Touchoff routine as part of a toolchange:
Currently, you can change the tool, then click touchoff or click resume... What would the difference be from what is currently available?
Center finder: What you describe involves me making touchoffs work on X/Y instead of just Z and A. Simple to do, but could introduce some issues. The pipe cap will have to be wired to the touchpad input. If it wasn't well connected, it would break something or drag the part. If the tool in the spindle had an aggressive helix, it might locate on the root on one side and the cutting edge on the other side -- so a dowel pin should be inserted... In other words, easy for me to implement, hard for people to use properly.
For the mean time, try the following:
Go to one edge of the part
Zero the axis you're up against the part in
move that axis to the other side of the part
click Goto
Click the axis letter on the keyboard (X or Y)
Click the letter H on the keyboard (stands for HALF)
The goto box for that axis will be divided by two
click go
it will move to the center of the hole
click Zero
Click the axis
So the following combination, after zeroing on one side in X and jogging to the opposite:
g
x
h
g
z
x
will result in being zeroed in X at the center of a void.
Amps:
Our new controller is completely modular.
The things I'm ready to release:
Out of the box, it will support several styles of new amplifier, and a hacker/tinkerer will have no problem wiring up pretty much any amplifier they wish to use (no steppers yet -- but eventually... I don't think it'll be popular, but I'll do it just because I can)
No more high-pin-count cable - uses an off-the-shelf cable available at staples, officemax, amazon, etc, etc (I won't say which one yet)
PCI OR PCI-e interface (two different cards)
There's plenty more coming, but we're not ready to talk about it yet, as we want to launch these features in a more official way.
Please keep the suggestions coming.
Eric
Eric Feldman - Design Engineer, Programmer
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