Re: [Emc-users] Wizards for LinuxCNC

2019-11-22 Thread Jon Elson
On 11/22/2019 12:00 AM, John Dammeyer wrote: So what can I tie into LinuxCNC that does the same thing? For very simple cleaning up the top of a part, I just use the arrow keys for constant feedrate, and my jog pendant to step down in Z by a specific amount (.010" or .020") For simple

Re: [Emc-users] Wizards for LinuxCNC

2019-11-22 Thread John Dammeyer
Hi Jon, > Sent: November-22-19 8:28 AM > On 11/22/2019 12:00 AM, John Dammeyer wrote: > > > > So what can I tie into LinuxCNC that does the same thing? > > > For very simple cleaning up the top of a part, I just use > the arrow keys for constant feedrate, > and my jog pendant to step down in Z by

[Emc-users] lathe homeing or tool probing as needed question?

2019-11-22 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; I quite some time back, made a gismo that sits across the bed on TLM, left edge in contact with the chucks closed jaws, that had a squared pocket of pcb materiel for the tool to touch and register using a series of probes moves. one thing I didn't try at the time was a

Re: [Emc-users] Wizards for LinuxCNC

2019-11-22 Thread John Dammeyer
HI Andy, > From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com] > On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 at 06:03, John Dammeyer > wrote: > > > So what can I tie into LinuxCNC that does the same thing? > > For that sort of job I do typically just type G-code in the MDI > window. You can queue commands. > So I will often

Re: [Emc-users] Wizards for LinuxCNC

2019-11-22 Thread Ken Strauss
If you want to play with the PathPilot "wizards", go to https://www.tormach.com/pathpilot/ and try the free virtual machine (PathPilot HUB). > -Original Message- > From: Martin Dobbins [mailto:tu...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2019 1:44 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller

Re: [Emc-users] Wizards for LinuxCNC

2019-11-22 Thread Martin Dobbins
I understand what you are trying to do, John, and it doesn't work quite like the Windows world that Mach 3/ Mach 4 live in. In the interests of not reinventing the wheel Path Pilot is available from Tormach for ~ $25, here: https://www.tormach.com/store/index.php?app=ecom=prodshow=38249 This

Re: [Emc-users] Wizards for LinuxCNC

2019-11-22 Thread andy pugh
On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 at 06:03, John Dammeyer wrote: > So what can I tie into LinuxCNC that does the same thing? For that sort of job I do typically just type G-code in the MDI window. You can queue commands. So I will often start the spindle, jog to the start depth, then type G1 X10 Y0 G1 X10