Re: [Emc-users] Swiss Type Lathe-Turn Machine

2016-12-06 Thread andy pugh
On 6 December 2016 at 02:50, Todd Zuercher wrote: > Sounds like a pain to set up. Yes, without a doubt. But set-up time is always significant on a Swiss lathe, they are not something you use for one-offs. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the es

Re: [Emc-users] Swiss Type Lathe-Turn Machine

2016-12-05 Thread Dave Caroline
If you look at an old swiss cam auto then the concept of interleaved moves was exactly how they optimised the speed of the cycle. On my Bechler the tooling is on separate slides with accessory live axes opposite the spindle. Dave Caroline -

Re: [Emc-users] Swiss Type Lathe-Turn Machine

2016-12-05 Thread Todd Zuercher
r 5, 2016 1:02:59 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Swiss Type Lathe-Turn Machine On 5 December 2016 at 16:11, Ralph Stirling wrote: > Sounds like a fun project. I've thought for a long time that a swiss > machine with a dead control but good iron would be a neat challenge > for LinuxCNC.

Re: [Emc-users] Swiss Type Lathe-Turn Machine

2016-12-05 Thread andy pugh
On 5 December 2016 at 16:11, Ralph Stirling wrote: > Sounds like a fun project. I've thought for a long time that a swiss > machine with a dead control but good iron would be a neat challenge > for LinuxCNC. Considering that a Swiss Lathe is intended for making parts in the thousands, it is prob

Re: [Emc-users] Swiss Type Lathe-Turn Machine

2016-12-05 Thread Ralph Stirling
I believe the Machinekit people have the LinuxCNC code reworked to the point they can have multiple instances running together, but they still have a lot of other rough edges. For now, probably two CPU's would be advisable. The new option of running LinuxCNC on ARM's, such as the RaspberryPi 3 ma

Re: [Emc-users] Swiss Type Lathe-Turn Machine

2016-12-05 Thread Chris Morley
Michael had a branch that allowed multiple linuxcncs on one computer iirc...look on tube. might be the sane branch that had jog while paused code. Chris M - Reply message - From: "andy pugh" To: "Shabbir Hussain" , "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Subject: [Emc-users] Swiss Type La

Re: [Emc-users] Swiss Type Lathe-Turn Machine

2016-12-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 05 December 2016 10:13:14 Dave Caroline wrote: > Horribly broken web page javascript I see a blank white page > > Dave Caroline I've seen it, Dave. but had to download it (I use chrome as the browser) and used kview to see it. And I do not know enough to comment on his question. Che

Re: [Emc-users] Swiss Type Lathe-Turn Machine

2016-12-05 Thread andy pugh
On 5 December 2016 at 14:49, Shabbir Hussain wrote: > In my opinion the set up needs TWO independent interpreters etc. so that > X,Y,Z and X2,Z2 can be independently running G-Code files. If you need truly independent motion, then that it probably correct. I think that this means two independent

Re: [Emc-users] Swiss Type Lathe-Turn Machine

2016-12-05 Thread Dave Caroline
Horribly broken web page javascript I see a blank white page Dave Caroline -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/list