Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Configuration help

2014-04-20 Thread David Armstrong
On 06/04/14 05:17, Howard Mearns wrote: I need some clarification on lathe setup. The integrator manual seems to indicate that I should remove the [axis_1] section. Some older posts say that I will have to make a dummy 'y' axis. I worked on ini/hal bugs/learning curve until I got Axis

Re: [Emc-users] Nest homing question

2014-04-20 Thread John Thornton
Gene, You can set the homing order and the position you call home in the ini file. JT On 4/19/2014 4:36 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings all; Where I was more or less forced to mount the Z homing switch puts it in a position where quite a bit of its work envelop has it closed, with it

Re: [Emc-users] Nest homing question

2014-04-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 20 April 2014 07:55:40 John Thornton did opine: Gene, You can set the homing order and the position you call home in the ini file. JT I finally did find that yesterday, it was in the TRAJ section. The problem now is that if Z is sitting anyplace up to about 4.5 from the

Re: [Emc-users] Nest homing question

2014-04-20 Thread John Thornton
Gene, In the axis section you can set the position the axis goes to after homing with HOME = 0.1 - The position that the joint will go to upon completion of the homing sequence. JT On 4/20/2014 7:05 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 20 April 2014 07:55:40 John Thornton did opine: Gene,

Re: [Emc-users] Nest homing question

2014-04-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 20 April 2014 08:32:29 John Thornton did opine: Gene, In the axis section you can set the position the axis goes to after homing with HOME = 0.1 - The position that the joint will go to upon completion of the homing sequence. JT I have that grokked except for some fine

Re: [Emc-users] Nest homing question

2014-04-20 Thread John Thornton
Yes, in the case of shared home switch you set the final home position so the axis is off the switch and set the homing sequence for one axis at a time. You also need to set the HOME_IS_SHARED = 1 for each axis in the AXIS_n sections. JT On 4/20/2014 7:36 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 20

Re: [Emc-users] Nest homing question

2014-04-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 20 April 2014 08:55:16 John Thornton did opine: Yes, in the case of shared home switch you set the final home position so the axis is off the switch and set the homing sequence for one axis at a time. You also need to set the HOME_IS_SHARED = 1 for each axis in the AXIS_n sections.

[Emc-users] CNC workshop

2014-04-20 Thread Ron Ginger
There is interest in reviving the CNC workshop event that ran several years in Galesburg IL then in Ann Arbor MI. The Tech Shop in Allen park MI- a Detroit suburb, has offered to host the event. A meeting has been set to discuss the idea on Friday, April 25, following the setup of the NAMES

Re: [Emc-users] CNC workshop

2014-04-20 Thread Steve Stallings
Hi Ron, Yes, I am interested, both as a vendor and for talking at seminars. Is this being considered for 2014 or for the next year? Unfortunately I will not arrive at NAMES until Saturday morning, so I cannot make it to the meeting. The Tech Shop space looked nice when I was there just before

[Emc-users] Tool Shape

2014-04-20 Thread Kirk Wallace
It would be interesting to know if there are any examples of controllers with mill tool tables that include tool shape. The lathe has tip radius, plus front, back angles and orientation. I would like to have end mill corner radius or v angle and full depth diameter. I'm wondering if there is

Re: [Emc-users] Tool Shape

2014-04-20 Thread Ralph Stirling
The control on our Haas TM-1 mill has a diameter column on the tool offset table. I think this is used by the control only for automatic cutter compensation. -- Ralph From: Kirk Wallace [kwall...@wallacecompany.com] Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2014 8:31 AM

Re: [Emc-users] Tool Shape

2014-04-20 Thread Pete Matos
Yeah I know the Haas has the diameter column as well as wear column for the TLO. I am quite surprised that LinuxCNC does not have these most simple items let alone radius and shape comp. Pete On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Ralph Stirling ralph.stirl...@wallawalla.edu wrote: The

Re: [Emc-users] CNC workshop

2014-04-20 Thread Jon Elson
On 04/20/2014 08:38 AM, Ron Ginger wrote: If anyone on this list is in a position to attend the meeting please let me know and I will give you the details. No, I really can't make a 500 mile trip just to discuss this, but I am quite interested, and want to hear what is planned. If such a

Re: [Emc-users] Tool Shape

2014-04-20 Thread dave
Kirk, Take a look at the tool description(s) available in APT. If necessary just download the whole package. The guys did a really good job of html docs. :-) How you adapt that to something else I have no idea. ;-) Dave On Sun, 2014-04-20 at 08:31 -0700, Kirk Wallace wrote: It would be

Re: [Emc-users] Tool Shape

2014-04-20 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 04/20/2014 09:28 AM, Pete Matos wrote: Yeah I know the Haas has the diameter column as well as wear column for the TLO. I am quite surprised that LinuxCNC does not have these most simple items let alone radius and shape comp.

Re: [Emc-users] Tool Shape

2014-04-20 Thread Pete Matos
Good luck man. I would love to see wear columns for each of the two mill related offsets length and diameter. Similar to the Haas and many other controls where you just input the base number into the length and diameter columns and then input any adjustments you make at the control into the wear

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing LinuxCNC 2.6.0-pre1

2014-04-20 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
2014-04-18 13:16 GMT-03:00 Niemand Sonst nie...@web.de: Hay Leonardo, would you do me a big favour? I am German with Spanish knowledge, and did the translation of gmoccapy mostly on my own. I am sure there are still errors in the file /src/po/gmoccapy/es.po Just open that file with

Re: [Emc-users] reprap M104/109 function or G10 and M66 for setting and waiting on temperature?

2014-04-20 Thread andy pugh
On 19 April 2014 23:31, Bas de Bruijn bdebru...@luminize.nl wrote: Is above possible (changing spindle speed without stopping the movement)? Yes. It it also possible to vary spindle speed with X-position, but I can't see that being much use with a printer (it's great with a lathe). On a similar

Re: [Emc-users] Tool Shape

2014-04-20 Thread andy pugh
On 20 April 2014 17:28, Pete Matos petefro...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah I know the Haas has the diameter column as well as wear column for the TLO. I am quite surprised that LinuxCNC does not have these most simple items let alone radius and shape comp. The CNC controller doesn't know enough

[Emc-users] Looking for a PCI - Express card for dual monitor

2014-04-20 Thread Steve Cranage
Does anyone know of a (preferably low profile) PCI Express card that will support a second monitor? I'm trying to develop a touch screen UI and doing this on a single monitor setup really sucks. Performance is unimportant, I just need something plug and play to use until my UI is done and

Re: [Emc-users] Tool Shape

2014-04-20 Thread Ralph Stirling
One thing I've always thought would be super useful would be for the control to be able to share tool table info with the CAM software. You set up your tools on the machine (possibly using probing), and export that information to your CAM, and you never have to worry about getting a tool wrong in

Re: [Emc-users] CNC workshop

2014-04-20 Thread Ron Ginger
It was planned because of NAMES. I was hoping you would be interested, I will let you know what happens. Is it to late to plan an event for this June? ron No, I really can't make a 500 mile trip just to discuss this, but I am quite interested, and want to hear what is planned. If such a

[Emc-users] Fwd: Tool Shape

2014-04-20 Thread toolznglue
What are some of the open CAM software packages that are available? Preferably for a Mac but I can Windows as well. Unfortunately, LinuxCNC control software is light years ahead of open-source CAM software. --

Re: [Emc-users] Tool Shape

2014-04-20 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 04/20/2014 12:54 PM, Pete Matos wrote: Good luck man. I would love to see wear columns for each of the two mill related offsets length and diameter. Similar to the Haas and many other controls where you just input the base number into the length and diameter A soon to be released lathe

Re: [Emc-users] Tool Shape

2014-04-20 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 04/20/2014 03:48 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 20 April 2014 17:28, Pete Matos petefro...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah I know the Haas has the diameter column as well as wear column for the TLO. I am quite surprised that LinuxCNC does not have these most simple items let alone radius and shape comp.

Re: [Emc-users] CNC workshop

2014-04-20 Thread Jon Elson
On 04/20/2014 08:43 PM, Ron Ginger wrote: It was planned because of NAMES. I was hoping you would be interested, I will let you know what happens. Is it to late to plan an event for this June? No, not necessarily! Since there's no Digital Machinist-related CNC meeting this year, I'd try to

Re: [Emc-users] reprap M104/109 function or G10 and M66 for setting and waiting on temperature?

2014-04-20 Thread Bas de Bruijn
On 21 Apr 2014, at 00:33, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 19 April 2014 23:31, Bas de Bruijn bdebru...@luminize.nl wrote: Is above possible (changing spindle speed without stopping the movement)? Yes. It it also possible to vary spindle speed with X-position, but I can't see