Re: Life is just a dream

["joe bury" <joebury-at-hotmail.com>]

Dean,
   My son Jason may be close to solving the problem. We are trying to use 
mist on and mist off to control the up and down air cylinder of the Z axis. 
We had to switch from minimill to bridgeport. Now we are experiencing 
problems with coming out of e-stop. None of the conventional cures seem to 
work. We are using a BDI install with a stg8 board. I believe that most of 
my problems in the past have been related to the linkage of the emc program 
and the stg board.
   I'm actually looking forward to the G-code. At least there should be a 
certain amount of predictability.
                                                  Joe

>From: "Dean L. Hedin" <dlh2001-at-comcast.net>
>Reply-To: emc-at-nist.gov
>To: Multiple recipients of list <emc-at-nist.gov>
>Subject: Re: Life is just a dream
>Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 01:44:02 -0400 (EDT)
>
>
>I agree with you to some degree.  But I have to admit, I am impressed
>with how far I've come since October of last year.
>
>I am a programmer by trade.  But you know what?  Setting up/configuing
>EMC was not the hard part.  The hard parts were aspects of the machine 
>itself,
>and learning the subtleties of g-code and optimal tool paths.
>
>With the machine (3 axis router) it was the harnessing & hook up of the
>controller, proper stepper motor sizing,  limit switches etc...
>
>With the g-code it was more of an experience thing.  Learning not to waste
>motion.   Using a larger bit whenever possible, etc..
>
>Where are you at right now Joe?  Maybe we can help you along.
>
>On Tuesday 07 May 2002 05:08 pm, joe bury wrote:
> > List,
> >    Some days I wish I never heard of the emc program. It has been one of
> > the most frustrating events of my life. I know there's a learning curve 
>to
> > most things. But it doesn't apply here. Even when you do the research 
>and
> > put in the time there so many quirks that you can't tell if your coming 
>or
> > going. It keeps you holding on with success  always just around the 
>corner.
> > When nist said they want to expand the use of cnc and to open up the 
>market
> > this is a laugh. Because the program is not user friendly. You need to 
>be a
> > computer programmer to wade thru the code. It tickles me when a newbie
> > comes on board, if only they knew what lies ahead. This said and done I
> > guess I'll start pounding my head against the wall again tomorrow, 
>because
> > I'm not a quitter.
> >                                                    Joe Bury
> >
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