#linuxcnc Logs

Apr 16 2024

01:06 AM Deejay: moin
12:58 AM lcnc-relay: <ranga> I just use a flap disc on my angle grinder like most TIG welders
01:11 AM lcnc-relay: <ranga> angle is important, and you can do a fantastic job
03:31 AM lcnc-relay: <travis_farmer> Morning 🙂
04:09 AM Tom_L: morning
04:49 AM JT-Cave: morning
05:31 AM lcnc-relay: <travis_farmer> one of these days, i really gotta build my 7i73 based control panel. having it on a flat piece of plywood is a PITA to work with...
07:11 AM Tom_L: over nite windy & t-storm.. clear now
07:12 AM JT-Cave: not supposed to rain till this afternoon so I'm taking a chance and going to Wolf Creek this morning
07:14 AM JT-Cave: I had an error in that os check I added and fixed that and added ubuntu to os list
07:15 AM Tom_L: ok
07:16 AM Tom_L: were you able to reproduce that random error i showed you?
07:16 AM JT-Cave: in flex?
07:16 AM Tom_L: yeah
07:16 AM JT-Cave: no
07:16 AM Tom_L: ^^ those were mesact?
07:16 AM JT-Cave: it would help if we both used the same ui file
07:16 AM Tom_L: i posted mine
07:16 AM JT-Cave: the error I fixed was in mesact
07:17 AM JT-Cave: and mine is in the examples :)
07:17 AM Tom_L: build on the way
07:17 AM JT-Cave: thanks
07:17 AM Tom_L: then i'm out the door
07:17 AM JT-Cave: ok
07:19 AM Tom_L: #92 up
07:19 AM JT-Cave: ok
07:20 AM Tom_L: is there an ini with your example?
07:20 AM JT-Cave: yes
07:20 AM Tom_L: i'll set up an icon for it when i get back
07:20 AM JT-Cave: ok
07:20 AM Tom_L: later
07:21 AM Tom_L: yours is the xyz one?
07:22 AM JT-Cave: yes
07:31 AM JT-Cave: time to ride the trails
08:24 AM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> travis_farmer the interface for the K&T is a peice of plexi glass with some switches and mpg mounted on it.. Was always going to dress it up - but it has been that way since we converted it 10+ years ago.
08:26 AM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> and magic marker
08:26 AM lcnc-relay: <travis_farmer> i have just a single switch and one encoder on it, just sitting on the plywood.
08:26 AM lcnc-relay: <travis_farmer> plus the LCD
08:27 AM lcnc-relay: <travis_farmer> nothing mounted but the 7i73 board
08:28 AM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> https://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/conversion/panel/startview.JPG
08:30 AM lcnc-relay: <travis_farmer> if you use a vibratory sander on the plexy, and fog it, it would look a little better
09:25 AM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> Tormach has a new mill... https://tormach.com/machines/mills/1500mx.html
10:18 AM lcnc-relay: <roguish> skunkworks8841: do you see the price..... a long way from cheap....
10:23 AM lcnc-relay: <roguish> still. glad to see a US company doing well.
10:24 AM lcnc-relay: <Lcvette> roguish: true, but they are at least now offering more for what you get at least
10:26 AM lcnc-relay: <Lcvette> * for those high prices
10:27 AM lcnc-relay: <Lcvette> my worry would be that now that they have this line out they start phasing out the older models and the people making high payments on those older machines watch the resale value plummet on their older 1100's they invested so much in.
10:30 AM lcnc-relay: <roguish> good to see ya Chris
10:39 AM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> Yah - I am out of the loop - but that price doesn't seem to bad for what you get.
10:39 AM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> It is also ethercat
10:41 AM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> looks like it compeates with a haas toolroom mill
10:52 AM lcnc-relay: <skunkworks8841> honestly - I was never in the loop...
11:06 AM Tom_L: JT-Cave, why is your xyz sample 'home all' button not active when the rest are?
11:15 AM Tom_L: when i push 'stop' the unhome & jog buttons remain inactive
11:16 AM lcnc-relay: <travis_farmer> dad just went to the ER. nausea and vomiting... he had his transfusion last friday, and they think he may need another...
11:16 AM Tom_L: i think it should revert back to manual mode?
11:17 AM Tom_L: getting used to the new arrangement with xyz here
11:20 AM Tom_L: mdi works ok in that situation though
11:47 AM JT-Cave: because there is no home sequence in the ini file
11:50 AM JT-Cave: Tom_L, xyzh has the home sequence
11:52 AM Tom_L: oh
11:54 AM JT-Cave: both ini's use xyz.ui
11:55 AM Tom_L: are the limits the same?
11:55 AM JT-Cave: I "think" so
11:56 AM JT-Cave: iirc I just copied and added home sequences to each joint
12:00 PM Tom_L: home all doesn't grey out home all, home j0-2 buttons
12:00 PM Tom_L: unhome all does
12:00 PM Tom_L: home j0-2 does as well
12:02 PM Tom_L: unable to jog after 'stop' in auto mode
12:02 PM Tom_L: duh, the slider's default is 0
12:03 PM Tom_L: does the ini have a default velocity for stuff like that?
12:07 PM Tom_L: you might want to add 'EDITOR=' to the sample ini
12:07 PM Tom_L: [DISPLAY] section
12:11 PM Tom_L: i kinda like the xyz layout but i might move the overrides to a box beside the gcode so it's right there where it's used
12:30 PM JT-Shop: make changes as a pr so I have the same as you
12:30 PM * JT-Shop hears a nap calling his name
12:30 PM Tom_L: all i added was the editor
12:31 PM Tom_L: i'm using my tool table though
12:31 PM Tom_L: do you use geany?
12:38 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> pluma
12:38 PM Tom_L: yeah i think that's the default on an install
12:38 PM Tom_L: i changed it to geany since the linuxcnc install adds it
12:49 PM Tom_L: JT-Shop, i also put my 'tool.tbl' file on the server
01:40 PM JT-Shop: pluma
03:04 PM JT-Cave: I don't have geany but so long as I don't try and edit a file it will be ok I "think"
03:51 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> JT-Cave: in Axis, what ever editor is specified by Editor= is used, so long as that editor is available in the system. your gui is probably the same? no? yes?
03:54 PM JT-Shop: the editor used is programmed in the gui and not part of emc
03:55 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> yeah
03:57 PM JT-Shop: but if the editor in the ini is not installed you can't use it
03:57 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> so true
03:58 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> yeah, nothing happens. in axis, not even an error message..... did that accidentally
03:58 PM JT-Shop: and flex will pop up a message and offer up an installed editor... soon
03:59 PM JT-Shop: just like mesact searches for editors to select
04:02 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> cool
04:04 PM JT-Shop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsTh2M1zIcY
04:04 PM JT-Shop: cool sawmill
04:07 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> a friend has a large, 3 spindle router. someone wants him to flatten and smooth large redwood and oak pieces for very large tables.
04:08 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> tree cutters mill the large trunks into 3 or 4" slabs, but they
04:08 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> they're not smooth enough. so one want him to smooth 'em out.
04:08 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> he has linuxcnc with a mesa board running it.
04:08 PM JT-Shop: cool
04:09 PM JT-Shop: Leo made a flattening table for a hand held planer
04:09 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> slabs are like 3 or 4 feet wide, 6 to10 feet long..
04:10 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> told me this will be for hundreds of slabs. slabs go for thousands to table makers.
04:10 PM JT-Shop: sounds like a job for a rather large thickness planer
04:11 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> yeah, if ya got one that wide..... pretty rare and expensive.
04:12 PM JT-Shop: hundreds of slabs for thousands of dollars will buy a large planer :)
04:12 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> maybe. buddy is going to get a couple hundred per slab
04:14 PM JT-Shop: sounds like he is getting the short end of the money stick...
04:14 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> maybe. but not too much work, and he has lots of time
04:24 PM JT-Shop: my policy is if you want to come and learn how to do it I'll show you how and you can use my equipment for free
04:24 PM JT-Shop: if you want me to do it then it's shop rate
04:28 PM roycroft: most big slabs are surfaced either on a cnc mill or with a wide belt sander
04:29 PM roycroft: i hope your friend has a plan for getting rid of the chips
04:30 PM roycroft: surfacing hundreds of slabs will fill your entire shop with chips quite rapidly - that can be the most challenging aspect of running a surfacing business
04:31 PM JT-Shop: it's amazing how fast you can fill a dust collector with chips from a planer and a jointer
04:34 PM JT-Shop: wife decided she is doing so good she wants to be in the dogwood azalea parade in charleston
04:36 PM JT-Shop: I love answering the cell phone and if there is dead air blocking the number
04:41 PM roycroft: i give people 3 seconds to respond on phone calls now
04:42 PM roycroft: if it takes longer than 3 seconds i assume it's an auto-dialer spammer/scammer and hang up
04:42 PM JT-Shop: yup
04:42 PM roycroft: i say "hello?", count to two, then hang up
04:42 PM JT-Shop: what ever happened to the no call thing for cell phones
04:58 PM roycroft: it's the law but it's also ignored by the spammers/scammers
04:59 PM roycroft: if you're making spam calls from aruba you really don't care about us law, since there's no way to prosecute you
05:00 PM JT-Shop: I kinda thought it was a pipe dream
05:27 PM Tom_L: JT-Shop, i (or you) can change the default editor to pluma if you want...
05:29 PM JT-Shop: pluma is default in debian so it makes some sense to use it... go ahead and change it
05:29 PM Tom_L: ok
05:29 PM Tom_L: i didn't really think about it since i use geany most of the time
05:29 PM JT-Shop: gedit was the default for years with ubuntu
05:29 PM Tom_L: how about vi> :)
05:29 PM JT-Shop: I use nano
05:30 PM Tom_L: yeah for those first install things i do
05:30 PM Tom_L: good thing about all these trucks is i don't have to loan my vehicle. the bad thing is when you're the last one home and have to shuffle them all around
05:31 PM JT-Shop: lol
05:32 PM Tom_L: btw, that was just the tool table i use on the mill and moved it to sim since i had the torture program
05:32 PM JT-Shop: so tomorrow we are doing a corvette test to see if the wife is comfortable riding or not for the parade saturday
05:32 PM Tom_L: she'd better take it easy...
05:33 PM Tom_L: don't wanna rip something that shouldn't be ripped
05:33 PM JT-Shop: she's doing way better than I thought
05:33 PM Tom_L: good news
05:35 PM XXCoder: nice
05:35 PM JT-Shop: she went to the grocery store today and walked up and down about 1/2 of the aisles
05:36 PM Tom_L: i didn't change the actions.ini etc, just mine and your 2 sims
05:36 PM Tom_L: i don't think it had that option anyway
05:36 PM JT-Shop: it was a bit funny I asked her if she wanted to go and she said I'm too tired then 15 minutes later she's ready to go
05:37 PM Tom_L: ... gedit
05:37 PM Tom_L: i'll change it to pluma
05:37 PM JT-Shop: ok
05:38 PM Tom_L: and status.ini
05:39 PM Tom_L: #3 up
05:39 PM JT-Shop: ok
05:40 PM Tom_L: the home all button needs your attention
05:40 PM JT-Shop: ok
05:40 PM Tom_L: i don't remember the rest if any
05:41 PM JT-Shop: I'm about to call it a night
05:41 PM Tom_L: stop should change modes to manual
05:41 PM XXCoder: https://youtu.be/-9EM5_VFlt8 seems atlas is being retired
05:41 PM XXCoder: the robot type
05:41 PM Tom_L: i'm not positive on that one... it may have been my jog speed set to 0
05:42 PM Tom_L: yeah i think that may be ok
05:47 PM * JT-Shop calls it a night
06:04 PM Tom_L: JT-Cave, a G91 by itself doesn't update the MDI history but does execute
06:05 PM Tom_L: same with G90
06:07 PM Tom_L: it's likely it wouldn't be used on a line by itself but it is valid
06:20 PM roycroft: i got the grass whacked down in my front yard - it was more than knee-high in places
06:20 PM roycroft: every day that it's been dry enough to mow this year i've either been at work or working on the new house
06:20 PM roycroft: it's hard enough maintaining one property, much less two
06:34 PM Tom_L: JT-Cave, spindle slower button won't return to the default 99. the spinbox will