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Tuesday,

Re: [Emc-users] concrete table

2012-12-12 Thread charles green
nice that money is everything --- On Wed, 12/12/12, Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] concrete table To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 2:10 AM On Tue,

Re: [Emc-users] concrete table

2012-12-12 Thread charles green
the carving is relatively intentional --- On Wed, 12/12/12, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: From: andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] concrete table To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 2:47 AM On 12

Re: [Emc-users] Kinematics and tool length compensation

2012-11-17 Thread charles green
yes, post on the email thread. just this friday i was reading about coordinate system alteration. more interesting than discovery of trashed axis thrust bearings. --- On Sat, 11/17/12, Martin Lederhilger martin.lederhil...@gmx.at wrote: From: Martin Lederhilger martin.lederhil...@gmx.at

Re: [Emc-users] Crowdsourced mass CNC produced private weapons

2012-10-17 Thread charles green
freezer bracketry can be serious business. --- On Tue, 10/16/12, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: From: Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Crowdsourced mass CNC produced private weapons To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 7:25 PM On

Re: [Emc-users] Crowdsourced mass CNC produced private weapons

2012-10-17 Thread charles green
(EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 4:24 AM On 16 October 2012 11:18, charles green xxzzb...@yahoo.com wrote: i didn't realize there were ever so many bears in the UK.  hmm.. was grendel a bear? He was just an ordinary monster I think. I also seem

Re: [Emc-users] Crowdsourced mass CNC produced private weapons

2012-10-16 Thread charles green
what would it take to produce printed armor? --- On Mon, 10/15/12, Igor Chudov ichu...@gmail.com wrote: From: Igor Chudov ichu...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Crowdsourced mass CNC produced private weapons To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date:

Re: [Emc-users] Crowdsourced mass CNC produced private weapons

2012-10-16 Thread charles green
i didn't realize there were ever so many bears in the UK. hmm.. was grendel a bear? --- On Mon, 10/15/12, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: From: andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Crowdsourced mass CNC produced private weapons To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)

Re: [Emc-users] Crowdsourced mass CNC produced private weapons

2012-10-16 Thread charles green
do arms have any entirely nonviolent use or value? that is what i was wondering until i considered fringed bear arms. --- On Sun, 10/14/12, jeremy youngs jcyoung...@gmail.com wrote: From: jeremy youngs jcyoung...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Crowdsourced mass CNC produced private

Re: [Emc-users] Gluing little balls

2012-10-09 Thread charles green
suggestion: consider alternate method of celebration. --- On Tue, 10/9/12, craig cr...@facework.com wrote: From: craig cr...@facework.com Subject: [Emc-users] Gluing little balls To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 2:52 AM I have a CNC related problem. I

Re: [Emc-users] MSL Landing: Success!

2012-08-06 Thread charles green
i heard that they were making a movie about mars called 'total recall'. --- On Sun, 8/5/12, ro...@abcnc.se ro...@abcnc.se wrote: From: ro...@abcnc.se ro...@abcnc.se Subject: [Emc-users] MSL Landing: Success! To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Sunday, August 5, 2012, 11:05 PM Just

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc 5 axis coolness

2012-07-21 Thread charles green
since you probably have a computer, you probably also already have a laser. --- On Fri, 7/20/12, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: From: andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc 5 axis coolness To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Emc-users] SCARA robot arm 3D printer

2012-06-22 Thread charles green
hey bishop, do the thing with the knife. --- On Thu, 6/21/12, transis...@transistor-man.com transis...@transistor-man.com wrote: From: transis...@transistor-man.com transis...@transistor-man.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] SCARA robot arm 3D printer To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date:

Re: [Emc-users] Interesting tool changer

2012-06-15 Thread charles green
huzza --- On Fri, 6/15/12, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: From: andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Interesting tool changer To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Friday, June 15, 2012, 2:01 AM On 15 June 2012 04:28, charles green

Re: [Emc-users] Interesting tool changer

2012-06-14 Thread charles green
it is not a tool changer, it is a spindle changer. there is probably a gear mechansim somewhere in the middle of the carousel that engages whichever spindle is pointing at the table to a single spindle motor. the one i had to repair had worn through one of its right angle helical meshes on

Re: [Emc-users] Parting out a huge CNC turret punch

2012-06-12 Thread charles green
extracting metallic elements from mineral ores is more energy intensive than extracting from existing metallic objects. this can be an important point to bring up for whoever is interested in reconditioning junk items, because cost of futile ass busting often exceeds cost of disposal, and the

Re: [Emc-users] cylindrical coordinate kinematics

2012-06-07 Thread charles green
A. --- On Thu, 6/7/12, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: From: andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] cylindrical coordinate kinematics To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Thursday, June 7, 2012, 6:17 AM On 7 June 2012 14:00, charles green

Re: [Emc-users] cylindrical coordinate kinematics

2012-06-07 Thread charles green
. --- On Thu, 6/7/12, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: From: andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] cylindrical coordinate kinematics To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Thursday, June 7, 2012, 6:17 AM On 7 June 2012 14:00, charles green

Re: [Emc-users] OT: and Soapbox: 3D Printer Mods?

2012-06-06 Thread charles green
what's that smell? sniff sniff. smells like something taxable. --- On Tue, 6/5/12, Jack Coats j...@coats.org wrote: From: Jack Coats j...@coats.org Subject: Re: [Emc-users] OT: and Soapbox: 3D Printer Mods? To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date:

Re: [Emc-users] OT: and Soapbox: 3D Printer Mods?

2012-06-06 Thread charles green
what are 'FDN-ers'? --- On Wed, 6/6/12, Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com wrote: From: Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] OT: and Soapbox: 3D Printer Mods? To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 5:51 AM

Re: [Emc-users] cutter radius compensation versus tool table data

2012-05-30 Thread charles green
now. John On 5/29/2012 8:08 AM, charles green wrote: why should one linear axis have a metric that is 2x or 1/2x any of the others, even on a lathe? --- On Tue, 5/29/12, andy pughbodge...@gmail.com  wrote: From: andy pughbodge...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] cutter radius

[Emc-users] cutter radius compensation versus tool table data

2012-05-29 Thread charles green
i am confused about the treatment of the value used for cutter radius compensation. it looks like the examples in the documentation use a program command to write a radius value in the tool table, but when i edit the tool table from axis, there is a diameter value column. are g41/42 using

Re: [Emc-users] cutter radius compensation versus tool table data

2012-05-29 Thread charles green
why should one linear axis have a metric that is 2x or 1/2x any of the others, even on a lathe? --- On Tue, 5/29/12, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: From: andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] cutter radius compensation versus tool table data To: Enhanced Machine

Re: [Emc-users] rtos?

2012-05-28 Thread charles green
RGMP stands for RTOS and GPOS on Multi-Processor. ..ok, and GPOS is ..generic platform operating system? to first order, i'd say there are too many acronyms to make the link useful. WBEC? KWIM? --- On Mon, 5/28/12, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: From: gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com

Re: [Emc-users] rtos?

2012-05-28 Thread charles green
AM On Monday, May 28, 2012 06:00:49 AM charles green did opine: RGMP stands for RTOS and GPOS on Multi-Processor.  ..ok, and GPOS is ..generic platform operating system?  to first order, i'd say there are too many acronyms to make the link useful. WBEC? KWIM? Sounds like radio

Re: [Emc-users] G04 dwell in seconds not milliseconds?

2012-05-23 Thread charles green
U and X can't be used as these are axis position commands. isn't T one of the modern coordinate axes as well? -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat

Re: [Emc-users] Tool Offsets

2012-05-22 Thread charles green
the h number is also useful for code that is explicit. implicit and default treatments are the typical haunts of misbehavior and error. application of ambiguity to machine control command articles may be some kind of requirement for thinking machines. automating a defined, standardized

Re: [Emc-users] Tool Offsets

2012-05-22 Thread charles green
reducing the rtfm overhead would be a nice break also. --- On Tue, 5/22/12, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: From: gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Tool Offsets To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 4:40 AM On Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Re: [Emc-users] OT : large cnc

2012-05-22 Thread charles green
a whole robot to swap tools: the prelude to an opera of the waking maintenace nightmare. --- On Tue, 5/22/12, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: From: gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] OT : large cnc To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2012,

Re: [Emc-users] A rose by any name? [Was: Not so custom]

2012-05-21 Thread charles green
: On Sunday, May 20, 2012 06:11:51 PM charles green did opine: I am used to linuxcnc now, so lets not repaint the train again please. I agree. I also don't see any sense in going into the source code and changing all references of emc to something else. I think

Re: [Emc-users] A rose by any name? [Was: Not so custom]

2012-05-20 Thread charles green
E to L seemed good to me. EWC is roughly a mirror of EMC. gammaWC, but theres no business roman english character for that. Z*M3, but the closest would be Z)M3 or Z]M3, both of which i already have staked out as my homestead in the race to hoard intellectual and physical property and collect

Re: [Emc-users] Intel Board issues

2012-05-20 Thread charles green
on a hunch, im going to fault the landlords of any involved intellectual propriety. --- On Sun, 5/20/12, dave dengv...@charter.net wrote: From: dave dengv...@charter.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Intel Board issues To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Sunday, May 20, 2012, 7:09 AM On

Re: [Emc-users] A rose by any name? [Was: Not so custom]

2012-05-20 Thread charles green
...@charter.net wrote: From: dave dengv...@charter.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] A rose by any name? [Was: Not so custom] To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Sunday, May 20, 2012, 6:38 AM On Sat, 19 May 2012 22:50:05 -0700 (PDT) charles green xxzzb...@yahoo.com wrote: three letters is only

Re: [Emc-users] A rose by any name? [Was: Not so custom]

2012-05-19 Thread charles green
LMC? --- On Sat, 5/19/12, Przemek Klosowski przemek.klosow...@gmail.com wrote: From: Przemek Klosowski przemek.klosow...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] A rose by any name? [Was: Not so custom] To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Saturday, May 19, 2012, 11:08 AM On Sat, May 19,

Re: [Emc-users] A rose by any name? [Was: Not so custom]

2012-05-19 Thread charles green
three letters is only 17576 choices. good bet they are all taken. four alphanumeric is only 1.6 million choices. eemmcc22? llmmcc, llnncc?? ellemcee. anLanMaC. --- On Sat, 5/19/12, Mark Cason farmerboy1...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Mark Cason farmerboy1...@yahoo.com Subject: Re:

Re: [Emc-users] CNC Tube Bender

2012-05-17 Thread charles green
bending apparatus typically uses beer code. --- On Thu, 5/17/12, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: From: John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] CNC Tube Bender To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012, 3:43 AM

Re: [Emc-users] Some advice needed

2012-05-16 Thread charles green
viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: From: Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Some advice needed To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 5:28 AM 2012/5/15 charles green xxzzb...@yahoo.com: i dont see why to care what

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Help with Harmonic wave reducer drives needed

2012-05-16 Thread charles green
diameter rollers have been supplanted by triameter rollers and quadrant rollers since the edition of the wikipedia article. --- On Tue, 5/15/12, Jan de Kruyf jan.de.kr...@gmail.com wrote: From: Jan de Kruyf jan.de.kr...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] OT: Help with Harmonic wave reducer

Re: [Emc-users] Some advice needed

2012-05-15 Thread charles green
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Some advice needed To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Monday, May 14, 2012, 11:29 PM 2012/5/14 charles green xxzzb...@yahoo.com: well, there's your spline form right there in the video.  screen capture.  the eliptical bearing

Re: [Emc-users] Some advice needed

2012-05-15 Thread charles green
a loop of spring steel surrounding a layer of needle rollers, surrounding the cam form would be a workable prototyping path. in the other direction, a pile of currency units can be converted into a stock drive product, or a close customization with a nominal lead time. for example, very

Re: [Emc-users] Some advice needed

2012-05-15 Thread charles green
...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Some advice needed To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 2:55 AM On 15 May 2012 10:42, charles green xxzzb...@yahoo.com wrote: the discreet spline teeth are also an approximation.  in fact

Re: [Emc-users] Some advice needed

2012-05-14 Thread charles green
On 14 May 2012 06:00, charles green xxzzb...@yahoo.com wrote: i wonder, in the ball worm mechanism, why not make the worm engagement happen over more like a quarter of the diameter of the gear. This can be done, to an extent, with conventional worms, but it gets a bit difficult

Re: [Emc-users] Emc-users Digest, Vol 73, Issue 56

2012-05-13 Thread charles green
viesturs, that sounds like love. --- On Sun, 5/13/12, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: From: Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Emc-users Digest, Vol 73, Issue 56 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Sunday,

Re: [Emc-users] Some advice needed

2012-05-13 Thread charles green
:32 AM 2012/5/13 charles green xxzzb...@yahoo.com: easy solution:  segment the program into a sequence of files, one for each different tool. Yes, that is how it is done now. Can anyone suggest some more sources for tools to create internal module 0,5 gears? Viesturs

Re: [Emc-users] Some advice needed

2012-05-13 Thread charles green
:29 -0700 (PDT) charles green xxzzb...@yahoo.com wrote: easy solution:  segment the program into a sequence of files, one for each different tool.  this is similar to a slightly more tedious workaround for a controller with limited amount of program memory. Ah, yes. and I keep

Re: [Emc-users] Some advice needed

2012-05-13 Thread charles green
. --- On Sun, 5/13/12, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: From: Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Some advice needed To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Sunday, May 13, 2012, 4:12 AM 2012/5/13 charles green

Re: [Emc-users] Some advice needed

2012-05-13 Thread charles green
advice needed To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Sunday, May 13, 2012, 4:38 AM On 13 May 2012 12:04, charles green xxzzb...@yahoo.com wrote: wire electric discharge cutting? I was thinking that might be the easiest approach for low volume. How

Re: [Emc-users] Some advice needed

2012-05-13 Thread charles green
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Some advice needed To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Sunday, May 13, 2012, 5:02 AM 2012/5/13 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 13 May 2012 12:04, charles green xxzzb...@yahoo.com wrote: wire electric discharge cutting? I

Re: [Emc-users] Some advice needed

2012-05-13 Thread charles green
Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Sunday, May 13, 2012, 5:55 AM 2012/5/13 charles green xxzzb...@yahoo.com: i read about making precise worm gears for telescope mounts starting with a more or less rough notching of the gear followed by a 'running in' of the mating

Re: [Emc-users] Some advice needed

2012-05-13 Thread charles green
ha! --- On Sun, 5/13/12, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: From: andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Some advice needed To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Sunday, May 13, 2012, 2:52 PM On 13 May 2012 22:43, charles green xxzzb

Re: [Emc-users] Some advice needed

2012-05-13 Thread charles green
needed To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Sunday, May 13, 2012, 8:32 PM On Sun, 2012-05-13 at 14:43 -0700, charles green wrote: ... snip has anyone ever heard of a ball worm? ... snip http://urobotics.urology.jhu.edu/projects/BW/ To me

Re: [Emc-users] OT-Retrofitting machines

2012-05-12 Thread charles green
what is this 'spare time' that you mention? i'm intrigued. --- On Sat, 5/12/12, cogoman cogo...@optimum.net wrote: From: cogoman cogo...@optimum.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] OT-Retrofitting machines To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Saturday, May

Re: [Emc-users] Some advice needed

2012-05-12 Thread charles green
easy solution: segment the program into a sequence of files, one for each different tool. this is similar to a slightly more tedious workaround for a controller with limited amount of program memory. --- On Fri, 5/11/12, Mike Bennett mjb1...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mike Bennett

Re: [Emc-users] First cut

2012-05-10 Thread charles green
that is a nice solution. i had always imagined two screws coupled with a belt or chain. --- On Wed, 5/9/12, Mike Bennett mjb1...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mike Bennett mjb1...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] First cut To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Emc-users] First cut

2012-05-09 Thread charles green
your automated router should make the next one much easier to construct. --- On Wed, 5/9/12, Mike Bennett mjb1...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mike Bennett mjb1...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] First cut To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Wednesday,

Re: [Emc-users] Join the 3D Printer Revolution

2012-05-07 Thread charles green
if there was a way to make parts out of spam, they would be indestructable. --- On Sun, 5/6/12, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: From: Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Join the 3D Printer Revolution To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)

Re: [Emc-users] Behavior of Touch-Off Dialog (and Tool Table Editor?)

2012-05-07 Thread charles green
you also might want to set the coordinate system to the value of the tool's offset from the tool offset table.. --- On Mon, 5/7/12, Chris Radek ch...@timeguy.com wrote: From: Chris Radek ch...@timeguy.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Behavior of Touch-Off Dialog (and Tool Table Editor?) To:

Re: [Emc-users] Something for the 3D printer

2012-05-03 Thread charles green
spamathon. who's got the boot? --- On Wed, 5/2/12, rob c crob...@live.ca wrote: From: rob c crob...@live.ca Subject: [Emc-users] Something for the 3D printer To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 6:32 AM http://whatisacnc.com/sprinter a simple install bundle

[Emc-users] axis jog increments

2012-05-01 Thread charles green
does anyone know what the relationship between linear axis units and rotary axis units is? the matter is twofold: 1) feedrate. 2) jog increment. -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all

Re: [Emc-users] Sprinter Easy Install tool for 3D Printer

2012-05-01 Thread charles green
smells like spam --- On Tue, 5/1/12, rob c crob...@live.ca wrote: From: rob c crob...@live.ca Subject: [Emc-users] Sprinter Easy Install tool for 3D Printer To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 3:13 PM For anyone interested in a simple install tool for a open

Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory planning and other topics from a EMC(LinuxCNC) newbie (TheNewbie)

2012-04-25 Thread charles green
eff carrot carrot carrot mom! jonny went on the internet and typed a BAD word! now jenny.. dont be upset. you know the censors keep the internet perfectly bland. --- On Sun, 4/22/12, Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net wrote: From: Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net Subject: Re:

Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory planning and other topics from a EMC(LinuxCNC) newbie (TheNewbie)

2012-04-21 Thread charles green
total lookahead is a boundless problem, just as creating a 3d preview of the commanded toolpaths is a boundless problem (the backplot). the controller on some level can handle the ngc file in its entirety, so why not deal with machine acceleration limits on the same level, or machine limits in

Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory planning and other topics from a EMC(LinuxCNC) newbie (TheNewbie)

2012-04-21 Thread charles green
optimum value for planning ahead for a possible stop or maximum acceleration change: take current feed for current block and maximum possible accel of machine to get distance required for stop. then next N blocks that cover that distance, and apply appropriately modified feeds to them. think

Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory planning and other topics from a EMC(LinuxCNC) newbie (TheNewbie)

2012-04-20 Thread charles green
a useful thing is a specialized editor for gcode that can operate on selected sections of code. one of the editor's operations is to take a gcode selection, and within a tolerance from the original code, produce a more compact chunk of code. the millions of lines of 3d g1 moves are turned

Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory planning and other topics from a EMC(LinuxCNC) newbie (TheNewbie)

2012-04-20 Thread charles green
if speed is an issue, consider the solution of being a doctor: have patience. --- On Thu, 4/19/12, Stephen Dubovsky smdubov...@gmail.com wrote: From: Stephen Dubovsky smdubov...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory planning and other topics from a EMC(LinuxCNC) newbie (TheNewbie)

Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory planning and other topics from a EMC(LinuxCNC) newbie (TheNewbie)

2012-04-20 Thread charles green
feedrate is still a gotcha for short arc segments on some machine controls. g17 g2 arclength around .005, z change 2 faults the servo system at f20. turns out the feed is also interpolated in one of the three usable control interpolation planes, leaving a coordindated helix out of bounds for

Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory planning and other topics from a EMC(LinuxCNC) newbie (TheNewbie)

2012-04-20 Thread charles green
that makes the problem four dimensional: for each considered point, there is also an axis of relevance to the consideration. --- On Fri, 4/20/12, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: From: andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory planning and other topics from a

Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory planning and other topics from a EMC(LinuxCNC) newbie (TheNewbie)

2012-04-20 Thread charles green
wikipedia puts a somewhat different spin on nurbs. see the use section of the article, first paragraph. --- On Fri, 4/20/12, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: From: Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory planning and other topics from a

Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory planning and other topics from a EMC(LinuxCNC) newbie (TheNewbie)

2012-04-20 Thread charles green
is much easier to do (except the math part). 2012/4/20 charles green xxzzb...@yahoo.com: wikipedia puts a somewhat different spin on nurbs.  see the use section of the article, first paragraph. Yes, I looked also at the Construction of the basis functions section and did not get much out

Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory planning and other topics from a EMC(LinuxCNC) newbie (TheNewbie)

2012-04-20 Thread charles green
why not abandon rs274ngc almost entirely? keep it as a supported file type like ascii or html, but the machine control transforms it into nurbs or whatever for functional purposes? --- On Fri, 4/20/12, Michael Haberler mai...@mah.priv.at wrote: From: Michael Haberler mai...@mah.priv.at

Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory planning and other topics from a EMC(LinuxCNC) newbie (TheNewbie)

2012-04-20 Thread charles green
..the weakness the borg find irresistably delicious. also, the, what was the author thinking question, if you've ever studied soft literature. also, the shyness of REMarks in the harder literature. --- On Fri, 4/20/12, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: From: andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com

Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory planning and other topics from a EMC(LinuxCNC) newbie (TheNewbie)

2012-04-20 Thread charles green
#3 - facebook style like --- On Fri, 4/20/12, Kenneth Lerman kenneth.ler...@se-ltd.com wrote: From: Kenneth Lerman kenneth.ler...@se-ltd.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory planning and other topics from a EMC(LinuxCNC) newbie (TheNewbie) To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date:

Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory planning and other topics from a EMC(LinuxCNC) newbie (TheNewbie)

2012-04-20 Thread charles green
-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Friday, April 20, 2012, 6:05 AM Doesn't even G02/G03 result in a series of very small linear moves sent to the servo motors? Wouldn't a NURB conversion do the same thing? On Apr 20, 2012 8:00 AM, charles green xxzzb...@yahoo.com wrote: another operation

Re: [Emc-users] Nonplanar arcs

2012-04-19 Thread charles green
..suppose you had a five axis millimg setup with the normal xyz plus alpha-beta rotation of the cutter rotation axis about a shperical center. then suppose that to take advantage of these spindle axes, you wanted to mill a planar facet on a part that was tipped at say five degrees to the x and

Re: [Emc-users] Nonplanar arcs

2012-04-19 Thread charles green
and attention to follow the xyz zero position. G69 cancels the rotations. On Apr 19, 2012 10:58 PM, charles green xxzzb...@yahoo.com wrote: ..suppose you had a five axis millimg setup with the normal xyz plus alpha-beta rotation of the cutter rotation axis about a shperical center

Re: [Emc-users] machine tool tapers

2012-04-12 Thread charles green
: Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 9:10 AM On 4/11/2012 7:41 AM, charles green wrote: dC::deviation from concentricity dL::deviation fron longitudinal position (tool length) dA::tolerance range of cone mating angle dA/dt::cone wear factor Tg::load torque applied normal to cone (rotation) axis

Re: [Emc-users] German-language documentation, was: Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-11 Thread charles green
a joint could be a pivot or fulcrum. the machine control regards the mechanical instances of disjointedness as points of relative displacement, whether cartesian or polar or other. the displacements along an axis with respect to another axis seems like it might as well be thought of in terms

Re: [Emc-users] machine tool tapers

2012-04-11 Thread charles green
dC::deviation from concentricity dL::deviation fron longitudinal position (tool length) dA::tolerance range of cone mating angle dA/dt::cone wear factor Tg::load torque applied normal to cone (rotation) axis (taper guage line=center of torque?) P::load (Pressure, tension) along (cone) axis of

Re: [Emc-users] machine tool tapers

2012-04-09 Thread charles green
@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Sunday, April 8, 2012, 9:08 AM On 8 Apr 2012, at 05:12, charles green xxzzb...@yahoo.com wrote: anyone know if there is any logic to the variety of conical mating surfaces used in machine tools? http://www.tools-n-gizmos.com/specs/Tapers.html

Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)

2012-04-09 Thread charles green
is that a link to an easter egg? --- On Sun, 4/8/12, Geoff Roehm 1947...@att.net wrote: From: Geoff Roehm 1947...@att.net Subject: [Emc-users] (no subject) To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Sunday, April 8, 2012, 8:23 PM 1947...@att.net

[Emc-users] machine tool tapers

2012-04-08 Thread charles green
anyone know if there is any logic to the variety of conical mating surfaces used in machine tools? -- For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications

[Emc-users] xyz vs abc feedrates

2012-04-07 Thread charles green
any good ideas on how to figure feeds with abc axes involved? 360 degrees per minute seems to be way different than 360 ipm. -- For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You.

Re: [Emc-users] LAMP stack for robotics

2012-03-30 Thread charles green
sometimes it's fun to read about what people with obese piles of money are up to. --- On Thu, 3/29/12, Eric H. Johnson ejohn...@camalytics.com wrote: From: Eric H. Johnson ejohn...@camalytics.com Subject: [Emc-users] LAMP stack for robotics To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date:

Re: [Emc-users] Storebro 260, firstEcounter etc...

2012-03-27 Thread charles green
elsewhere and future business is lost. Worst case:  The customer sues the company since the contract was not met.  Any possible profit is erased and it turns into a legal liability situation. Dave On 3/26/2012 5:34 AM, charles green wrote: mtbf has a limited scope.  instead

Re: [Emc-users] PCB standoff alternatives [Was: Tool change question]

2012-03-25 Thread charles green
super glue, hot glue, elmers glue, polyvinyl acetate, epoxy, melted nylon string, very cold chewing gum. --- On Sat, 3/24/12, Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net wrote: From: Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net Subject: [Emc-users] PCB standoff alternatives [Was: Tool change

Re: [Emc-users] Tool change question

2012-03-24 Thread charles green
: Sebastian Kuzminsky s...@highlab.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Tool change question To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Friday, March 23, 2012, 9:29 PM On 03/23/2012 11:42 AM, charles green wrote: nicer, but still only a handful of documented params.  i was looking at a document dated a little

Re: [Emc-users] Tool change question

2012-03-24 Thread charles green
: gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Tool change question To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Saturday, March 24, 2012, 8:39 AM On Saturday, March 24, 2012 11:27:23 AM charles green did opine: looks like there are some numbered params listed in the master doc also

Re: [Emc-users] Tool change question

2012-03-23 Thread charles green
'squiggly' brackets are technically braces. [=left bracket, {=left brace, and (=left paren for anyone tempted to call it a curvey bracket. --- On Thu, 3/22/12, Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net wrote: From: Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Tool

Re: [Emc-users] Tool change question

2012-03-23 Thread charles green
fanuc controls offer the current state of the controller modes via their current parameter values, including the current values of the various axes. so, for example, a g28 x0 command could equivalantly be g#2002 x-#5030, where parameter 5030 is the axis position, and parameter 2002 is 0, 1, 2,

Re: [Emc-users] Tool change question

2012-03-23 Thread charles green
, 2012, 9:23 AM On Mar 23, 2012, at 10:16 , charles green wrote: i seem to remember linuxcnc looking like it had alot of those type of things analogously accessible through parameter space.  i'm sure i saw stuff about the work coord params, and tool offsets i think.  ..sections 12.5 and 12.13

Re: [Emc-users] Tool change question

2012-03-22 Thread charles green
O numbers i think were originally intended to indicate different Operations on a part. O1 would be drill a hole for instance, and then O2 would be to drill another hole, after having rearranged the part in the machine tool to the appropriate orientation, say by rotating it 180 degrees around

Re: [Emc-users] Marketing LinuxCNC, was Re: Trajectory planning and other topics from a EMC(LinuxCNC) newbie

2012-03-17 Thread charles green
if possible, i would like a complete list of cost insensitive customers. --- On Sat, 3/17/12, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: From: Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Marketing LinuxCNC, was Re: Trajectory planning and other topics from a

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