Re: [Emc-users] G33 tapers

2009-09-11 Thread Erik Christiansen
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 08:31:24AM +0100, Steve Blackmore wrote: O118 if [#104 LE [2*#102]] O119 if [#102 GT #116] #102 = [#104/2] O119 endif O118 endif are totally meaningless unless you're a programmer. They're also meaningless to this

Re: [Emc-users] G33 tapers

2009-09-11 Thread Andy Pugh
2009/9/11 Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net: Meaningful variable names are the first to fifth rules of programming. Even assembler language, in the depths of last century, had 'em. No it didn't! (though some assemblers might have implemented labels, I suppose) (I remember programming

Re: [Emc-users] G33 tapers

2009-09-11 Thread Kenneth Lerman
You had hexadecimal. We had to program in decimal before hex was invented. :-) (In Roman Numerals.) :-) Ken Andy Pugh wrote: 2009/9/11 Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net: Meaningful variable names are the first to fifth rules of programming. Even assembler language, in the

Re: [Emc-users] G33 tapers

2009-09-11 Thread Chuck Saunders
Ah yes programming with C and X, I, V,L and M On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Kenneth Lerman kenneth.ler...@se-ltd.comwrote: You had hexadecimal. We had to program in decimal before hex was invented. :-) (In Roman Numerals.) :-) Ken Andy Pugh wrote: 2009/9/11 Erik Christiansen

Re: [Emc-users] G33 tapers

2009-09-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 11 September 2009, Andy Pugh wrote: 2009/9/11 Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net: Meaningful variable names are the first to fifth rules of programming. Even assembler language, in the depths of last century, had 'em. No it didn't! (though some assemblers might have implemented

Re: [Emc-users] G33 tapers

2009-09-11 Thread cmgfam
I guess there is something about in-no-sense I look at that bit of numerics and read out loud to myself. line 118 if line 104 is less or equal to 2 times line 102 line 119 if line 102 is greater than line 116 line 102 equals line 104 divided by 2 line 119 end if line

Re: [Emc-users] G33 tapers

2009-09-10 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 19:41:57 -0400, you wrote: On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:30 AM, Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net wrote: http://jmkasunich.com/cgi-bin/blosxom/2008/03/31 This should answer some of the questions. :-) Yea it does - that style of code is almost unique to Linux Guru's and

Re: [Emc-users] G33 tapers

2009-09-09 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:04:35 -0700, you wrote: http://jmkasunich.com/cgi-bin/blosxom/2008/03/31 This should answer some of the questions. :-) Yea it does - that style of code is almost unique to Linux Guru's and never seen in rest of the commercial world. Explains why K was used. Steve

[Emc-users] G33 tapers

2009-09-08 Thread Frank Tkalcevic
Can G33 be used for tapered threads? I remember a short while ago someone wanted to do taper threads with G76, but couldn't and G33 was suggested. The documention says For spindle-synchronized motion in one direction, code G33 X- Y- Z- K- where K gives the dis- tance moved in XYZ for each

Re: [Emc-users] G33 tapers

2009-09-08 Thread dave
Hi Frank, Take a look at this link; You have to page down to get past the birds . http://jmkasunich.com/cgi-bin/blosxom/2008/03/31 This should answer some of the questions. :-) HTH Dave On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 08:37 +1000, Frank Tkalcevic wrote: Can G33 be used for tapered threads? I

Re: [Emc-users] G33 tapers

2009-09-08 Thread Andy Pugh
2009/9/8 Frank Tkalcevic fr...@franksworkshop.com.au: How is this used when I want to move 15mm in Z, and 3mm in X to turn my tapered thread?  For a 5mm pitch thread, K would be 5mm/rev in the Z direction and 1mm/rev in the X direction. (just some sample numbers) Does the EMC version of G33