Re: [Emc-users] Keyboard options in 2.7.0.?

You don't type in the $ only xev and it works on Debian Wheezy. JT On 9/12/2015 6:41 AM, Martin Smith wrote: > Thanks for your advice. > > When I tried $ xev in terminal I got command not found. > I will ask a freind to guide me in terminal to follow your advice. > > Martin > -Ursprungligt

Re: [Emc-users] 2.7.0 Docs

Hi Gene, Without the name of the document and the version the page numbers don't help me... JT On 9/12/2015 2:31 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 12 September 2015 14:44:09 Gene Heskett wrote: > >> Greetings to whomever is in charge of editing and assembling the new >> 2.7.0-something or

Re: [Emc-users] Knurling with a threading tool using spindle coordinated motion (G33) on EMCOTurn 120P CNC lathe

That's pretty slick, I'll add this to my ngcgui routines for sure. Thanks for sharing the code. JT On 9/11/2015 6:52 PM, Tom Easterday wrote: > Here is a video of our G33 knurling routine running. Pretty cool. I’m sure > we aren’t the first to do this, but since I haven’t seen it before I

Re: [Emc-users] 2.7.0 Docs

On Sunday 13 September 2015 06:20:21 John Thornton wrote: > Hi Gene, > > Without the name of the document and the version the page numbers > don't help me... > > JT Filename: LinuxCNC_Documentation.pdf Cover page has "LinuxCNC V2.7.0-10-g99e6865, 2015-09-09" in large print, centered on the

Re: [Emc-users] Keyboard options in 2.7.0.?

On 13.09.15 05:22, John Thornton wrote: > You don't type in the $ only xev and it works on Debian Wheezy. Hell's bells ... old common knowledge has clearly become just old. One of the first things learnt about the unix command line in the old days, is that it has pretty much since the beginning

Re: [Emc-users] A curious correlation

On 09/13/2015 09:44 AM, andy pugh wrote: > Why are so many LinuxCNC users called John Doe? I suspect that they > are registering pseudonymously. > Hmmm? Where do you see these John Does? I haven't seen any of them in the several LinuxCNC-related places I haunt. Jon

Re: [Emc-users] Knurling with a threading tool using spindle coordinated motion (G33) on EMCOTurn 120P CNC lathe

The GS2 is a simple V/Hz control which is open loop. 208V @ 60Hz = 1800rpm simply scales 1/18 to 11.5V @ 3.3Hz = 100rpm. Nonlinearities will often cause problems at very low speeds in an open loop system. (Note: the GS2 might have some functions to boost the voltage at low speeds and such to

Re: [Emc-users] 2.7.0 Docs

Thanks, in the standard PDF viewer that comes with Debian Wheezy they show up fine. All the images used are .png type. I don't have kpdf and it does not show up in the package manager so I can't test it. JT On 9/13/2015 8:19 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 13 September 2015 06:20:21 John

[Emc-users] A curious correlation

Why are so many LinuxCNC users called John Doe? I suspect that they are registering pseudonymously. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto --

Re: [Emc-users] Knurling with a threading tool using spindle coordinated motion (G33) on EMCOTurn 120P CNC lathe

Hi Tom, What spindle motor are you using that can reliably get down to 100 RPM? MY 3phase with a GS2 VFD and barely handle 400 RPM. Thanks, Drew On 9/12/15 8:39 AM, Tom Easterday wrote: > On Sep 12, 2015, at 10:51 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> I see that video, very

Re: [Emc-users] Knurling with a threading tool using spindle coordinated motion (G33) on EMCOTurn 120P CNC lathe

Hi Drew, The motor is a 3-phase Black Max 3HP inverter duty motor (Marathon Electric brand bought through Automation Direct). When I first installed it and used the basic settings on the VFD I could not run below about 300rpm or the current would spike and the VFD would trigger a shut down.

Re: [Emc-users] 2.7.0 Docs

On 09/13/2015 08:59 AM, John Thornton wrote: > Thanks, in the standard PDF viewer that comes with Debian Wheezy they > show up fine. All the images used are .png type. I don't have kpdf and > it does not show up in the package manager so I can't test it. > > I'm using "document viewer" in Ubuntu

[Emc-users] mailing list vs forum

It seems like the mailing list and forum are two completely different venues, or are they? I see many of the same people in the forum as the mailing list but I see people in the forum not on the mailing list or perhaps they just don’t post there… I assume this (at least apparent)

Re: [Emc-users] 2.7.0 Docs

On Sunday 13 September 2015 09:59:01 John Thornton wrote: > Thanks, in the standard PDF viewer that comes with Debian Wheezy they > show up fine. All the images used are .png type. I don't have kpdf and > it does not show up in the package manager so I can't test it. > > JT > And that pdf viewer

Re: [Emc-users] 2.7.0 Docs

On Sunday 13 September 2015 12:08:29 Jon Elson wrote: > On 09/13/2015 08:59 AM, John Thornton wrote: > > Thanks, in the standard PDF viewer that comes with Debian Wheezy > > they show up fine. All the images used are .png type. I don't have > > kpdf and it does not show up in the package manager

Re: [Emc-users] Knurling with a threading tool using spindle coordinated motion (G33) on EMCOTurn 120P CNC lathe

Cool, post it in the forum with your other routines when you do. Also I should point out that knurlPerDia is probably misnamed. Might better be called knurlPerCircum or threadPerCircum. Essentially, it is the number of threads cut across the circumference of the piece. The number we use is

Re: [Emc-users] mailing list vs forum

My 2 cents (which doesn't purchase much anymore). The forum is frequented by people that like the look and feel of a forum. I also feel that newbies have an easier time navigating a forum especially if they come from a winblow environment, so you see more questions from them on the forum. The

Re: [Emc-users] Knurling with a threading tool using spindle coordinated motion (G33) on EMCOTurn 120P CNC lathe

If you swap out the knurlPerDia definition line with the following two lines, it will calculate the number of knurls to cut from workpieceDia: # = 12 # = ROUND[[# * 3.14159 * #]] > On Sep 13, 2015, at 1:06 PM, Tom Easterday wrote: > Also I should point out that knurlPerDia is

Re: [Emc-users] mailing list vs forum

On Sunday 13 September 2015 12:50:20 Tom Easterday wrote: > It seems like the mailing list and forum are two completely different > venues, or are they? I see many of the same people in the forum as > the mailing list but I see people in the forum not on the mailing list > or perhaps they just

Re: [Emc-users] mailing list vs forum

I use both. Forums occasionally, mainly when I am researching a specific set of topics, but the mail list is better day to day. To use a mail list effectively, staying engaged, at least reading, is important. Kind of it's own 'soap opera' format with continuing multiple thread stories going on.

Re: [Emc-users] mailing list vs forum

On 13 September 2015 at 20:31, Jim Craig wrote: > I use both the forum and the mailing list. So do I. But I personally prefer mailing lists. The problem with a mailing list is that you automatically get sent everything. The problem with the forum is that you don't

[Emc-users] Found the next weak link in the spindle drive train

Greetings all; While snugging up the spindle bearings about 1/4 turn, and putting the finishing touches on a new, better fitting lock pin for the GO704 spindle, the tool, trying to clean up the left face of a disk of steel left in the middle of the pin to serve as a place where a retraction

Re: [Emc-users] mailing list vs forum

On 09/13/2015 03:41 PM, andy pugh wrote: > A forum is great if you want to ask a question and get an answer to > only your question, ignoring the rest. I think that's the answer to your original query concerning the number of John Doe LinuxCNC members. "I just want an answer to my question.

[Emc-users] Glade display of an active gcode

I want to have an indication of some type (LED or other) in my Glade panel that tells me whether I am in G8 or G7 (radius or diameter mode). Is there a Hal widget show the active status of a G code? Or is there a way to map G7/G8 to a pin in order to then tie that to a LED? Thanks, -Tom

Re: [Emc-users] 2.7.0 Docs

On 09/13/2015 01:38 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 13 September 2015 12:08:29 Jon Elson wrote: > >> On 09/13/2015 08:59 AM, John Thornton wrote: >>> Thanks, in the standard PDF viewer that comes with Debian Wheezy >>> they show up fine. All the images used are .png type. I don't have >>> kpdf

Re: [Emc-users] mailing list vs forum

On 9/13/2015 1:49 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 13 September 2015 12:50:20 Tom Easterday wrote: > >> It seems like the mailing list and forum are two completely different >> venues, or are they? I see many of the same people in the forum as >> the mailing list but I see people in the forum

Re: [Emc-users] mailing list vs forum

On Sunday 13 September 2015 15:55:44 Bruce Layne wrote: > On 09/13/2015 03:41 PM, andy pugh wrote: > > A forum is great if you want to ask a question and get an answer to > > only your question, ignoring the rest. > > I think that's the answer to your original query concerning the number > of

Re: [Emc-users] Glade display of an active gcode

On 13 September 2015 at 21:47, Tom Easterday wrote: > Is there a Hal widget show the active status of a G code? It should be possible to create one. The only way to do it that I can see would be to poll the active g-codes:

Re: [Emc-users] Glade display of an active gcode

Thanks Andy that works. John Thornton also suggested the same thing on the IRC... Is there a document that describes the possible values for a given attribute returned by the Python interface? The last value in the string of codes returned by Linuxcnc.stat.gcodes is the state of G7/G8. In

Re: [Emc-users] mailing list vs forum

>The biggest issue I have with the mailing list >is the fact that the email trail gets very large. For example in my >email response there are two other responses above mine. (I >intentionally left them for illustrations purpose) ;-) . I've never understood why people don't just block-delete the