Re: [Emc-users] Have major problem. ball screws out of nut for starters.

2015-06-26 Thread N. Christopher Perry
Got a collet block? Clamping the screw with a collet, and maybe a piece of 800 grit emory paper, is the first thing that comes to mind. N. Christopher Perry > On Jun 26, 2015, at 5:39 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > I've had a heck of a time putting the Z screw, some of which

Re: [Emc-users] Back tool lathe movement question (was lathe tool display bug in Axis preview on the developers list)

2015-06-26 Thread Tom Easterday
> On Jun 26, 2015, at 10:33 PM, Kirk Wallace > wrote: > > I think the up arrow and positive X motion values should move the cross > slide in a positive direction. For back or rear tool lathes it is common > for the positive direction to be away from the operator position (with > the spindle

Re: [Emc-users] Back tool lathe movement question (was lathe tool display bug in Axis preview on the developers list)

2015-06-26 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 06/26/2015 04:20 PM, Tom Easterday wrote: > >> On Jun 26, 2015, at 6:28 PM, Kirk Wallace >> wrote: >> >> On 06/26/2015 03:01 PM, Tom Easterday wrote: >>> >>> I set up an .axisrc file to enable the back tool lathe function. >>> I zero my machine in the upper left. .snip >> This should change y

Re: [Emc-users] Back tool lathe movement question (was lathe tool display bug in Axis preview on the developers list)

2015-06-26 Thread Tom Easterday
> On Jun 26, 2015, at 6:28 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: > > On 06/26/2015 03:01 PM, Tom Easterday wrote: >> >> I set up an .axisrc file to enable the back tool lathe function. I >> zero my machine in the upper left. > > Do you mean machine zero is with the tool position in the upper right? I move

Re: [Emc-users] Back tool lathe movement question (was lathe tool display bug in Axis preview on the developers list)

2015-06-26 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 06/26/2015 03:01 PM, Tom Easterday wrote: > > I set up an .axisrc file to enable the back tool lathe function. I > zero my machine in the upper left. Do you mean machine zero is with the tool position in the upper right? > -Z is to the left of that so my head moves from 0 to -6.9 (or so). -X

[Emc-users] Back tool lathe movement question (was lathe tool display bug in Axis preview on the developers list)

2015-06-26 Thread Tom Easterday
I set up an .axisrc file to enable the back tool lathe function. I zero my machine in the upper left. -Z is to the left of that so my head moves from 0 to -6.9 (or so). -X is downward, so I can move from 0 to -2.1 (or so). Even though I have no positive values of X or Z, the positive X and Z

Re: [Emc-users] Increasing home speed

2015-06-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 26 June 2015 17:04:41 John Thornton wrote: > The error would help a lot... on my plasma machine I have a "Rapid to > Home" button and after I'm done cutting and before shutting off I > press the magic button. Homing only takes a few seconds when I fire it > back up. > > JT Chuckle. I gu

[Emc-users] Have major problem. ball screws out of nut for starters.

2015-06-26 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; I've had a heck of a time putting the Z screw, some of which may be my own fault, and some David Clement's, who sold me the screws on ebay and vanished. Sorta. I found a message where there were instructions to dl the instructions, but they are behind a login that he didn't sup

Re: [Emc-users] Increasing home speed

2015-06-26 Thread John Thornton
The error would help a lot... on my plasma machine I have a "Rapid to Home" button and after I'm done cutting and before shutting off I press the magic button. Homing only takes a few seconds when I fire it back up. JT On 6/25/2015 8:33 PM, Eric H. Johnson wrote: > Hi all, > > > > I am not s

Re: [Emc-users] angular units

2015-06-26 Thread Mark Wendt
On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Andy Pugh wrote: > > > Your Java code should (if at jest could) insert an inverse-time F word for > each move using required linear feed and move length. > Cool. Does that mean we have CNC F-Bombs now? ;-) Mark -- One Man, One Machine, One Computer! ---

Re: [Emc-users] Increasing home speed

2015-06-26 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Craig, The home switch and the end of travel are about the width of the micro-switch apart, i.e. 1-1.5". The axis stops well before the end of travel, probably in a 1/4". Are you suggesting the accel and velocity are too high or too low? Regards, Eric > Acceleration limits, after sensing swit

[Emc-users] Taig 2000LE setup

2015-06-26 Thread Lester Caine
There is a thread on cnczone about setting up the open loop 2000LE controller with LinuxCNC. Does anybody have a setup already configured for that. I've got the hardware already to have a play when time permits, but it's been like that for a number of years and is still running using Mach3 on W2k