On Thursday, January 26, 2012 12:41:36 PM Mark Cason did opine: > On 01/26/2012 05:52 AM, gene heskett wrote: > > Which is why it seems more better an idea to grab what is in #5063 > > after the G38.2, and apply enough math to arrive at where you want it > > to think it is, and do a G92 Zmath-result. To keep track of where the > > machine needs to be, back at its own referenced home position, do a > > G92.1 to clear the offset before going back to the tool change > > position above the gage, for the next tool change. The way pcb-gcode > > issues those commands is consistent, so a search for the M06 T, than > > back up 2 moves and do the G92.1 Then after the M6 T# insert "call > > <z_cal.ngc>", which will do the G38.2, process the result and apply > > diff as G92 Z<result> The .drill files have 5 such change places each. > > I'm a visual person, I need to "SEE" something to understand what's > needed. Looking at the above, gives me a headache. BUT, I still > think that creating a script to adjust the g-code would be easier. > > >> I have a hard enough time with EMC2/LinuxCNC, as it is, For me > >> at > >> > >> least, the only other option would be to edit PCB-GCode, but I'm not > >> well versed in ULP files. > >> > >> Due to moving my shop, and having my CNC mill sitting on the > >> floor in > >> > >> pieces due to having worn out leadscrews, I'm not set up to test > >> PCB-Gcode. > > > > Ouch. Bummer. That day will come for my little toy too. The XY nuts > > are such a kludge, I should have spares on the shelf for when I break > > one trying to take up the backlash. :( > > Mine's a Speedway series Mill/Drill. Cast iron nuts, on steel > leadscrews works well in manual mode, but, running them back, and forth, > on my hand coded g-code, for the last 2 years, wore the leadscrews out. > Been seriously considering ballscrews, but Disability doesn't pay a > third of what I used to make.
Sorry to hear that, living on what "they" think you ought to be able to live on sucks, big time. > I also have the spindle apart, to put new bearings in, and to > redesign the convoluted way of moving it. Waaaaayyy too much slop, the > pinion would occasionally jump a tooth on the rack. Yikes. > >>> An old friend and engineer back in about 1960 was fond of the phrase > >>> 'simplicate' and I'd think this qualifies. :) > >>> > >>> Cheers, Gene > >>> > >> For me, this would be simple... > >> > >> > >> DISCLAIMER: I've been using Linux since '94 (Early SLS version), > >> and > >> > >> I can write (and have written) BASH scripts in my sleep. They might > >> not be the most efficient scripts, but they work for me. I've been > >> doing this for so long, I do most things without really thinking > >> about HOW to do them. > > > > There was a time when I dreamed in 6809 assembly. So I know well how > > that works. :) Like you, now I write system daemons in bash. Except > > for its lack of floating point operations, its a pretty good OS (but > > don't tell that to an emacs fan) :) > > BASH not directly handling floating point, is IMO it's only major > drawback. I still have a few old bash scripts on my system, that are > over 100,000 lines long, and I use that same perl script throughout them > for math calculations. > > They are Linux installers, that will completely create a custom OS, > from source, calculate the time that it took to install each program, as > well as the percentage of time it took compared to the first program > that was created, and give me feedback, with fancy colored output. All > this from a bare command prompt, no X required. > Neat! > I had been using Linux for 2 years, before I even looked at > installing X. One could say I had a bit of a head start on a nix like os as I've been running os9, now nitros9, on various trash-80 color computers since about '85. Not near as much security inherent in it, and the scheduler is very simple but it was/is a great teacher, one of them is running in the basement right now. I can safely say that the uptime for all the windows box's I've ever owned is probably under 24 hours, total. Generally I build my own and the linux install dvd/cd is all they ever see in the dvd reader. > > Cheers, Gene Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> No, that's wrong too. Now there's a race condition between the rm and the mv. Hmm, I need more coffee. -- Guy Maor on Debian Bug#25228 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
