On Sunday 28 July 2019 12:01:11 Jon Elson wrote: > On 07/27/2019 10:09 PM, a k wrote: > > Hi > > I am interesting if linuxcnc can host different groups , like > > linuxcnc for application? > > > > Right now it is linuxcnc for lathe and mill. > > Cutting process not under the any questions ,so only linuxcnc ... > > > > What about if lcnc does something more complex than simple metal etc > > cutting? > > A variant of LinuxCNC called Machinekit is often used with > the BeagleBone and CRAMPS board to run 3-D printers. Some > people are using it with 5-axis mills. I know that several > tube benders have been built. One of my customers is in > Brazil and uses LinuxCNC to run a screen printing machine > (there's a YouTube video of it). Recently, some additions > have been added to do reverse path for wire and sinker EDM. > I've heard rumors of gear hobbing machines, too. > > Jon > I've never cobbled up a wire spooler, but I've done lots of EDM, mostly burning out broken taps. But my threads when I'm done look a heck of a lot better that that guy on you-tube who specializes removing broken taps. He uses so much current he's arcing sideways and punching holes in the threads. I haven't automated the feed rate, mainly because I'm usually operating in a blind hole, so I have to back out and clean the electrolyte out of the hole, its got so much metal in it thats its gone conductive. For that, I really should rig a small water pump, and rig an injector in the upper part of the electrode to feed distilled water into the slowly rotating brass tubing I use for an electrode. By that method I could keep the hole clean enough to not have to stop and clean the shorts out of the hole.
As for dielectric fluid, I've found at the currants and voltages I use, that distilled water works better than K2. There is not anything stopping LCNC from doing all sorts of odd jobs. And most importantly, you are in no way limited to what your CAD/CAM can write but you'll never find out unless you learn to write your own gcode. IMO, its even easier than Basic. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
