On Sun, 2013-02-03 at 15:50 +0200, andy pugh wrote: > On 3 February 2013 15:39, EBo <e...@sandien.com> wrote: > > > Short answer is that decades ago I was shown a EDM head that could self > > retract a small distance > > If this is purely a die-sinking application then I suggest not > bothering with G-code at all. > > Do the whole thing in HAL with a custom component, and maybe your own > Glade UI to control it. > > Gabe Willen has built a few machines using this approach (a > plunge-grinder was one, I think) > Some years ago Pete (the last name escapes me) brought an EDM to fest. Stepper powered and controlled by a BASIC (?) program. Both wire and sinker modes. C axis so he could thread. Pretty neat stuff.
Maybe Steve Stallings can jump in here with a last name and phone number. Steve was doing something with him on a edm power supply. More hints ... from Wisconsin and drove an early Prius. Sorry I can't be more specific. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
