On 15 May 2013 00:08, Eric Keller eekel...@psu.edu wrote:
or cut a hole in the family room floor to take it out.
Am I the only one thinking That doesn't sound like much of a problem ?
--
atp
If you can't fix it, you don't own it.
http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 5:41 AM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote:
On 15 May 2013 00:08, Eric Keller eekel...@psu.edu wrote:
or cut a hole in the family room floor to take it out.
Am I the only one thinking That doesn't sound like much of a problem ?
--
atp
You did say you didn't
On 15 May 2013 10:45, Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com wrote:
You did say you didn't have a wife, correct? ;-)
If I did have, then I would have no objection to her cutting a second
hole for _her_ milling machine drawbar.
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atp
If you can't fix it, you don't own it.
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 5:56 AM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote:
On 15 May 2013 10:45, Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com wrote:
You did say you didn't have a wife, correct? ;-)
If I did have, then I would have no objection to her cutting a second
hole for _her_ milling machine drawbar.
On 05/14/2013 07:08 PM, Eric Keller wrote:
cut a hole in the family room floor
My buddy Eks got a spectacular deal on a CNC mill that was too tall for
his shop doorway: he had to dismount the head. Then, of course, there
was no clearance for a hoist between head and ceiling, so he drilled a
On 5/15/2013 5:41 AM, andy pugh wrote:
On 15 May 2013 00:08, Eric Kellereekel...@psu.edu wrote:
or cut a hole in the family room floor to take it out.
Am I the only one thinking That doesn't sound like much of a problem ?
I agree... isn't that why they make carpet
2013/5/15 Dave e...@dc9.tzo.com
Regarding the women...
Probably best to do this when the women are gone for the weekend..
otherwise it could cause a scene! ;-)
..and You definitely get a scene, when she comes back and finds out that
her opinion was not even considered... :))
--
Viesturs
On Wednesday 15 May 2013 10:34:02 Ed Nisley did opine:
On 05/14/2013 07:08 PM, Eric Keller wrote:
cut a hole in the family room floor
My buddy Eks got a spectacular deal on a CNC mill that was too tall for
his shop doorway: he had to dismount the head. Then, of course, there
was no
On 05/15/2013 10:46 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
he'd have to patch it
Oh, he did, and IIRC cut the carpet as a flap that laid down neatly over
the plug... he's that kind of guy.
But even if had been a hardwood floor, well, he *is* that kind of guy.
a job fixing them newfangled TV thingies
On 5/15/2013 10:05 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote:
2013/5/15 Davee...@dc9.tzo.com
Regarding the women...
Probably best to do this when the women are gone for the weekend..
otherwise it could cause a scene! ;-)
..and You definitely get a scene, when she comes back and finds out that
On Wednesday 15 May 2013 14:18:23 Ed Nisley did opine:
On 05/15/2013 10:46 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
he'd have to patch it
Oh, he did, and IIRC cut the carpet as a flap that laid down neatly over
the plug... he's that kind of guy.
But even if had been a hardwood floor, well, he *is* that
On Mon, 13 May 2013 17:56:20 -0500, you wrote:
A program wouldn't have to give up it's ability to understand G code to
understand additional instructions. For example a canned routine for
drilling doesn't mean the control no longer understands milling
instructions.
I never said it did.
On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net wrote:
(Same company also bought a big new CNC milling machine that only just
fit under the flat roof of the factory and then discovered there wasn't
enough clearance above the machine to service it. Simple fix - they cut
a
On 05/12/2013 01:48 PM, Steve Blackmore wrote:
On Sun, 12 May 2013 10:08:10 -0700, you wrote:
code.
On 05/12/2013 02:16 AM, Steve Blackmore wrote:
These days unlimited code length is the norm and subs are frowned
upon commercially in my experience. The operator can't easily alter
the
--- On Sun, 5/12/13, Rafael Skodlar ra...@linwin.com wrote:
It can be used as one, certainly, but then so can
Postscript.
By that logic, we would program web sites code in assembler.
But then
millions use inches and feet even when they tweet ...
You can also do crazy things such as
On 12 May 2013 20:21, Rafael Skodlar ra...@linwin.com wrote:
I think that you might be mistaking G-code for a programming language…
It is a programing language.
Maybe I was a bit too flippant.
G-code is as much a programming language as assembler is. In fact you
can probably argue that
On 05/13/2013 02:01 AM, Rafael Skodlar wrote:
emerging personal 3D printing.
G-Code is largely irrelevant for 3D printing: it's nothing more than an
intermediate machine language between the slicer and the printer.
The complexity of the motions required to produce a single layer of a
model
On 13 May 2013 13:25, Ed Nisley ed.08.nis...@pobox.com wrote:
To a reasonable approximation, a 3D printer's software stack eats solid
models and produces plastic shapes
In many ways it would seem more logical to feed it STL rather than
G-code, except that that doesn't let you control things
On 13.05.13 12:51, andy pugh wrote:
On 12 May 2013 20:21, Rafael Skodlar ra...@linwin.com wrote:
I think that you might be mistaking G-code for a programming language…
It is a programing language.
Maybe I was a bit too flippant.
You just forgot the :^) or ;-), Andy. (Though the ironic
On 05/13/2013 08:43 AM, andy pugh wrote:
feed it STL rather than G-code
Or, perhaps, an OpenSCAD model in source-code format, although you'd
really want a better set of primitives that take advantage of arcs and
suchlike.
STL can't handle multiple colors / materials, has only triangle
ed nisley wrote
STL can't handle multiple colors / materials, has only triangle
tesselation, and really shouldn't be the basis of further development.
Just like G-Code, it'll live forever. [grin]
from my experiences iges files are the best standard of use and are
compatable with many popular
Sent from my Kyocera Rise
Gregg Eshelman g_ala...@yahoo.com wrote:
--- On Sun, 5/12/13, Rafael Skodlar ra...@linwin.com wrote:
It can be used as one, certainly, but then so can
Postscript.
By that logic, we would program web sites code in assembler.
But then
millions use inches and
That nifty utility sounds like an early, buggy, limited version of SED, the
stream editor.
I am a big fan of SED. Available for Linux, Windoze, and probably for OSX.
The learning curve is steep, but the power is amazing, and as far as I know,
the file of swap rules can get bigger than you
On Mon, 13 May 2013 22:50:51 +1000, you wrote:
Given that it is now mainly a machine-to-machine data standard, the
fact that it is archaic, antiquated and poor as a programming language
is largely irrelevant.
True.
True, and well expressed, but the LinuxCNC elves have added much needed
--- On Mon, 5/13/13, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote:
clip
I would argue that G-code is now mainly the output of CAM
compilers.
Just because it is possible to compose it by hand (And that
is mainly
what I do) doesn't mean that that is the way that it is
currently used by most users.
From: Steve Blackmore
.Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 4:48 PM
To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Correct use of subroutines
On Mon, 13 May 2013 22:50:51 +1000, you wrote:
Given that it is now mainly a machine-to-machine data standard, the
fact that it is archaic
On 05/13/2013 03:56 PM, RogerN wrote:
From: Steve Blackmore
.Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 4:48 PM
To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Correct use of subroutines
On Mon, 13 May 2013 22:50:51 +1000, you wrote:
Given that it is now mainly a machine-to-machine data
On Sat, 11 May 2013 21:40:55 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
Re: Correct use of subroutines
My old school answer is that most subs should be written in (G91) Incremental
mode.
My more modern method can be either G90 or G91 depending on the application
but I use variables for D, F, Z and loop to
On 05/12/2013 02:16 AM, Steve Blackmore wrote:
On Sat, 11 May 2013 21:40:55 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
Re: Correct use of subroutines
My old school answer is that most subs should be written in (G91)
Incremental mode.
My more modern method can be either G90 or G91 depending on the
On 12 May 2013 18:08, Rafael Skodlar ra...@linwin.com wrote:
If the operator does not understand complex operation, that's precisely
why a subroutine should be used IMO. Granted, I do not know much about G
code and machining in general as my work mostly revolved around
computers and
On 05/12/2013 10:34 AM, andy pugh wrote:
On 12 May 2013 18:08, Rafael Skodlar ra...@linwin.com wrote:
If the operator does not understand complex operation, that's precisely
why a subroutine should be used IMO. Granted, I do not know much about G
code and machining in general as my work
On Sun, 12 May 2013 10:08:10 -0700, you wrote:
code.
On 05/12/2013 02:16 AM, Steve Blackmore wrote:
These days unlimited code length is the norm and subs are frowned
upon commercially in my experience. The operator can't easily alter
the code, if required, on the fly. Some of the subs I've
On Sunday 12 May 2013 17:49:41 andy pugh did opine:
On 12 May 2013 18:08, Rafael Skodlar ra...@linwin.com wrote:
If the operator does not understand complex operation, that's
precisely why a subroutine should be used IMO. Granted, I do not know
much about G code and machining in general as
In this case the code is centrally kept and accessed via the network.
There is a master copy and working copies. They would NEVER write as a
subroutine as the next operator wouldn't understand it. He would however
understand any change made in Gcode. Any changes are supposed to be
documented on
On 10 May 2013 21:18, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote:
What I do not know, how to do properly, is when the subroutine has been
called once and is finished, machine moves to next point to call the
subroutine again. How do I move subroutine's coordinate origin to the new
spot?
Re: Correct use of subroutines
My old school answer is that most subs should be written in (G91) Incremental
mode.
My more modern method can be either G90 or G91 depending on the application but
I use variables for D, F, Z and loop to run Z level roughing and finishing
often using several
Hello!
Today I was helping my client to prepare a g-code for their new machine I
built.
The particular code was manually optimized for faster performance and I
thought that having a code for one part in subroutine and then creating
another file, which just moves around material and calls
On 5/10/2013 4:18 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote:
Hello!
Today I was helping my client to prepare a g-code for their new machine I
built.
The particular code was manually optimized for faster performance and I
thought that having a code for one part in subroutine and then creating
another file,
How many times are you calling the subroutine?
g54
call
g55
call
g56
call
...
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Kenneth Lerman
kenneth.ler...@se-ltd.comwrote:
On 5/10/2013 4:18 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote:
Hello!
Today I was helping my client to prepare a g-code for their new machine I
This is something I have never understood too well either so I am gonna be
listening intently LOL carry on.
Pete
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Stuart Stevenson stus...@gmail.com wrote:
How many times are you calling the subroutine?
g54
call
g55
call
g56
call
...
On
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 11:18:42PM +0300, Viesturs L??cis wrote:
G0 Z15
G0 x0 y0
G10 L2 P2 X0 Y0 Z15
I did not check everything, but I think you probably meant L20, not
L2, here.
http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gcode/gcode.html#sec:G10-L2_
2013/5/11 Chris Radek ch...@timeguy.com
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 11:18:42PM +0300, Viesturs L??cis wrote:
G0 Z15
G0 x0 y0
G10 L2 P2 X0 Y0 Z15
I did not check everything, but I think you probably meant L20, not
L2, here.
http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gcode/gcode.html#sec:G10-L2_
Here is one way i have done it with a program where i machine some
blocks on an indexer on a jig, to machine all 3 faces
handy when you have more than work offsets stored in the control, if
your programmers used to fanuc and used the G52 its pritty similar in
some points i guess...
(SET G54
Here is how I have done array repeats in LinuxCNC.
O100 sub
(insert the g-code you want repeated here)
G0 X0Y0
O100 endsub
O102 repeat [2] (number of rows)
O103 repeat [4] (number of colums)
O100 call
G0 X2.38Y0 (width of colums)
G92 X0Y0
O103 end repeat
G92.1
G0 X0Y23.5 (length of rows)
G92
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