On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Speaker To-Dirt
<speaker_2_d...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> Hey Folks:
>
> I feel silly asking this question, but here goes. I ran into an issue
> using peck drilling with the tool retract. The end result was my Z stepper
> was missing pulses on the retract. So I've derated the max accel and vel on
> the Z axis and everything looks good, however what I'd really like to do is
> run my program with the X and Y disabled. The idea being I want to monitor Z
> with a dial indicator and make sure the start and end conditions are
> correct. I can't find an axis disable command in g code or in the EMC2
> command set. Is there something I'm missing? I'm sure there has to be a way
> to do this, and I'm sure it staring me in the face. Can someone show me how
> stupid I am and point this out to me?
>
> Thanks
>
> Andrew
> Does any axis move without a move command for that axis, on
your system? You could modify your program or write a tiny program
>
to move the axis you want to test.
I know I didn't answer your question, but maybe this will solve your
problem. I don't know of any CNC system that will let you disable any
axis
independently except to modify the setup parameters. A button to do
that could be a lot of damage waiting to happen.
Hope this helps
Don
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