Re: [Emc-users] Have major problem. ball screws out of nut for starters.
On Saturday 27 June 2015 02:29:56 N. Christopher Perry wrote: Got a collet block? Clamping the screw with a collet, and maybe a piece of 800 grit emory paper, is the first thing that comes to mind. Spindle is R-8, and I bought a full kit of collets in fractional inch, I'll have to see if one of them fits a 16mm screw. If not, or I can't hold it tight enough, I'll see about the superglue on the pads idea, and an hour or so's heating of the lash adjuster nut with the hot air gun. 800 grit I don't have, but 600 wet-r-dry I have several sheets of. Since the head is off, I could use the spindle if I could figure a way to lock it solidly. The pin Grizzy supplies as a spindle locker does NOT fit the pin hole for spindle locking at all well. Way the heck too small a tip, and too long too. I feel a session on the little mill, making a half circle spanner might be worthwhile. Or even making a copy of their $90 spindle lock, I'll need it anyway. Thanks Christopher, the idea might be just what the Doctor ordered. I'll see w/o the sandpaper first, since if it slips, its the top of the threads that would get marred. If theres room, it just now strikes me that a few wraps of alu foil might be a traction helper. Does _anyone_ have an idea where replacement teflon seals might be sourced? The one it pushed out is pretty well mangled. Thanks all. N. Christopher Perry On Jun 26, 2015, at 5:39 PM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Greetings all; I've had a heck of a time putting the Z screw, some of which may be my own fault, and some David Clement's, who sold me the screws on ebay and vanished. Sorta. I found a message where there were instructions to dl the instructions, but they are behind a login that he didn't supply a username or passwd for, and his phone number is suddenly out of service. Then 1-411 can't find a David Clements at 6330 N 15th St, Phoenix, AZ 85014. From the USPS Postage Paid label I saved. Short of snail mail, I am locked out of a way to contact him. Any way, the nut is big enough that it cannot be inserted into the post and then turned to face the correct direction to connect it with the Z slider. So I used the same plastic sleeve to hold the balls that one must use when installing the Y screw. But while that works for horizontal positioning, it is NOT large enough to keep the balls within the normal trackage in the nut, allowing then to run down and against the teflon seal, so when I screwed the bolt back in, those caught below the recycle guides, those little red plugs, went on down and forced the teflon seal about half out of the recess, and wound up dropping about a dozen balls into the post. Those I have corraled with a retriever magnet, all of which went on thru a 2 square hole in the bottom of the post, some on the chip tray, but more scattered about on the floor under and behind the stand. So now I have 2 problems, one being a pile of magnetised balls, which will NOT do, and the nut is one way, can only be turned to climb up the screw toward the top cover and thrust bearing. So, next is to back off remove the adjuster nut at the top of the bearing so that the screw can be partially unscrewed, thread end below the top recycle guide, so that the balls can be re-introduced to the nut below the recycle guide. At least I think thats how it should work. I think now the loose bolts holding the nut to the nut carrier may have been a clue, because there is room, even with the grease zerk on the rear of the nut installed, to slip the nut bracket into position and fasten it to the slider, then bring it to the top of its travel lock it down, then insert the nut AND screw, assembled from the top, and using long allen wrenches, put the bolts back in. A right Pain in the Ass but doable. If I restart 2 opposing bolts with one of those spring clip retriever thingies, then the bolts to the slider can be removed, and it all pulled back to the top of the slot where wrench access to the bolts from the top would be considerably less of a problem. Unforch, I now have the far end of the screw in a 5 vice, with about 5/16 of hard white maple as jaw pads, and the vice snugged up enough to crush the maple to the bottom of the ball grooves. And I still cannot move that locking nut. Its turning in the maple in the vice. So I assume it has some sort of thread-locker juice in it, but the color doesn't ident it to me. Faint, very faint, line of blue, maybe. So now I'll have to figure out a way to heat it hot enough to release that. I can find about 750F with my hot air rework station but with the mass of that screw, being in good contact with the thrust bearings, and them with several ounces of 1/2 alu, it will take quite a while, and maybe even a box to contain the heat well enough. Anybody got a better idea how to grab the screw, without
Re: [Emc-users] Have major problem. ball screws out of nut for starters.
On 27 Jun 2015, at 08:55, Gene Heskett wrote: On Saturday 27 June 2015 02:29:56 N. Christopher Perry wrote: Got a collet block? Clamping the screw with a collet, and maybe a piece of 800 grit emory paper, is the first thing that comes to mind. Spindle is R-8, and I bought a full kit of collets in fractional inch, I'll have to see if one of them fits a 16mm screw. If not, or I can't hold it tight enough, I'll see about the superglue on the pads idea, and an hour or so's heating of the lash adjuster nut with the hot air gun. 800 grit I don't have, but 600 wet-r-dry I have several sheets of. Since the head is off, I could use the spindle if I could figure a way to lock it solidly. The pin Grizzy supplies as a spindle locker does NOT fit the pin hole for spindle locking at all well. Way the heck too small a tip, and too long too. I feel a session on the little mill, making a half circle spanner might be worthwhile. Or even making a copy of their $90 spindle lock, I'll need it anyway. Thanks Christopher, the idea might be just what the Doctor ordered. I'll see w/o the sandpaper first, since if it slips, its the top of the threads that would get marred. If theres room, it just now strikes me that a few wraps of alu foil might be a traction helper. Does _anyone_ have an idea where replacement teflon seals might be sourced? The one it pushed out is pretty well mangled. Thanks all. N. Christopher Perry On Jun 26, 2015, at 5:39 PM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Greetings all; I've had a heck of a time putting the Z screw, some of which may be my own fault, and some David Clement's, who sold me the screws on ebay and vanished. Sorta. I found a message where there were instructions to dl the instructions, but they are behind a login that he didn't supply a username or passwd for, and his phone number is suddenly out of service. Then 1-411 can't find a David Clements at 6330 N 15th St, Phoenix, AZ 85014. From the USPS Postage Paid label I saved. Short of snail mail, I am locked out of a way to contact him. Any way, the nut is big enough that it cannot be inserted into the post and then turned to face the correct direction to connect it with the Z slider. So I used the same plastic sleeve to hold the balls that one must use when installing the Y screw. But while that works for horizontal positioning, it is NOT large enough to keep the balls within the normal trackage in the nut, allowing then to run down and against the teflon seal, so when I screwed the bolt back in, those caught below the recycle guides, those little red plugs, went on down and forced the teflon seal about half out of the recess, and wound up dropping about a dozen balls into the post. Those I have corraled with a retriever magnet, all of which went on thru a 2 square hole in the bottom of the post, some on the chip tray, but more scattered about on the floor under and behind the stand. So now I have 2 problems, one being a pile of magnetised balls, which will NOT do, and the nut is one way, can only be turned to climb up the screw toward the top cover and thrust bearing. So, next is to back off remove the adjuster nut at the top of the bearing so that the screw can be partially unscrewed, thread end below the top recycle guide, so that the balls can be re-introduced to the nut below the recycle guide. At least I think thats how it should work. I think now the loose bolts holding the nut to the nut carrier may have been a clue, because there is room, even with the grease zerk on the rear of the nut installed, to slip the nut bracket into position and fasten it to the slider, then bring it to the top of its travel lock it down, then insert the nut AND screw, assembled from the top, and using long allen wrenches, put the bolts back in. A right Pain in the Ass but doable. If I restart 2 opposing bolts with one of those spring clip retriever thingies, then the bolts to the slider can be removed, and it all pulled back to the top of the slot where wrench access to the bolts from the top would be considerably less of a problem. Unforch, I now have the far end of the screw in a 5 vice, with about 5/16 of hard white maple as jaw pads, and the vice snugged up enough to crush the maple to the bottom of the ball grooves. And I still cannot move that locking nut. Its turning in the maple in the vice. So I assume it has some sort of thread-locker juice in it, but the color doesn't ident it to me. Faint, very faint, line of blue, maybe. Blue, or blue-green usually indicates Loctite (Henkel-Loctite now, I believe). It might be worth trying some of the Loctite solvents mentioned here: http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/general/solvent-loctite-186460/ Given that the available surface area is small, the blue Loctite can be removed with a little heat (less than you might think) and/or solvent; see here:
Re: [Emc-users] Have major problem. ball screws out of nut for starters.
On Saturday 27 June 2015 04:21:35 Marcus Bowman wrote: On 27 Jun 2015, at 08:55, Gene Heskett wrote: On Saturday 27 June 2015 02:29:56 N. Christopher Perry wrote: Got a collet block? Clamping the screw with a collet, and maybe a piece of 800 grit emory paper, is the first thing that comes to mind. Spindle is R-8, and I bought a full kit of collets in fractional inch, I'll have to see if one of them fits a 16mm screw. If not, or I can't hold it tight enough, I'll see about the superglue on the pads idea, and an hour or so's heating of the lash adjuster nut with the hot air gun. 800 grit I don't have, but 600 wet-r-dry I have several sheets of. Since the head is off, I could use the spindle if I could figure a way to lock it solidly. The pin Grizzy supplies as a spindle locker does NOT fit the pin hole for spindle locking at all well. Way the heck too small a tip, and too long too. I feel a session on the little mill, making a half circle spanner might be worthwhile. Or even making a copy of their $90 spindle lock, I'll need it anyway. Thanks Christopher, the idea might be just what the Doctor ordered. I'll see w/o the sandpaper first, since if it slips, its the top of the threads that would get marred. If theres room, it just now strikes me that a few wraps of alu foil might be a traction helper. Does _anyone_ have an idea where replacement teflon seals might be sourced? The one it pushed out is pretty well mangled. Thanks all. N. Christopher Perry On Jun 26, 2015, at 5:39 PM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Greetings all; I've had a heck of a time putting the Z screw, some of which may be my own fault, and some David Clement's, who sold me the screws on ebay and vanished. Sorta. I found a message where there were instructions to dl the instructions, but they are behind a login that he didn't supply a username or passwd for, and his phone number is suddenly out of service. Then 1-411 can't find a David Clements at 6330 N 15th St, Phoenix, AZ 85014. From the USPS Postage Paid label I saved. Short of snail mail, I am locked out of a way to contact him. Any way, the nut is big enough that it cannot be inserted into the post and then turned to face the correct direction to connect it with the Z slider. So I used the same plastic sleeve to hold the balls that one must use when installing the Y screw. But while that works for horizontal positioning, it is NOT large enough to keep the balls within the normal trackage in the nut, allowing then to run down and against the teflon seal, so when I screwed the bolt back in, those caught below the recycle guides, those little red plugs, went on down and forced the teflon seal about half out of the recess, and wound up dropping about a dozen balls into the post. Those I have corraled with a retriever magnet, all of which went on thru a 2 square hole in the bottom of the post, some on the chip tray, but more scattered about on the floor under and behind the stand. So now I have 2 problems, one being a pile of magnetised balls, which will NOT do, and the nut is one way, can only be turned to climb up the screw toward the top cover and thrust bearing. So, next is to back off remove the adjuster nut at the top of the bearing so that the screw can be partially unscrewed, thread end below the top recycle guide, so that the balls can be re-introduced to the nut below the recycle guide. At least I think thats how it should work. I think now the loose bolts holding the nut to the nut carrier may have been a clue, because there is room, even with the grease zerk on the rear of the nut installed, to slip the nut bracket into position and fasten it to the slider, then bring it to the top of its travel lock it down, then insert the nut AND screw, assembled from the top, and using long allen wrenches, put the bolts back in. A right Pain in the Ass but doable. If I restart 2 opposing bolts with one of those spring clip retriever thingies, then the bolts to the slider can be removed, and it all pulled back to the top of the slot where wrench access to the bolts from the top would be considerably less of a problem. Unforch, I now have the far end of the screw in a 5 vice, with about 5/16 of hard white maple as jaw pads, and the vice snugged up enough to crush the maple to the bottom of the ball grooves. And I still cannot move that locking nut. Its turning in the maple in the vice. So I assume it has some sort of thread-locker juice in it, but the color doesn't ident it to me. Faint, very faint, line of blue, maybe. Blue, or blue-green usually indicates Loctite (Henkel-Loctite now, I believe). It might be worth trying some of the Loctite solvents mentioned here: http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/general/solvent-loctite-186460/ Given that the available surface area is
Re: [Emc-users] Have major problem. ball screws out of nut for starters.
Got a collet block? Clamping the screw with a collet, and maybe a piece of 800 grit emory paper, is the first thing that comes to mind. N. Christopher Perry On Jun 26, 2015, at 5:39 PM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Greetings all; I've had a heck of a time putting the Z screw, some of which may be my own fault, and some David Clement's, who sold me the screws on ebay and vanished. Sorta. I found a message where there were instructions to dl the instructions, but they are behind a login that he didn't supply a username or passwd for, and his phone number is suddenly out of service. Then 1-411 can't find a David Clements at 6330 N 15th St, Phoenix, AZ 85014. From the USPS Postage Paid label I saved. Short of snail mail, I am locked out of a way to contact him. Any way, the nut is big enough that it cannot be inserted into the post and then turned to face the correct direction to connect it with the Z slider. So I used the same plastic sleeve to hold the balls that one must use when installing the Y screw. But while that works for horizontal positioning, it is NOT large enough to keep the balls within the normal trackage in the nut, allowing then to run down and against the teflon seal, so when I screwed the bolt back in, those caught below the recycle guides, those little red plugs, went on down and forced the teflon seal about half out of the recess, and wound up dropping about a dozen balls into the post. Those I have corraled with a retriever magnet, all of which went on thru a 2 square hole in the bottom of the post, some on the chip tray, but more scattered about on the floor under and behind the stand. So now I have 2 problems, one being a pile of magnetised balls, which will NOT do, and the nut is one way, can only be turned to climb up the screw toward the top cover and thrust bearing. So, next is to back off remove the adjuster nut at the top of the bearing so that the screw can be partially unscrewed, thread end below the top recycle guide, so that the balls can be re-introduced to the nut below the recycle guide. At least I think thats how it should work. I think now the loose bolts holding the nut to the nut carrier may have been a clue, because there is room, even with the grease zerk on the rear of the nut installed, to slip the nut bracket into position and fasten it to the slider, then bring it to the top of its travel lock it down, then insert the nut AND screw, assembled from the top, and using long allen wrenches, put the bolts back in. A right Pain in the Ass but doable. If I restart 2 opposing bolts with one of those spring clip retriever thingies, then the bolts to the slider can be removed, and it all pulled back to the top of the slot where wrench access to the bolts from the top would be considerably less of a problem. Unforch, I now have the far end of the screw in a 5 vice, with about 5/16 of hard white maple as jaw pads, and the vice snugged up enough to crush the maple to the bottom of the ball grooves. And I still cannot move that locking nut. Its turning in the maple in the vice. So I assume it has some sort of thread-locker juice in it, but the color doesn't ident it to me. Faint, very faint, line of blue, maybe. So now I'll have to figure out a way to heat it hot enough to release that. I can find about 750F with my hot air rework station but with the mass of that screw, being in good contact with the thrust bearings, and them with several ounces of 1/2 alu, it will take quite a while, and maybe even a box to contain the heat well enough. Anybody got a better idea how to grab the screw, without damaging it, than what I've just described? Because of the steam in a propane flame, I'd druther use the rework wands dry heat. Or maybe a line of superglue at the maple/steel junction? But that stuff is hell to completely remove once set. 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) Genes Web page http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene -- Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical virtual servers, alerts via email sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network
Re: [Emc-users] Increasing home speed
Yep Gene it is a multipurpose magic button and I've threatened to add it to my hard buttons more than once just to make it easy to clear the table. JT On 6/26/2015 4:44 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Friday 26 June 2015 17:04:41 John Thornton wrote: The error would help a lot... on my plasma machine I have a Rapid to Home button and after I'm done cutting and before shutting off I press the magic button. Homing only takes a few seconds when I fire it back up. JT Chuckle. I guess thats why we pay you the big bucks, John. ;-) Thats downright thinking it thru. Not to mention it probably gets the torch out of the way of the changing to a fresh sheet so it doesn't take a beating when the sheet slides not quite under it. Sweet! On 6/25/2015 8:33 PM, Eric H. Johnson wrote: Hi all, I am not sure I understand why I cannot increase my home velocity for X and Y. I have a 12' by 20' table and have not been able to increase the home velocity much above 0.25, which is tortuously slow (linuxcnc 2.6). Unfortunately I did not write down the exact error message when I was at the machine, but looking it up it seemed to indicate that the home sensor did not stay stable long enough to complete the home. My home sensors are micro-switches which are closed by a plate which first contacts the home sensor, then the end of travel limit, and finally the hard stop. Once contact is made, the switches never release until the axis reverses direction. The home sensors are debounced, and I increased the debounce time from about 5ms to 10ms, so I am pretty sure there is not a state change once the debounce time is satisfied on initial contact. Is there something about the homing sequence I am still missing? Thanks, Eric http://t.sidekickopen07.com/e1t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7ks8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9gXr N7sKj6v4 LCQRN7fcnk8RJ6s6N8rBF7Rd3_yKW18Chwm1k1H6H0?si=6453247850577920pi=90 ee8c53-8 5e5-4df5-b55c-48515242dba9 -- Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical virtual servers, alerts via email sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical virtual servers, alerts via email sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical virtual servers, alerts via email sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Increasing home speed
On Saturday 27 June 2015 07:10:42 John Thornton wrote: Yep Gene it is a multipurpose magic button and I've threatened to add it to my hard buttons more than once just to make it easy to clear the table. I am surprised you haven't already John. If there is one thing I have learned during my getting to be lengthy time on this list, is that regardless of how exotic the problem may be to one, someone else has seen it and fixed it already. I suspect as a group, you folks amaze me far more often than my purely electronics comments do for any or all of you. The combined knowledge of this group is Mensa grade or better. The bottom line is that if the machine knows where it is, you can run it to an arbitray position very close to home. At its best rapids speed, doing it safely, so a new bootup home operation needs only the few seconds to confirm it even if its at creep speeds. At the end of the week, that could add an hours worth of production time to the machine if its a 20 foot bed model. In a busy shop, thats pure money. 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) Genes Web page http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene -- Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical virtual servers, alerts via email sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Have major problem. ball screws out of nut for starters.
If and when you succeed in removing the nut. I have had some similar problems re-installing a ball nut. The provided tube just didn't provide sufficient pressure to get the thing started. What ended up working in my case was to use a piece of rubber hose slipped over a wooden dowel (all snug fitting together so nothing slipped) to retain the balls while starting the nut. - Original Message - From: Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2015 4:55:17 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Have major problem. ball screws out of nut for starters. On Saturday 27 June 2015 04:21:35 Marcus Bowman wrote: On 27 Jun 2015, at 08:55, Gene Heskett wrote: On Saturday 27 June 2015 02:29:56 N. Christopher Perry wrote: Got a collet block? Clamping the screw with a collet, and maybe a piece of 800 grit emory paper, is the first thing that comes to mind. Spindle is R-8, and I bought a full kit of collets in fractional inch, I'll have to see if one of them fits a 16mm screw. If not, or I can't hold it tight enough, I'll see about the superglue on the pads idea, and an hour or so's heating of the lash adjuster nut with the hot air gun. 800 grit I don't have, but 600 wet-r-dry I have several sheets of. Since the head is off, I could use the spindle if I could figure a way to lock it solidly. The pin Grizzy supplies as a spindle locker does NOT fit the pin hole for spindle locking at all well. Way the heck too small a tip, and too long too. I feel a session on the little mill, making a half circle spanner might be worthwhile. Or even making a copy of their $90 spindle lock, I'll need it anyway. Thanks Christopher, the idea might be just what the Doctor ordered. I'll see w/o the sandpaper first, since if it slips, its the top of the threads that would get marred. If theres room, it just now strikes me that a few wraps of alu foil might be a traction helper. Does _anyone_ have an idea where replacement teflon seals might be sourced? The one it pushed out is pretty well mangled. Thanks all. N. Christopher Perry On Jun 26, 2015, at 5:39 PM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Greetings all; I've had a heck of a time putting the Z screw, some of which may be my own fault, and some David Clement's, who sold me the screws on ebay and vanished. Sorta. I found a message where there were instructions to dl the instructions, but they are behind a login that he didn't supply a username or passwd for, and his phone number is suddenly out of service. Then 1-411 can't find a David Clements at 6330 N 15th St, Phoenix, AZ 85014. From the USPS Postage Paid label I saved. Short of snail mail, I am locked out of a way to contact him. Any way, the nut is big enough that it cannot be inserted into the post and then turned to face the correct direction to connect it with the Z slider. So I used the same plastic sleeve to hold the balls that one must use when installing the Y screw. But while that works for horizontal positioning, it is NOT large enough to keep the balls within the normal trackage in the nut, allowing then to run down and against the teflon seal, so when I screwed the bolt back in, those caught below the recycle guides, those little red plugs, went on down and forced the teflon seal about half out of the recess, and wound up dropping about a dozen balls into the post. Those I have corraled with a retriever magnet, all of which went on thru a 2 square hole in the bottom of the post, some on the chip tray, but more scattered about on the floor under and behind the stand. So now I have 2 problems, one being a pile of magnetised balls, which will NOT do, and the nut is one way, can only be turned to climb up the screw toward the top cover and thrust bearing. So, next is to back off remove the adjuster nut at the top of the bearing so that the screw can be partially unscrewed, thread end below the top recycle guide, so that the balls can be re-introduced to the nut below the recycle guide. At least I think thats how it should work. I think now the loose bolts holding the nut to the nut carrier may have been a clue, because there is room, even with the grease zerk on the rear of the nut installed, to slip the nut bracket into position and fasten it to the slider, then bring it to the top of its travel lock it down, then insert the nut AND screw, assembled from the top, and using long allen wrenches, put the bolts back in. A right Pain in the Ass but doable. If I restart 2 opposing bolts with one of those spring clip retriever thingies, then the bolts to the slider can be removed, and it all pulled back to the top of the slot where wrench access to the bolts from the top would be considerably less of a problem. Unforch, I now have the far end of the screw in a 5 vice, with about 5/16 of hard
Re: [Emc-users] Increasing home speed
John, I backed off on the acceleration and now it can home much faster. I did not realize that parameter affected homing so much. I will have to put acceleration back to where it was to generate the error. Thanks, Eric On June 26, 2015 5:04:41 PM EDT, John Thornton j...@gnipsel.com wrote: The error would help a lot... on my plasma machine I have a Rapid to Home button and after I'm done cutting and before shutting off I press the magic button. Homing only takes a few seconds when I fire it back up. JT On 6/25/2015 8:33 PM, Eric H. Johnson wrote: Hi all, I am not sure I understand why I cannot increase my home velocity for X and Y. I have a 12' by 20' table and have not been able to increase the home velocity much above 0.25, which is tortuously slow (linuxcnc 2.6). Unfortunately I did not write down the exact error message when I was at the machine, but looking it up it seemed to indicate that the home sensor did not stay stable long enough to complete the home. My home sensors are micro-switches which are closed by a plate which first contacts the home sensor, then the end of travel limit, and finally the hard stop. Once contact is made, the switches never release until the axis reverses direction. The home sensors are debounced, and I increased the debounce time from about 5ms to 10ms, so I am pretty sure there is not a state change once the debounce time is satisfied on initial contact. Is there something about the homing sequence I am still missing? Thanks, Eric http://t.sidekickopen07.com/e1t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7ks8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9gXrN7sKj6v4 LCQRN7fcnk8RJ6s6N8rBF7Rd3_yKW18Chwm1k1H6H0?si=6453247850577920pi=90ee8c53-8 5e5-4df5-b55c-48515242dba9 -- Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical virtual servers, alerts via email sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical virtual servers, alerts via email sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical virtual servers, alerts via email sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Have major problem. ball screws out of nut for starters.
On Saturday 27 June 2015 10:52:39 Todd Zuercher wrote: If and when you succeed in removing the nut. I have had some similar problems re-installing a ball nut. The provided tube just didn't provide sufficient pressure to get the thing started. What ended up working in my case was to use a piece of rubber hose slipped over a wooden dowel (all snug fitting together so nothing slipped) to retain the balls while starting the nut. I don't want to remove the ball nut completely. Its confusing as the stuck nut is the lacknut above the thrust bearings. If I can get that off, and the screw to where I can clamp in vertically, I will unscrew it to extract the balls above the recycle guide, then unscrew it enough that I can re-introduce the balls, either into the groove at the end of the screw but below the plasic guide working them around to make room for the next ball, wash rinse repeat till I am out of balls, at which point I should be able to see balls coming back in the recycle guide. If not, there are balls on the floor I haven't found yet. But first I'll rig a coil to demagnetise them by the time honored method of exciting the coil with good old 60hz, and gradually, slowly withdraw a pill bottle with the balls in it from the core of the coil. Then I will stir in some alky and rinse several times until clean. And do the same demag to the 4 curved nose suture clamps I'll be handling the individual balls with. A glass test tube would be handy for that but I don't hardly have some more of those so I am stuck with the 3oz pill bottle I buy by the grocery sack for mixing wipe on wood finish. Then I can reassemble it into the thrust bearings, and re-install this currently frozen in place nut, with some red thread-locker. And then install it following the youtube movie showing what I should have done in the first place. I went back to the link David gave me and its to an ebay login which has been defunct since sometime in 2011. But when I use the email addy as the key to have them send a passwd reset, I can follow that email link 30 seconds later, and iceweasel says it is an expired link in bright red text and takes me back to the regular login screen. Trying to setup a new account, the instant ebay sees the email addy is an existing one, I get a refusal to create. Chicken V Egg. And actually finding a phone number for a human at ebay cannot be done. So f--k ebay, I just goto paypal pay it that way. But that account lockout means I can't ask the seller a question or anything else, so it is a PIMA, and now, if I can't fix this, will probably cost me another $150 or so for another screw, this time a 20mm5. If anyone has a phone number for ebay that would get me to a human if I stand on the 0 long enough, I need a copy of it please. Thanks. I haven't been out yet this morning, I don't like swimming up the hill to the shop, where my hot air rework station is ATM. We got around 1.5 of rain in the last 8 hours or so. And likely have some in the basement too. :( My sump pump helps, dry's it up a lot faster, but is not a total stopper. Sigh... 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) Genes Web page http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene -- Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical virtual servers, alerts via email sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Back tool lathe movement question (was lathe tool display bug in Axis preview on the developers list)
On 06/27/2015 02:49 PM, Tom Easterday wrote: I tried all combinations of STEP_SCALE, MIN_LIMIT, and MAX_LIMIT using the .axisrc hack to display a back lathe. There is one config where everything works EXCEPT that the up arrow moves the carriage down and down arrow moves the carriage up - see 4) below. So, I if I can find the trick to remap the arrow keys I might have this working. I don’t see the keys being messed with in the .axisrc code below. Does anyone know what I would enter to reverse the meaning of the arrow keys for just the X axis (up/down keys)? Or, barring that, is there some other parameter that I have overlooked that will get me the behavior shown here: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BackToolLathe http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BackToolLathe ? I have this in .axisrc: if lathe: bind_axis(Down, Up, 0) def set_view_y(event=None): widgets.view_z.configure(relief=link) It looks like bind_axis() above does something with key bindings: ... def bind_axis(a, b, d): root_window.bind(KeyPress-%s % a, kp_wrap(lambda e: jog_on(d, -get_jog_speed(d)), KeyPress)) root_window.bind(KeyPress-%s % b, kp_wrap(lambda e: jog_on(d, get_jog_speed(d)), KeyPress)) root_window.bind(Shift-KeyPress-%s % a, lambda e: jog_on(d, -get_max_jog_speed(d))) root_window.bind(Shift-KeyPress-%s % b, lambda e: jog_on(d, get_max_jog_speed(d))) root_window.bind(KeyRelease-%s % a, lambda e: jog_off(d)) root_window.bind(KeyRelease-%s % b, lambda e: jog_off(d)) ... You might try changing bind_axis(Down, Up, 0) to bind_axis(Up, Down, 0) -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/ -- Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical virtual servers, alerts via email sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Back tool lathe movement question (was lathe tool display bug in Axis preview on the developers list)
Check that, doing this doesn’t seem to have any effect that I can see. The tools still appear as back tools but the arrow keys are still mapped incorrectly. -Tom On Jun 27, 2015, at 6:32 PM, Tom Easterday tom-...@bgp.nu wrote: On Jun 27, 2015, at 6:13 PM, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: You might try changing bind_axis(Down, Up, 0) to bind_axis(Up, Down, 0) That seems to put the display back in normal (not back tool) mode, but the X arrow keys are still backwards… -Tom -- Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical virtual servers, alerts via email sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Back tool lathe movement question (was lathe tool display bug in Axis preview on the developers list)
Hey Tom, I'm not sure I have everything correct on my EMCO 120 but I can send you my config files if it would help. Drew On 6/27/15 3:48 PM, Tom Easterday wrote: Check that, doing this doesn’t seem to have any effect that I can see. The tools still appear as back tools but the arrow keys are still mapped incorrectly. -Tom On Jun 27, 2015, at 6:32 PM, Tom Easterday tom-...@bgp.nu wrote: On Jun 27, 2015, at 6:13 PM, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: You might try changing bind_axis(Down, Up, 0) to bind_axis(Up, Down, 0) That seems to put the display back in normal (not back tool) mode, but the X arrow keys are still backwards… -Tom -- Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical virtual servers, alerts via email sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Next problem, there is always one of those, no?
How about 602-248-8508. That's what I found looking on the Web. Rick Original Message Subject: [Emc-users] Next problem, there is always one of those, no? From: Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com Date: Sat, June 27, 2015 4:22 pm To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Now it appears the Z posts top plate, carrying the motor and screw, is miss-made. Except its not, and I am now convinced its the nut mount bracket. When the nuts mounting tab is drawn up, the screw is on a really severe bind. On checking measurements, the OEM top plates hole for the thrust bearings and screw is exactly centered on the plate in BOTH directions. However, the new top plate has all this moved nominally 5mm forward, and it appears the nuts mounting bracket will need to be removed, and shaved by about that much in order to place the screw actually running vertically in the post. Remaking the top plate won't do as that will wreck the zerk sticking out of the back of it. I suspect the bolt was move forward in the first place just to make running room for the zerk fitting. With the top bolts loose, and drawn as high as it can go with the nut bracket bolts also loose, the front edge of the plate is sitting solid on the post, the back edge of the top plate is lifted close to 2mm! After the fight with the balls, and 5 did not go back in as I couldn't find room for them as the tracks were full minus perhaps one ball. So I re-assembled that, runs nice by gravity alone. But this is a bummer. So I need to get in touch with David Clements. Anyone have a phone number for ebay? 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) Genes Web page http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene -- Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical virtual servers, alerts via email sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical virtual servers, alerts via email sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Next problem, there is always one of those, no?
Now it appears the Z posts top plate, carrying the motor and screw, is miss-made. Except its not, and I am now convinced its the nut mount bracket. When the nuts mounting tab is drawn up, the screw is on a really severe bind. On checking measurements, the OEM top plates hole for the thrust bearings and screw is exactly centered on the plate in BOTH directions. However, the new top plate has all this moved nominally 5mm forward, and it appears the nuts mounting bracket will need to be removed, and shaved by about that much in order to place the screw actually running vertically in the post. Remaking the top plate won't do as that will wreck the zerk sticking out of the back of it. I suspect the bolt was move forward in the first place just to make running room for the zerk fitting. With the top bolts loose, and drawn as high as it can go with the nut bracket bolts also loose, the front edge of the plate is sitting solid on the post, the back edge of the top plate is lifted close to 2mm! After the fight with the balls, and 5 did not go back in as I couldn't find room for them as the tracks were full minus perhaps one ball. So I re-assembled that, runs nice by gravity alone. But this is a bummer. So I need to get in touch with David Clements. Anyone have a phone number for ebay? 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) Genes Web page http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene -- Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical virtual servers, alerts via email sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Next problem, there is always one of those, no?
On Saturday 27 June 2015 20:25:29 r...@superiorroll.com wrote: How about 602-248-8508. That's what I found looking on the Web. I did find a different 866 number that got me bounced from dept to dept, spent about 2 hours, but the only resolution was to setup another guest account at a different email address. Zero progress on solving the original, since 2011 problem. However I did manage to send the seller a msg. About an hour a half ago. No reply yet. Rick Original Message Subject: [Emc-users] Next problem, there is always one of those, no? From: Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com Date: Sat, June 27, 2015 4:22 pm To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Now it appears the Z posts top plate, carrying the motor and screw, is miss-made. Except its not, and I am now convinced its the nut mount bracket. When the nuts mounting tab is drawn up, the screw is on a really severe bind. On checking measurements, the OEM top plates hole for the thrust bearings and screw is exactly centered on the plate in BOTH directions. However, the new top plate has all this moved nominally 5mm forward, and it appears the nuts mounting bracket will need to be removed, and shaved by about that much in order to place the screw actually running vertically in the post. Remaking the top plate won't do as that will wreck the zerk sticking out of the back of it. I suspect the bolt was move forward in the first place just to make running room for the zerk fitting. With the top bolts loose, and drawn as high as it can go with the nut bracket bolts also loose, the front edge of the plate is sitting solid on the post, the back edge of the top plate is lifted close to 2mm! After the fight with the balls, and 5 did not go back in as I couldn't find room for them as the tracks were full minus perhaps one ball. So I re-assembled that, runs nice by gravity alone. But this is a bummer. So I need to get in touch with David Clements. Anyone have a phone number for ebay? Cheers, Gene Heskett 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) Genes Web page http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene -- Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical virtual servers, alerts via email sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Back tool lathe movement question (was lathe tool display bug in Axis preview on the developers list)
On Jun 27, 2015, at 6:13 PM, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: You might try changing bind_axis(Down, Up, 0) to bind_axis(Up, Down, 0) That seems to put the display back in normal (not back tool) mode, but the X arrow keys are still backwards… -Tom -- Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical virtual servers, alerts via email sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Back tool lathe movement question (was lathe tool display bug in Axis preview on the developers list)
I tried all combinations of STEP_SCALE, MIN_LIMIT, and MAX_LIMIT using the .axisrc hack to display a back lathe. There is one config where everything works EXCEPT that the up arrow moves the carriage down and down arrow moves the carriage up - see 4) below. So, I if I can find the trick to remap the arrow keys I might have this working. I don’t see the keys being messed with in the .axisrc code below. Does anyone know what I would enter to reverse the meaning of the arrow keys for just the X axis (up/down keys)? Or, barring that, is there some other parameter that I have overlooked that will get me the behavior shown here: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BackToolLathe http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BackToolLathe ? I have this in .axisrc: if lathe: bind_axis(Down, Up, 0) def set_view_y(event=None): widgets.view_z.configure(relief=link) widgets.view_z2.configure(relief=link) widgets.view_x.configure(relief=link) widgets.view_y.configure(relief=sunken) widgets.view_p.configure(relief=link) vars.view_type.set(4) o.reset() glRotatef(90, 1, 0, 0) glRotatef(90, 0, 1, 0) if o.canon: mid = [(a+b)/2 for a, b in zip(o.canon.max_extents, o.canon.min_extents)] glTranslatef(-mid[0], -mid[1], -mid[2]) size = [(a-b) for a, b in zip(o.canon.max_extents, o.canon.min_extents)] o.set_eyepoint_from_extents(size[0], size[2]) else: o.set_eyepoint(5.) o.perspective = False o.lat = -90 o.lon = 0 o.tkRedraw() TclCommands.set_view_y = commands.set_view_y = set_view_y root_window.bind(v, commands.set_view_y) root_window.after_idle(commands.set_view_y) --- If I have: MIN_LIMIT= - 2.1 MAX_LIMIT=0.001 Then, If I change the sign of step_scale: “+” causes: 1) up arrow to move down, down arrow to move up (bad) 2) motor down is more negative on dro, motor up is more positive (good) 3) turret moves from home position zero to -2.1 as it should (good) 4) * see note above “-“ causes 1) up arrow moves up, down arrow moves down (good) 2) motor up is more negative, motor down is more positive (bad) 3) turret won’t move down, but will move up and hit hard stop (bad) --- If I have: MIN_LIMIT= 2.1 MAX_LIMIT=0.001 Then, If I change the sign of step_scale: “+” causes: 1) Up arrow causes error: “Can’t jog joint 0 further past min soft limit”, Down arrow causes error: “Can’t jog joint 0 further past max soft limit” “-“ causes 1) Up arrow causes error: “Can’t jog joint 0 further past min soft limit”, Down arrow causes error: “Can’t jog joint 0 further past max soft limit” --- If I have: MIN_LIMIT= 0.001 MAX_LIMIT= 2.1 Then, If I change the sign of step_scale: “+” causes: 1) up arrow to move down, down arrow to move up (bad) 2) motor down is more negative on dro, motor up is more positive (good) 3) turret won’t move down, but will move up and hit hard stop (bad) “-“ causes 1) up arrow moves up, down arrow moves down (good) 2) motor up is more negative, motor down is more positive (bad) 3) turret moves from home position zero down to 2.1 as it should but wrong sign (bad) --- If I have: MIN_LIMIT= 0.001 MAX_LIMIT= - 2.1 Then, If I change the sign of step_scale: “+” causes: 1) Up arrow causes error: “Can’t jog joint 0 further past min soft limit”, Down arrow causes error: “Can’t jog joint 0 further past max soft limit” “-“ causes 1) Up arrow causes error: “Can’t jog joint 0 further past min soft limit”, Down arrow causes error: “Can’t jog joint 0 further past max soft limit” ——— -Tom ——— On Jun 26, 2015, at 11:53 PM, Tom Easterday tom-...@bgp.nu wrote: On Jun 26, 2015, at 10:33 PM, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: I think the up arrow and positive X motion values should move the cross slide in a positive direction. For back or rear tool lathes it is common for the positive direction to be away from the operator position (with the spindle to the left). You should be able to set up the motion part fairly easily using the sense (+/-) of the scale value. Agreed, and I can set the scale such that +X is up. Check. Once the hardware motion is set up, the plotter screen can be addressed and will need the .axisrc patch or some other software solution applied to Gremlin. I suspect if the .axisrc patch doesn't move the virtual tool up in a top view, there is something wrong with the patch installation or maybe it isn't compatible with newer versions of LinuxCNC. The soft limits are based on the machine zero location which are set by homing. Since your home is to the upper right, your
Re: [Emc-users] Back tool lathe movement question (was lathe tool display bug in Axis preview on the developers list)
BTW, where did you find that “def bind_axis” thing? I was trying to find what the code meant. I found a forum post where someone claims that you can change the key mapping (see below). In following those instructions I added this to my .axisrc file but it didn’t help (I also tried changing the sign in front of get_jog_speed in case I had it on the wrong one but that didn’t work either... root_window.bind(“Up, lambda e: jog_on(0, -get_jog_speed(30))) root_window.bind(“Down, lambda e: jog_on(0, get_jog_speed(0))) root_window.bind(KeyRelease-Up, lambda e: jog_off(0)) root_window.bind(KeyRelease-Downt, lambda e: jog_off(0)) I got “Up and “Down by running the xev thing where I get a line that looks like: state 0X10, keycode 111 (keysym 0xff52, Up), same_screen Yes, and state 0X10, keycode 116 (keysym 0xff54, Down), same_screen Yes, when I hit the up and down arrow keys respectively -Tom === AXIS doesn't pay attention to jog keys with modifier keys pressed because this had some bad interactions with using the numeric keypad as digits in MDI mode. You can put magic incantations in the file ~/.axisrc that customize the jog keys and also get rid of this behavior of ignoring the key if a modifier key is pressed. Here is an example which changes the keys that jog the active axis, and the keys that jog the A axis: # -- cut here # Bind ; and ' to jog active axis root_window.bind(semicolon, commands.jog_minus) root_window.bind(apostrophe, commands.jog_plus) root_window.bind(KeyRelease-semicolon, commands.jog_stop) root_window.bind(KeyRelease-apostrophe, commands.jog_stop) # Bind ( and ) to jog axis 3 (0=X, 1=Y, 2=Z, 3=A, 4=B, ...) root_window.bind(parenleft, lambda e: jog_on(3, -get_jog_speed(3))) root_window.bind(parenright, lambda e: jog_on(3, get_jog_speed(3))) root_window.bind(KeyRelease-parenleft, lambda e: jog_off(3)) root_window.bind(KeyRelease-parenright, lambda e: jog_off(3)) # -- cut here To edit your ~/.axisrc file, open a terminal window (Applications Accessories Terminal). Then type gedit .axisrc. Paste the lines above into the file, then click save, then close the application. The next time you run emc, the settings in the .axisrc file will take effect. To edit it again, just do the same thing: gedit .axisrc in the terminal. If you want to use different keys, here's how to figure out what to use instead of parenleft and so on: In the terminal, type xev. A new window will pop up. Click on it, but keep an eye on the terminal window. When you press a key, it will print several lines of information on the terminal. The one that matters is this one: state 0x0, keycode 34 (keysym 0x5b, bracketleft), same_screen YES, ^^^ that keysym string is the one to put in your .axisrc file. Jeff” === -- Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical virtual servers, alerts via email sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Back tool lathe movement question (was lathe tool display bug in Axis preview on the developers list)
Would be good to take a look Thanks, -Tom On Jun 27, 2015, at 7:12 PM, Drew Rogge d...@dasrogges.com wrote: Hey Tom, I'm not sure I have everything correct on my EMCO 120 but I can send you my config files if it would help. Drew On 6/27/15 3:48 PM, Tom Easterday wrote: Check that, doing this doesn’t seem to have any effect that I can see. The tools still appear as back tools but the arrow keys are still mapped incorrectly. -Tom On Jun 27, 2015, at 6:32 PM, Tom Easterday tom-...@bgp.nu wrote: On Jun 27, 2015, at 6:13 PM, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: You might try changing bind_axis(Down, Up, 0) to bind_axis(Up, Down, 0) That seems to put the display back in normal (not back tool) mode, but the X arrow keys are still backwards… -Tom -- Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical virtual servers, alerts via email sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical virtual servers, alerts via email sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
