Re: [Emc-users] Stopping program for tool change
Michael Haberler mail17@... writes: John, Am 11.01.2014 um 19:57 schrieb John Alexander Stewart ivatt260@...: Hi all; I've got a large bit of steel milling to do, and am changing tools mid-stream every 1mm or so of depth. (6mm end mills, 12.7mm depth) Is it possible that the stop program execution causes loss of position? What I'm doing is, when the end mill is close to a point where not much milling is being done, I: - stop the program; - change end mills; - zero the Z axis based on this end mill; - edit the program so that the tool will start off where I want it; - and, go. I know that there's probably a better way of pausing program operation to do a tool change and Z axis touch off, but I can't think that to do at the moment. What do *you* do, to change tools mid-stream? this is exactly what master http://git.linuxcnc.org/gitweb? p=linuxcnc.git;a=tree;f=configs/sim/axis/remap/manual-toolchange-with-tool- length- switch;h=07587d5cc91ed661e0face3b73aa4eadc7ef055b;hb=6eadae4c8ef1f5d614d06626b 9e05e056d46c8f8 does actually it does a bit more - namely jog to a TLO sensor, measure, set offset and continue give it a try to get the hang of it - Michael Hi Is it possible to run on 2.5.3 ? If yes whats to do? Thx Mike -- CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Stopping program for tool change
Am 12.01.2014 um 10:38 schrieb Mike Eitel m...@eitel.ch: Michael Haberler mail17@... writes: John, Am 11.01.2014 um 19:57 schrieb John Alexander Stewart ivatt260@...: Hi all; I've got a large bit of steel milling to do, and am changing tools mid-stream every 1mm or so of depth. (6mm end mills, 12.7mm depth) Is it possible that the stop program execution causes loss of position? What I'm doing is, when the end mill is close to a point where not much milling is being done, I: - stop the program; - change end mills; - zero the Z axis based on this end mill; - edit the program so that the tool will start off where I want it; - and, go. I know that there's probably a better way of pausing program operation to do a tool change and Z axis touch off, but I can't think that to do at the moment. What do *you* do, to change tools mid-stream? this is exactly what master http://git.linuxcnc.org/gitweb? p=linuxcnc.git;a=tree;f=configs/sim/axis/remap/manual-toolchange-with-tool- length- switch;h=07587d5cc91ed661e0face3b73aa4eadc7ef055b;hb=6eadae4c8ef1f5d614d06626b 9e05e056d46c8f8 does actually it does a bit more - namely jog to a TLO sensor, measure, set offset and continue give it a try to get the hang of it - Michael Hi Is it possible to run on 2.5.3 ? no, master is required - that is the remapping work which has been lingering in master for about two years If yes whats to do? run a master buildbot build, or build yourself from source -m Thx Mike -- CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Stopping program for tool change
Hi all; I've got a large bit of steel milling to do, and am changing tools mid-stream every 1mm or so of depth. (6mm end mills, 12.7mm depth) Is it possible that the stop program execution causes loss of position? What I'm doing is, when the end mill is close to a point where not much milling is being done, I: - stop the program; - change end mills; - zero the Z axis based on this end mill; - edit the program so that the tool will start off where I want it; - and, go. I know that there's probably a better way of pausing program operation to do a tool change and Z axis touch off, but I can't think that to do at the moment. What do *you* do, to change tools mid-stream? Confused; John. -- CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Stopping program for tool change
John, Am 11.01.2014 um 19:57 schrieb John Alexander Stewart ivatt...@gmail.com: Hi all; I've got a large bit of steel milling to do, and am changing tools mid-stream every 1mm or so of depth. (6mm end mills, 12.7mm depth) Is it possible that the stop program execution causes loss of position? What I'm doing is, when the end mill is close to a point where not much milling is being done, I: - stop the program; - change end mills; - zero the Z axis based on this end mill; - edit the program so that the tool will start off where I want it; - and, go. I know that there's probably a better way of pausing program operation to do a tool change and Z axis touch off, but I can't think that to do at the moment. What do *you* do, to change tools mid-stream? this is exactly what master http://git.linuxcnc.org/gitweb?p=linuxcnc.git;a=tree;f=configs/sim/axis/remap/manual-toolchange-with-tool-length-switch;h=07587d5cc91ed661e0face3b73aa4eadc7ef055b;hb=6eadae4c8ef1f5d614d06626b9e05e056d46c8f8 does actually it does a bit more - namely jog to a TLO sensor, measure, set offset and continue give it a try to get the hang of it - Michael Confused; John. -- CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Stopping program for tool change
On 01/11/2014 12:57 PM, John Alexander Stewart wrote: Hi all; I've got a large bit of steel milling to do, and am changing tools mid-stream every 1mm or so of depth. (6mm end mills, 12.7mm depth) Is it possible that the stop program execution causes loss of position? What I'm doing is, when the end mill is close to a point where not much milling is being done, I: - stop the program; - change end mills; - zero the Z axis based on this end mill; - edit the program so that the tool will start off where I want it; - and, go. I know that there's probably a better way of pausing program operation to do a tool change and Z axis touch off, but I can't think that to do at the moment. What do *you* do, to change tools mid-stream? There is a run from line option in the edit menu. You can restart the program from any line. There are problems if the program has multiple calls to the same subroutine, however. If it is just continuous G-code moves, however, this works, so you don't have to edit away the beginning of the program. Jon -- CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Stopping program for tool change
Thanks all - ran my machine with tool in air, spindle off, for just over 3 hours, and it lost about 1/2mm in the X direction, so it looks like I'll have to re-visit the G540 tuning, and so forth. I had this issue a while ago, and thought that it was solved, but it's still there, after 3 hours. (quite a few arcs are being cut, so it exercises the ability for both X and Y to track properly) Sigh - here comes the screwdriver set again... (Michael - had a bit of a look, will look further, Jon - did not know about the run from line, either. Both will certainly help once I get this machine back in order) Thanks, John. -- CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Stopping program for tool change
On 11 January 2014 22:39, John Alexander Stewart ivatt...@gmail.com wrote: (Michael - had a bit of a look, will look further, Jon - did not know about the run from line, either. Both will certainly help once I get this machine back in order) run from line only works on files with line-numbers in Touchy. This really annoyed me at first, but it has grown on me. I now insert line numbers only at likely restart points. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
