Re: [Emc-users] Lathe ATC integration

2010-07-29 Thread Schooner
Hi again I have spent a few days reading all the manuals etc and studying the various links you all passed on. I decided that Kirks solution of a component written in C was most viable for me. In the interim I have written a G Code sub routine called m6 which does the tool change and I just

[Emc-users] OT: nice video

2010-07-29 Thread Roland Jollivet
Sorry, this is not EMC, but for those who are inspired by seeing technology in action, this is well presented. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Epn5xD55U Regards Roland -- The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe ATC integration

2010-07-29 Thread Andy Pugh
On 29 July 2010 16:32, Schooner schoone...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Below is my idea of how I could achieve the tool change with a component and the associated .hal entries. I have been thinking about this a bit, and your solution (not unexpectedly) differs from mine. One thing that I don't like

[Emc-users] Lathe programming

2010-07-29 Thread Ian W. Wright
Hi, I'm just starting to use the lathe/A rotary which I have on my little mill and I've worked out reasonably well how I can program turning but now I want to use a 'rotary milling' function and don't know how to proceed. What I want to do is to mill a rod into a 'D' shape or maybe more like a

Re: [Emc-users] OT: nice video

2010-07-29 Thread Andy Pugh
On 29 July 2010 17:22, Roland Jollivet roland.jolli...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry, this is not EMC, but for those who are inspired by seeing technology in action, this is well presented. I heard of a neat system that one of the manufacturers has for people on their second or third replacement,

Re: [Emc-users] Another Newbie Question.

2010-07-29 Thread Speaker To-Dirt
Hi All: My Bridgeport Series 1 is popping fuses on axies. I'm making a mount plate and drilling a scad of holes. 160 to be exact. I have a stepping machine with no glass encoder feedback. So it just counts steps and assumes the stepper makes the step. I was lucky tonight in that the Z axis