On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:13:48 -0400 John Kasunich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The first question that comes to mind is how you are going to > program it. Will the two heads be running semi-independently? > Or is it making two copies of the same part? or something else? semi independently. they are basically smoothing the same piece on both sides and they share a common X > If the heads are running independently it gets more complex. If Y1 is Y > in the g-code, and Y2 is V, then imagine this: > > G0Y0V100 (move head 1 to 0mm, and head 2 to 100mm) > G1F20Y20V200 (move head 1 to 20mm and head 2 to 200mm, at a feed rate > of 20mm/min) > > The second command is asking one head to move 20mm and the other to move > 100mm. EMC2 will move both axes such that both moves complete at the > same time. That means its impossible for both heads to move at 20mm/min. right, the g code will have to be written so that it doesn't ask the machine things that cannot be done. Given that the X will be the same for both heads, they will just have to move on their own Y/V axis at the same speed > Once we have a better idea of what you are trying to do we can probably > help figure things out. Thanks for your fast answer.. I don't think I ever got such kind of fast support from anyone else! :) -- Best regards, Alessandro Zummo, Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy http://www.towertech.it ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
