using the hobbing setup should allow the spindle to drive a linear axis instead of rotary axis then MPG tapping is possible
On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Stephen Wille Padnos <spad...@sover.net>wrote: > Stuart Stevenson wrote: > > driving the spindle with an MPG would allow EMC2 to tap a hole in manual > > mode - interesting no? > > > Would be, if EMC2 actually geared to the spindle ;) > > You wouldn't be able to do the "1/2 turn forward/1/4 turn back" method > though. > > (which would have been much much easier doing 1/2" taps into steel, like > I did in the military) > > - Steve > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > -- dos centavos ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
