[Emc-users] Gib screw direction

2016-02-21 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; The printed manual that comes with a G0704 does not saw which direction to drive the gib to tighten. I noted a wave pattern in the cuts that Y motion caused, and after staring at it for a minute, it occured to me that I was seeing the 5mm pitch of the Y screw. Shaking the

Re: [Emc-users] Trying to do anything with glade, can't, apparently missing resources

2016-02-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 21 February 2016 16:33:54 John Thornton wrote: > no, just uninstall 3 and install 2 glade-gtk2 isn't it? In which case where can I source that old a glade 2 that will still run on wheezy? What I can do with glade-gtk2 seems fairly buggy from my playing this afternoon. > JT Thanks

Re: [Emc-users] Cutting tool fingernail style need

2016-02-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 21 February 2016 15:43:40 Florian Rist wrote: > Hi Gene, > making the tool sounds feasible, but I have a last link: > > http://www.amanatool.com/products/router-bits/profiling-router-bits/co >rner-beading-router-bits.html > >

Re: [Emc-users] Trying to do anything with glade, can't, apparently missing resources

2016-02-21 Thread John Thornton
no, just uninstall 3 and install 2 JT On 2/21/2016 2:36 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 21 February 2016 11:48:18 Philipp Burch wrote: > >> Hi Gene, >> >> I remember that there was something with Glade 2 and Glade 3 being >> entirely different tools. Could it be that you actually need to

Re: [Emc-users] Trying to do anything with glade, can't, apparently missing resources

2016-02-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 21 February 2016 13:03:14 tom-...@bgp.nu wrote: > Yes, I believe there is no support for gtk3 (yet? ever?). I am > using/editing Glade panels in Wheezy using glade-gtk2. Which refuses to do anythng at all here when starting a new, unamed yet project, Tom. :( Does it have some

Re: [Emc-users] Cutting tool fingernail style need

2016-02-21 Thread Florian Rist
Hi Gene, making the tool sounds feasible, but I have a last link: http://www.amanatool.com/products/router-bits/profiling-router-bits/corner-beading-router-bits.html http://www.amanatool.com/products/router-bits/profiling-router-bits/bullnose-router-bits.html And the overview here:

Re: [Emc-users] Trying to do anything with glade, can't, apparently missing resources

2016-02-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 21 February 2016 11:48:18 Philipp Burch wrote: > Hi Gene, > > I remember that there was something with Glade 2 and Glade 3 being > entirely different tools. Could it be that you actually need to start > like glade2 instead of plain glade? This is just a guess, though, I'm > currently on

Re: [Emc-users] Trying to do anything with glade, can't, apparently missing resources

2016-02-21 Thread John Thornton
Gene, Remove Glade 3 and install Glade 2. JT On 2/21/2016 9:47 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings; > > Opening a blank screen by just running glade gets me a do nothing screen, > none of the widgits in the left column can be dragged & dropped anyplace > else. > > Opening one of the .ui files I

Re: [Emc-users] Pyngcgui questions

2016-02-21 Thread tom-emc
That’s good to know. Thanks John. -Tom > On Feb 20, 2016, at 1:15 PM, John Thornton wrote: > > The limit on subroutine parameters is 1 through 30. > > JT > > On 2/20/2016 12:05 PM, tom-...@bgp.nu wrote: >> I modified this slightly so that if the number of parameters is

Re: [Emc-users] Trying to do anything with glade, can't, apparently missing resources

2016-02-21 Thread tom-emc
Yes, I believe there is no support for gtk3 (yet? ever?). I am using/editing Glade panels in Wheezy using glade-gtk2. -Tom > On Feb 21, 2016, at 11:48 AM, Philipp Burch wrote: > > Hi Gene, > > I remember that there was something with Glade 2 and Glade 3 being entirely >

Re: [Emc-users] Trying to do anything with glade, can't, apparently missing resources

2016-02-21 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Gene, I remember that there was something with Glade 2 and Glade 3 being entirely different tools. Could it be that you actually need to start like glade2 instead of plain glade? This is just a guess, though, I'm currently on the road only with my mobile. Good luck, Philipp Gene

[Emc-users] Trying to do anything with glade, can't, apparently missing resources

2016-02-21 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; Opening a blank screen by just running glade gets me a do nothing screen, none of the widgits in the left column can be dragged & dropped anyplace else. Opening one of the .ui files I already have, it complains about a lack of gladevcp catalog in the first screen, then advises

Re: [Emc-users] converting a legacy Arty

2016-02-21 Thread Todd Zuercher
I believe that there are a lot of wood working machines out there running Linuxcnc. I've converted several old Digital Tool CNC routers. They are used for light milling and wood carving. The simpler the machine generally the easier the conversion is. - Original Message - From: "Gene

Re: [Emc-users] converting a legacy Arty

2016-02-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 20 February 2016 23:32:29 Andrew wrote: > Anyone have experience converting a legacy woodworking machine to run > on LinuxCNC? > > Thanks > > Drew Could you describe the machine more fully than just a "legacy" machine? Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in