Re: [Emc-users] Tool presetter

2020-08-31 Thread John Dammeyer
> -Original Message- > From: N [mailto:nicklas.karlsso...@gmail.com] > Sent: August-31-20 9:21 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Tool presetter > > > I have one of these. > > Fowler 54-575-600 Electronic Edge Finder with Cylindrical Tip, 0.200" > >

Re: [Emc-users] Tool presetter

2020-08-31 Thread N
> I have one of these. > Fowler 54-575-600 Electronic Edge Finder with Cylindrical Tip, 0.200" Stylus, > 1/2" Shank > > I use it with the Shumatech DRO to find edges or the center of something > round. The DRO-350 has a feature for that. Eventually I'll wire up a cable > that can be

Re: [Emc-users] Tool presetter

2020-08-31 Thread John Dammeyer
I have one of these. Fowler 54-575-600 Electronic Edge Finder with Cylindrical Tip, 0.200" Stylus, 1/2" Shank I use it with the Shumatech DRO to find edges or the center of something round. The DRO-350 has a feature for that. Eventually I'll wire up a cable that can be sensed by LinuxCNC

Re: [Emc-users] Tool presetter

2020-08-31 Thread N
> On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 at 18:41, N wrote: > > > As tool usually is a rather good conductor > > Yes, even carbide. > > > and sensor could be made of conductive material most obvious would be > > simple spring loaded contact meausurement for both. > > I have just spent nearly £8 on one from

Re: [Emc-users] Work coordinate offsets produced by Fusion360

2020-08-31 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 31 August 2020 13:00:39 andy pugh wrote: > On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 at 05:40, jrmitchellj wrote: > > could save the .var file to a nema relevant to the parts, then when > > I need to make some more of those, move that file back to > > linuxcnc.var, start up the system, and be ready to go

Re: [Emc-users] Tool presetter

2020-08-31 Thread Thomas D. Dean
On 2020-08-31 10:39, N wrote: Anyone have any experience on where to find a good tool presetter? And/Or edge detector? As tool usually is a rather good conductor and sensor could be made of conductive material most obvious would be simple spring loaded contact meausurement for both. I found

Re: [Emc-users] Tool presetter

2020-08-31 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 at 18:41, N wrote: > As tool usually is a rather good conductor Yes, even carbide. > and sensor could be made of conductive material most obvious would be simple > spring loaded contact meausurement for both. I have just spent nearly £8 on one from Amazon as an

Re: [Emc-users] Because the hardware store was 4 miles away...

2020-08-31 Thread Sam Sokolik
I am adding poor man's trajectory planning.. (not really planning) adding the ability to add a tangent-tangent radius to the polygon.. This is so there isn't an abrupt change in direction. The one pic shows a 0 radius vs .020 radius... The over shoot for the given spindle rpm is all but zero.

[Emc-users] Tool presetter

2020-08-31 Thread N
Anyone have any experience on where to find a good tool presetter? And/Or edge detector? As tool usually is a rather good conductor and sensor could be made of conductive material most obvious would be simple spring loaded contact meausurement for both. I found Nissin have a Centering Gauge

Re: [Emc-users] Work coordinate offsets produced by Fusion360

2020-08-31 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 at 05:40, jrmitchellj wrote: > could save the .var file to a nema relevant to the parts, then when I need > to make some more of those, move that file back to linuxcnc.var, start up > the system, and be ready to go with the setups. You could run a python script to MDI a new

Re: [Emc-users] Work coordinate offsets produced by Fusion360

2020-08-31 Thread jrmitchellj
Thank you Gene! I will look into it. Fusion is really good at allowing you to set up multiple fixtures to run parts in to minimize tool changes. I have made fixture plates to machine the end plates on a couple of the Hammond extruded enclosures. Five positions, four screws to hold down the

Re: [Emc-users] Work coordinate offsets produced by Fusion360

2020-08-31 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 at 17:34, jrmitchellj wrote: > Swapping .var files seems the easiest way to go, I think that swapping postprocessor files is probably the easiest way. You can't specify a var file at the command line. But you can create duplicate INI files which specify different var files.

Re: [Emc-users] Work coordinate offsets produced by Fusion360

2020-08-31 Thread jrmitchellj
Now that change is very easy to understand! I was trying to report this to a person I was incontact with @ HSMWorks, who (I think) released the first LinuxCNC post for HSMWorks, but that was around the time that Autodesk acquired them. They do not seem to be there now. (or their email address

Re: [Emc-users] Noise Problems with Pico Systems USC and Gecko 203V Stepper Drives

2020-08-31 Thread Matthew Herd
Thanks all for the advice. I now have plenty to try. I may just replace them for something else though. > On Aug 27, 2020, at 11:30 PM, Chris Albertson > wrote: > > I have to admit most of my noise-hunting experience is with vacuum > tube-based amplifiers. But the exact same techniques

Re: [Emc-users] Work coordinate offsets produced by Fusion360

2020-08-31 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 at 05:40, jrmitchellj wrote: > I am running out of workspaces. You can have as many as you want if you can swap var files around: http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/html/config/ini-config.html#gcode:ini-features It means stopping and re-starting LinuxCNC with a different var file