#linuxcnc Logs

Jan 20 2019

01:30 AM fragalot: hi
01:34 AM XXCoder: yo
03:31 AM Deejay: moin
05:52 AM jthornton: morning
05:52 AM XXCoder: yo
06:19 AM jthornton: dang over slept this morning
06:20 AM jthornton: and it's all white out there with the snow we got yesterday
06:23 AM XXCoder: wow
06:23 AM XXCoder: i cant rememebr last time it was all white outside
06:25 AM Tom_L: morning
06:25 AM fragalot: XXCoder: That's racist.
06:26 AM XXCoder: ya know I dont recall black snow ever so dunno
06:29 AM jthornton: https://imagebin.ca/v/4UA0NWYuzqd2
06:34 AM XXCoder: nice
07:07 AM jthornton: https://forum.linuxcnc.org/41-guis/34895-qtvcp-issues?start=360#gallery
07:07 AM jthornton: wow that's a busy screen
07:08 AM syyl: he is wasting space with the dro. make the numbers smaller and put more buttons there
07:08 AM syyl: still to clear
07:09 AM XXCoder: wont adding more buttons make it more busy?
07:23 AM methods_: buttons... gotta catch 'em all
07:24 AM jthornton: hmm there is a Cardinal in the chicken run no doubt looking for some food
07:24 AM XXCoder: lol https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/340695268876091394/536535925832810519/FB_IMG_15479904543343302.jpg
07:24 AM XXCoder: wheels
08:12 AM Tom_L: XXCoder good way to burn up the clutch/transmission
08:12 AM Tom_L: jthornton, who's screen is that?
08:13 AM XXCoder: tom not surpised. HUGE wheels needs real torque
08:13 AM jthornton: someone on the forum
08:13 AM jthornton: https://forum.linuxcnc.org/41-guis/34895-qtvcp-issues?start=360#124473
08:14 AM Tom_L: a little too much for me
08:15 AM gloops: testing 30 and 10 degree V bits, whats the first thing anyone trying these for the first time does?
08:16 AM gloops: straight through the finger fitting the bit of course
08:16 AM Tom_L: break the tip off?
08:16 AM jthornton: yea that screen is way too busy for me, your eyes can't focus on anything but maybe it has flashing lights lol
08:17 AM Tom_L: estop should be red too
08:17 AM Tom_L: and 2x bigger
08:17 AM gloops: Tom_L no theyre cutting fine without snapping - they do slide straight to the bone when you brush them though
08:17 AM Tom_L: :)
08:18 AM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/cnc/pendant/pendant1.jpg
08:18 AM Tom_L: my first attempt at using them
08:18 AM XXCoder: nice basic pendant
08:19 AM XXCoder: how was it
08:19 AM Tom_L: i'm still using it
08:19 AM Tom_L: so umm.. good?
08:21 AM XXCoder: thats good :)
08:21 AM XXCoder: i do want a pendant but need a working pc first lol
08:21 AM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/cnc/pendant/engrave1.jpg
08:21 AM Tom_L: done on the old sherline
08:21 AM XXCoder: nice
08:21 AM XXCoder: does it do one click - one of unit distance?
08:21 AM Tom_L: yeah
08:22 AM XXCoder: say if set to .01 one click it goes .01 and 10 clicks .1?
08:22 AM XXCoder: nice
08:22 AM XXCoder: i ran machine that had this not true. was weird
08:22 AM Tom_L: you get to where you rely on that
08:23 AM XXCoder: yeah
08:23 AM Tom_L: i had a pin on the fpga go out going to that so i just remapped it to another one
08:25 AM XXCoder: if you go fast enough will it start skipping?
08:25 AM Tom_L: no
08:25 AM Tom_L: i forget which one but i put a comp in for that
08:26 AM XXCoder: interesting. one guy i think this old tony had issues with it
08:26 AM XXCoder: well off to bed later
08:26 AM Tom_L: i did until i added the comp
08:32 AM gloops: cant see anything with crappy phone camera anyway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5opDkYEeZ08&feature=youtu.be
08:34 AM gloops: https://ibb.co/KxKk52h
08:45 AM Tom_L: how deep?
08:47 AM gloops: 2mm overall, .25mm passes this time
08:47 AM gloops: ill try .5mm next time, closed up for the day now
08:57 AM BitEvil is now known as SpeedEvil
09:53 AM Net|: https://netpipe.ca/?page_id=2536 thoughts ?
10:18 AM ktchk2: any one using ncam??
10:20 AM ktchk2: nativecam
10:37 AM hazzy-m: ktchk2: Yes
11:03 AM ktchk2: hello nativecam again
11:10 AM hazzy-m: ktchk2: I have used ncam a good bit, it is very powerfull, but for most things its still faster to CAD and CAM the part
11:12 AM ktchk2: hazzy-m: how to embedded it with linuxcnc
11:12 AM hazzy-m: what GUI are you using?
11:13 AM ktchk2: axis
11:14 AM hazzy-m: good, then is should be as easy as following the readme: https://github.com/FernV/NativeCAM/blob/master/README.md
11:16 AM ktchk2: ok will try thanks
11:17 AM ktchk2: bye
11:18 AM ktchk2: bye
01:10 PM hazzy-m: https://qtpyvcp.kcjengr.com/showcase/
01:27 PM skunkworks: hazzy-m: how is the ui coming?
01:27 PM skunkworks: looks sexy
03:35 PM hazzy-m: skunkworks: it's coming along very nicely
03:45 PM Deejay: gn8
06:33 PM jym: am I here?
06:33 PM XXCoder: no
06:33 PM jym: ty
06:33 PM XXCoder: np
08:54 PM justan0theruser is now known as justanotheruser
09:40 PM SpeedEvil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObO4maqPL08&t=100s Never go full table.