Dave Engvall wrote: > I have no idea if this email still works for Pete. Pete developed a dos app > for steps-> servo that was pretty cute, including a C axis. > As a demo he threaded a file with it. > OK, so he wasn't using EMC/Linux for that. it was still PLENTY cool! He had burned a number of interesting patterns into old files. > EMC does have the capability of limiting or stopping feed in a wire edm setup > but no ability AFIK for backing out necessary for sinker edm. > If you have good flushing and a system to shut down the feed and pulser if a short develops, you may not need the backing up, but that would still be a really good thing for EMC to have, some day. But, really, if you are doing a sinker job, you don't need G-code. You position the X-Y to put the pattern where you want it, and then need some scheme that could be rigged through HAL to control the Z axis based on the EDM current. If you wanted to get real fancy, you could even have G-code statements that would set variables for start and end of burn, and these could be passed to a custom HAL component that would monitor the burn and drive the Z feed. Ummm, I'm starting to get itchy to make something! But, first, I need a good pulser. I know what I want to do, but just haven't gotten around to building it.
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