I'm still a few steps away from surface mount yet. All the gcode I have has probing for variable z height, I'll rip the probing out of one and post it.
On Tue, 7 Jan 2014 01:48:47 -0500 Robert Ellenberg <rwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 1:33 AM, phill carter > <phill.car...@oztime.com.au>wrote: > > > I do a bit of repair work around the home, a few pcb's and lots of > > learning and trying things out. > > What got me interested in what you are doing is my original pcb etching > > was slooowww so I figured your changes would help. > > > Sounds like fun! Do you do any surface mount stuff? I bought a set of PCB > mills / drills recently, though I haven't had much time to make any boards > yet. > > > > It turns out I had my acceleration way too low. The pcb gcode I am using > > is all very short line-line transitions. > > > > Would you mind sharing an example of such a program that ran really slow? > The greater variety of test cases I can find, the easier it will be to > improve and troubleshoot. For a mill with a low top speed, increasing > acceleration seems to be a viable solution, but it's probably not ideal > since it means you're hitting your drive system harder. If you could get > the same performance with lower acceleration, it could help your machine in > the long term. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT > organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance > affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your > Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers