On Sat, 2009-05-02 at 21:28 +0100, Leslie Newell wrote: > I have a lathe set up with a single index signal on the spindle. I > believe that it is possible to do single index threading with emc but > looking on linuxcnc.org I didn't find much info. Has anyone done this? > > I fully understand that a single pulse per rev is not ideal but this is > a large machine and I only need to make small cuts (a M10 x 0.75 thread) > so the speed variation will be minimal. I don't really want to spend any > more time rigging up a proper encoder as this machine will be scrapped > in the near future. > > Les
There might be something here: http://www.linuxcnc.org/irc/irc.freenode.net:6667/emc/2009-03-01.txt -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
