On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Jon Elson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Stuart Stevenson wrote: > > Gentlemen, > > Clyde just came in to tell me the Dahlih truncated a circle this > > afternoon. This is during a program run that has made multiple parts over > > the last two days. Does anyone remember the reason it did the same thing > a > > while back? > > > Truncated? As in left a straight line in the inside? I've never had > this happen. I > have a program that makes circular bores, either completely carving the > interior > or trepanning out the slug and then doing a finishing pass. Either way, > it does the > circle in quadrants. The reason for this is partly historical, the > original version of > the program was written for the Allen Bradley. The other reason is the > one that bores > out the entire hole expands by offsetting each quadrant a little. > It seemed to have skipped the G2/G3 and moved in a straight line from the start point of the radius to the end point of the radius > > So, anyway, using my program that never does more than about 90 degrees > (it can be > a hair more than exactly 90 when expanding the spiral) I've never had > such a problem. > I make lots of panels where all the round holes except the smallest are > bored-out with one tool > size. I have to admit I'm not using the very latest EMC2 version on my > Bridgeport. > > Are the following error limits tight on that machine? Is it possible a > chip jammed the machine > and no following error was caused, so it just completed the program as > best it could, and > the chip then fell out when the axis reversed? > I do not believe this is possible on this machine > > Jon > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America > contest > Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada > $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in > marketing > Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store > http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- dos centavos ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
