Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC legacy or future

2020-09-08 Thread Stuart Stevenson
I am interested in the "everything for everyone" version. NCL (my cam system) comes with a keyboard button on the bottom of the keyboard. It is the "IFM" button. When you get stuck you can lift up your keyboard, press the button and voila + the problem goes away just like it's effin magic. Just lik

Re: [Emc-users] Mini-PC

2020-09-08 Thread Bruce Layne
On 9/8/20 12:48 PM, Dave Matthews wrote: > A few weeks ago someone mentioned the HP 8300 SFF as having very good > jitter numbers. Those are an i5 that takes a $5 cable to add the > parallel port. Usually about $150 US on Amazon. > > $155 today - > https://www.amazon.com/HP-8300-Elite-Computer

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.8.0 is released+

2020-09-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 08 September 2020 21:41:45 andy pugh wrote: > On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 at 02:37, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Andy, we don't say it often enough. Thank you. > > It's not me, look at this list. Maybe so in your eyes, but herding all those (cats) contributers is also a programming talent, a quit

Re: [Emc-users] cooling fan speed an a 3d question.

2020-09-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 08 September 2020 04:20:13 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 08 September 2020 01:40:52 Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote: > > Why such a thin layer height? 0.2mm would print faster. 0.3mm prints > > even faster and can be stronger due to thicker layers and a whole > > bunch fewer laye

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.8.0 is released

2020-09-08 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Wed, 9 Sep 2020, andy pugh wrote: Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 02:41:45 +0100 From: andy pugh Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Subject: Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.8.0 is released On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 at 02:37, Gene Heskett wrote: Andy, w

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC legacy or future

2020-09-08 Thread andy pugh
On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 at 02:52, R C wrote: > about details like that, and how it would fit in (for example, I assume > you can't 'steal' too many cycles.) Typically there is a lot of "space" in the servo thread. It typically runs at 1mS but PCW reports that running at 0.25mS is often possible, and

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.8.0 is released

2020-09-08 Thread Stuart Stevenson
A big thank you for all the contributors and a huge thank you to Andy for pushing past the finish line. On Tue, Sep 8, 2020, 8:37 PM Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 08 September 2020 19:28:13 andy pugh wrote: > > > I am pleased (and a little relieved) to announce the release of > > LinuxCNC v2.

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC legacy or future

2020-09-08 Thread R C
well, I havebeen coding for a good long while,  I wouldn't know the first thing about CNC Linux, but would be interested in doing something with sensors, or those quadrature encoders...  BUT  it's pretty  hard to find any info about details like that, and how it would fit in (for example,  I

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.8.0 is released

2020-09-08 Thread andy pugh
On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 at 02:37, Gene Heskett wrote: > Andy, we don't say it often enough. Thank you. It's not me, look at this list. 55% of more than 2 million lines of code got touched by: > > Alec Ari > > Alexander Brock > > Alex Joni > > Alex Wigen > > Al Smart > > Andrea Ricchi > > Andrew Kyr

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC legacy or future

2020-09-08 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 7 Sep 2020 at 22:31, Rafael Skodlar wrote: > IMO it's extremely bad to attack those who come up with "it would be > nice to have this or that" in existing product. Saying, "it's open > source, go fork and write your own code" is plain STUPID! We are not all > programmers! [1] The problem

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.8.0 is released

2020-09-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 08 September 2020 19:28:13 andy pugh wrote: > I am pleased (and a little relieved) to announce the release of > LinuxCNC v2.8.0 > > This release has been a long time in development. The main new > feature, the separation of joints (actuators) and (cartesian) axes has > been in developme

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.8.0 is released

2020-09-08 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
Thanks to all of you developers and users for this great work as always! A special thanks to Andy, wich in my opinion is a vital part of this project, without detracting the other developers of course. El mar., 8 sept. 2020 a las 20:46, Phill Carter () escribió: > Thank you Andy for all your har

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.8.0 is released

2020-09-08 Thread Phill Carter
Thank you Andy for all your hard work. > On 9 Sep 2020, at 9:35 am, Sam Sokolik wrote: > > Awesome work everyone! Thank you andy for making it happen! > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2020, 6:31 PM andy pugh wrote: > >> I am pleased (and a little relieved) to announce the release of LinuxCNC >> v2.8.0 >>

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.8.0 is released

2020-09-08 Thread Sam Sokolik
Awesome work everyone! Thank you andy for making it happen! On Tue, Sep 8, 2020, 6:31 PM andy pugh wrote: > I am pleased (and a little relieved) to announce the release of LinuxCNC > v2.8.0 > > This release has been a long time in development. The main new > feature, the separation of joints (a

[Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.8.0 is released

2020-09-08 Thread andy pugh
I am pleased (and a little relieved) to announce the release of LinuxCNC v2.8.0 This release has been a long time in development. The main new feature, the separation of joints (actuators) and (cartesian) axes has been in development since around 2010. This is one of the biggest updates to LinuxC

Re: [Emc-users] Error with ISO image

2020-09-08 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 at 20:34, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > then it could not install grub, You need to be connected to the internet to get past that point with UEFI. > the user was not allowed to run sudo commands, Really? I thought that was fixed. Which image file are you using? That happens by de

Re: [Emc-users] Error with ISO image

2020-09-08 Thread Viesturs Lācis
otrd., 2020. g. 8. sept., plkst. 00:39 — lietotājs andy pugh () rakstīja: > > (and if it still fails at the cdrom stage, unplugging and replugging > the USB then pressing "continue" is alleged to work. But I really > would prefer it to work without that.) > Thank you for actually reminding me that

[Emc-users] Mini-PC

2020-09-08 Thread andy pugh
> On 8 Sep 2020, at 17:44, John Dammeyer wrote: > > Looking forward to a report from Andy on how well it works. I probably won’t recommend it. It filled a particular need, being a real x86 and available very quickly. I only wanted it to test the LinuxCNC installer. But it’s a nice little box fo

Re: [Emc-users] Cutter compensation

2020-09-08 Thread Stuart Stevenson
In aerospace shops there is usually a requirement for certification of the NCcode that produces the part. This means gcode that is in the CNC machine must come from a secure directory on your system. To be written in the secure directory the program must be certified by inspection the parts created

Re: [Emc-users] Mini-PC

2020-09-08 Thread Dave Matthews
On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 12:44 PM John Dammeyer wrote: > > > From: Gene Heskett [mailto:ghesk...@shentel.net] > > On Tuesday 08 September 2020 04:56:04 andy pugh wrote: -- > > -- > > Actually Gene it's $178.90 Cdn and I can have one tomorrow via no cost Prime > Shipping.

Re: [Emc-users] Mini-PC

2020-09-08 Thread John Dammeyer
> From: Gene Heskett [mailto:ghesk...@shentel.net] > On Tuesday 08 September 2020 04:56:04 andy pugh wrote: > > > Yesterday I decided I needed yet another PC to do a test install of > > the LiveCD (as I did not want to wipe my triple-booting test machine > > which has all the Mesa cards on it, and

Re: [Emc-users] Cutter compensation

2020-09-08 Thread N
> On 09/07/2020 03:24 PM, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: > > Is it any advantage in using cutter compensation when programming the > > g-code using CAM? Because since I've started working with CAM for my > > turning programs I like to let the software do all the compensation. By the > > way, I'm talking

Re: [Emc-users] Mini-PC

2020-09-08 Thread Dave Matthews
On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 5:03 AM andy pugh wrote: > > > 1) The Wifi chip needs proprietary drivers. The installer does not > appear to know how to get these. > 2) Installation of Grub2 failed the first time. Google suggested that > it would succeed if the machine had a network conne

Re: [Emc-users] Mini-PC

2020-09-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 08 September 2020 04:56:04 andy pugh wrote: > Yesterday I decided I needed yet another PC to do a test install of > the LiveCD (as I did not want to wipe my triple-booting test machine > which has all the Mesa cards on it, and my old D510MO was > demonstrating why it is no longer my mil

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC legacy or future

2020-09-08 Thread Les Newell
What LinuCNC is doing in its core was done on relatively simple systems without GUI long time ago. I believe that it's time for architectural change. Split GUI from RT section, and move away from the dependence on terrible PC architecture to industrial SBCs make sense to me. Imagine, we stil

Re: [Emc-users] Cutter compensation

2020-09-08 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 at 01:17, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: > > . I only have to compensate for Z and > X differences when they are too much of a trouble for the finishing > grinding process after, and I usually do that by hand from time to time. I > certainly can give cutter compensation a try. Manu

[Emc-users] Mini-PC

2020-09-08 Thread andy pugh
Yesterday I decided I needed yet another PC to do a test install of the LiveCD (as I did not want to wipe my triple-booting test machine which has all the Mesa cards on it, and my old D510MO was demonstrating why it is no longer my mill controller. I bought the cheapest x86 machine that Amazon had

Re: [Emc-users] cooling fan speed an a 3d question.

2020-09-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 08 September 2020 01:40:52 Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote: > Why such a thin layer height? 0.2mm would print faster. 0.3mm prints > even faster and can be stronger due to thicker layers and a whole > bunch fewer layer to layer bonds. Of course the surface finish is > rougher but at

Re: [Emc-users] hi temp 3d printers, are there any cheap ones?

2020-09-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 08 September 2020 01:27:13 Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote: > Home despot has Nashua 322 HVAC foil tape in a 50 yard roll for $7.88 I have a roll of tape like that it the basement, laying on a new HE furnace I had put in about 20 years ago, but wasn't this discussion about a thin