#linuxcnc | Logs for 2012-04-17

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[00:00:22] <andypugh> For your next trick, iron castings in place of wood...
[00:00:28] <djdelorie> the top grid didn't have enough clearance and scraped the copper, the bottom one had too fast Z and snapped the bit.
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[00:00:45] <Jymmm> djdelorie: Interesting results... https://www.google.com/search?q=servo+tuning
[00:00:49] <djdelorie> nah, I just need stronger wood :-)
[00:01:02] <djdelorie> Jymmm: thanks
[00:01:09] <Jymmm> np
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[00:04:17] <pfred1> yeah DJ needs a more solid machine
[00:04:34] <djdelorie> next time: rock maple! :-)
[00:05:32] <WillenCMD> alright, any taker's on why i tklinuxcnc screen won't work in sim mode?
[00:05:42] <pfred1> you need to get a surplus pick and place machine or something
[00:06:07] <pfred1> I use tkemc as my interface
[00:06:47] <WillenCMD> i just finished installing lubuntu
[00:07:13] <WillenCMD> i got the linuxcnc-dev sim working... but it won't load tklinux
[00:07:37] <pfred1> maybe you don't have the right version of Tcl/TK ?
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[00:08:04] <WillenCMD> possible, i ran dpkg-checkbuildep
[00:08:28] <pfred1> if you did that it is unlikely I don't know which version you need
[00:08:41] <pfred1> it worked for me in Debian Lenny though
[00:08:50] <pfred1> and i didn't install anything special for it
[00:09:01] <WillenCMD> i think cradek said he had it working on lubuntu yesterday on here
[00:09:27] <pfred1> cradek got me going when I had everything installed but I didn't know how to run any of it
[00:09:44] <pfred1> oh wait what commands are you issuing?
[00:10:23] <ReadError> ;-o
[00:10:25] <WillenCMD> im running the script in shell, via clicking on the linuxcnc in the scripts folder
[00:10:29] <pfred1> there is a . /linuxcnc-environment;tklinuxcnc
[00:10:29] <ReadError> so excited!
[00:10:35] <ReadError> its all coming together!
[00:10:41] <ReadError> cnc parts, wednesday
[00:10:46] <ReadError> mill, thursday
[00:10:49] <pfred1> or something like that
[00:10:52] <ReadError> days off, thur, fri, sat
[00:10:55] <ReadError> ;o
[00:11:14] <pfred1> you have to hand load the environment for rtai if it isn't going
[00:11:15] <ReadError> machinist square, wednesday too
[00:11:55] * pfred1 just uses up arrow in his shell a lot so forgets things ...
[00:11:59] <ReadError> now, i hope a2z ships today ;)
[00:12:24] <WillenCMD> rip-environment
[00:12:28] <WillenCMD> correct?
[00:12:35] <pfred1> WillenCMD maybe I run emc2
[00:12:54] <andypugh> djdelorie: The extruded aluminium section is easy to work with and might (or might not) be more rigid. Also, ballscrews are not enormously expensive from the right sources.
[00:13:03] <pfred1> but now that you mention it I believe it is rip-environment
[00:13:18] <djdelorie> andypugh: I'm happy I got one *anything* working :-)
[00:13:29] <pfred1> not doing that would stop tklinuxcnc from going
[00:13:37] <andypugh> http://www.8020.net/
[00:13:49] <pfred1> oh here we go 8020
[00:13:52] <WillenCMD> djdelorie: linearmotionbearings on ebay, great price i paid 315 shipped for 3 screw's with nuts, all endmounts, and couplings
[00:14:07] <djdelorie> how long?
[00:14:21] <WillenCMD> hmmm let me lood it up
[00:14:25] <WillenCMD> look*
[00:14:52] * djdelorie has dreams of a 5x10 foot bed for the next machine...
[00:14:59] <joe9> this is my custom.hal with software debounce: http://codepad.org/FsWIrQwK . I still get the error message: http://codepad.org/ad5WlCvc Error message: "Home switch inactive before start of backoff move"
[00:15:01] <pfred1> I've seen people just piss 8020 away
[00:15:22] <andypugh> WillenCMD: I consider that expensive. http://www.zappautomation.co.uk/sf1204-single-ballnut-p-137.html
[00:15:37] <JT-Shop> joe9: could be mechanical
[00:15:39] <djdelorie> joe9: that means the switch bounced "off" before it shut off because the axis moved
[00:16:13] <joe9> djdelorie: i noticed that all the time on X-axis. played around with the delay of 15, 20 and 5 in the custom .hal
[00:16:18] <joe9> without any effect.
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[00:16:28] <djdelorie> my debounce is 0.1 seconds
[00:16:29] <joe9> now, it is happening on the X-axis too.
[00:16:39] <andypugh> joe9: Halscope might help figure it out.
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[00:16:44] <JT-Shop> joe9: do you have a photo of your switch setup?
[00:16:45] <djdelorie> but mine has no delay on activation, just release
[00:17:00] <pfred1> andypugh how does software limits interact with switch limits?
[00:17:12] <pfred1> like does it help linuxcnc hunt for the switches?
[00:17:45] <joe9> djdelorie: can you please paste your custom.hal?
[00:17:55] <pfred1> what I'm driving at is could joe's soft limits be so far off that is why he is missing his switch limits?
[00:18:03] <joe9> djdelorie: I have your .ini and .hal file and machineactive.comp
[00:18:06] <djdelorie> joe9: it's still all here: http://www.delorie.com/cnc/
[00:18:10] <djdelorie> that's all I've got
[00:18:25] <andypugh> pfred1: Not as far as I know. During homing it can't know where it is, so ignores both. After homing hitting the physical switches indicates an error.
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[00:18:58] <pfred1> ah
[00:18:58] <joe9> andypugh: thanks, let me check up on halscope. thanks.
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[00:20:24] <WillenCMD> <==halscope=my best friend
[00:20:32] <andypugh> WillenCMD: Any errors in dmesg when you try to start tk? Does it also fail in non-sim mode?
[00:20:46] <ReadError> guess theres no way to test latency w/o the motors and all hooked up?
[00:21:00] <WillenCMD> i haven't installed linuxcnc just trying to run it from sim mode, i designed a new tklinux screen, that i want to try
[00:21:01] <pfred1> ReadError why not?
[00:21:06] <andypugh> ReadError: Yes, there is absolutely no need to have any hardware for a latency test
[00:21:09] <ReadError> does it not need the feedback?
[00:21:10] <ReadError> ohrly
[00:21:15] <ReadError> i should get the box running!
[00:21:18] <ReadError> ;o
[00:21:26] <WillenCMD> andypugh: but i need to get the original working first
[00:21:36] <andypugh> You can pick the latency test right from the CNC menu
[00:21:56] <pfred1> this machine did it and it doesn't even have a parallel port
[00:22:04] <andypugh> (I think, I don't have a normal install any more...)
[00:22:22] <andypugh> All you need for a latency test is the RTAI kernel.
[00:22:40] <pfred1> I've done the CLI latency test that comes with RTAI
[00:22:49] <pfred1> it is pretty strange
[00:23:02] <pfred1> there are actually two of them I believe
[00:23:28] <r00t4rd3d> http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10847
[00:23:31] <andypugh> Yes, and they both give different numbers to the graphocal one. This is a point of concern...
[00:23:31] <r00t4rd3d> anything bad about those?
[00:23:45] <pfred1> oh you've seen them too?
[00:24:11] <pfred1> well if you use axis as your front end won't evne the latency test kick in GL?
[00:24:12] <WillenCMD> i ordered, a spartan 3e dev board today, 2x atmel xmega dev boards, and a altera cyclone II dev board today... can't wait
[00:25:02] <WillenCMD> couldn't decide on wich fpga manufacturer to go with, so i got one of each
[00:25:03] <pfred1> I know GL makes some of my machines "different" when it is going on
[00:25:15] <djdelorie> while I was out yesterday, a friend dropped off a single linear axis (no stepper). What interesting things can you do with just one axis?
[00:25:37] <djdelorie> WillenCMD: you need a Lattice board too, then :-)
[00:25:38] <pfred1> djdelorie you can make a CNC router fence adjuster
[00:25:48] <pfred1> or perhaps a router lift
[00:25:59] <WillenCMD> or a tool changer
[00:26:12] <pfred1> heck make a 4th axis
[00:26:17] <r00t4rd3d> make it scratch your back while you wait for a cut
[00:26:26] <pfred1> 4 axis CNC is da bomb
[00:26:26] <WillenCMD> lol
[00:26:34] <andypugh> r00t4rd3d: They look OK. Fairly small, but that probably means they are fairly quick. I would suggest working out for yourself which windings are which, and which ends are which, because my experience with 8-wire steppers is that the docs may be wrong. couple A1 and A2 back-to-back and you get full current and zero torque. It is as simple as shorting wires together and spinning the shaft by hand to figure it out.
[00:26:40] <WillenCMD> no 5 axis is the bomb
[00:26:48] <pfred1> andypugh show djdelorie some of your 4 axis CNC stuff
[00:27:07] <skunkworks__> andypugh: and welcome back also!
[00:27:13] <pfred1> that last video I saw of yours was crazy
[00:27:20] <r00t4rd3d> andypugh, they are 6 wire and I already know the layout of them
[00:27:31] <r00t4rd3d> yellow and white I dont need
[00:27:31] <andypugh> I don't have any 4-axis stuff. Which video do you mean?
[00:27:51] <andypugh> Ah, 6-wire is easier, you just need to ignore wires :-)
[00:27:55] <pfred1> you have one where yo uhave something chucked in your machine and you're threading it?
[00:28:04] <djdelorie> http://www.delorie.com/photos/cnc/linear-rail.html
[00:28:13] <r00t4rd3d> "This is a uni-polar stepper, meaning that if you are going to drive it with a bipolar stepper driver, you can ignore the yellow and white leads and drive it using the remaining four."
[00:28:22] <r00t4rd3d> :D
[00:28:37] <pfred1> can't make a 4th axis with that
[00:28:40] <andypugh> djdelorie: Nice!
[00:29:03] <djdelorie> of course, he might have dropped it off so I can tell him how to use it in *his* machine :-)
[00:29:03] <r00t4rd3d> are those limit switch wires?
[00:29:19] <djdelorie> I think so. Three conductor connectors
[00:29:26] <pfred1> it'd make for a long Z axis
[00:29:41] <r00t4rd3d> carve a stump
[00:29:53] <andypugh> pfred1: This is my channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/blyndpew?feature=guide I am not sure which one you mean.
[00:29:54] <WillenCMD> so when i launch tklinux, i don't get anything not even a debug message
[00:30:03] <r00t4rd3d> sweet
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[00:30:04] <djdelorie> I'm thinking it would make a nice X axis for a moving-table machine
[00:30:43] <ReadError> 7mil nS in vmware esxi ;(
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[00:30:51] <pfred1> andypugh I think this was it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhICrb0Tbn4&list=UUexvgsGz_QFvOublovDYoTQ&index=14&feature=plcp
[00:31:00] <andypugh> WillenCMD: Odd. I know of several reasons that you might be able to run tklinux but not Axis (mainly OpenGL related) tbut the inverse problem puzzles me.
[00:31:05] <joe9> djdelorie: is it this file: machineactive.comp that is doing the activate on release?
[00:31:25] <djdelorie> no, my debounce is inside the controller cards.
[00:31:39] <djdelorie> machineactive.comp is a combined "the machine is doing something" signal I use to idle the motors
[00:31:43] <ReadError> wow, that is AWESOME
[00:31:48] <WillenCMD> i know... i thought would be safe designing my screens in tk/tcl
[00:31:52] <pfred1> djdelorie this is andypugh http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhICrb0Tbn4&list=UUexvgsGz_QFvOublovDYoTQ&index=14&feature=plcp
[00:32:07] <alex_joni> WillenCMD: try running linuxcnc from a terminal, and check for any messages
[00:32:45] <r00t4rd3d> there goes your 733 minutes of idle
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[00:35:36] <djdelorie> joe9: you could probably adapt machineactive.comp to be an asymmetric debouncer...
[00:36:36] <WillenCMD> heads up everybody here comes a large message
[00:36:39] <WillenCMD> RUN_IN_PLACE=yes
[00:36:39] <WillenCMD> LINUXCNC_DIR=
[00:36:39] <WillenCMD> LINUXCNC_BIN_DIR=/home/cnc/linuxcnc-dev/bin
[00:36:39] <WillenCMD> LINUXCNC_TCL_DIR=/home/cnc/linuxcnc-dev/tcl
[00:36:39] <WillenCMD> LINUXCNC_SCRIPT_DIR=
[00:36:40] <WillenCMD> LINUXCNC_RTLIB_DIR=/home/cnc/linuxcnc-dev/rtlib
[00:36:40] <WillenCMD> LINUXCNC_CONFIG_DIR=
[00:36:41] <WillenCMD> LINUXCNC_LANG_DIR=/home/cnc/linuxcnc-dev/src/objects
[00:36:41] <WillenCMD> INIVAR=inivar
[00:36:42] <WillenCMD> HALCMD=halcmd
[00:36:42] <WillenCMD> LINUXCNC_EMCSH=/usr/bin/wish8.5
[00:36:43] <WillenCMD> INIFILE=/home/cnc/linuxcnc-dev/configs/sim/tklinuxcnc/tklinuxcnc.ini
[00:36:43] <WillenCMD> PARAMETER_FILE=sim.var
[00:36:44] <WillenCMD> TASK=milltask
[00:36:49] <Valen> dude pastebin
[00:36:55] <pfred1> I'm telling you
[00:37:03] <Valen> also how no excess flood
[00:37:12] <WillenCMD> what?
[00:37:29] <djdelorie> I don't know how to tie a comp's input to a fixed value in hal, but if you tied its estop and velocity pins to 0, you could use the running->active path to debounce
[00:37:30] <pfred1> WillenCMD http://pastebin.com/
[00:37:30] <Valen> generally pasting a block of text will get you kicked off the network
[00:38:01] <djdelorie> worse, the server will pace the output to one line per second, and all the clients beep once per message, so... beep. beep. beep. beep.
[00:38:22] <WillenCMD> sorry
[00:38:29] <WillenCMD> won't happen again
[00:38:47] <andypugh> djdelorie: If you don't net a comp input you can setp it in the HAL file.
[00:38:48] <pfred1> it just makes it easier for folks to study it too
[00:39:06] <djdelorie> example?
[00:39:09] <WillenCMD> im new to all this so, bare with me
[00:39:32] <andypugh> (you can also setp parameters, which don't use shared memory, but are otherwise a bit redundant)
[00:39:47] <djdelorie> yeah, the timeout has a default
[00:42:01] <andypugh> djdelorie: loadrt machineactive / setp estop 0 / setp velocity 0
[00:42:20] <djdelorie> ah, you can set it in hal
[00:42:26] <andypugh> Indeed.
[00:42:40] <djdelorie> is there a way to specify a default for unconnected pins, from within the comp ?
[00:42:47] <pfred1> is there anything andy can't set in hal?
[00:42:51] <WillenCMD> http://pastebin.com/DQ17TpTJ
[00:42:55] <WillenCMD> thats better
[00:43:01] <joe9> setp debounce.0.delay 10
[00:43:11] <andypugh> Yes, pin in but running = 0 "this has a default now"
[00:43:21] <andypugh> (but/bit)
[00:43:28] <joe9> is what I have in my custom.hal. I have a base period of 26000 and a search velocity of 1mm/sec
[00:44:26] <WillenCMD> is it odd that LINUXCNC DIR= is empty
[00:44:34] <joe9> is it wrong to do: setp debounce.0.delay 1000000
[00:44:50] <joe9> sorry that is too much.
[00:45:08] <joe9> let me calculate a better value to give me 1 sec latency or debounce period.
[00:45:10] <djdelorie> updated, compiled, untested: http://www.delorie.com/cnc/machineactive.comp
[00:46:24] <jdhnc> 1 second debounce?
[00:46:37] <joe9> is it wrong to do: setp debounce.0.delay 38461
[00:46:47] <joe9> to give a 1 sec debounce period.
[00:46:48] <djdelorie> I used 0.1 second
[00:47:14] <joe9> djdelorie: setp debounce.0.delay 3846 then?
[00:47:34] <djdelorie> joe9: I don't know if that's the right value, just saying my debounce is 0.1 second
[00:47:52] <djdelorie> bounce tends to be in the tens of milliseconds range worst-case
[00:49:36] <pfred1> Don Lancaster could tell you how to debounce a switch :) http://www.tinaja.com/
[00:50:19] <pfred1> he's probably do it with a postscript script today though
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[00:53:24] <andypugh> I was suggesting hand-coded postscript to a photographer friend today (he wanted high-res repeating background images). He used to own a HP calculator, so ought to be able to cope.
[00:54:33] <WillenCMD> bin/sh: bad interpreter: No such file or directory "i think this is the problem"
[00:55:19] <Valen> sure its not /bin/sh?
[00:55:25] <Valen> note the leading /
[00:56:11] <WillenCMD> it doesn't have that in the dmesg... maybe its missing in tklinuxcnc.tcl
[00:56:32] <Valen> in a command prompt put in /bin/sh
[00:56:45] <Valen> it should give you just a #
[00:56:48] <pfred1> is the script corrupt?
[00:56:56] <WillenCMD> valen: it did
[00:57:00] <Valen> a $ rather
[00:57:06] <WillenCMD> a dollar sign
[00:57:09] <ReadError> # if you root
[00:57:11] <ReadError> $ otherwise
[00:57:13] <Valen> type exit to get back to your normal prompt
[00:57:14] <ReadError> ;p
[00:57:25] <Valen> ReadError: i didn't know that lol but now you mention it
[00:57:31] <Valen> sif use sh anymore anyway ;-P
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[00:57:56] <pfred1> !#/bin/sh
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[00:58:12] <ReadError> im a bash guy myself
[00:58:18] <ReadError> for loops ftw ;)
[00:58:28] <Valen> who isn't ;->
[00:58:28] <WillenCMD> in tklinuxcnc.tcl it is !#/bin/bash
[00:58:30] <ReadError> and basic bash scriptage
[01:00:31] <r00t4rd3d> You know why they call it bash?
[01:01:05] <r00t4rd3d> or named it bash
[01:02:57] <alex4nder> bourne again shell
[01:03:00] <ReadError> yup
[01:03:15] <ReadError> alex4nder: its all coming together!
[01:03:21] <ReadError> mine my a2z shipment ;(
[01:03:28] <alex4nder> what happened?
[01:04:04] <r00t4rd3d> its a christian
[01:04:44] <alex4nder> wut
[01:05:57] <djdelorie> it's the bourne again shell
[01:06:33] <WillenCMD> alright worked that out, now i have error in startup script: can't find package linuxcnc
[01:07:10] <alex4nder> oh haha.. puns. : |
[01:07:14] <alex4nder> the lowest form of humor
[01:07:17] <alex4nder> yes
[01:07:24] <ReadError> alex4nder
[01:07:28] <ReadError> no tracking yet
[01:07:31] <alex4nder> werd
[01:07:48] <pfred1> WillenCMD what is looking for linuxcnc tklinuxcnc?
[01:08:36] <andypugh> Might be a problem with the EMC to LinuxCNC name change
[01:09:36] <andypugh> Maybe nobody checked that the tkemc interface still worked when called tklinuxcnc.
[01:10:09] <andypugh> <Insert rant about lawyers and copyright here>
[01:10:18] <WillenCMD> lol understandable
[01:10:30] <WillenCMD> im sure alot went into that
[01:10:35] <pfred1> I'm not upgrading my old emc2
[01:10:52] <WillenCMD> i prefer LinuxCNC gotta good ring to it
[01:11:20] <andypugh> pfred1: Cool new features exist. I even wrote some of them :-)
[01:11:55] <pfred1> andypugh I ran the live CD on this machine
[01:12:08] <WillenCMD> looks like i might need to download the older source
[01:12:11] <pfred1> just to check this thing out
[01:12:44] <andypugh> Though I have a feeling that mhaberler is going to end up producing an emc3 which will make a lot more sense and will allow a lot more cool stuff.
[01:12:52] <pfred1> andypugh someone in another channel asked In the UK what is the mains electricity? (220. 50hz?)
[01:13:25] <pfred1> I figure you'd know this one
[01:13:32] <WillenCMD> its 220 50hz
[01:13:45] <WillenCMD> here in the us its 110 60hz
[01:13:56] <pfred1> more like 120
[01:14:08] <pfred1> which is really split 240
[01:14:23] <WillenCMD> true, most homes have two hot 120 lines coming in from the mains
[01:14:31] <WillenCMD> key word "most"
[01:14:47] <pfred1> seriously there are unbalanced services?
[01:15:29] <pfred1> I've seen some messed up electrical systems but I haven't run into a single legger yet
[01:15:58] <WillenCMD> i don't know i haven't seen this in person, but when doing some research on transformer's a while back i came apon a few threads of people claiming to have only 1 hot line from the main
[01:16:02] <WillenCMD> i think it was a town house
[01:16:08] <andypugh> pfred1: It's 230V +15% - 5% 50Hz to match the Euro 230V +/- 10% (so we match with a nominal 240 compared to their nominal 230)
[01:16:41] <pfred1> andypugh k I'll relay that thanks
[01:17:11] <WillenCMD> damn nice specific answer
[01:18:17] <andypugh> Its a great example of Euro harmonisation by changing the specification, not the facts.
[01:18:43] <pfred1> our electrical system is how it is because Tesla had a thing for 3
[01:19:05] <andypugh> We have 440V three-phase too.
[01:19:14] <pfred1> we do too
[01:19:33] <pfred1> 3 phase is a different service
[01:19:50] <pfred1> yo may or may not be able to get it here
[01:20:11] <andypugh> The mad thing is that we recently euro-harmonised wiring colours to that 3-phase can have blue as neutral or live, and black as neutral or live..
[01:20:25] <pfred1> nice
[01:20:31] <pfred1> early electrician retirement plan
[01:21:38] <andypugh> I may be misremembering
[01:23:10] <andypugh> No, sadly I am not: http://electrical.theiet.org/wiring-regulations/cable-colours/flyer.cfm?type=pdf
[01:24:24] <pfred1> that is spooky
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[01:35:26] <alex_joni> WillenCMD: it says you're running in place (compiled it yourself)..
[01:35:44] <WillenCMD> yes
[01:35:45] <alex_joni> before you run linuxcnc, you need to source scripts/linuxcnc-environment
[01:35:51] <alex_joni> . scripts/linuxcnc...
[01:36:03] <alex_joni> then try to run 'linuxcnc'
[01:37:17] <pfred1> they need to load the rip-environment
[01:38:01] <WillenCMD> wher is linuxcnc-environment?
[01:38:13] <pfred1> I got the name wrong it is rip-environment now
[01:38:13] <WillenCMD> i used rip-environment
[01:38:32] <pfred1> well you have to envoke it like this . rip-environment
[01:38:42] <pfred1> the dot is important but don't ask me why
[01:38:52] <pfred1> because I've no idea
[01:38:54] <alex_joni> pfred1: that's short for 'source'
[01:39:15] <pfred1> source?
[01:39:23] <pfred1> I know ./ is cwd
[01:39:41] <pfred1> but just . ?
[01:39:53] <andypugh> . ./ is some kind of linux wicca
[01:40:00] <pfred1> linuxcnc is the only place I've ever run into it
[01:40:14] <jdhnc> some put that in the path
[01:40:24] <jdhnc> then you don't need the ./
[01:40:51] <alex_joni> pfred1: it tells the current shell to load (aka source) the contents of the file into the environment
[01:41:02] <alex_joni> like adjusting PATH and such
[01:41:15] <pfred1> ah like export
[01:41:17] <WillenCMD> WOOT
[01:41:24] <WillenCMD> thank you thank you
[01:41:34] <WillenCMD> it was the damn decimal point
[01:41:34] <pfred1> so . rip-environment worked?
[01:41:40] <andypugh> It was that simple? <embarassed>
[01:41:44] <WillenCMD> lol
[01:41:53] <alex_joni> pfred1: yes, but a bunch of them at once ;)
[01:41:58] <WillenCMD> thanks for everyones help
[01:42:08] <pfred1> the freaking environment is outta control on Linux anymore
[01:42:29] <alex_joni> WillenCMD: sure thing
[01:42:40] <alex_joni> andypugh: you're still in the US?
[01:42:48] <jdhnc> mostly unrelated, but anyone ever make a NMEA2000 interface with a uC?
[01:43:12] <pfred1> is NMEA NEMA?
[01:43:18] <alex_joni> gps?
[01:43:29] <alex_joni> pfred1: nope
[01:43:34] <jdhnc> gps and lots of other things
[01:44:01] <alex_joni> jdhnc: nope, just simple serial link to GPS'ses
[01:44:12] * pfred1 has just spent his life honing his indian tracking skillz
[01:44:14] <alex_joni> but the lines from them start with NMEA..
[01:44:25] <andypugh> alex_joni: No, I got back on Saturday.
[01:44:31] <jdhnc> that's NMEA 0183
[01:44:33] <pfred1> we don't need no stinking gps!
[01:44:59] <WillenCMD> learned alot today, learned about pastebin.com(the hard way)
[01:45:16] <pfred1> actually you got off easy
[01:45:32] <pfred1> most chans a 4 line paste is an auto kickban
[01:45:39] <alex_joni> andypugh: still jet lagged?
[01:45:59] <alex_joni> either that or really late up ;)
[01:46:00] <andypugh> No, as I slept from 4pm local to 7am local :-)
[01:46:25] <alex_joni> sounds good ;)
[01:46:29] <andypugh> <checks clock> Hmm, still not into phase though.
[01:46:39] <alex_joni> yeah, 5am coming up here :D
[01:46:48] <pfred1> time is relative to the observer
[01:46:57] <WillenCMD> can i altinstall a different python version?
[01:47:28] <alex_joni> WillenCMD: you can try.. but you're most likely to wreck it ;)
[01:48:05] <pfred1> I think for the next human leap we have to set it up so the whole planet is either daytime or nighttime at the same time
[01:48:28] <pfred1> this planet rotating around the Sun stuff is a pain
[01:48:33] <WillenCMD> pfred1: i agree, its a pain trying to talk to distributor's in china
[01:48:51] <WillenCMD> when im going to bed, thats when they want to call for a meeting
[01:49:38] <alex_joni> well.. I'm off to bed, sun coming up soon
[01:51:48] <andypugh> It was interesting during the sail, we put in an arbitrary 2hr shift whenever sunrise seemed a bit early.
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[01:52:42] <djdelorie> for me, "sun coming up early" means I stayed up too late...
[01:53:15] <pfred1> it is peaceful at night though isn't it?
[01:53:43] <djdelorie> mostly, yeah. I get a lot done at night
[01:54:10] <andypugh> Well, on the boat working 4hrs one / 4 hrs off 24/7 time takes on a more arbitrary aspect.
[01:54:32] <andypugh> (one/on)
[01:54:46] <pfred1> I've worked the late shift after that one hour is much like the next
[01:55:03] <jdhnc> http://tinyurl.com/75rn3l4
[01:55:09] <jdhnc> That was 40 miles offshore here the other day.
[01:55:18] <djdelorie> my dad worked on a tugboat most of his life. 6on/6off for three weeks, then three weeks off...
[01:56:35] <andypugh> jdhnc: We had more of : http://www.sail-world.com/photos_2010/Alt_California%20surf%20down%20a%20wave1.jpg (that's my 68' boat in the previous race)
[01:56:53] <andypugh> (after the mast fell off)
[01:57:21] <jdhnc> wow, that doesn't really look like fun.
[01:57:39] <andypugh> Luckily the big stick stayed on this year, which I view as a good thing.
[02:00:29] <andypugh> jdhnc: With no mast, no fun at all. With a working boat and spinnaker set? YeeHaaa! 27kts on a surf :-)
[02:02:01] <jdhnc> I'm a small boat kinda guy... seas like that just scare me :)
[02:04:04] <pfred1> I'm a land lubber
[02:05:04] <andypugh> On a 68' boat anything less than 20kts is a bit slow, and you are still racing under reef 3 and storm jib at 50kts. Above that you look at trysail and looking after the boat.
[02:05:25] <pfred1> shiver me timbers!
[02:06:31] <Valen> you own the boat?
[02:06:49] <andypugh> Good heavens no, it cost 1,000,000
[02:07:00] <Valen> was about to say andypugh butty mate pal
[02:07:01] <andypugh> www.clipperroundtheworld.com
[02:07:12] <Valen> i never got the point of 4 on 4 off
[02:07:22] <andypugh> if you have the cash, you can play.
[02:07:34] <Valen> seems like a great way of making people in risky situations sleep deprived
[02:07:39] <andypugh> Valen: Well, we actually did 4 4 4 6 6
[02:08:50] <andypugh> You get 12 hrs a day to sleep in. The point is that 6 hrs really is as long as you can usefully work on deck, and sleep-time is less critical than work-time when you are there.
[02:09:10] <Valen> slightly better but still your going to be sleep deprived i think
[02:09:40] <pfred1> man I used to love to stay up for 3 days straight
[02:09:58] <pfred1> stuff starts getting really weird after 72 hours of no sleep
[02:10:22] <Valen> see thats not a good place to be in when if you do the wrong thing your in the drink
[02:12:36] <pfred1> I bet Ernest Shackleton stayed up for more than 12 hours
[02:12:41] <andypugh> As a student I did 72 hrs playing darts (1,000,001 down takes a long time). I wouldnt care to do it again)
[02:13:17] <pfred1> theirs was possibly the most amazing feat of sailing ever
[02:13:33] <pfred1> I think it took them 3 days
[02:13:41] <pfred1> in a rowboat
[02:14:15] <andypugh> And Shackleton is my hero. (well, one of them). I heartily recommend http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shackleton-Roland-Huntford/dp/0349107440/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1
[02:14:17] <pfred1> in the antartic sea
[02:14:43] <pfred1> man if they were off by a half a degree they'd have never been heard of again
[02:14:54] <r00t4rd3d> are you guys sailors?
[02:14:58] <andypugh> Not a rowboat, it was an open sailing lifeboat, and more like 3 weeks.
[02:15:08] <pfred1> it took them 3 weeks?
[02:15:23] <pfred1> I thought they just had to go to that island with the whaling camp on it
[02:15:25] <andypugh> 1000 miles in a 12' boat?
[02:15:48] <pfred1> well they did have to walk across the island too
[02:15:52] <andypugh> Elephant Island to South Georgia.
[02:15:56] <pfred1> which was no easy thing
[02:16:09] <andypugh> And the first overland crossing of SG too.
[02:16:10] <pfred1> it blows my mind that they lived
[02:16:14] <andypugh> Yes, read the book.
[02:16:39] <pfred1> you'd have about the same chance if someone dropped you off o nthe dark side of the Moon
[02:17:16] <andypugh> Nobody died. that's the truly impressive thing. Huntford wrote a hatchet-job of Scott (any fool can die gloriously) but seems to have nothing but respect for Shackleton).
[02:17:47] <pfred1> they say it is the most successful failure of all time
[02:18:10] <andypugh> r00t4rd3d: I was a sailor, until about 2 weeks ago. I may now be an ex-sailor :-)
[02:18:13] <pfred1> how long did the party survive was it years?
[02:18:18] <andypugh> 2 years
[02:18:25] <pfred1> yeah I thought it was more than a year
[02:18:42] <pfred1> how in the heck can you live on antartica for that length of time?
[02:18:44] <andypugh> Possibly 3 if you include the planned parts.
[02:18:53] <Valen> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton#Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition_1914.E2.80.9317
[02:18:57] <andypugh> by eating seals, mainly
[02:19:03] <pfred1> yeah until the ship got crushed by the ice that was a while wasn't it?
[02:19:26] <pfred1> I heard when he came back they were diving in the water after fish
[02:19:39] <A0Sheds> andypugh, made it back! yay
[02:19:54] <pfred1> lets face it no one wants to die
[02:20:23] <A0Sheds> has it been a year already?
[02:22:09] <andypugh> Eh? No, I only did the Pacific, not the full circumnavigation.
[02:23:14] <Valen> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_of_the_James_Caird is the trip your talking of specifically
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[02:32:12] <andypugh> Yikes! Force 9 on the first day. In a 20-odd foot open boat. That was about the max we saw in the 68' boat. Men were men back then
[02:33:11] <Valen> if they had failed you wouldn't have heard about them ;->
[02:35:19] <andypugh> Scott failed and is probably more famous.
[02:36:51] <pfred1> Linux rules! http://i.top500.org/stats
[02:38:54] <Valen> cray are efficent
[02:39:36] <Valen> who has a windows based supercomputer?
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[02:44:11] <pfred1> Valen I went to school with the younger brother of the guy who built computers for Cray
[02:44:45] <pfred1> something i just found out recently
[02:49:39] <andypugh> I don't subscribe to the cult of celebrity :-)
[02:50:15] <andypugh> But I do need to sleep.
[02:50:18] <andypugh> Night all
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[02:52:54] <pfred1> heck I didn't even know the kid even had any brothers or sisters when I went to school with him
[02:53:19] <Tom_itx> maybe he didn't either
[02:53:30] <Tom_itx> they were all hiding in the closet messin with electronics
[02:53:34] <pfred1> he might not have they were pretty far apart in age
[02:54:09] <pfred1> dennis ritchie went to my high school too but long before I did
[02:54:29] <pfred1> I used to see him at the grodery store a lot
[02:54:58] <pfred1> he moved a town away from where I grew up
[02:55:05] <pfred1> well where we grew up
[02:55:23] <Tom_itx> i met carlos santana at the atlanta airport once in passing
[02:55:41] <pfred1> I saw mick jagger on 9th st in NYC
[02:56:07] <pfred1> oh know who I met?
[02:56:11] <pfred1> actually talked to
[02:56:26] <pfred1> janis joplin's manager
[02:56:44] <pfred1> he was pretty kooky
[02:57:01] <pfred1> his big line was I made a million and I spent it too
[02:57:27] <pfred1> he was pretty poor when i met him
[02:57:52] <pfred1> he gave me one of his sound sender gadgets he was making though
[02:58:25] <pfred1> oh i used to see james earl jones walking up woodland ave a lot
[02:58:34] <pfred1> oh here is someone famous i knew
[02:58:59] <pfred1> Peter Dinklage
[02:59:06] <pfred1> I used to pump his gas
[02:59:51] <pfred1> but i knew him before he was famous
[03:00:41] <pfred1> my dad knew some famous people
[03:01:04] <pfred1> I think I met them when I was really young too
[03:01:56] <pfred1> my dad was this guy's best friend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Donohue
[03:02:09] <pfred1> so of course my dad knew rodger
[03:06:04] <pfred1> someday I'm going to have to go to a race and scare the crap out of rodger
[03:06:23] <pfred1> because i look like the ghost of my dad
[03:10:26] <joe9> alex4nder: i am finding that the taig travel is a lot more than 12", 5.5" and 6".
[03:10:44] <joe9> is travel measured from center to an end or from end to end?
[03:12:23] <pfred1> travel is working area
[03:20:35] <joe9> pfred1: end to end?
[03:21:04] <joe9> pfred1: the reason I ask is the travel for the Z axis is state at 6inches.
[03:21:18] <joe9> but, when I move the Z-axis down by 6 inches, I still do not touch the table.
[03:21:37] <joe9> that makes me think that I do not understand what "travel" defines.
[03:21:47] <pfred1> travel is just the movement
[03:21:52] <Tom_itx> put a tool in the z and see how far you get
[03:21:53] <pfred1> you can raise and lower the head
[03:21:54] <djdelorie> travel == all the way to one end, to all the way to the other end
[03:22:25] <pfred1> the Z on a taig goes 6 inches?
[03:22:35] <pfred1> my RF-32 is only 5
[03:22:37] <joe9> Tom_itx: that is what I am doing. I put a dremel bit in the spindle and notice that it is high up (not even close to the table)
[03:22:43] <joe9> after moving 6 inches down.
[03:23:03] <Tom_itx> consider yourself lucky?
[03:23:05] <joe9> djdelorie: thanks.
[03:23:26] <pfred1> yeah travel and work envelope are different
[03:23:34] <pfred1> like your table is bigger than yoru travel
[03:23:42] <Tom_itx> there is a 'useable cube' though
[03:24:07] <pfred1> travel is usually bigger than what is useful
[03:25:10] <pfred1> I think the longest cut I ever did on my mill is 12 and a half inches but my travel is more than that
[03:26:21] <pfred1> I'm going to say my travel is 23 inches?
[03:26:44] <pfred1> something like that
[03:27:08] <djdelorie> you'd think linuxcnc would have an option for automatically determining the range of travel based on the limit switches...
[03:27:28] <Tom_itx> we cut some wing spars that had to hang out the end of the machining center
[03:27:41] <Tom_itx> over 100" on a 52" travel i think it was
[03:28:01] <Tom_itx> vacuum fixture
[03:28:13] <pfred1> I did all I could think of to get a 12.5 inch cut out of my machine
[03:28:53] <djdelorie> for house construction, it would be useful to have two small cnc machines connected by rails, for milling the end of roof rafters...
[03:29:08] <pfred1> they make big CNC machines for milling houses
[03:29:21] <pfred1> they run on tires
[03:29:21] <r00t4rd3d> whats slightly better then a dremel?
[03:29:29] <Tom_itx> router
[03:29:36] <pfred1> they're like huge gantries
[03:29:54] <pfred1> one guy made a concrete extruder too
[03:29:58] <alex4nder> yah
[03:30:04] <alex4nder> I've seen video, they're great.
[03:30:18] <pfred1> yeah the organic looking stuff italian guy it isn't exactly concrete
[03:31:21] <pfred1> big big big makerbot!
[03:32:10] <djdelorie> r00t2rd3d: I've got an air grinder as my spindle, takes 1/8" bits but less runout. That would be "slightly better" I suppose. Next up would be a trim router, then a regular router...
[03:32:12] <pfred1> ever see teh video of the hexapod CNC robot?
[03:32:26] <alex4nder> yah
[03:32:29] <pfred1> thing walks up on 6 legs then carves a face
[03:32:31] <alex4nder> I want one to do PCB pick-n-place
[03:32:52] <djdelorie> I've seen that on youtube. I've seen LOTS of cnc uses on youtube...
[03:32:54] <pfred1> guy that made it does hollywood special effects
[03:33:13] <pfred1> that thing is pretty nuts
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[03:35:57] <pfred1> djdelorie the CNC post and beam carvers are fun to check out
[03:36:13] <djdelorie> oh great, more youtube-time-wasters ;-)
[03:36:34] <pfred1> those things are crazy
[03:37:04] <pfred1> I think there is a swiss one that is completely insane
[03:41:28] <pfred1> djdelorie these people are doing some woodworking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW7tvnmYCb0
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[03:45:03] <joe9> i just measured the amount of travel and I notice that the axis has not travelled 6 inches though linuxcnc says that it has.
[03:45:10] <joe9> It has not even travelled 3 inches.
[03:45:23] <pfred1> then your scale is wrong
[03:45:35] <joe9> oh, ok. thanks. will check on that.
[03:45:51] <pfred1> or you're losing steps?
[03:46:18] <joe9> scale = 400
[03:46:34] <pfred1> stepconf can adjust your scale
[03:46:39] <pfred1> or you can edit the file
[03:46:39] <joe9> I do not think I am losing steps. Is there some method of checking that?
[03:46:47] <pfred1> change yoru scale
[03:46:56] <pfred1> see if how much you move changes
[03:47:14] <joe9> isn't scale calculated by the motor configuration?
[03:47:19] <joe9> s/by/from/
[03:47:21] <pfred1> partly
[03:47:37] <pfred1> it is steps per rev and yoru lead pitch
[03:48:45] <joe9> r00t4rd3d: have you checked out proxxon? it is considered an "industrial grade dremel".
[03:49:06] <pfred1> djdelorie you want one of these for your roof rafters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIdKlG7CmW4
[03:50:02] <pfred1> now that's a circular saw!
[03:50:09] <djdelorie> yeah, that one looks sweet...
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[03:51:03] <pfred1> wait til you see the saw that pops up at around 7:00
[03:53:01] <pfred1> this thing is a tree's worst nightmare
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[04:12:47] <flyback> quick question
[04:12:55] <flyback> ac/dc universal motor
[04:13:14] <flyback> if I remove the brushes, the armature and just leave the coil/stator energized, any danger of overheating?
[04:14:34] <flyback> sorry to bug this channel, but if anyone knows motors....
[04:16:38] <Valen> AC i'd say possibly DC i'd say it'll cook in seconds
[04:16:58] <flyback> just the coil ?
[04:17:23] <pfred1> flyback what are you making a degausser?
[04:17:51] <flyback> i'm converting a burned out hair dryer into a heater blower for drying circuit boards etc, going to put an external blower on the back but I think the motor might be in series with the coils
[04:18:35] <Valen> heater coils?
[04:18:48] <flyback> yes
[04:18:57] <Valen> find out
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[04:19:03] <pfred1> they're resistive so they should help
[04:20:01] <Valen> motor coils will read as ~0 ohms
[04:21:05] <pfred1> I was messing with an electric iron once and i thought it was shorted out but the thing really was 1.2 ohms
[04:21:05] <flyback> brb
[04:21:14] <flyback> cleaning carbon
[04:21:55] <pfred1> the meter i was checking it with had a lead resistance of .3 I think
[04:22:27] <pfred1> all I know is I pulled that iron all apart the body of it turned out the plug was messed up on it
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[04:23:07] <Valen> yeah they will be low resistance untill they heat up ;->
[04:23:12] <Valen> didn't think of that
[04:23:31] <pfred1> yeah I was chasing a short that wasn't really there
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[04:26:39] <flyback> anyways I just want to reuse the heating part of the dryer
[04:26:45] <flyback> goin gto strap a blower to the back
[04:29:16] * Valen buys flyback a $5 hairdrier
[04:31:26] <flyback> uh I have a new one coming
[04:31:35] <flyback> this is for heat soaking boards to dry them out
[04:31:38] <pfred1> I got a heatgun at a garage sale for $5
[04:32:14] <pfred1> I have an infared heat lamp for curing paint that is handy for stuff like that
[04:32:27] <pfred1> it only makes stuff in front of it hot
[04:32:40] <pfred1> doesn't heat the air
[04:33:33] <pfred1> flyback maybe yo ushould try to score a heat lamp?
[04:34:13] <pfred1> go to a buffet with some welding gloves :)
[04:34:25] <flyback> and no
[04:34:33] <flyback> this was a $40 professional hair dryer
[04:34:38] <flyback> the 6th I have burned out in 6 yrs
[04:34:45] <flyback> they al had 5 yr warrenties too :/
[04:34:54] <flyback> i'm done abusing any so Iam modding the old one
[04:34:56] <pfred1> you sexy beast you!
[04:34:56] <flyback> and heatguns are out
[04:35:00] <flyback> they are too fucking hot
[04:35:17] <Valen> my dad's heatgun goes to 60C
[04:35:20] <flyback> and I don't trust myself not to forget to set it low enough not to burn down thew house or ruin the board
[04:35:32] <Valen> digital temperature guage
[04:35:42] <flyback> I DO NOT TRUST MYSELF TO REMEBER ANYMORE
[04:35:48] <flyback> I rather use something heat limited to start
[04:36:07] <pfred1> well heat lamps you just put stuff a little further from them
[04:36:20] <pfred1> it is pretty controllable
[04:36:44] <pfred1> I mean heck you can cure paint finishes
[04:36:53] <flyback> I would rather stick to what works
[04:36:54] <flyback> http://imgur.com/a/NmLbE#0
[04:37:04] <Valen> wont trust a heatgun with a temperature read out, trusts jerry rigged hairdryer with no motor
[04:37:40] <flyback> yes
[04:37:41] <flyback> so fuck you
[04:37:44] <flyback> this is what I am doing
[04:37:47] <pfred1> I don't know if I could start a fire with my infared curing lamp
[04:38:18] <pfred1> it is kind of like leaving a newspeper out on the sun is it really going to burst into flame?
[04:38:50] <pfred1> if that actually happened we'd all be in serious trouble
[04:39:35] <pfred1> man it's sunny today I sure hope my asphalt shingles don't go up!
[04:40:39] <Valen> pfred1: my roof is asbestos I'M INVINCIBLE!!!
[04:41:00] <pfred1> Valen everything burns if you get it hot enough
[04:41:16] <Valen> they used to make asbestos table cloths
[04:41:21] <Valen> (aincent grece)
[04:41:29] <Valen> they cleaned them by throwing them into the fire
[04:41:34] <pfred1> I have an asbestos welding blanket
[04:41:51] <Valen> pfred1: I'd be chucking that and getting one that wont kill you ;->
[04:42:08] <pfred1> if i need to I use the thing too because going up in smoke is hazardous to your health like instantly too
[04:42:22] <pfred1> no way it is top notch stuff
[04:42:31] <pfred1> that and asbestos doesn't kill everyone
[04:42:46] <Valen> most of the companies i work for deal with asbestos and its habit of killing people
[04:43:03] * Valen decides to be a dodgy bastard with a website AWESOME!
[04:43:08] <pfred1> I'm pretty sure a lot of the asbestos hysteria was dreamed up by the mafia so the ycould get lucrative remediation contracts
[04:43:27] <Valen> My neighbour died from it
[04:43:45] <pfred1> oh it'll kill some people
[04:43:49] <Valen> and i see a bunch of people every few days that are either dying from it or have relatives who have
[04:43:57] <pfred1> all I'm saying is it doesn't kill everyone
[04:43:57] <Valen> bullets only kill some people too
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[04:44:12] <Valen> falling out of aeroplanes isnt 100% fatal either
[04:44:39] <pfred1> well I've been dealing with asbestos all my life and I made it this far
[04:44:57] <Valen> sure, it takes 15-30 years to show
[04:45:08] <pfred1> yup about that long
[04:45:18] <pfred1> on the higher end of the scale
[04:45:24] <Valen> and then you die in 18 months of suffocating slowly
[04:45:28] * pfred1 is 48
[04:46:29] <pfred1> I've ripped up so many asbestos floor tiles and removed asbestos pipe insulation
[04:46:54] <Valen> most of the people dying now are the wives of asbestos workers
[04:47:10] <Valen> because they came home wearing contaminated clothes that the wives washed
[04:47:10] <pfred1> well I can't say I was ever an asbestos worker
[04:47:54] <pfred1> but I don't treat the crap like it is kryptonite
[04:48:25] <pfred1> can't beat asbestos brake pads either
[04:48:49] <Valen> carbon ceramic
[04:49:15] <pfred1> they sound tough on rotors
[04:49:30] <flyback> I guess while people decided to fucking tell me why I don't need "hardware t&L" and how I only need "t-buffer" it's useless to ask
[04:50:00] <Valen> ceramic rotors and carbon-carbon pads i believe is how its done in the performance cars
[04:50:13] <Valen> I use bendix ultra-premium pads and they stop my car just fine ;->
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[05:03:26] <KimK> flyback: Could you explain those a little further? I'm still not clear on what you're referring to by "hardware t&l" and "t-buffer".
[05:06:59] <KimK> I'll check back later
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[05:11:22] <flyback> it was crap 3dfx pulled back in the late 90's early 2000's
[05:11:34] <flyback> to why they didn't need to support features every other video chip maker was
[05:11:42] <flyback> and why the fuck didn't this channel close
[05:11:47] <flyback> I just love pchat bugs
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[05:45:01] <Connor1> anyone here used a C6 Speed controller with EMC?
[05:45:14] <Connor1> It's driving me nuts. I can't get it to work right.
[05:45:19] <Connor1> I have EMC talking to it..
[05:45:30] <Connor1> but, I can't get the range I need for my speed controller.
[05:45:53] <Connor1> Mine runs from 0-7v on the pots.
[05:46:01] <Connor1> max vel is 2500rpm
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[06:39:19] <Connor1> Anyone?
[06:39:28] <Connor1> C6 speed controller on EMC?
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[06:47:00] <witdraak> sup i haveupgraded from linuxcnc2.4.5 to linuxnc2.5, can't seem to find the gladevcp folder....
[06:47:14] <witdraak> how can i add the folder to linuxcnc
[06:47:27] <witdraak> and how can i obtain it
[06:48:21] e-ndy|afk is now known as e-ndy
[06:51:12] <witdraak> reason i want to see how they are linked to your linuxcnc program so that i can complete my own one and fit it to my program
[06:51:48] <witdraak> gladevcp to program
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[06:53:24] <DJ9DJ> moin
[06:53:35] <witdraak> sup
[06:54:16] <witdraak> any idea how gladevcp gets added to linuxcnc? got mine upgraded to 2.5
[06:55:10] <witdraak> whent applictions/cnc/linuxcnc and chose the demo gladevcp but it doesn't run
[06:57:29] <witdraak> got my gladevcp program written on myui.ui
[07:09:02] <witdraak> guess no one knows how to add the gladevcp folders
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[07:22:07] <witdraak> if added my problem to the forums http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/component/kunena/?func=view&catid=48&id=19298#19298 hope someone can help me out
[07:44:42] <witdraak> guess it will be an ongoing struggle
[07:45:01] <witdraak> this chat seems very silent
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[07:57:58] <alex_joni> witdraak: it's night in the US right now
[07:58:06] <alex_joni> that's where most users/developers are
[07:58:31] <alex_joni> witdraak: did you look at http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.5/html/gui/gladevcp.html ?
[08:03:38] <witdraak> im going thru it but the examples are all useless...
[08:03:43] <alex4nder> hey
[08:04:08] <witdraak> don't have the folder on my machine
[08:05:08] <witdraak> suppose to be in /home/cnc/linuxcnc/configs/
[08:05:23] <witdraak> but i only have the one that i made in there
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[08:08:09] <psha[work]> witdraak: you should add it to config directory you want to expand
[08:08:19] <psha[work]> also old path was ~/emc2/configs
[08:08:28] <psha[work]> if you've upgraded from 2.4 you have old path
[08:10:23] <witdraak> yeea wasn't in there eather
[08:11:06] <Jymmm> sudo updatedb; locate [blah]
[08:12:18] <witdraak> updated this morning...
[08:13:01] <witdraak> only updated stuff like samba and shait
[08:13:22] <alex_joni> witdraak: you run linuxcnc, you select the gladevcp example, it asks if you want to make a copy, then you get the config in the /home/*/linuxcnc/configs/..
[08:15:07] <Jymmm> alex_joni: youdo much with classic ladder?
[08:17:40] <witdraak> ye tried that but when i ru it it givs me an error...
[08:19:38] <witdraak> run*
[08:20:24] <witdraak> this keyboard seems to not set the keys when i press them... sorry for the weird slang.... i blame this k/board
[08:20:45] <witdraak> [yz33[=/ohyrdww2aaav8,-=
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[08:21:44] <witdraak> lol blown it wit the compressed air >.<
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[08:26:15] <Valen> i don't know why but for some reason witdraak that sounds like some dirty dirty sex act ;-P
[08:27:49] <alex_joni> Jymmm: nope
[08:28:21] <alex_joni> "when I run it it gives me an error..." <- it's not really helpful
[08:28:36] <alex_joni> witdraak: if you share what error you get, then we might get somewhere
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[08:51:05] <witdraak> ok soz if i start up the demo it gives the folowing error
[08:51:30] <witdraak> Print file information:
[08:51:30] <witdraak> RUN_IN_PLACE=no
[08:51:30] <witdraak> LINUXCNC_DIR=
[08:51:31] <witdraak> LINUXCNC_BIN_DIR=/usr/bin
[08:51:31] <witdraak> LINUXCNC_TCL_DIR=/usr/lib/tcltk/linuxcnc
[08:51:31] <witdraak> LINUXCNC_SCRIPT_DIR=
[08:51:32] <witdraak> LINUXCNC_RTLIB_DIR=/usr/realtime-2.6.32-122-rtai/modules/linuxcnc
[08:51:34] <witdraak> LINUXCNC_CONFIG_DIR=
[08:51:36] <witdraak> LINUXCNC_LANG_DIR=/usr/share/linuxcnc/tcl/msgs
[08:51:38] <witdraak> INIVAR=inivar
[08:51:40] <witdraak> HALCMD=halcmd
[08:51:42] <witdraak> LINUXCNC_EMCSH=/usr/bin/wish8.5
[08:51:44] <witdraak> LINUXCNC - 2.5.0
[08:51:46] <witdraak> Machine configuration directory is '/home/cnc/linuxcnc/configs/gladevcp'
[08:51:50] <witdraak> Machine configuration file is 'touchy.ini'
[08:51:52] <witdraak> INIFILE=/home/cnc/linuxcnc/configs/gladevcp/touchy.ini
[08:51:55] <witdraak> PARAMETER_FILE=sim.var
[08:51:56] <witdraak> TASK=milltask
[08:51:58] <witdraak> HALUI=
[08:52:00] <witdraak> DISPLAY=touchy
[08:52:02] <witdraak> Starting LinuxCNC...
[08:52:04] <witdraak> Starting LinuxCNC server program: linuxcncsvr
[08:52:06] <witdraak> Loading Real Time OS, RTAPI, and HAL_LIB modules
[08:52:08] <witdraak> Starting LinuxCNC IO program: io
[08:52:10] <witdraak> Starting TASK program: milltask
[08:52:12] <witdraak> Starting DISPLAY program: touchy
[08:52:14] <witdraak> Issuing EMC_TASK_PLAN_SYNCH -- (+516,+12, +0,)
[08:52:16] <witdraak> Issuing EMC_TRAJ_SET_TERM_COND -- (+222,+24, +0, +2,0.000000,)
[08:52:20] <witdraak> Issuing EMC_TRAJ_SET_G5X -- (+224,+88, +0, +1,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,)
[08:52:23] <witdraak> Issuing EMC_TRAJ_SET_G92 -- (+227,+84, +0,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,)
[08:52:26] <Valen> witdraak: dude use pastebin
[08:52:26] <witdraak> Issuing EMC_TRAJ_SET_ROTATION -- (+226,+20, +0,0.000000,)
[08:52:28] <witdraak> ini /home/cnc/linuxcnc/configs/gladevcp/touchy.ini
[08:52:29] <Valen> seriouslt
[08:52:30] <witdraak> Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC...
[08:52:32] <witdraak> Killing task linuxcncsvr, PID=9492
[08:52:35] <witdraak> Killing task milltask, PID=9571
[08:52:36] <witdraak> Removing HAL_LIB, RTAPI, and Real Time OS modules
[08:52:38] <witdraak> Removing NML shared memory segments
[08:52:40] <witdraak> Cleanup done
[08:52:43] <witdraak> Debug file information:
[08:52:44] <witdraak> Can not find -sec MOT -var MOT -num 1
[08:52:46] <witdraak> Can not find -sec IO -var IO -num 1
[08:52:50] <witdraak> Can not find -sec LINUXCNC -var NML_FILE -num 1
[08:52:52] <witdraak> Can not find -sec EMC -var NML_FILE -num 1
[08:52:54] <witdraak> /usr/bin/touchy:81: GtkWarning: _gdk_drawable_get_source_drawable: assertion `GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed
[08:52:58] <witdraak> pix = gtk.gdk.pixmap_create_from_data(None, pix_data, 1, 1, 1, color, color)
[08:52:59] <witdraak> Traceback (most recent call last):
[08:53:01] <witdraak> File "/usr/bin/touchy", line 793, in <module>
[08:53:03] <witdraak> hwg = touchy(sys.argv[2])
[08:53:05] <witdraak> File "/usr/bin/touchy", line 202, in _
[08:53:07] <witdraak> umm pastebin?
[08:53:55] <Valen> http://pastebin.com/
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[08:55:15] <witdraak> kk will try it out
[08:57:18] <witdraak> sorry for that spam was not sure how otherwise to add it but will use pastebin next time
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[09:00:26] <Jymmm> witdraak: use http://codepad.org for pasting anything more than two lines
[09:02:36] <Jymmm> alex_joni: Damn dude, whatcha good for then? lol
[09:03:16] <Jymmm> brb
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[09:04:54] <alex_joni> Jymmm: no idea
[09:05:01] <Jymmm> lol
[09:05:42] <Jymmm> alex_joni: Oh, you should check out WD TV Live sometime, not too shabby and hackable too
[09:05:53] <Jymmm> alex_joni: Will play ISO's too
[09:07:12] <alex_joni> WD TV live?
[09:07:57] <Jymmm> alex_joni: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/homeentertainment/mediaplayers/
[09:07:59] <alex_joni> witdraak: that looks like there's a problem with running Gtk/GDK
[09:08:46] <alex_joni> Jymmm: my TV plays those things by itself
[09:08:57] <alex_joni> and what it doesn't I can stream from my phone :)
[09:09:14] <Jymmm> k
[09:09:26] <witdraak> so how would i get to fixing it?
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[09:09:43] <Jymmm> alex_joni: I didn't know you had a 1+TB Storage on your phone.
[09:10:00] <psha[work]> witdraak: how you've upgraded linuxcnc?
[09:10:09] <psha[work]> via packages or with local build from git?
[09:10:11] <alex_joni> Jymmm: nope, but I do on my NAS
[09:10:23] <Jymmm> alex_joni: ah
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[09:15:46] <witdraak> i used the guide in the link: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UpdatingTo2.5
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[09:31:45] <alex_joni> witdraak: and in 2.4 it worked?
[09:32:25] <witdraak> no went to 2.5 coz someone told me that the demo files are there...
[09:33:24] <witdraak> should propably DL and install linuxcnc to fix it?
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[09:47:21] <witdraak> can't seem to get mine working
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[09:57:49] <witdraak> can't seem to get mine working
[10:02:21] <archivist> reading any error, understanding it, getting anything missing.....we cannot help with "can't seem to get mine working" there is nothing to go on
[10:03:09] <witdraak> readerror top or http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/component/kunena/?func=view&catid=48&id=19298#19298
[10:09:47] <witdraak> added error on pastebin aswel http://pastebin.com/HBkAkbDX
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[10:19:47] <psha[work]> witdraak: custom_postgui.hal:9: Pin 'pyvcp.spindle-speed' does not exist
[10:24:00] <witdraak> took them out still have the problem...can i use both pyvcp and glade vcp?
[10:25:31] <archivist> are you duplicating pins where you should not
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[10:29:05] <witdraak> kk i have taken out all my pyvcp out and getting an error still
[10:29:07] <witdraak> http://pastebin.com/iXYbkF1Z
[10:31:36] <archivist> read each error and fix as required
[10:38:22] <alex_joni> witdraak: it would be best if you start with a sample config, and see if that works
[10:38:34] <alex_joni> only afterwards you are allowed to break it (and fix it ;)
[10:41:52] <witdraak> the sample does not word....
[10:43:00] <witdraak> work**
[10:48:11] <witdraak> where do i read the problems?
[10:50:25] <witdraak> coz when i run the sample. it gives me this error http://pastebin.com/JpHvM0iL
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[10:53:39] <psha[work]> witdraak: somewhere in the middle
[10:58:51] <alex_joni> [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/cnc/emc2/nc_files'
[10:59:11] <alex_joni> witdraak: that is a bug that got stuck (it still looks for emc2 instead of linuxcnc)
[10:59:33] <alex_joni> just create a symlink /home/cnc/emc2->/home/cnc/linuxcnc
[11:00:29] <witdraak> err kinda took the emc2 folder out after moving the stuff over to linuxcnc....
[11:01:26] <witdraak> damn gues i propably need to get the latest DL and try from there again
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[11:37:04] <witdraak> but were do i create that simlink perchance?
[11:48:12] <witdraak> may have another problem... in my /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/ i cannot find hal or _hal
[11:49:50] <witdraak> so there is no _hal.so or hal.py
[11:50:03] <witdraak> how can i fix that?
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[12:03:21] <joe9> i like programming in metric. So, can I have the config set in inches but use G21 to do my programming in metric?
[12:03:46] <joe9> just wanted to check if there is any difference in doing so vs just setting up the config in mm.
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[12:11:51] <ReadError> joe9: isnt there a way to automagically convert eagle into a toolpath where it makes the code for you?
[12:12:22] <joe9> i use geda pcb. i haven't checked that portion of converting to gcode yet.
[12:12:40] <joe9> if I give g21, then all the units that follow can be in metric, correct/
[12:12:46] <joe9> s,/,?,
[12:13:00] * archivist would try it :)
[12:13:45] <ReadError> joe9: got any vids of it movin around and such?
[12:14:13] <ReadError> wish a2z would ship!
[12:15:02] <ReadError> also
[12:15:08] <ReadError> what pcb bits ya usin?
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[13:02:10] <alex_joni> ReadError: there are various plugins for eagle to export g-code
[13:03:16] <ReadError> yea i figured
[13:03:24] <ReadError> i need some endmills though
[13:03:31] <ReadError> one to engrave and one to drill
[13:03:34] <ReadError> any decent sets?
[13:04:13] <Jymmm> ReadError: What, the links I gave over the last few weeks when you asked didn't work for you?
[13:04:25] <ReadError> dont think that was me sir
[13:04:45] <ReadError> i only been here about a week or 2 ;)
[13:04:59] <ReadError> but ide like to get some ordered this mornin
[13:05:03] <ReadError> preferable inside the usa
[13:05:07] <ReadError> checked amazon, no gusta
[13:06:02] <alex_joni> I think jepler had one for eagle to gcode
[13:06:43] <Jymmm> ReadError: here http://www.precisebits.com/applications/pcbtools.htm and http://www.thinktink.com/stack/volumes/voli/store/mechmill.htm
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[13:09:50] <Jymmm> ReadError: Did you see the links that time?
[13:09:59] <ReadError> yessir
[13:10:00] <ReadError> checking now
[13:10:02] <Jymmm> k
[13:17:36] <alex_joni> 501 Read Error
[13:18:08] <ReadError> 302 alex_joni
[13:18:20] <Jymmm> 404
[13:21:22] <alex_joni> ReadError: I doubt my error is part of w3c standards
[13:21:31] <alex_joni> s/error/name/
[13:22:21] <Jymmm> alex_joni: especially since it's an RFC not w3c =)
[13:30:43] <ReadError> https://www.pandaexpresssocialmedia.com/media/2012_px_sas_freeday.jpg?fbtab
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[14:05:51] <Loetmichel> mornin'
[14:08:41] <joe9> any suggestions on how to set the default configuration to load when axis starts up.
[14:08:50] <joe9> It seems to be storing the last picked entry somewhere.
[14:09:11] <joe9> anyone knows where that configuration entry is stored?
[14:09:48] <jthornton> how are you running axis
[14:10:03] <ReadError> hey joe9
[14:10:04] <joe9> got it, it seems to be ~/.linuxcncrc.
[14:10:10] <ReadError> you mind sharin your configs sometime?
[14:10:12] <joe9> jthornton: using linuxcnc
[14:10:18] <ReadError> i want to have some kind of basis to start with
[14:10:23] <ReadError> since our machines will be very similar
[14:10:42] <joe9> ReadError: custom.hal: http://codepad.org/uuxwTn5U
[14:10:48] <jthornton> just create a desktop shortcut and say linuxcnc /directory to your config
[14:11:07] <joe9> ReadError: joe-taig.hal http://codepad.org/zGng9sMb
[14:11:14] <ReadError> ty sir
[14:11:19] * ReadError curls em
[14:11:23] <joe9> ReadError: joe-taig.ini http://codepad.org/SeGu0vPq
[14:11:27] <ReadError> well actually ill need to copy past
[14:11:32] <ReadError> paste* derp
[14:11:41] * ReadError facepalms
[14:11:44] <ReadError> need more coffee
[14:11:54] <joe9> jthornton: thanks for that idea.
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[14:14:16] <joe9> jthornton: that worked like a charm. thanks.
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[14:18:28] <joe9> is there any configuration setting to change the AXIS display to mm from inches. I can select it from the menu or with the shortcut "!".
[14:19:14] <joe9> wondering if I can set it in some configuration file so I do not have to worry/bother changing it on every startup of linuxcnc.
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[14:29:07] <Jymmm> joe9: are you set for inches or mm ?
[14:29:21] <Jymmm> in your ini file
[14:29:46] <joe9> jymm: inches in my .ini file.
[14:30:04] <joe9> and, I want to change to mm in the display
[14:30:20] <Jymmm> hmmm, *I* don't know then, maybe check the GUI section
[14:30:33] <Jymmm> axis, tk, etc
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[14:33:38] <Jymmm> joe9: http://linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/config/ini_config.html#_axis_lt_num_gt_section_a_id_sub_axis_section_a
[14:35:32] <joe9> Jymmm: there does not seem to be anything there to just change the display units. I do not want to change units in the config .ini file.
[14:35:54] <Jymmm> joe9: is it inch in the ini?
[14:36:03] <joe9> yes, inches in the .ini file
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[14:36:14] <Jymmm> are you sure?
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[14:36:18] <joe9> yes.
[14:36:29] <joe9> and, it shows as inches in the axis gui.
[14:36:30] <Jymmm> then im out of ideas
[14:36:41] <joe9> i can change it using the menu item to display in mm.
[14:36:49] <archivist> if you wanted mm why did you set inches....
[14:37:00] <joe9> but, am wondering if I can do that in some startup configuration file.
[14:37:35] <joe9> archivist: because all the machine parameters (travel, tpi, etc) are in inches.
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[14:37:55] <joe9> and, it was confusing to convert those parameters to mm.
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[14:48:15] <joe9> linuxcnc is pretty cool. the more I use it, the more I like it.
[14:49:03] <cradek> AXIS saves some display preferences to ~/.axis_preferences, maybe it oughta save the displayed units too
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[14:51:55] <cradek> joe9: put vars.metric.set(1) in ~/.axisrc
[14:52:27] <joe9> cradek: thanks. will do.
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[15:45:19] <alex4nder> sup
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[16:11:16] <jthornton> inches times 25.4 is confusing?
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[16:15:11] <tom3p> there was some talk of home switch debounce times earlier today. is that in some custom hal file?
[16:16:04] <jdhnc> you can put it in your custom.hal
[16:16:05] <jthornton> debounce is a hal component
[16:16:34] <jthornton> http://linuxcnc.org/docview/html/man/man9/debounce.9.html
[16:16:56] <jthornton> or any hal file if your done with stepconf or pncconf
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[16:18:55] <tom3p> yep, thx, the discussion was about homing failures, due to swx bounce during homing.
[16:20:14] <jdhnc> http://www.artichoke.org/debounce.jpg
[16:20:17] <jdhnc> that was my Z
[16:23:34] <tom3p> jdhnc, very nice, i was moving to hdwr debounce, this looks easy
[16:23:43] <tom3p> thx
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[16:43:00] <Connor1> anyone use a C6 Speed control with EMC ? I'm having issues with it..
[16:44:12] <frankyou> Hoping someone could help, not sricktly linux cnc but cnc!! Should I be reading a voltage (about 6-8v) across the input pins on my breakout board?
[16:44:21] <frankyou> with them not connected and not selected...
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[17:10:37] <IchGuckLive> hi all
[17:10:55] <IchGuckLive> last flight for the shuttle today to DC into the museum
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[17:12:07] <IchGuckLive> live http://www.ustream.tv/channel-popup/nasa-hd-tv
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[17:37:10] <ThadiusB> its funny to look at computers now and then, and realize how much they've changed, but to see that fundamentally the shuttles arent that different, basic design that is
[17:37:22] <ThadiusB> i'm sure the electronics and whatnot are a different story
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[17:46:12] <IchGuckLive> ThadiusB: its clean now nothing inside all stroed for futher missions only 70tons left after brek of normal 120tons
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[17:49:38] <Connor> Okay, so, one more time, Does anyone know anything about using a C6 Speed controller with EMC? I've found a few references about it, but, nothing explains what's happening in my case.
[17:52:24] <IchGuckLive> Connor: what does the speed controler put out for control
[17:52:40] <archivist> ask a better question and someone may be able to help
[17:52:53] <Connor> it takes in a 0-25KHZ sig and outputs a 0-10v output.
[17:52:54] <IchGuckLive> http://www.cnc4pc.com/Store/osc/product_info.php?products_id=58
[17:53:34] <Connor> I have it working.. but.. I swear it's not getting the full range..
[17:53:47] <Connor> I'm not sure that EMC is output the full range of freq to it.
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[17:56:37] <IchGuckLive> Connor: did you modify the hal ?
[17:57:57] <archivist> have you correctly set your analog output voltage on the C6 board
[17:59:29] <Connor> IchGuckLive: Yes. I used the file they have listed.. and I can make the 0-10v change.. but only by a 1 to 1.5v
[18:03:57] <Connor> Be back in a few. Need to go get lunch
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[18:11:20] <IchGuckLive> Connor: setp stepgen.4.steplen 3 !!! not 1 try this
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[18:14:21] <ThadiusB> for those of you who own or have interest in the Probotix Fireball kits, found ##fireballcnc channel.
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[18:18:41] * flyback- gooes to sleep off his sleeping pill he accidentely took instead of his thyroid med, bbl
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[18:39:17] <andypugh> I wonder what this is for? It appears to be a boring head with two degrees of freedom.. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wohlhuaupter-boring-head?item=170825909382
[18:40:51] <cradek> wow, no idea
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[18:46:01] <thinpete> Clearly you need this for your boring head collection...
[18:46:55] <awallin> that company has boring videos over here http://www.wohlhaupterus.com/videogall/index.htm
[18:51:05] <Jymmm> boring boring videos?
[18:51:59] <Jymmm> lets see a grammar/spell checker ignore that =)
[18:54:01] <Jymmm> thinpete: Have you used 7I43 via usb under linuxcnc by chance? Maybe not realtime, but...
[18:54:45] <thinpete> Arais robotics has
[18:55:33] <Jymmm> thinpete: Arais is a person? company? thing?
[18:55:44] <thinpete> company
[18:55:57] <mrsun> stone ?
[18:56:10] <Jymmm> thinpete: any issues or drawbacks?
[18:57:08] <thinpete> USB is not terribly suited for industrial use even ignoring the real time aspects (IMHO)
[18:57:10] <archivist> andypugh, I wonder if that head has auto incrementing
[18:57:28] <Jymmm> thinpete: it doens't have a flash does it?
[18:57:48] <thinpete> Jymmm: Yes
[18:58:25] <Jymmm> thinpete: Oh, so I can just program it via usb, then make it a stand alone PLC via classicladder?
[18:59:03] <thinpete> No classic ladder runs under LinuxCNC
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[18:59:16] <Jymmm> bummer
[18:59:32] <thinpete> if you want a PLC buy a PLC...
[18:59:44] <Jymmm> heh
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[19:00:29] <thinpete> should have said _standalone_ PLC
[19:00:54] <Connor> okay, back from lunch.
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[19:01:07] <thinpete> I'm enjoying the boring videos...
[19:01:18] <archivist> I got bored
[19:01:30] <thinpete> Ouch
[19:01:44] <Connor> okay, so, was talking with someone about the C6 speed controller working on EMC
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[19:06:05] <archivist> andypugh, it may be for work on a cam auto so you can fiddle it without adjusting the cams
[19:07:48] <archivist> having a cam auto in the garage I was working out the extra adjustments on it earlier today
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[19:27:38] <andypugh> archivist: Ah, yes, possibly. Or maybe the vertical stroke powers the feed, as you suggested earlier.
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[19:34:57] <fliebel> Where is the linuxcnc arc algo defined? Does it use line segments, midpoint circle, or something else?
[19:36:52] <alex4nder> fliebel: I think it's in interp_arc.cc
[19:38:26] * JT-Shop can't wait for the video of Andy driving his Ner-A-Car motorcycle...
[19:38:31] <fliebel> alex4nder: thanks, path?
[19:39:09] <alex4nder> wut?
[19:39:17] <fliebel> I'm browsing thought the source tree, btu I can;t see that file.
[19:39:41] <alex4nder> src/emc/rs274ngc/interp_arc.cc
[19:40:42] <fliebel> yay!
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[19:48:21] <archivist> andypugh, or on an old paper tape cnc, the operator can get his parts in spec /grind the tool without re punching with new offsets
[19:49:46] <gambakufu> is a dial indicator the best method of calibrating a CNC machine?
[19:50:00] <alex4nder> gambakufu: calibrating what?
[19:50:23] <gambakufu> well, making sure the axes move as much as you tell them.
[19:50:55] <archivist> gambakufu, exceedingly useful for testing the cnc and a bazilion other jobs
[19:51:20] <alex4nder> I've made good friends with my DTI
[19:51:38] <archivist> DTI singular !
[19:51:56] <gambakufu> planning on buying one. any advice? not looking to spend too much... I own a zen toolworks CNC, for reference :)
[19:52:17] <gambakufu> (reference to how much of a pro/willing to spend)
[19:52:19] <alex4nder> archivist: I started small.
[19:52:21] <jdhnc> buy an almost cheap one then buy a better one if you need to.
[19:52:32] <jdhnc> or buy an expensive one.
[19:52:33] <alex4nder> yah, your zentoolworks isn't pushing the envelope.
[19:52:53] <alex4nder> you could get away with almost anything
[19:53:02] <archivist> my cheap is a good second hand one
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[19:53:15] <alex4nder> gambakufu: http://longislandindicator.com/ <- read that
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[19:55:04] <JT-Shop> quote of the day "dont go blind, try the manual: www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.5/html/gui/gladevcp.html"
[19:57:26] <alex_joni> heh
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[20:02:05] <PCW> I thought you went blind going manual
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[20:12:12] <JT-Shop> lol
[20:14:55] <asdfasd> how to load G code directly from the network?
[20:15:07] <asdfasd> I feel Im blind too :)
[20:16:55] <archivist> mount the resource first
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[20:17:38] <asdfasd> is it remain mounted after restart?
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[20:19:20] <archivist> depends... as they say
[20:19:50] <archivist> by default usually no
[20:20:10] <jthornton> asdfasd, I just copy to the local directory all my g code files
[20:20:40] <asdfasd> some time I need to load them from local network
[20:20:57] <asdfasd> it looks like linux will hate me forever....
[20:21:13] <PCW> Seems like you would want the best possible file system reliability = local
[20:23:02] <JT-Shop> asdfasd: just copy them from the network to the local computer
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[20:23:23] <asdfasd> anyway, I will try to find some info about mounting
[20:23:28] <JT-Shop> if your permissions are set up correctly it is painless otherwise it is a royal PIA
[20:24:04] <JT-Shop> when you click on Network does the other computer show up?
[20:24:17] <asdfasd> yes it shows up
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[20:24:29] <asdfasd> and I copied the G codes which I use often
[20:24:45] <andypugh> I use G1 an awful lot :-)
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[20:25:22] <asdfasd> but some time I need to make quickly several G codes, and copying each one again and again is waste of time if I can load directly from network
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[20:26:04] <archivist> make/edit on the working box, no transfer needed then
[20:26:15] <ctjctj> I'm starting the process of adding a gladevcp process. I'm reading and following ../2.5/html/gui/gladevcp.html. When I get to the part where it says to scroll down to "HAL Python" and "EMC Actions" these do not exist. How do I get these actions and UI items added to glade?
[20:26:23] <asdfasd> I make them with cam software on another PC
[20:26:48] <DJ9DJ> gn8
[20:27:21] <ctjctj> archivist: have you looked at linuxcncrsh?
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[20:27:44] <archivist> no
[20:28:07] <ctjctj> asdfasd: That might have been meant for you. I'm easily confused today.
[20:29:32] <ctjctj> I've not tested linuxcncrsh but it says "text-mode interface for commanding linuxcnc over the network" This means that you can tell linuxcnc to load a file from somewhere else. Using standard file sharing methods you can have a shared folder on your PC. Do your CAD/CAM there and the files are just there on your controller.
[20:29:58] <asdfasd> ctjctj: no worries
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[20:30:50] <asdfasd> I never tried that interface
[20:30:59] <asdfasd> but that is a good idea
[20:31:08] <andypugh> asdfasd: Navigating to a remote-mounted folder from inside LinusCNC is non-trivial.
[20:31:28] <andypugh> Or, at least, not as easy as you might hope
[20:32:29] <asdfasd> ok I will leave it for now, thanks for your help
[20:32:48] <andypugh> If you open a remote location in the GUI, then the path to get to it from the LinuxCNC file selection dialog is unobvious
[20:32:49] <ctjctj> andypugh: Depends on NFS or samba but both are pretty easy to set up.
[20:33:01] <andypugh> Hang about, I am looking for where they end up,,
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[20:33:22] <ctjctj> on /media? Not sure.
[20:33:39] <andypugh> no, /media would be too obvious :-)
[20:34:51] <ctjctj> /home/username/.gvfs/....
[20:34:57] <andypugh> OK, so I opened Places->Network->Windows Network
[20:35:18] <andypugh> Ah yes, .gvfs, that's it (a hidden directory for extra fun)
[20:35:29] <ctjctj> open up a terminal window
[20:35:45] <ctjctj> cd ~/emc2 (~/linuxcnc)
[20:36:04] <ctjctj> cd nc_files
[20:36:15] <ctjctj> ln -s ~/.gvfs Shared
[20:36:18] <andypugh> You can get there from the LinuxCNC file browser, that's my point. You need to go up a couple of levels and select the "show hidden files" checkbox, then look in .gvfs.
[20:37:03] <ctjctj> I have a "ln -s /media/Transfer Transfer" in my nc_files for my USB stick which is named "Transfer"
[20:37:06] <andypugh> But yes, making a persistent link in nc_files seems like a good idea
[20:37:43] <ctjctj> Because I program tcl/tk but hate it. Only computer language I speak where I *have* to have the manuals in front of me.
[20:38:14] <ctjctj> Having a couple of symlinks there makes a world of difference in how easy it is to find files from around your system.
[20:38:33] <Thetawaves> linuxcnc works flawlessly with nfs
[20:38:46] <Thetawaves> no difference in jitter or anything
[20:38:56] <andypugh> I am sharing a folder on my Mac desktop.
[20:39:07] <asdfasd> .gvfs is empy, what should be there?
[20:39:11] <ctjctj> Even cooler is the fact that if the USB stick is plugged in then the symlink is bad and it doesn't even show up in the list of directories
[20:39:23] <ctjctj> asdfasd: it will be empty until you use "places" to mount the share.
[20:39:48] <andypugh> asdfasd: You need to open the location from Places->Network forst
[20:39:57] <andypugh> (first)
[20:40:33] <ctjctj> Thetawaves: *grins* But setting up nfs is so much harder for most people. And yes, loading files from a network share (NFS, SFTP, WEB) makes no change because linuxcnc loads the entire file and does not touch the file again until you reload or save.
[20:41:32] <ctjctj> but my question remains: How do I get the LinuxCNC components to show up in glade?
[20:41:50] <Thetawaves> setting up NFS was configuring two files that i mostly got from the internet.
[20:41:52] <Thetawaves> so hard.
[20:42:56] <asdfasd> oh yes, once mounted is shown in .gvfs
[20:43:07] <asdfasd> how to make it mount permanently
[20:43:09] <ctjctj> Thetawaves: *nods* sudo mkdir /media/share; sudo vi /etc/fstab; (host:/filesystem /meda/share nfs soft 0
[20:43:50] <ctjctj> Thetawaves: learned that back on SunOS 4.3... Way to long ago (around 1982)
[20:44:05] <Thetawaves> hah
[20:44:20] <Thetawaves> i wanted to run solaris for a time
[20:44:33] <Thetawaves> apparently it has the most solid implementation of nfs4
[20:44:42] <ctjctj> Thetawaves: OpenIndiana is what you want today.
[20:44:45] <Thetawaves> ...not that i've had a single problem with it...
[20:46:15] <andypugh> ctjctj: I confess I have never managed to figure out how to get the GladeVCP LinuxCNC widgets, but then I have not tried too hard.
[20:46:31] <andypugh> Let me see what happens with a brand-new liveCD install on a VM
[20:49:04] <ctjctj> I keep finding myself going in circles. I'm getting ready to cut wood with the output from my cam program but I need to make a fixture and therefore I need to be able to do a rotate as well as an offset which means I want to write a glade interface to make that easy ...
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[20:50:44] <andypugh> You don't really need Glade for that, I don't think.
[20:51:03] <andypugh> You can rotate in the MDI with G10 L10 Rnn IIRC
[20:51:36] <ctjctj> Right. But I want to do two touch offs manually to get two points then calculate the actual rotation.
[20:52:01] <andypugh> Ah, right.
[20:52:24] <andypugh> affine transformation matrix ftw
[20:52:25] <ctjctj> so jog to position. push button. Jog to other postion. push button. G10 L10 Rcalculated_value
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[20:53:01] <ctjctj> In 3D no less. (Having just been very upset bout Java's AffineTransformations...)
[20:53:56] <djdelorie> better if you could jog to 4 3-D positions and have it calculate the whole 3D rotation for you... ;-)
[20:54:03] <JT-Shop> whew... one more hole to drill in the understraps and they are done
[20:54:41] <ctjctj> djdelorie: How often is that needed?
[20:54:50] <djdelorie> depends on how flat your table is
[20:55:08] <ctjctj> and you only need three points for a plane so you only have to touch off three times.
[20:55:58] <djdelorie> typically, you'd only need two points, assuming your table is flat to Z and you're only concerned about rotation
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[20:56:35] <ctjctj> djdelorie: my jgro is flat but the damn Z axis is tillted about 5 mils
[20:56:40] <djdelorie> the fourth point tells the difference between a tilted table and a tilted Z axis, or something like that. Non-orthogonal tool motion.
[20:57:00] <ctjctj> ah, good point
[20:57:09] <djdelorie> four points also corrects for a canted Y axis
[20:57:22] <djdelorie> (well, three does if the table is flat etc)
[20:57:58] <andypugh> if you have a non-flat surface then mhaberler came up with a kinematics module to compensate for any warped surface defined by an STL file (which is just an array of points linked into triangles). So, probe the surface, build the STL, load that into the kinematics module and the Z will automatically track the surface. Clever stuff.
[20:58:06] <djdelorie> or, if you're using the cnc machine on a pre-constructed item, like pick-n-place machines, it corrects for a bad tool that made the item previously ;-)
[20:58:34] <djdelorie> andypugh: that might be needed for accurate pcb milling
[20:59:00] <andypugh> I think that was the initial application, but it could also be used to engrave text on complex shapes.
[20:59:08] <andypugh> (for example)
[20:59:25] <djdelorie> although it's probably still better to mill a vacuum holddown flat first ;-)
[20:59:27] <ctjctj> but does it fix the issue of the tool being correctly tangental?
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[20:59:32] <djdelorie> or at least easier
[21:00:22] <djdelorie> hmmm... if you have a tilted tool, it's as if you had a four axis machine, right? Then you'd need five points...
[21:00:44] <ctjctj> andypugh: the VM says my issue with glade is 12.04 and 2.6. 10.04 with 2.5 glade does exactly right.
[21:01:09] <mhaberler> which issue with gladevcp?
[21:01:29] <ctjctj> mhaberler: Not gladevcp. glade. I'm writing a gladevcp panal.
[21:01:44] <mhaberler> and what's the issue?
[21:02:31] <ctjctj> Under ubuntu 12.04 with linuxcnc 2.6 installed from buildbot when I run glade the EMC Actions and HAL Python does not show up in glade.
[21:04:43] <JT-Shop> http://imagebin.org/208536
[21:05:45] <mhaberler> I think there is some environment variable to point glade to a directory to look for widgets; it's been a long time, sorry
[21:06:04] <ctjctj> mhaberler: thanks for the pointer.
[21:06:24] <ctjctj> My guess is that I have to find my glade configuration file(s) and delete them. Last used glade about 8 years ago.
[21:06:50] <JT-Shop> main irons done YIPPIE http://imagebin.org/208538
[21:09:10] <joe9> ssi, ReadError: I like the bits here http://www.thinktink.com/products/Mechanical_Etching_Bits.asp . but, they have a $50 minimum order. wondering if you would be interested in splitting the order?
[21:09:47] <PCW> JT-Shop: wow that looks really nice!
[21:10:25] <ReadError> joe9 yea we can do that
[21:10:26] <JT-Shop> thanks Peter, I can't wait to fire it... only the elevator left and it will be done enough to fire
[21:10:32] <ReadError> trying to figure out what all i need still
[21:10:37] <ReadError> so many different sizes
[21:10:44] <djdelorie> do not fire it in the elevator ;-)
[21:10:52] <ReadError> how long it take you to assemble the taig?
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[21:14:19] <joe9> ReadError: mine, it took more than a week. but, I have been going slow.
[21:14:32] <joe9> alex4nder: said that it took him 4 hours or so.
[21:20:06] <ReadError> woh
[21:20:14] <ReadError> what took so long?
[21:20:24] <ReadError> did you strip it apart and clean everything or something?
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[21:29:50] <JT-Shop> PCW: here is one from the other day fitting the barrel on http://imagebin.org/208541
[21:30:43] <JT-Shop> I promise Mommy, I'll clean my room as soon as I'm done with my chemistry set experiment...
[21:35:56] <Jymmm> JT-Shop: liar
[21:36:03] <andypugh> Did you shrink the tyres on in the traditional way?
[21:37:08] <Jymmm> andypugh: shrink?
[21:37:14] <andypugh> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMmrXwFBiFo
[21:38:23] <Jymmm> andypugh: Ah, I was thinking they shoved the wood inicy river or something
[21:38:26] <Jymmm> icy
[21:39:23] <Jymmm> andypugh: Heh, first thought it said "Rocky and Bullwinkle" =)
[21:41:14] <andypugh> OK, night all.
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[21:42:18] <Jymmm> JT-Shop: did you make the wood parts too?
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[21:52:50] <JT-Shop> I cheated on the cannon wheels and purchased them and they don't appear to be shrunk on
[21:53:06] <JT-Shop> yes, I made every part except the barrel and the wheels
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[21:54:07] <JT-Shop> Jymmm: in the old days they would heat up the tire (the iron ring) and put is over the wheel then cool it off with water and it would shrink to fit the wheel
[21:54:18] <JT-Shop> put it over
[21:54:38] <Jymmm> JT-Shop: Yeah, that's what andy's video showed.
[21:54:40] <ctjctj> the issue today is that it is hard to find a forge that large.
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[21:55:02] <Jymmm> I'm sure JT-Shop can make one any size he wanted =)
[21:55:17] <JT-Shop> yea, you do that barefoot
[21:55:24] <Jymmm> or you could jusd a ring of coal
[21:55:47] <Jymmm> a fire ring if you will =)
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[21:55:54] <JT-Shop> you would be suprised how big a large ring of steel will grow when you warm it up
[21:55:59] <ctjctj> Jymmm: The issue is getting enough O2 into the coal to get the metal red hot so that it expands
[21:56:08] <Loetmichel> sooo, got fan and first of four Switch/indicator/plugpanels mounted... the co-worker for whom i make this CNC could NEVER pay me the work ivested in this beast, if he WOULD pay me anything ;-) -> http://www.cyrom.org/palbum/main.php?g2_itemId=13098
[21:56:10] <Jymmm> ctjctj: leaf blowers
[21:56:10] <ctjctj> If I remember correctly they normally went red.
[21:56:29] <Jymmm> JT-Shop: did you wake the wood components?
[21:56:32] <Jymmm> make
[21:56:41] <JT-Shop> we used to fit bull gears on mud pumps by heating them up and then slipping them over the hub kinda fast they were about 6' in diameter and about 1' wide
[21:56:49] <ctjctj> Jymmm: Hmmm, I can just see the fire marshal now... "And you were using a leaf blower to blow these coals all over ..."
[21:56:59] <JT-Shop> Jymmm: yes I made everything but the wheels and the barrel
[21:57:10] <Jymmm> JT-Shop: cool, nice job!
[21:57:16] <JT-Shop> thanks
[21:57:23] <Jymmm> cjdavis: Nah, you use a wind break is all
[21:57:40] <ctjctj> JT-Shop: so are you going to make your own BP?
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[22:01:00] <JT-Shop> BP?
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[22:06:30] <ctjctj> black powder
[22:06:57] <Loetmichel> another Photo in detail... that will be "fun" to wire to the sensors and supplies... http://www.cyrom.org/palbum/main.php?g2_itemId=13101
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[22:44:41] <skunkworks__> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/134581
[22:55:30] <Loetmichel> skunkworks__: its like a friend said once: "even a company like microsoft with all its Programmers cant continually compete with a open systen, whre thousands of people write code "just for the fun of it"
[23:00:15] <ctjctj> skunkworks__: At one time I worked in a production coding house. We were considered "very fast coders" by the definition of lines of code (not counting comments) produced per day. That number was around 15 lines of code per day per person. Today a single person can produce much more. But there is still a hard limit on just how much code a single person can produce per time period.
[23:00:50] <ctjctj> Open source does a great job of collecting 1000s of small pieces of code and putting them together in ways that no closed shop will ever be able to duplicate.
[23:01:37] <Tom_itx> how do they maintain a sense of direction?
[23:02:11] <ctjctj> Tom_itx: They don't have to have a "Sense of direction". Each person is working on what is important to them.
[23:02:42] <ctjctj> If you want LinuxCNC to be able to "hop" the machine then you can start addition yourself. You can take as long as you want to get there.
[23:02:44] <skunkworks__> that is what happens with linuxcnc (from my observations from the last 5 years or so)
[23:02:49] <Tom_itx> it still has to come back together as a 'package'
[23:03:02] <ctjctj> And when you get there you can ask for it to be added to the package.
[23:03:12] <ctjctj> If people agree it is a good addition, it goes into the package
[23:03:49] <ctjctj> If you look around you'll find dozens of small and large additions/improvements/fixes where one person worked to fix the problem. Some spending vast amounts of time, others hardly any.
[23:04:12] <ctjctj> That code gets back to the package maintainer(s) who make sure it is a good addition and doesn't break anything.
[23:05:21] <ctjctj> Tom_itx: Right now I'm working on a gladevcp panel/tab that will allow me to do manual and later automated multi point probe/touch offs in order to create an affinetransformation for registering a fixture on my table to the x/y axis.
[23:05:33] <skunkworks__> all I can say is that mach4 has been built up so much at this point that I don't know if it can come close to peoples expectations.
[23:05:57] <ctjctj> You might not give a c___ about it. You might never use it. But I'll give it to the project and if they wish to include it or put it somewhere where you and others can get it great.
[23:06:10] <ctjctj> If you don't want that functionality you don't use it.
[23:06:45] <Loetmichel> ctjctj: as in "where the hell is my workpiece?"
[23:07:31] <ctjctj> Loetmichel: as in where in the hell is my work piece and how is it rotated?
[23:07:48] <Loetmichel> ctjctj: i see
[23:08:32] <ctjctj> I've got a few dozen pieces to make that require working on both sides. So I'm going to cut the blanks to size. That requires only touch offs. Then I'm going to cut a fixture to hold those pieces.
[23:08:51] <ctjctj> The first time through that fixture will be perfectly alligned because it will be cut by the machine.
[23:09:19] <ctjctj> At that point I can drop the pieces into the fixture, clamp, route. Unclamp, flip and rotate and route some more.
[23:09:25] <Loetmichel> ctjctj: if you get that running for 5 axis i will applaude loud
[23:10:00] <ctjctj> As long as I don't crash my machine all is good. (but I do crash my machine from time to time)
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[23:10:20] <ctjctj> Loetmichel: It turns into a 3 or 4 point touch off but it can still be done.
[23:10:35] <Loetmichel> i just make temporary fixtures OR make some holes for centering pins in my sacrificial table
[23:10:54] <Loetmichel> hrhr
[23:10:59] <Loetmichel> i crash often
[23:11:08] <skunkworks__> couldn't that all be done with owords?
[23:11:19] <skunkworks__> and g10....rx.xxx
[23:11:20] <ctjctj> *nods* Ok. You've got one centering pin. but did you get that fixture rotated correctly?
[23:11:52] <Loetmichel> but because my stappers have only 1A/phase nothimg more than a broken mill bit
[23:11:55] <Loetmichel> steppers
[23:12:04] <Loetmichel> ctjctj: no, more than one pin
[23:12:09] <Loetmichel> like three
[23:12:18] <Loetmichel> and corresponding holes in the Fixture
[23:12:30] <Loetmichel> or i make the fixture just for one job
[23:12:40] <ctjctj> skunkworks__: The goal is to have a panel which has buttons for touching off (or probing). We read the abs values of two and from that the arc tangent gives us the angle which we feed to G10
[23:12:52] <Loetmichel> like here: http://www.cyrom.org/palbum/main.php?g2_itemId=12578&g2_imageViewsIndex=1
[23:12:58] <skunkworks__> neat!
[23:13:03] <Loetmichel> http://www.cyrom.org/palbum/main.php?g2_itemId=12581
[23:14:03] <ctjctj> Loetmichel: *nods* Yep. But I'm working on an elcheapo home grown jgro cnc router. I'm lucky I can get 0,0 to be close from run to run. *GRIN*
[23:14:15] <Loetmichel> harhar
[23:14:25] <Loetmichel> my machine is homegrown
[23:14:57] <Loetmichel> and the el cheapo (50ct) ref switches are repeating below 2 steps
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[23:15:14] <Loetmichel> that is enoigh accuracy for my taste;-)
[23:16:02] <ctjctj> I think that I need to think about your centering pins. If I put a couple of them in the table then the rotation of the fixture will be fixed only have to recalibrate the router between runs.
[23:16:37] <ctjctj> Loetmichel: Got to get a solder sucker and replace the stupid choice I made on the HobbyCNC chopper driver connector 4 years ago. Then I can have switches and probes.
[23:17:08] <ctjctj> Never thought I'd want those home and limit switches as much as it turns out that I do.
[23:17:21] <Loetmichel> hrhr
[23:17:32] <Loetmichel> i am building a machine for a friend at the moment
[23:17:45] <Loetmichel> from scraps laying around
[23:18:09] <Loetmichel> just have finished the first of four Connector/indicator plates
[23:18:21] <Loetmichel> (two on the front side, two on the back)
[23:18:36] <ctjctj> Sounds like fun. I'm just trying to get enough code running to be able to cut my 2nd machine. 2nd machine has to be stiffer and a bit larger. Must take 26x49 sheets
[23:18:43] <Loetmichel> http://www.cyrom.org/palbum/main.php?g2_itemId=13098
[23:18:47] <Loetmichel> http://www.cyrom.org/palbum/main.php?g2_itemId=13101
[23:19:13] <Loetmichel> y axis ias running and i am getting close to mount the drivers, CPU and PSU inside the chassis
[23:20:08] <Loetmichel> http://www.cyrom.org/palbum/main.php?g2_itemId=13092 <- cpu i "organized" in my company...
[23:20:53] <Loetmichel> Industrial Compiter with P4, 2gb ram, 80GB disk, one sack of IOports ;-)
[23:21:16] <Loetmichel> its the only one that will fit in the base of the router
[23:21:37] <ctjctj> *laughs* I managed to fry one of the driver chips and my parallel port on my second day of cutting. Went to local computer store and asked for a PoS garbage computer. Got it for free. Just slapped a hard drive and it ran LinuxCNC
[23:22:05] <Loetmichel> http://www.cyrom.org/palbum/main.php?g2_itemId=13083 <- underside of the router
[23:22:07] <ctjctj> https://plus.google.com/u/0/110631207635469909107/posts/BQi4kd7PbH8
[23:22:49] <ctjctj> You can see where the router clamp is cracked somewhere in the last 4 moves. Just sad. But it cuts.
[23:23:01] <Loetmichel> left where no holes are cut will be the CPU
[23:23:02] <Loetmichel> i want to make that router "self contained"
[23:23:03] <skunkworks__> http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/goal3.jpg
[23:23:11] <Loetmichel> just plug in Power, keyboard, mouse and screnn and go for it
[23:23:20] <ctjctj> https://plus.google.com/u/0/110631207635469909107/posts/G2NVWuzsLaQ
[23:23:32] <ctjctj> Loetmichel: Yours is much prettier. I'll get there someday (soon I hope)
[23:24:43] <Loetmichel> ctjctj: its not mine.
[23:24:59] <ctjctj> Ah. Regardless. Looks nice.
[23:25:11] <Loetmichel> i am just building it from scrap a co-worker gave me "PLeas make something working out of it"
[23:25:12] <Loetmichel> ;-)
[23:25:30] <Loetmichel> and that i will do ;)
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