Re: [Emc-users] Possible pncconf error?

> check_config: ERROR > (Using identity kinematics: trivkins) > [JOINT_1]MIN_LIMIT > [AXIS_Z]MIN_LIMIT (-200.0 > -1e99) > [JOINT_1]MAX_LIMIT < [AXIS_Z]MAX_LIMIT (800.0 < 1e99) I believe this is due to a bug in pncconf dating from its conversion for joints_axes. For XZ lathe configs, an

Re: [Emc-users] Possible pncconf error?

On Monday 26 September 2016 22:49:15 Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > I gave up on trying to just copy my TLM's config over to the Sheldons > computer, mainly because I've not yet installed home switches and > such. > > But I need to be able to exercise this BoB, and find all my signals

[Emc-users] Possible pncconf error?

Greetings all; I gave up on trying to just copy my TLM's config over to the Sheldons computer, mainly because I've not yet installed home switches and such. But I need to be able to exercise this BoB, and find all my signals if I can. Something I haven't had a lot of luck finding because mach

Re: [Emc-users] Rotary table indexer project

I read the newspaper stories. They are accurate but only talk about package delivery using the normal post office reciprocity agreements that all post offices have with each other.Some packages are sent this way but if we are talking about small padded envelopes and boxes that fit on your

Re: [Emc-users] Rotary table indexer project

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 12:24 PM, Greg Bentzinger wrote: > Chris; > > I only would request B-Directional as a time saver. I had a HAAS 5C > indexer which used stepper motors and it was reasonably fast - even so, > indexing often was the largest portion of total program run

Re: [Emc-users] Rotary table indexer project

You want your order to be the final one on the final pallet going into the shipment, not the first order on the first pallet. From: Chris Albertson To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Sent: Monday, September 26, 2016 4:09

Re: [Emc-users] Rotary table indexer project

Chris; I only would request B-Directional as a time saver. I had a HAAS 5C indexer which used stepper motors and it was reasonably fast - even so, indexing often was the largest portion of total program run time. For small indexers that most of us will make from small rotary tables, they will

Re: [Emc-users] Rotary table indexer project

Chris, >>It pushes some of the manual work, except the "last mile delivery" onto the sender. Where do you get your e-packet info from? That's not accurate.

Re: [Emc-users] Strange Z value In DRO

On 9/26/2016 8:20 AM, Chris Radek wrote: > On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 07:54:30AM -0500, Jim Craig wrote: >> This is all with version 2.7.4. > Are you sure of the version? There are some problems in 2.7.5-2.7.6 > that seem like they could be related to this behavior (fixed now in > 2.7.7) but I would

Re: [Emc-users] Strange Z value In DRO

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 07:54:30AM -0500, Jim Craig wrote: > > This is all with version 2.7.4. Are you sure of the version? There are some problems in 2.7.5-2.7.6 that seem like they could be related to this behavior (fixed now in 2.7.7) but I would not expect 2.7.4 to have problems with

[Emc-users] Strange Z value In DRO

While working with the plasma cutter this weekend we noticed strange behavior on the DRO overlay on the preview plot in Axis. When attempting to run a program we were getting -z limit switch trips due to needing more debounce on the switch. This switch is used for touch off probing and for -z

Re: [Emc-users] Rotary table indexer project

Too me this is nuts, just use linucnc to index, no need for add on code and hardware, goes both ways, coordinated moves (hobbing, helical cuts and radii), indexing is trivial in an Ocode routine. When I first set up my machine it was for cutting gears, using linuxcnc got rid of all the errors of

Re: [Emc-users] Rotary table indexer project

This is the kind of ideas I was looking for. Two questions: (1) What does bi-directional get you that can't be done by going all the way around. Maybe it takes longer to rotate 360+ degrees?Is there any other reason? Technically it is very easy to run bidirectional but I could not see a

Re: [Emc-users] Rotary table indexer project

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Re: [Emc-users] Rotary table indexer project

Chris; I would add a remote cycle start input and a cycle complete output that could be optionally hooked into LCNC. Likewise I would allow bi-directional positioning moves. Just add a small overshoot value and and feed back into position to maintain consistent preload in one direction. I

Re: [Emc-users] Rotary table indexer project

On 26 September 2016 at 09:20, Chris Albertson wrote: > > I'll connect it to Linux CNC later. But the PC box is huge and not so > portable. The indexer controller can be 1/3rd the size of this 4" table. My rotary axes connect to the controller with a hybrid D-sub.

Re: [Emc-users] Rotary table indexer project

On 26 September 2016 at 09:20, Chris Albertson wrote: > I can't see how the postage alone is that low. Because they only need to get it on a ship, and then it is delivered for free (at a loss) by your national mail delivery co. It's meant to be a mutual arrangement,

Re: [Emc-users] Rotary table indexer project

On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 11:28 PM, Marcus Bowman < marcus.bow...@visible.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: > > On 26 Sep 2016, at 04:45, Chris Albertson wrote: > > > I've started work on a motorized indexer for my rotary table. > > Like DivisionMaster? > > > At this > > point I am not calling this a fourth

Re: [Emc-users] Anybody have an idea how...

On 25.09.16 13:11, Danny Miller wrote: > Some of our folks built a metal kiln and we tried to melt some aluminum > swarf the neighboring metalshop discarded, at least what we thought was > aluminum (no confirmation, but it wasn't steel). We got almost no metal, > just inches of dross. No inert

Re: [Emc-users] Rotary table indexer project

On 26 Sep 2016, at 04:45, Chris Albertson wrote: > I've started work on a motorized indexer for my rotary table. Like DivisionMaster? > At this > point I am not calling this a fourth axis. The way this will be used is to > (1) rotate the table, (2) clamp it down, (3) perform the drill or