Re: [Emc-users] More cbn headaches

2020-07-05 Thread Chris Albertson
On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 3:33 AM andy pugh wrote: > > You say this a lot, but I have never heard anyone else say it. What is > your source? > THis might be a "Chemistry 101" question. It should be easy enough to figure out except that I last studied this stuff in the last 1970s We all know that

Re: [Emc-users] More cbn headaches

2020-07-05 Thread Jon Elson
On 07/05/2020 08:55 PM, Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote: That was my clue that I was never going to light a smith wrench anywhere near mag. If you've ever seen a magnesium engine or transmission case burn, it is quite a show. And, when the fire department doesn't have foam in their truck,

Re: [Emc-users] More cbn headaches

2020-07-05 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users
There are ways to make magnesium very hard to burn. NeXT did it to the cases on their computers. https://simson.net/ref/1993/cubefire.html I assume that laptop computers with magnesium cases use similar alloys. Mongoose BMX bicycles back in the 80's did a sneaky thing for their factory team.

Re: [Emc-users] CAM grinder- What harware

2020-07-05 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
Have you considered external offsets for this? I have had moderate success turning low lift cams with this feature. I'm preparing the retrofit of a cylindrical grinder with LinuxCNC to achieve camshaft and crankshaft grinding. With external offsets you don't need a really precise servo spindle. A

[Emc-users] CAM grinder- What harware

2020-07-05 Thread Forums
I'm getting to the point where I need my own camshaft grinder. The question I have is the G-code. The grinder has 2 basic components, a rotary operation to turn the cam and a linear movement to move the grinding head. For simplistic sake, say the G-code is 360 deg with the corresponding X

Re: [Emc-users] 2.9.0 Jerky jog

2020-07-05 Thread N
> On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 at 14:07, N wrote: > > > > Are currently using version 2.9.0 pre something. G0 move work smoothly but > > jogging is jerky, anyone else here made same experience? > > How are you jogging? Jogging speed is high, have a small toy motor on desktop behind me then I test

Re: [Emc-users] 2.9.0 Jerky jog

2020-07-05 Thread N
> On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 at 14:07, N wrote: > > > > Are currently using version 2.9.0 pre something. G0 move work smoothly but > > jogging is jerky, anyone else here made same experience? > > How are you jogging? Keyboard. sim seems OK. Running against hardware and it sometimes show up in the

Re: [Emc-users] 2.9.0 Jerky jog

2020-07-05 Thread N
> On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 at 16:02, N wrote: > > > > What have you changed since it last worked properly? > > > > Nothing, except some automatic update from [AXIS] to [JOINT] in .ini file. > > When you say "nothing" do you really mean "a major upgrade from > LinuxCNC 2.7 to LinuxCNC 2.9?" Actually

Re: [Emc-users] 2.9.0 Jerky jog

2020-07-05 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 at 16:02, N wrote: > > What have you changed since it last worked properly? > > Nothing, except some automatic update from [AXIS] to [JOINT] in .ini file. When you say "nothing" do you really mean "a major upgrade from LinuxCNC 2.7 to LinuxCNC 2.9?" -- atp "A motorcycle is

Re: [Emc-users] 2.9.0 Jerky jog

2020-07-05 Thread N
> On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 at 15:02, N wrote: > > > > How are you jogging? > > > > Ordinary keryboard, it have worked a lot better before. > > So, cursor keys? > > There have been some changes to incremental jogging, but I don't know > if anything has changed with continuous jogging. > > What have

Re: [Emc-users] 2.9.0 Jerky jog

2020-07-05 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 at 15:02, N wrote: > > How are you jogging? > > Ordinary keryboard, it have worked a lot better before. So, cursor keys? There have been some changes to incremental jogging, but I don't know if anything has changed with continuous jogging. What have you changed since it

Re: [Emc-users] 2.9.0 Jerky jog

2020-07-05 Thread N
> On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 at 14:07, N wrote: > > > > Are currently using version 2.9.0 pre something. G0 move work smoothly but > > jogging is jerky, anyone else here made same experience? > > How are you jogging? Ordinary keryboard, it have worked a lot better before.

Re: [Emc-users] 2.9.0 Jerky jog

2020-07-05 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 at 14:07, N wrote: > > Are currently using version 2.9.0 pre something. G0 move work smoothly but > jogging is jerky, anyone else here made same experience? How are you jogging? This is new in 2.9: joint.N.jog−accel−fraction IN FLOAT

Re: [Emc-users] More cbn headaches

2020-07-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 05 July 2020 06:30:13 andy pugh wrote: > On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 at 07:05, Gene Heskett wrote: > > quicker because alox is the 2nd hardest abrasive we have. > > No, that's CBN, second after diamond. > > > That, and if > > cutting dry, the heat of oxidation of the chip coming off is 98% of >

[Emc-users] 2.9.0 Jerky jog

2020-07-05 Thread N
Are currently using version 2.9.0 pre something. G0 move work smoothly but jogging is jerky, anyone else here made same experience? Nicklas Karlsson ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Emc-users] More cbn headaches

2020-07-05 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 at 07:05, Gene Heskett wrote: > quicker because alox is the 2nd hardest abrasive we have. No, that's CBN, second after diamond. > That, and if > cutting dry, the heat of oxidation of the chip coming off is 98% of the > heat generated. [citation needed] You say this a lot,

Re: [Emc-users] Can't get chuck inside -- finally inside

2020-07-05 Thread N
On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 16:36:19 +0100 andy pugh wrote: > On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 at 16:11, N wrote:> > > > > Looking closer on chuck and slit, to long and wrong shape. Neither of them > > fit with tool changer. I tried ISO40 (DIN2080) so now is the question if I > > should try BT40 (JIS B6339) or

Re: [Emc-users] More cbn headaches

2020-07-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 04 July 2020 21:12:57 Jon Elson wrote: > On 07/04/2020 04:26 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > IIRC no sparks, 200 or so revs, could just barely hear it touching, > > peeled two strips down to the alu about 1/4" wide. Not at all > > impressed. Up to that point, I was watching a very thin