Re: Threading under EMC

[dave engvall <dengvall-at-elltel.net>]

Chris Stratton wrote:

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> I wasn't going to bother with an index pulse, since I don't think the
> LS7266 (dro.c) code supports it very well. But it could be used as a
> sanity check to see if the encoder is reliable.

Speaking of sanity checks....one does want the spindle going the correct
way.  Also, without the index pulse how do you get the single point to
start the thread in the same place on successive passes?

Dave

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