On Friday 11 November 2016 06:11:54 andy pugh wrote:

> On 11 November 2016 at 05:31, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> 
wrote:
> > Thanks Marius. Or as I just found -1 for both works,
>
> Negative numbers are for tandem axes Don't use that.

So I am trying to figure out why, when it was configured for a 3 axis 
mill, all 3 axis's were set to HOME_SEQUENCE = 1, and it worked just 
peachy? Me, goes off pondering the fate of the universe.

But this morning, on the 3 axis G0704, which I keep up to date daily in 
the 2.8.0--pre chain, now has a huge pain in the a** error popup that 
must be cleared before anything else can be done when doing a touch off 
of any axis.  I must have had to clear it at least 50 times while 
adjusting some circular cuts to make the circuit board I need for the 
encoders terminal strip.

That, and I am running out of patience with glues, these AT-667's are in 
trenches of the mounting bracket, which is made out of 7076-t6, cut dry, 
and the cut washed with acetone, but the superglues, with days of setup 
time, are not adequately holding the device. So the one that popped off 
this morning, now is sitting in a glop of g02/goop. Clamped tight as it 
sits a few thou proud to get a little closer to the bit of ferrous screw 
I glued to the side of the big gear keyed to the spindle. Its about 25 
thou below the top of the tooth its hiding behind. But I moved the 
backgear about 30 thou to the right just so it will clear my little 
index pulse screw anyway.

But I am beginning to see why these things are being held in place by a 
thin piece of copper sheet, wedging them in place in every picture 
posted except in Jon's Bridgeport.

I am cognizant of the vibration that will be imparted to this encoder 
bracket as its only mounted by one 5mm screw, with the working part 
projecting above the lower spindle housing by about 1/5", by the magnets 
attraction to the tooth as it goes by. So despite the A/B units being 
stuck with superglue, I think I'll embed them in go2 also. I can imagine 
that the bracket will resonate at some frequencies, shaking them loose 
if there isn't a wee bit of flex in the glue.

So I guess next is drill and tap for a couple 3mm screws to mount half of 
the 80 degree arc, half an inch wide, pcb I just cut out, swearing 
quietly at the error message, yelling about a missing % sign from every 
touch off I did.

Did I mention that doing a touch off in the 2.8.0-pre is now a PITA?

Yeah, please fix that.

Thanks everybody.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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