Re: [Emc-users] Rockpro64 arrived

Hello Alan On 04/26/2019 11:02 AM, Alan Condit wrote: I downloaded the Arabian Stretch nightly image Armbian_5.83.190424_Rockpro64_Debian_stretch_dev_5.0.0.7z . It is running the 5.0.0 kernel

Re: [Emc-users] Rockpro64 arrived

I downloaded the Arabian Stretch nightly image Armbian_5.83.190424_Rockpro64_Debian_stretch_dev_5.0.0.7z . It is running the 5.0.0 kernel (as patched by Armbian. When I ran menuconfig, I had to

Re: [Emc-users] Cutting aly with a drop/sliding saw

I've used my power miter saw to cut aluminum on many occasions.  I use a 14" carbide blade that's intended for wood.  I go slower than I'd cut wood.  I use a feed rate that produces a nice thin chip.  I'm sure it dulls the carbide faster than cutting wood, but it's not that bad.  As was noted in

Re: [Emc-users] Cutting aly with a drop/sliding saw

On Thursday 25 April 2019 19:21:03 Marshland Engineering wrote: > May be of interest to chaps here. This cuts down on milling swarf and > machining time. > Needed to rough cut 100 blocks of thick aly before putting them in the > milling machine. Cutting with only 1.5 mm extra for finish

Re: [Emc-users] Cutting aly with a drop/sliding saw

On Fri, 26 Apr 2019 at 00:23, Marshland Engineering wrote: > Needed to rough cut 100 blocks of thick aly before putting them in the milling > machine. Cutting with only 1.5 mm extra for finish machining. I have cut a few pieces of aluminium that size with my handheld cordless circular saw. With

[Emc-users] Cutting aly with a drop/sliding saw

May be of interest to chaps here. This cuts down on milling swarf and machining time. Needed to rough cut 100 blocks of thick aly before putting them in the milling machine. Cutting with only 1.5 mm extra for finish machining. https://youtu.be/gLLt79OqRvA Cheers Wallace

Re: [Emc-users] possibly good news for LinuxCNC

On Wednesday 24 April 2019 18:06:47 Chris Albertson wrote: > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 2:07 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 24 April 2019 03:42:00 andy pugh wrote: > > > On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 at 01:30, Gene Heskett > > > > wrote: > > > > Several, your personal config probably makes a far

Re: [Emc-users] possibly good news for LinuxCNC

чт, 25 квіт. 2019 о 20:52 andy pugh пише: > Yes, this is the plan! > But it would be useful to have an RTAI option too. > Sure. I'm trying to follow the discussion here... > > > Which image is the latest? > > linuxcnc-stretch-uspace-amd64-r13.iso 27-Oct-2018 17:57 1.2G > >

Re: [Emc-users] possibly good news for LinuxCNC

On Thu, 25 Apr 2019 at 17:25, Andrew wrote: > > http://www.linuxcnc.org/testing-stretch-rtpreempt/ > It would be great to put this link to the Download section of linuxcnc.org Yes, this is the plan! But it would be useful to have an RTAI option too. > Which image is the latest? >

[Emc-users] Jeff Pfeifer

Hi all, Does anyone have a current phone number or email for Jeffrey Pfeifer. I tried an old hotmail account but have not gotten an answer. TIA Dave ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Emc-users] possibly good news for LinuxCNC

Hi Chris, > > I hope at the end of the day, that we don't have to abandon software > > stepping as thats the lowest cost entry point. > > > SOftware stepping on PC hardware with Linux is "hard" but software > stepping > otherwise is cheap and easy. > > I have right here on my desk a little

Re: [Emc-users] possibly good news for LinuxCNC

> > The closest currently is the LinuxCNC + 2.7.14 Stretch ISO here: > > http://www.linuxcnc.org/testing-stretch-rtpreempt/ > > It would be great to put this link to the Download section of linuxcnc.org Which image is the latest? linuxcnc-stretch-uspace-amd64-r13.iso 27-Oct-2018 17:57

Re: [Emc-users] possibly good news for LinuxCNC

On Thu, 25 Apr 2019 at 02:52, Przemek Klosowski wrote: > It is pretty far along if it got to starting the apache server: the kernel > booted, the init process must have run a bunch of setup, etc. After advice from the IRC last night I tried "nomodeset" on the command line and that did the