Re: [Emc-users] Threading Hickups
Kirk Wallace wrote: > Thanks for the e-mail Einar. There is a cabinet on each side of the > lathe. The VFD is in the right cabinet and is grounded to the cabinet. A > flex conduit with a plastic outer and a metal spiral inner carries three > conductors to the motor connection box which is screwed to the motor > housing. So, there should be metal surrounding the VFD to motor leads > for the entire distance. There may be metal surrounding it, but that "spiral" has a lot of inductance and is not a good high frequency ground. If this is conduit and not cable, I'd pull the three wires out, then pull them back in with at least one ground wire added (three if you have room, one loosely twisted around each power wire). Connect the ground wire(s) directly to the motor housing, and directly to the VFDs ground terminal. The ground wires can be smaller than the power wires, especially if you have three. Even better, if you can get some, is a braid that can be expanded enough to run the three motor leads through it, then stretched lengthwise so it snugs down around the motor wires. Again, connect one end directly to the motor frame, and the other directly to the VFD ground. The idea here is to have the return path for stray currents as close as possible to the outgoing path. Regards, John Kasunich - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Off Topic -- Centering a lathe piece
On Fri, 2007-10-19 at 15:41 -0500, Brian Michalk wrote: > Is there an old trick to turning a part exactly on center? > If this venue is not the right place, I would appreciate a pointer to an > active group that could help me. Here are two other machining sites I know of: http://www.practicalmachinist.com/ http://www.cnczone.com/ > I have 12mm precision round shafting. I need to turn down one end of it > to .25 inches diameter. > I have a four jaw chuck, and center to within .001", but when I hard > couple a stepper motor to this part, it binds due to the .25" boss not > being exactly on center. The first thing that comes to mind is... can you start with a larger shaft and create all of your critical features in the first setup? > I do have a spider coupling, but would rather go direct due to the added > size of the coupling. What about flex mounting the stepper motor with a rigid top link going lets say right and a bottom link going left? I would think that the motor bearings would need to be fairly stout and you may need to mount to the center of the motor, but its a thought. * --- ===III===| Stepr | --- * Side View ^ Back View \/ *=* Link || *=* Link or maybe three equally spaced links and no flex mount. > Is there some "trick" someone could enlighten me with? -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC lathe Bridgeport mill conversion pending Zubal lathe conversion pending) - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] centering a lathe piece
You don't say what your lathe is. Does it have a tailstock? If so, turn the end and leave about .010 (.020 on the diameter - .270) stock. Then use a combination center drill and countersink to drill a center hole for a center in the tailstock. Loosen the chuck and slide the part out of the chuck. Chuck the part with the minimum amount possible. Use the tailstock center to support the turned end with the shoulder. This will allow you to dial in the shaft for the entire length. When you have it dialed in then lightly machine the turned end to the diameter you want. Cut lightly. Take your time. The best would be a toolpost grinder. If your chuck doesn't have a tailstock find a lathe with a tailstock. thanks Stuart - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Threading Hickups
Thanks for the e-mail Einar. There is a cabinet on each side of the lathe. The VFD is in the right cabinet and is grounded to the cabinet. A flex conduit with a plastic outer and a metal spiral inner carries three conductors to the motor connection box which is screwed to the motor housing. So, there should be metal surrounding the VFD to motor leads for the entire distance. The control electronics are in the left cabinet. I did some more investigation today. The current encoder system starts with a Pico Systems Universal PWM Controller and a stand alone +12 Volt power supply. The UPC encoder inputs and +12 Volt supply are connected to a home built differential receiver, then a four-pair shielded cable and the receiver. The four-pair shield is grounded by a lead to cabinet. 6 inch unpaired unshielded leads connect to the spindle encoder. A +5 Volt regulator, input capacitor and output capacitor are on both the receiver and transmitter. I first by-passed as much as I could by running a CAT-5 unshielded four pair cable between the encoder and the UPC encoder inputs and on-board +5 supply. This worked properly, some of the pulses appeared fatter than others, but they where all in the right place and there were no extra pulses. I tried a thread and it came out as close to correct as I could tell. I added the differential boards to the CAT-5 and got the previous noise problem. Finally, I went directly from the encoder to the UPC and its +5 supply using the existing shielded cable which worked properly. Using an oscilloscope, when I probed the power supplies with the spindle running, I got about .5 Volts of ripple that had a three stair step up and down appearance. Probing the +5 Volt differential signals I got a very short 10 Volt spike on the rising edge of each pulse, but otherwise they looked well formed. Without the differential boards, the +5 Volt encoder pulses had a more drawn out spike on the rising edge and the tops varied about a Volt above +5. The whole idea of the differential boards where to reduce the susceptibility of the system to noise, but the boards themselves seem to make the effect of the noise worse. I think I need to place ferrite beads or other type of filter on the VFD inputs and outputs and then revisit the oscilloscope. I don't have much experience with tracking down noise with an oscilloscope, so if anyone has some words of wisdom, I would appreciate hearing them. I will try to get some scope pictures on my website too. If anyone has a good source for VFD appropriate filters, please let me know. I melted the original filters, so I know you can't use just anything. In the mean time, leaving the differential boards out, seems to work. On Fri, 2007-10-19 at 21:01 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I may not have seen all the posts regarding this, but none that I saw > mentions using shielded > cable from the VFD to the motor? > > If not already done, change to shielded cable for the motor leads too! > The braid needs to be grounded at the VFD and the motor. I found another thread where someone suggested the same thing plus using an additional three conductors, grounded on each end, to make a three twisted pair motor connection. > Never ever use a pigtail to extend the braid to ground. This goes for both > encoder and power > cables. Clamp the braid itself to ground or use a grounding feedthrough! I have a central grounding post on the backplate of my cabinet. I have been trying to run all my grounds to this post, including leads from my cable shields. Are you suggesting tying the shields to the backplate where the the shield ends? > > If there is any potential difference between motor and VFD (cabinet), > equalise it with a > multistrand ground lead with a good cross section. Don't care if this might > look like creating a > ground loop through the braid. The current will go through the lead with the > least resistance (your > ground lead). Hence the solid cross section. > > Einar Sjaavik I have tried to avoid the dreaded ground loop (thats funny, pilots have a dreaded ground loop too) but the wiring has gotten so complex, that I probably wouldn't see it. -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC lathe Bridgeport mill conversion pending Zubal lathe conversion pending) - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Off Topic -- Centering a lathe piece
On Friday 19 October 2007, Brian Michalk wrote: >Is there an old trick to turning a part exactly on center? >If this venue is not the right place, I would appreciate a pointer to an >active group that could help me. > >I have 12mm precision round shafting. I need to turn down one end of it >to .25 inches diameter. >I have a four jaw chuck, and center to within .001", but when I hard >couple a stepper motor to this part, it binds due to the .25" boss not >being exactly on center. >I do have a spider coupling, but would rather go direct due to the added >size of the coupling. > >Is there some "trick" someone could enlighten me with? The only quick and dirty way I'd try first, is to let the shaft extend well past the chuck jaws, centered as well as you can, then setup a follow rest to force it to the bit by 4 or 5 thou while riding the uncut shaft, and do the turning to the 0.250" size against that. And I might grind rather than turn the last .010". I'm in the thought process of taking the bearing cartridge from the front end of a old dremel and rigging a rigid mount the tool holder could carry, and spin one of those $14.95 diamond wheels for the dremel. Those things cut like crazy with a touch you often can't even hear, I even use them to tune up dull carbide bits here. One might also be able to get the cable handpiece of the dremel 400 held in a toolpost but I've NDI how much give there is in that things bearing mount. I've done some decent work using that wheel and the whole dremel hanging on the toolpost, but on my teeny 7x12 lathe, its too easy to run out of carraige motions with that relatively huge grinder, so you can't get at all the workpiece with it in one pass. -- 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) Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing. -- Dave Barry - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Off Topic -- Centering a lathe piece
Ed wrote: parallel or concentric with the center line of the spindle. In the end the best is to find room for a flexible coupling. Ed. I was hoping you wouldn't say that. Thanks. begin:vcard fn:Brian Michalk n:Michalk;Brian adr:;;2204 Lockwood Cove;Austin;TX;78723;USA email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] tel;home:512-928-1112 tel;cell:512-699-4037 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Off Topic -- Centering a lathe piece
Brian Michalk wrote: > Is there an old trick to turning a part exactly on center? > If this venue is not the right place, I would appreciate a pointer to an > active group that could help me. > > I have 12mm precision round shafting. I need to turn down one end of it > to .25 inches diameter. > I have a four jaw chuck, and center to within .001", but when I hard > couple a stepper motor to this part, it binds due to the .25" boss not > being exactly on center. > I do have a spider coupling, but would rather go direct due to the added > size of the coupling. > > Is there some "trick" someone could enlighten me with? After you turn the diameter recheck the concentricity by indicating both diameters as it is turning at a slow RPM. Another problem might be the part is not chucked parallel to the spindle axis. To check that, chuck your piece with at least 1" sticking out from the chuck, now adjust to center with the indicator point near the chuck and then check it near the end, if you have any difference then the axis of your part is not parallel or concentric with the center line of the spindle. In the end the best is to find room for a flexible coupling. Ed. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Off Topic -- Centering a lathe piece
Is there an old trick to turning a part exactly on center? If this venue is not the right place, I would appreciate a pointer to an active group that could help me. I have 12mm precision round shafting. I need to turn down one end of it to .25 inches diameter. I have a four jaw chuck, and center to within .001", but when I hard couple a stepper motor to this part, it binds due to the .25" boss not being exactly on center. I do have a spider coupling, but would rather go direct due to the added size of the coupling. Is there some "trick" someone could enlighten me with? begin:vcard fn:Brian Michalk n:Michalk;Brian adr:;;2204 Lockwood Cove;Austin;TX;78723;USA email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] tel;home:512-928-1112 tel;cell:512-699-4037 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Threading Hickups
I may not have seen all the posts regarding this, but none that I saw mentions using shielded cable from the VFD to the motor? If not already done, change to shielded cable for the motor leads too! The braid needs to be grounded at the VFD and the motor. Never ever use a pigtail to extend the braid to ground. This goes for both encoder and power cables. Clamp the braid itself to ground or use a grounding feedthrough! If there is any potential difference between motor and VFD (cabinet), equalise it with a multistrand ground lead with a good cross section. Don't care if this might look like creating a ground loop through the braid. The current will go through the lead with the least resistance (your ground lead). Hence the solid cross section. Einar Sjaavik - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] g-code generation
On Friday 19 October 2007, Be Alert wrote: >>So all I do is point the browser at the unpacked file, neat. > >Should be all you have to do.. If you have any problems - let me know.. > >I'm building a upload feature into it now. So if you have something you want >to test, you should be able to point to your local file, it will upload it, >and do it's thing. Stay tuned... > >> >I have a friend with a small winery, <300 gallon batches, I'll ask him >> >> what he >> >> >is using, or rather her, since Debbie is the brains of that >> >> pair. There's a >> >> >small possibility they may be interested. Reply privately with more >> >propaganda & prices & I'll relay it to them. > >The price is simple - it's free. I simply wrote it a few years ago to test >PHP. >I retired from the worlds largest winery (You probably know who) a few years >back, and was in charge of their development. They still use my stuff by the >way, after all these years. >What's nice about it, is that it is web centric. So obviously you can get to >the data from anywhere in the world. Want to run it on a iPhone - go ahead - >I tested that and it works. Since I was used to BIG, I had a lot of problems >thinking small. Took a couple of tries to tame it down. >Have them e-mail me privately if they are interested. If for no other reason >than to get their thoughts on how it should run... > >Have a great day... >Dan Great! I need to go pick up a couple bottles of white zin (or something even dryer since I have old age sugar myself) one of these days & I'll check. Thanks again. -- 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) Linux: The OS people choose without $200,000,000 of persuasion. -- Mike Coleman - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] g-code generation
>So all I do is point the browser at the unpacked file, neat. Should be all you have to do.. If you have any problems - let me know.. I'm building a upload feature into it now. So if you have something you want to test, you should be able to point to your local file, it will upload it, and do it's thing. Stay tuned... > > >I have a friend with a small winery, <300 gallon batches, I'll ask him > what he > >is using, or rather her, since Debbie is the brains of that > pair. There's a > >small possibility they may be interested. Reply privately with more > >propaganda & prices & I'll relay it to them. The price is simple - it's free. I simply wrote it a few years ago to test PHP. I retired from the worlds largest winery (You probably know who) a few years back, and was in charge of their development. They still use my stuff by the way, after all these years. What's nice about it, is that it is web centric. So obviously you can get to the data from anywhere in the world. Want to run it on a iPhone - go ahead - I tested that and it works. Since I was used to BIG, I had a lot of problems thinking small. Took a couple of tries to tame it down. Have them e-mail me privately if they are interested. If for no other reason than to get their thoughts on how it should run... Have a great day... Dan - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] x-axis lathe orientation
Hi, Is there a way in AXIS-lathe to "invert" one axis in the backplot drawing, that is to say, change the x-axis orientation, to see it like a mirror? toX __Z> |__Z | X -- Best regards, JJ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] g-code generation
On Friday 19 October 2007, Be Alert wrote: >>I played with this, probably abusing your server a bit a week or so >> ago. I've >> >> >also downloaded it to my emc machine, but I'm wondering if it will run on >> >inux? php & mysql we have, but ajax? > > Don't worry about the server - that's what it's there for. It does tend to >crunch a little. This is the first cut so it don't do much. Simply follows >the lines. > >I wrote it in PHP because it runs everywhere. The problem with PHP is it >requires server software like apache. Should be no problem with the AJAX >code. > I don't ATM recall if php is installed on that box or not, but I'll find out the next time I need to use it. Which seems fairly often, but not for exotic jobs. The last one was moving 16 bolt holes in a 1/8" thick fiberglass pcb to fit a newer, closer spaced, screw terminal capacitors in our tv transmitter. Drudgery standing there do it by hand for an old fart. >The ajax code I wrote myself. It's already in the program. Ajax by any other >name is simply javascript calls. This is controlled by the Browser and they >work the same in linux or Apple. So all I do is point the browser at the unpacked file, neat. >Ajax simply makes your program interactive instead of the typical PHP batch >where you fill in a bunch of stuff and sent the screen, check the screen, >and turn it around if it's bad. Ajax lets you look at each entry on the >screen. It is faster since it only sends the data you enter. >The ajax code I worte is very simple to use and is documented at >http://ajax.andbest.info where you can download it. It uses standard calls >so you basically don't have to learn anything new. >I recently rewrote a winery management system. It required around 700 >programs. Using AJAX it dropped to about 80 programs and they were simpler >and smaller and therefore easier to debug and maintain. >http://www.andbest.info/winelite/ I have a friend with a small winery, <300 gallon batches, I'll ask him what he is using, or rather her, since Debbie is the brains of that pair. There's a small possibility they may be interested. Reply privately with more propaganda & prices & I'll relay it to them. Thanks Dan. -- 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) In success there's a tendency to keep on doing what you were doing. -- Alan Kay - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] g-code generation
>I played with this, probably abusing your server a bit a week or so > ago. I've > >also downloaded it to my emc machine, but I'm wondering if it will run on > >inux? php & mysql we have, but ajax? Don't worry about the server - that's what it's there for. It does tend to crunch a little. This is the first cut so it don't do much. Simply follows the lines. I wrote it in PHP because it runs everywhere. The problem with PHP is it requires server software like apache. Should be no problem with the AJAX code. The ajax code I worte myself. It's already in the program. Ajax by any other name is simply javascript calls. This is controlled by the Browser and they work the same in linux or Apple. Ajax simply makes your program interactive instead of the typical PHP batch where you fill in a bunch of stuff and sent the screen, check the screen, and turn it around if it's bad. Ajax lets you look at each entry on the screen. It is faster since it only sends the data you enter. The ajax code I worte is very simple to use and is documented at http://ajax.andbest.info where you can download it. It uses standard calls so you basically don't have to learn anything new. I recently rewrote a winery management system. It required around 700 programs. Using AJAX it drooped to about 80 programs and they were simpler and smaller and therefore easier to debug and maintain. http://www.andbest.info/winelite/ Good luck... Have a great day... Dan >I just wrote it, so I'll call it beta since I'm sure there are still bugs > >hanging around. > >I'd appreciate any reports on bugs. > > > >Have a great day... > >Dan > > > > -- > 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) > MSDOS didn't get as bad as it is overnight -- it took over ten years > of careful development. > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > ___ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] g-code generation
On Friday 19 October 2007, Be Alert wrote: >I recently wrote a program that generates g-code from photos. It accepts >jpg,gif,png,and bmp type photos. >It can generate two types of g-code. Carve type for photos, and Line for >line drawings. Line drawings are good for things like dovetails etc. > >If anyone is interested, it's available at http://cnc.andbest.info/ >It has docs and a download. > I played with this, probably abusing your server a bit a week or so ago. I've also downloaded it to my emc machine, but I'm wondering if it will run on linux? php & mysql we have, but ajax? >I just wrote it, so I'll call it beta since I'm sure there are still bugs >hanging around. >I'd appreciate any reports on bugs. > >Have a great day... >Dan -- 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) MSDOS didn't get as bad as it is overnight -- it took over ten years of careful development. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Generating stick-font toolpaths?
On Friday 19 October 2007, ben lipkowitz wrote: >you could try autotrace with the -centerline option. it wouldn't give you >the z-depth for different widths with a conical cutter, but it might look >ok anyway. > Humm, when was that option added to truetypetracer? I've just been letting it cut the outlines, which with the font I was using, didn't look all that bad, I made a nameplate that's mounted beside the front door, on brass kickplate material. Also the one on my mailbox. Another possibility might be to print it, scan it, & use potrace on the scan. >On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Patrick Ferrick wrote: >> I was wondering if anyone could suggest some open-source software for >> generating toolpaths for making signs. >> >> Apparently the preferred kind of font is called a "stick font" or >> "single stroke font" and I have found that there are quite a few >> commercial packages that do this. We have been using QCAD's CAMExpert >> demo version (the full version of which is very reasonably priced) but >> both provide only one such font. > >- >This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. >Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >___ >Emc-users mailing list >Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- 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) I know the answer! The answer lies within the heart of all mankind! The answer is twelve? I think I'm in the wrong building. -- Charles Schulz - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] g-code generation
I recently wrote a program that generates g-code from photos. It accepts jpg,gif,png,and bmp type photos. It can generate two types of g-code. Carve type for photos, and Line for line drawings. Line drawings are good for things like dovetails etc. If anyone is interested, it's available at http://cnc.andbest.info/ It has docs and a download. I just wrote it, so I'll call it beta since I'm sure there are still bugs hanging around. I'd appreciate any reports on bugs. Have a great day... Dan - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
