Re: [Emc-users] cylindrical coordinate kinematics

2012-06-07 Thread andy pugh
On 7 June 2012 05:11, Ralph Stirling ralph.stirl...@wallawalla.edu wrote: I'm putting together a little 3-axis system with a horizontal rotary table (like a C axis), an X axis, and a Z axis.  I'd like to program it as XYZ, though, so I need some kinematics to convert XYZ to XZC You might not

Re: [Emc-users] While/Do cammands

2012-06-07 Thread John Thornton
Bill, While the Do While example in the manual does work, unless you changed it, it's not very graphic. I have changed the example to give some feed back if you test run the code. Within an hour or so the online docs should have the improved example. John On 6/6/2012 10:38 AM, Cathrine

Re: [Emc-users] Commutating Reactor

2012-06-07 Thread John Thornton
Well I have convinced myself that having a standby generator of sufficient size to run the whole house is a good thing. I am now the owner of a 15Kw 2cyl deutz diesel generator. It is a 12 wire generator and at the moment it is set up for 208 120. After reading some on the different wiring

Re: [Emc-users] Commutating Reactor

2012-06-07 Thread Dave
Nice. I have a Deutz engine on an air compressor. They are very reliable. A 12 wire is the ultimate setup. Can't go wrong with that. That engine should sip fuel. Dave On 6/7/2012 8:03 AM, John Thornton wrote: Well I have convinced myself that having a standby generator of sufficient size

Re: [Emc-users] cylindrical coordinate kinematics

2012-06-07 Thread andy pugh
On 7 June 2012 14:00, charles green xxzzb...@yahoo.com wrote: i see only two approaches:  the rotation axes are purely for indexing between various angular offsets without any coordination of other movements (i.e. stay clear of spinning mechanism), or incorporate the absolute cartesian

[Emc-users] phase of cut thread varies with spindle speed

2012-06-07 Thread gene heskett
Hi Guys; I did notice yesterday while cutting that 4mmx0.7 thread, which btw came out real nice, that the spindle speed you start at should not be changed during the run as it will widen the cut thread, leaving a distorted profile at the root of the thread. I had started it at an S200 and had

Re: [Emc-users] Work Coordinates

2012-06-07 Thread Brian May
Would it be possible to write my own hal component that read the values from the file? Sent from my iPod On Jun 7, 2012, at 3:35 AM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 6 June 2012 19:29, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: O100 IF [#5220 EQ 1] M66 E0 Q#5221 M66 E1 Q#5222 … O100

Re: [Emc-users] cylindrical coordinate kinematics

2012-06-07 Thread dave
On Thu, 7 Jun 2012 14:17:32 +0100 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 June 2012 14:00, charles green xxzzb...@yahoo.com wrote: i see only two approaches:  the rotation axes are purely for indexing between various angular offsets without any coordination of other movements (i.e. stay

Re: [Emc-users] Work Coordinates

2012-06-07 Thread s...@highlab.com
If you dont mind writing some C code, I think you should extend halui to do it. Read the values you want from the stat buffers and export them to hal pins. See how halui reports the axis positions for an example. These changes should go in the master branch, not in 2.5. - Reply message

Re: [Emc-users] cylindrical coordinate kinematics

2012-06-07 Thread charles green
i did in fact end up using inverse time feed when my understanding of the linear/rotational axes relations failed. that worked ok, but it was not a satisfying closed form of solution to the problem in general. in easier cases, abc is parallel to xyz. so you'd want to know the xyz position of

Re: [Emc-users] cylindrical coordinate kinematics

2012-06-07 Thread andy pugh
On 7 June 2012 16:36, charles green xxzzb...@yahoo.com wrote: in easier cases, abc is parallel to xyz. so you'd want to know the xyz position of the cutter point relative to the xyz positon of a rotation axis, How do we tell LinuxCNC / G-code where the rotation axes are in space? Frequently

Re: [Emc-users] cylindrical coordinate kinematics

2012-06-07 Thread charles green
another fun translation problem: instead of x and y axes, you have a c1 axis on top of a c2 axis with the two c axes separated by some given r. presumably a spindle is centered the same r away from one of the c's so that a whole xy area of 2r can be reached by rotations of the two c's. ---

Re: [Emc-users] cylindrical coordinate kinematics

2012-06-07 Thread sam sokolik
I think mach has a place to tell what the 'radius' is of the rotary axis so the feed rate is calculated based on that. (but they cannot do kins and such) Inverse time really is the only way to go - that is what the big boys use. sam On 6/7/2012 10:49 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 7 June 2012

Re: [Emc-users] Work Coordinates

2012-06-07 Thread Michael Haberler
I dont think these ideas will work/produce sensible results - Andy's idea conveys the readahead-time setting of #5220 - halui wont be able to report anything useful because the emctstatus message doesnt contain that value (#5220) the way I understand it all offsets (coordinate, tool, axis) are

Re: [Emc-users] Work Coordinates

2012-06-07 Thread Daniel Rogge
Michael is absolutely correct about this: ...so Andy's scheme will report the last offset active, not the current one being used relative to execution In fact, any attempt to display the G5x offset, the spindle S command, or the feedrate F command, the modal G94/95 (feed per unit/feed per

Re: [Emc-users] phase of cut thread varies with spindle speed

2012-06-07 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Thu, 7 Jun 2012 09:39:12 -0400, you wrote: I did notice yesterday while cutting that 4mmx0.7 thread, which btw came out real nice, that the spindle speed you start at should not be changed during the run as it will widen the cut thread, leaving a distorted profile at the root of the thread.

Re: [Emc-users] While/Do cammands

2012-06-07 Thread Cathrine Hribar
Hi John: Thanks for the feedback! I have found my mistake and all is working as should be. Will look at ur new example, too. Bill On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 06:13:16 -0500 John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: Bill, While the Do While example in the manual does work, unless you changed it,

Re: [Emc-users] While/Do cammands

2012-06-07 Thread Cathrine Hribar
Thanks for the answer Andy, I found the problem and all is working... Bill On Wed, 6 Jun 2012 16:53:53 +0100 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 6 June 2012 16:38, Cathrine Hribar bhri...@bresnan.net wrote: have run into a problem trying to do a loop.  when I use the sample in the

Re: [Emc-users] phase of cut thread varies with spindle speed

2012-06-07 Thread gene heskett
On Thursday, June 07, 2012 05:30:43 PM Steve Blackmore did opine: On Thu, 7 Jun 2012 09:39:12 -0400, you wrote: I did notice yesterday while cutting that 4mmx0.7 thread, which btw came out real nice, that the spindle speed you start at should not be changed during the run as it will widen the

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Re: [Emc-users] Commutating Reactor

2012-06-07 Thread Dave
On 6/7/2012 8:46 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 7 June 2012 13:03, John Thorntonbjt...@gmail.com wrote: I think I'll just leave it at 208. Does that give you a Wye/Star to connect to ground? Why not run it 440 star and leave out the step-up transformer? That reactor is