[Emc-users] Lathe twist [Was: Some tentative progress on stiffening up the countershaft] mounting

2014-05-09 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 08.05.14 17:35, Gene Heskett wrote: FWIW, the Union Tool Co. level says the bed angle, high in front because the v-way is sticking up, is sitting at 175.5 degrees on both ends of the bed, so if it is warped, its not enough that I can actually measure. I thought it had a vernier scale,

Re: [Emc-users] Some tentative progress on stiffening up the countershaft mounting

2014-05-09 Thread andy pugh
On 8 May 2014 22:35, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: FWIW, the Union Tool Co. level says the bed angle, high in front because the v-way is sticking up, is sitting at 175.5 degrees on both ends of the bed, so if it is warped, its not enough that I can actually measure. I thought it had a

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe twist [Was: Some tentative progress on stiffening up the countershaft] mounting

2014-05-09 Thread andy pugh
On 9 May 2014 07:04, Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net wrote: But then just plonked the level on the flat-topped cross-slide, since that's what must travel level, anyhow Agreed, checking that the cross-slide stays at the same angle is the critical thing. If it does move then you would

Re: [Emc-users] Some tentative progress on stiffening up the countershaft mounting

2014-05-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 09 May 2014 05:34:11 andy pugh did opine And Gene did reply: On 8 May 2014 22:35, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: FWIW, the Union Tool Co. level says the bed angle, high in front because the v-way is sticking up, is sitting at 175.5 degrees on both ends of the bed, so if it

Re: [Emc-users] center finder camera / camview-emc

2014-05-09 Thread Jon Elson
OK, so the camera works. Now, I'd like to build a new LinuxCNC system, based on the 10.04 (Lucid) kernel. But, all the doc for camview-emc refers to Hardy. Does anyone know if the various software pieces (camview and camview-emc) that psha recommends loading are available on 10.04? Are there

Re: [Emc-users] center finder camera / camview-emc

2014-05-09 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2014-05-09 20:30 GMT+03:00 Jon Elson el...@pico-systems.com: Does anybody else have camview-emc running on a 10.04 kernel? Yes, I think that is the way I have a camera picture in another tab in Axis. Sorry, I do not remember, how exactly did I set it up, but since I am not really the guy to

Re: [Emc-users] Some tentative progress on stiffening up the countershaft mounting

2014-05-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 09 May 2014 06:30:50 Gene Heskett did opine And Gene did reply: On Friday 09 May 2014 05:34:11 andy pugh did opine And Gene did reply: On 8 May 2014 22:35, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: FWIW, the Union Tool Co. level says the bed angle, high in front because the v-way

Re: [Emc-users] center finder camera / camview-emc

2014-05-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 09 May 2014 13:30:32 Jon Elson did opine And Gene did reply: OK, so the camera works. Now, I'd like to build a new LinuxCNC system, based on the 10.04 (Lucid) kernel. But, all the doc for camview-emc refers to Hardy. Does anyone know if the various software pieces (camview and

Re: [Emc-users] center finder camera / camview-emc

2014-05-09 Thread billy
What align stuff and align kit? On May 9, 2014, at 2:29 PM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: On Friday 09 May 2014 13:30:32 Jon Elson did opine And Gene did reply: OK, so the camera works. Now, I'd like to build a new LinuxCNC system, based on the 10.04 (Lucid) kernel. But, all the

Re: [Emc-users] center finder camera / camview-emc

2014-05-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 09 May 2014 14:55:25 bi...@ivdc.com did opine And Gene did reply: What align stuff and align kit? There is an alignment aid kit (google it) that works with camview-emc, fixes 2 problems. 1) it moves the machine from where ever it is, to put the camera looking at where the tool was

Re: [Emc-users] center finder camera / camview-emc

2014-05-09 Thread Bari
I'm going to update the howto docs shortly. 10.04 should work just fine with just adding the repos, installing the packages http://psha.org.ru/debian/README.html and making 2 lines of mods to your .INI Add following lines to INI file: EMBED_TAB_NAME = Camera EMBED_TAB_COMMAND =

Re: [Emc-users] Some tentative progress on stiffening up the countershaft mounting

2014-05-09 Thread Stephen Dubovsky
Cut down an allen wrench. I have a whole collection of them w/ ~1/4 stubs on the end. Or I cut off a short pc w/ a cutoff wheel and tack weld it to a flat bar. Or cut off a short pc, drop it in the screw w/ pliers/tweezers and use an open end wrench on the visible stub. You can make REALLY low

Re: [Emc-users] Some tentative progress on stiffening up the countershaft mounting

2014-05-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 09 May 2014 15:34:44 Stephen Dubovsky did opine And Gene did reply: Cut down an allen wrench. I have a whole collection of them w/ ~1/4 stubs on the end. Or I cut off a short pc w/ a cutoff wheel and tack weld it to a flat bar. Or cut off a short pc, drop it in the screw w/

Re: [Emc-users] Some tentative progress on stiffening up the countershaft mounting

2014-05-09 Thread andy pugh
On 9 May 2014 21:54, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: I thought of that, but my cutoff facilities aren't that great until I bought a cut off saw about 6 week back, I have never had to use anything but a hacksaw to cut allen keys. They are hard, but not that hard. A bit of cutting compound

[Emc-users] PLASCUTTER 6x12

2014-05-09 Thread MC Cason
Does anybody have any experience with the machine listed below? These are all of the specs that I have so far: Manufacturer: CNC Cutting Solutions (Canada) Make: PLASCUTTER 6x12 Model: PLZ6X12 Serial: 0519 Drives: Stepper (Unknown types) Controllers: Gecko (Unknown

Re: [Emc-users] center finder camera / camview-emc

2014-05-09 Thread Jon Elson
OK, got camview-emc loaded, as described in the Wiki page http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Adding_Digital_Zoom_To_Camview-Emc But, not all of it is working. If I just have the line like this: EMBED_TAB_COMMAND = ./camview-emc-f1oat.py -w {XID} I get a video in the Camera tab, but if I

Re: [Emc-users] center finder camera / camview-emc

2014-05-09 Thread Jon Elson
On 05/10/2014 12:35 AM, Jon Elson wrote: OK, got camview-emc loaded, as described in the Wiki page http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Adding_Digital_Zoom_To_Camview-Emc But, not all of it is working. If I just have the line like this: EMBED_TAB_COMMAND = ./camview-emc-f1oat.py -w