On 4 March 2011 05:51, Igor Chudov ichu...@gmail.com wrote:
I re-wrote Andy's function to compare the absolute value of the diff, and
compare that to 1E-07. I know that this is crazy, ugly, and stupid.
No, that is perfectly sensible. I should know better by now, it is
never a good idea to
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 10:16 PM, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
On Thursday, March 03, 2011 10:14:12 pm Kyle Kerr did opine:
Another option to look at/fool around with is Google sketchup. I am
having no troubles running it in wine. There is even a plugin to
output gcode called
By the way, I think that it is great that you let us use cutter compensation
while doing inside corners. Every one knows that these corners will have a
radius of the end mill, anyway, and this is usually acceptable when
pocketing. For perfectly sharp inside corners, after all, we would need to
On 3/4/11, Igor Chudov ichu...@gmail.com wrote:
I re-wrote Andy's function to compare the absolute value of the diff, and
compare that to 1E-07. I know that this is crazy, ugly, and stupid. But it
works beautifully.
NO, absolutely not stupid at all. This is in fact the only sane way of
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 7:27 AM, Przemek Klosowski
przemek.klosow...@gmail.com wrote:
On 3/4/11, Igor Chudov ichu...@gmail.com wrote:
I re-wrote Andy's function to compare the absolute value of the diff, and
compare that to 1E-07. I know that this is crazy, ugly, and stupid. But
it
works
2011/3/4 Chris Radek ch...@timeguy.com:
On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 08:34:35PM -0600, Jon Elson wrote:
Specifically, when using cutter radius compensation and straight lines,
you can only make convex shapes on the outside of a part.
So, if you have G42 in force (tool on right), then you can only
On Friday, March 04, 2011 10:12:57 am Igor Chudov did opine:
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 7:27 AM, Przemek Klosowski
przemek.klosow...@gmail.com wrote:
On 3/4/11, Igor Chudov ichu...@gmail.com wrote:
I re-wrote Andy's function to compare the absolute value of the
diff, and compare that to
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 9:25 AM, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
On Friday, March 04, 2011 10:12:57 am Igor Chudov did opine:
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 7:27 AM, Przemek Klosowski
przemek.klosow...@gmail.com wrote:
On 3/4/11, Igor Chudov ichu...@gmail.com wrote:
I re-wrote Andy's
Whoever sent me that link to Solid Edge, that DL installed under wine, but
does not work. Even if I give it the license file that went with it.
So I then installed sketchup 8, but in trying to figure out a way to draw a
rectangle, a side view of a stick for this cabinet, with the measurements
On 4 March 2011 15:38, Igor Chudov ichu...@gmail.com wrote:
No, the comparison is between the previously commanded position and the
currently commanded position.
And this is why I am slightly concerned with this approach.
Does moving the old_pos=pos_command_in line into the first if
On 4 March 2011 15:47, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
Whoever sent me that link to Solid Edge, that DL installed under wine,
If you are happy to install under wine, then it might be worth trying
the Alibre cad demo.
I actually paid the $100 and run it under Windows on my Mac either
On Friday, March 04, 2011 10:56:42 am Igor Chudov did opine:
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 9:25 AM, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
On Friday, March 04, 2011 10:12:57 am Igor Chudov did opine:
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 7:27 AM, Przemek Klosowski
przemek.klosow...@gmail.com wrote:
On
On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 14:48 -0600, Igor Chudov wrote:
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 2:40 PM, dave dengv...@charter.net wrote:
On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 21:41 -0600, Igor Chudov wrote:
I really think it is a bad idea, as the position will be uncontrolled
when not moving.
Jon, this is a ACME
After some thinking, I changed the comp source code, to update old commanded
position with new one, ONLY if the difference between the old commanded
position and the new one is material.
This will let me move at glacial speed, too.
Thanks for making me think about it. And thanks to Andy Pugh
Sorry Gene, I failed to mention the point about after it crashing the
first time you need to run 'wine regedit' and update a dword.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\SketchUp8\GLConfig\Display]
HW_OK=dword:0001
I am sorry I forgot to mention that.
Kyle
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Igor Chudov ichu...@gmail.com wrote:
After some thinking,
snip
Thanks for making me think about it. And thanks to Andy Pugh too.
I love EMC and what I can do with it!
the beauty of EMC is revealed in these comments
--
dos centavos
On Fri, 2011-03-04 at 06:58 -0600, Chris Radek wrote:
... snip
No, it doesn't gouge the part outline. It moves along the path on the
specified side. Every adjacent pair of moves (whether line or arc)
cause a concave or convex corner. If the corner is concave, it
calculates a new corner
On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 09:14:41AM -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote:
(Sorry for being blunt, but this best conveys how I feel)
I prefer to code the part surface path, which ultimately, is the only
thing that matters. If the surface can not be machined, the surface
needs to be fixed or the process
On 4 March 2011 16:47, Igor Chudov ichu...@gmail.com wrote:
if( diff 0 )
diff = -diff;
if (diff 1E-7){
You can use absf() in HAL modules:
if (absf(diff) 1E-7){
--
atp
Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Chris Radek ch...@timeguy.com wrote:
On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 09:14:41AM -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote:
(Sorry for being blunt, but this best conveys how I feel)
I prefer to code the part surface path, which ultimately, is the only
thing that matters. If the
On 4 March 2011 17:29, Igor Chudov ichu...@gmail.com wrote:
Everyone knows that milling out concave corners with a round end mill leaves
round corners, why warn about it?
Devils Advocaat
Because you are asking for a square corner, and not getting it.
You should know that you are going to have
From: andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com
On 4 March 2011 17:29, Igor Chudov ichu...@gmail.com wrote:
Everyone knows that milling out concave corners with a round end mill
leaves
round corners, why warn about it?
Devils Advocaat
Because you are asking for a square corner, and not getting it.
On Fri, 2011-03-04 at 11:20 -0600, Chris Radek wrote:
... snip
Sorry to be blunt, but your final question makes me wonder whether you
understand the issue.
This is about using cutter comp with concave corners. When you do
that, a fillet is left because the cutter is round. It does not
So, knock on wood, I have my W (motorized knee) axis working, sans limit and
home switches. It will be 100% done once I get the switches wired.
I did it, so that I can easily switch between long tools like big drill bits
in Morse adaptors, to short tools like small end mills, without losing
I apologize if this is off topic but it was pointed out that my original
problem had nothing to do with gouging but rather using offset compensation and
rotating the axis
Is it possible this feature will be added in the future
From what I have read it seems folks who use offset compensation are
Chris Radek wrote:
On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 11:25:19PM -0600, Jon Elson wrote:
I rarely use the G41, G42 offsets, I have my little C programs that code
the paths I need without using tool
radius offsets, so I am rusty.
You should try it again!
Well, these little C routines have
Igor Chudov wrote:
Whils I kind of agree in general (I do numerical modeling too, for a
living), here we are essentially comparing a == a and it fails. See my
another post in this thread about GCC bug 323.
My concern with doing what I am doing, is that if I wanted the knee to move
at
gene heskett wrote:
But, would it not come back on and move accordingly if the diff between
shutoff position (saved) and present requested position exceeded that
1E-07?
No, I think it would not. It is evaluating for motion every servo
cycle. Now, you COULD extend the code
a bit to record
On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 12:21:20PM -0600, Igor Chudov wrote:
Is that the right way to think about it?
Yes, exactly.
--
What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN Hurt You
This paper provides an overview of data
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Jon Elson el...@pico-systems.com wrote:
Igor Chudov wrote:
Whils I kind of agree in general (I do numerical modeling too, for a
living), here we are essentially comparing a == a and it fails. See my
another post in this thread about GCC bug 323.
My
On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 12:22:19PM -0600, kqt4a...@comcast.net wrote:
I apologize if this is off topic but it was pointed out that my
original problem had nothing to do with gouging but rather using
offset compensation and rotating the axis
Is it possible this feature will be added in the
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Jon Elson el...@pico-systems.com wrote:
gene heskett wrote:
But, would it not come back on and move accordingly if the diff between
shutoff position (saved) and present requested position exceeded that
1E-07?
No, I think it would not. It is evaluating for
I have a message that just came up.
Can't do that (Emc_Task_with the interpreter waiting.
Loaded a new gcode one that have loaded before and this error appeared once
I ran the program. Now if I run any program the machine feeds super super
slow! If I close the program and reopen it then
I've downloaded the hidcomp package to use for learning to talk to usb
devices (last weeks Pokeys55, actually). When trying to compile the
package, I keep getting errors because of
#ifdef _WIN32
rgrep doesn't show it being set anywhere in the hid directory structure;
does anybody know where I
On Fri, 2011-03-04 at 12:22 -0600, kqt4a...@comcast.net wrote:
... snip
From what I have read it seems folks who use offset compensation are
looked upon as lower class :)
I would be interested seeing any links you might have.
I will try and remember my place :)
Richard
I think your place
On 3/4/2011 2:24 PM, lloyd wilson wrote:
I've downloaded the hidcomp package to use for learning to talk to usb
devices (last weeks Pokeys55, actually). When trying to compile the
package, I keep getting errors because of
#ifdef _WIN32
rgrep doesn't show it being set anywhere in the hid
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 9:58 PM, Chris Radek ch...@timeguy.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 09:31:31PM -0600, Igor Chudov wrote:
Right now I have at most 5 inches of Z axis travel. This is sufficient
for
most parts, except when I have to use a short tool (little end mill) and
a
long
On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 03:36:05PM -0600, Igor Chudov wrote:
Chris, when you say this, did you just write a shorthand for two statements?
Tdrill M6 G43
G0 W0
Yes, they are two statements, sorry.
Or can I write two statements on one line, separated by a semicolon?
No, because semicolon
I embedded my video on this page:
http://www.chudov.com/projects/Bridgeport-Series-II-Interact-2-CNC-Mill/
The video shows more or less everything that the mill is capable of:
moving in all five directions, drilling cycle, rigid tapping, coolant,
spindle forward and reverse, and cool 5 axis
awesome!
sam
On 03/04/2011 08:38 PM, Igor Chudov wrote:
I embedded my video on this page:
http://www.chudov.com/projects/Bridgeport-Series-II-Interact-2-CNC-Mill/
The video shows more or less everything that the mill is capable of:
moving in all five directions, drilling cycle, rigid
That's in there because I do 95% of my development on Windows. I usually
develop stuff on windows then move it across to linux when it's almost done.
I still haven't found a development environment I like. (tried eclipse,
qtcreator, but have reverted back to make and vim).
It can be removed.
On Friday, March 04, 2011 10:20:21 pm andy pugh did opine:
On 4 March 2011 15:47, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
Whoever sent me that link to Solid Edge, that DL installed under wine,
If you are happy to install under wine, then it might be worth trying
the Alibre cad demo.
I
On Friday, March 04, 2011 10:32:27 pm Kyle Kerr did opine:
Sorry Gene, I failed to mention the point about after it crashing the
first time you need to run 'wine regedit' and update a dword.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\SketchUp8\GLConfig\Display]
HW_OK=dword:0001
I am sorry
On Friday, March 04, 2011 10:57:48 pm andy pugh did opine:
On 4 March 2011 17:29, Igor Chudov ichu...@gmail.com wrote:
Everyone knows that milling out concave corners with a round end mill
leaves round corners, why warn about it?
Devils Advocaat
Because you are asking for a square
Cinci is a monstrosity!
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 10:07 PM, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
On Friday, March 04, 2011 11:02:38 pm Jon Elson did opine:
gene heskett wrote:
But, would it not come back on and move accordingly if the diff
between shutoff position (saved) and present
On Friday, March 04, 2011 11:27:12 pm Igor Chudov did opine:
I embedded my video on this page:
http://www.chudov.com/projects/Bridgeport-Series-II-Interact-2-CNC-Mill/
The video shows more or less everything that the mill is capable of:
moving in all five directions, drilling cycle, rigid
On Friday, March 04, 2011 11:39:19 pm Igor Chudov did opine:
Cinci is a monstrosity!
Maybe, but I'd almost bet it could carve a new balance wheel for your old
Elgin pocket watch. If it had to... ;-)
[...]
Always assume a job will come up that needs more travel!
Yes Jon, I believe
Gene, I feel it! I would only suggest to look for high quality, dB rated
ball bearing cooling fans.
I had a fan go bad in my car inverter in my truck. It was HORRIBLE, like
listening to a whining child.
I bought a new dB rated fan from Digikey. The difference is astounding. I
almost cannot hear
the corollary is relevant no matter the size of the machine
with 200 inches X travel on the 5 axis bridge one of the first three jobs
was 220 inches long
we had to slide a part to machine the whole thing
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 10:07 PM, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
On Friday, March 04,
Igor,
that is impressive
you have done well
thank you for sharing the video with us
I am encouraged by seeing the young man interested and watching
thanks
Stuart
--
dos centavos
--
What You Don't Know About Data
gene heskett wrote:
And, compared to my stepper setup with its howling cooling fans on the
xylotex board, plus the howl of the steppers when they are only running
1/8th step, the differences in the noise level are amazing.
The servo motors on my Bridgeport are so quiet that once I broke a
On Saturday, March 05, 2011 12:49:30 am Igor Chudov did opine:
Gene, I feel it! I would only suggest to look for high quality, dB rated
ball bearing cooling fans.
I had a fan go bad in my car inverter in my truck. It was HORRIBLE, like
listening to a whining child.
I bought a new dB
On Saturday, March 05, 2011 01:03:56 am Stuart Stevenson did opine:
the corollary is relevant no matter the size of the machine
with 200 inches X travel on the 5 axis bridge one of the first three
jobs was 220 inches long
we had to slide a part to machine the whole thing
Chuckle, I knew you
On Saturday, March 05, 2011 01:08:39 am Jon Elson did opine:
gene heskett wrote:
And, compared to my stepper setup with its howling cooling fans on the
xylotex board, plus the howl of the steppers when they are only
running 1/8th step, the differences in the noise level are amazing.
The
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 12:03 AM, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
On Saturday, March 05, 2011 12:49:30 am Igor Chudov did opine:
Gene, I feel it! I would only suggest to look for high quality, dB rated
ball bearing cooling fans.
I had a fan go bad in my car inverter in my truck. It
Here's a good source for toroids, Gene: http://www.antekinc.com/
From: gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com
To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Sat, March 5, 2011 12:03:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Video showing all that my mill does, including W axis
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