On 21 Mar 2008 at 21:21, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 21 March 2008, John Thornton wrote: > >Hi Gene, > > > >That someone was me. In some of the programs I wrote you have to > >select "Insert EOF" checkbox to get a M2 at the end which is the same > >as putting a "%". Let me know if I left that out of one... > > Not all of them have that, and not all of them do the spindle > start-stop. face.py does, which is what I've been using the most > today.
I just ran counterbore and saw that I left off the M3/M5 to start and stop the spindle that is an easy fix. In fact I've uploaded the fix to wiki so if you can test it out please do and let me know how it works for you. > I also used the counterbore.py way out of spec to cut a .003 > deep recess Is counterbore.py out of spec? > >To edit your code from Axis you have to add a line in the INI file > >then you can edit a current file. Beware that once you edit it you > >have open it again to get the new one. > > If you are referring to enabling the .py stuff, did that. Yes > > >If you have any comments, questions or bug reports about the g code > > generators I wrote feel free to e mail me about them. > > Hey, I'm just thankfull somebody understands python well enough to > write them in the first place, that language pretty well superceeds > the C, or assembly I was using 20 years ago on a coco (trs-80 color > computer, running os9 for an os), or that odd dialect of C that SAS > sold for the amiga's 15 years ago. Python IMHO is a great language to program in but it won't replace C for anything except simple things like I have been doing. It's kinda fun programming in python and as I have found out you can do some neat things with it. > One comment about face.py is that you have to make the Y dimension the > bit diameter larger than the mike reads else it leaves an uncut ledge > on the near side. And it uses the stepover literally, where it might > be better to make the width of the piece times the stepover an integer > value, fudging it down a few thou to make the last fraction fit. I'm > an armchair coder, aka sidewalk superintendent these days John, can't > you tell? :) Face.py was my first python program. Quite a learning experience for sure. Just running it and I can see where is does not leave any overlap on the +Y or the - Y edge. I might have to rethink that one a bit as I didn't give you any place to specify where to start I just assumed it would be X0Y0. I agree it should do the math and evenly divide up the cuts. I don't have a machine here to test it out with and when I get over to my machine shop I usually get real busy making money and forget to test these things. Anyway I printed out this message to remind me to see what I can do to improve it now that I know someone is actually getting some use out of my efforts. > > Yup, I do appreciate them, thanks. That's all I need to know to keep trying to improve and add to the collection. John > > -- > Cheers, Gene > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Too much radiation coming from the soil. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. > Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
