I had to surface a casting and make a small 0.83" diameter pocket for the socket that would turn the 3/8" hold down bolt just below the surface of the casting. Once bolted down I can use the flycutter to flatten the casting by just using a bunch of passes. I'd already drilled the slightly oversize 3/8" hole so the 0,0 position was centered at the hole.
I thought about going upstairs and running my CAD/CAM software to create the G-Code. Ultimately I rebooted the PC and chose WIN-XP and MACH3 instead of LinuxCNC. Then the stock (free) wizards generated the G-Code I needed and I was done in a few minutes. Less time to use the CAD/CAM software and certainly less time than trying to write G-Code from scratch (which I did try and then gave up). While looking at which MACH3 wizard to use I stumbled on the New Fangled Solution wizard which costs $50 to license. https://www.machsupport.com/software/mach3-addons-for-mill/ They have a standalone package (only runs on Windows) that is even more extensive from what I can see and costs $75. So what can I tie into LinuxCNC that does the same thing? Thanks John _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
