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  1. Sticky: Re: GrblGru: Free CAM and 3D-Simulation for mills and lathes

    Thank you for your rapid response, but I am still having problems.
    Leaving "do while" aside for the moment, as I may be able to do what I require with the repeat. When I run macro "planeregion 1"...
  2. Sticky: Re: GrblGru: Free CAM and 3D-Simulation for mills and lathes

    I am trying to use the looping extension and cannot get it to work using the examples from
    O Codes

    G20
    G0 X1 Y0 (move to start position)
    F250 (set a feed rate)
    #1 = 0 (assign parameter #1 the...
  3. Sticky: Re: GrblGru: Free CAM and 3D-Simulation for mills and lathes

    GrblGru simulation crashes on the following Gcode:

    G20

    S500


    G0 X 0.100 Y 5.900
    G0 X 3.858 Y 5.900
    G0 X 3.858 Y 5.315
  4. LinuxCNC user scale facto,r lookup table, PWM linearisation

    I am building a cnc foam cutter ( X and Y only) and I am using the PWM spindle output to control the wire current. At the moment the current tracks the spindle speed requested. I want to change...
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    Re: Rotary table indexer

    I just completed my second indexer using the parts I had left over from number one. It adds digital indexing to the mini-lathe.

    New box
    279488

    Indexer fitted to Lathe
    279490

    You can see a...
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    Happy to hear of your success, if you make any...

    Happy to hear of your success, if you make any improvements, please report back.

    Malcolm
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    I have done further work on the gamepad, adding...

    I have done further work on the gamepad, adding incremental jog and correcting the HAL so that pause, run and step work using HAL code written by Anders Wallin which use Toggle2nist HAL logic to...
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    LinuxCNC gamepad (switches only) pendant

    I have just completed the HAL that enables a £2 Hong Kong USB gamepad (no analogue joysticks) to be used as a jogging pendent for the X,Y and Z axis.

    A push of the top left rear button cycles...
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    Drill sizes

    Drill sizes normally used are 0.8mm (0.032") for IC and components and 1mm (0,04") or 1.4mm (0.056") for the larger components like IDC connectors and terminal blocks.
    If the board is fibreglass...
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    Belleville preload

    CNCDevil

    Did you obtain any results, good or bad, from your trials using the Belleville preload washers with the angular contact bearings.

    Malcolm
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    If you want the stepper motor to drive the table...

    If you want the stepper motor to drive the table to give the highest possible torque at the highest speed, connect the windings in parallel mode and set the L298 current limit to 2A per winding. Use...
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    Sodium Silicate for core making

    Dear all in the UK

    Having searched the web and Ebay for sodium silicate supplies in the UK for core making I found that they all charged a high minimum postage. I found a local foundry supplies...
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    If statement

    Steve

    Is it possible to add an "IF .... Goto line" statement, to programme mode. This would help when doing things like engraving dial markings, where you mark the longer major marks first, then...
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    Alternative diode

    The parts list says "or any switching diode" the 1N4148 fufills that requirement.

    Malcolm
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    Digitally indexed Shoba 6" table

    I have just finished my rotary table indexer attached to a Shoba 6" table. All the electronics is mounted in an Eddystone die cast box. The keyboard overlay was constructed from a colour laser print...
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    Picstep microstep drivers

    Picstep is a build yourself driver using LMD18245 drivers, see:
    <http://www.fromorbit.com/projects/picstep/>

    I've built three, fourth in bits ready for assembly. One for rotary table and the...
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