Re: [Emc-users] Tool offset and cutter comp, confused

2011-10-25 Thread Bruce Klawiter
I am the owner and I do have permission of of my ppmc.tbl file >>After you change the tool table manually, you must invoke > File/Reload Tool Table to tell EMC you changed it. > > Tried this, it still did not work Could this be a permissions thing? I am sure we would have a lot more people compla

Re: [Emc-users] emcrsh: server part locks up

2011-10-25 Thread jop...@gmail.com
Hi friends! Thank you for answers. Please let me continue discussion on EMC web forum, where my initial post was. I answer on web forum, not here in mailing list, for not to make fork in discussion. http://www.linuxcnc.org/component/option,com_kunena/Itemid,20/func,view/id,13940/catid,38/limit,

Re: [Emc-users] not your usual homing sequence

2011-10-25 Thread Tom Easterday
On Oct 25, 2011, at 12:44 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > 2011/10/25 Tom Easterday : >> >> Now, on our Y axis where we have two motors driving one axis using >> gantrykins, we will want to have the Granite home both axes simultaneously >> and then have EMC find one of the two index pulses on that

Re: [Emc-users] Carousel Jogging

2011-10-25 Thread robert
this is intresting i will keep watch, as i too would like this for when i sort my turret on the chnc to jog it home if it gets stuck etc. have you done a following error check on the carousel so if it gets stuck u can automaticly stop it with out braking something etc? http://www.linuxcnc.org/co

Re: [Emc-users] not your usual homing sequence

2011-10-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/10/25 Tom Easterday : > > Now, on our Y axis where we have two motors driving one axis using > gantrykins, we will want to have the Granite home both axes simultaneously > and then have EMC find one of the two index pulses on that axis (while moving > both motors obviously so no racking occ

Re: [Emc-users] CAM program

2011-10-25 Thread Chris Reynolds
Thanks for the additional suggestions. I've looked at openscad before, but not being a programmer I would have no clue what I was doing, and I'm afraid the learning curve on it would be a hindrance in my work. I downloaded BRLcad to try and install but I think I'm running out of space on the lin

Re: [Emc-users] CAM program

2011-10-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 October 2011 03:29, Chris Reynolds wrote: > When I installed freecad I just did it through the ubuntu software > installer. Would it be better to just remove that and compile it from > source? I'm not a very skilled linux user, but I can and have installed > programs by compiling the code.

Re: [Emc-users] CAM program

2011-10-25 Thread Sven Wesley
I must say Wow! The screenshots are so much more complex than last time i checked FreeCAD. I'm working a lot in Rhino/MadCAM and unfortunately Rhino doesn't work in an *x-OS, so this looks like a good candidate for my workshop PC's! 2011/10/24 andy pugh > On 24 October 2011 21:52, Sebastian Ku