I work with a machine that displays out to an angstrom iirc. It uses mm as the main units. That's a lot of digits. I don't think I would want to work in microns. I know people are trying to hold dimensions on the order of a nanometer with similar machines. Our machine isn't tuned quite that well, and you need a temperature controlled environment
On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Marius Liebenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > The DRO's will have to be modified a bit I suppose. In order to show the > larger travels. The max travel is about 300mm. > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "andy pugh" <[email protected]> > To: "Marius Liebenberg" <[email protected]>; "EMC developers" < > [email protected]> > Sent: 2017-07-04 13:59:32 > Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] Finest resolution of Lcnc > > On 4 July 2017 at 12:10, Marius Liebenberg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The question I have is - will I be able to control the lathe to say 0.1 >>> micro meter with Lcnc using the Gmoccapy front end. >>> >> >> You could easily configure the machine to use microns as the base unit >> (then G20 would work in thousandths of an inch). >> >> >> -- >> atp >> "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is >> designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and >> lunatics." >> — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 >> > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
