Re: Linux vs. DOS

> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Tim Goldstein" <timg@...>
>
> Has anyone tried running a lathe using EMC? I have set up a 2 axis
> configuration file on my machine and hope to give it a try this weekend.
>

Got impatient and gave it a try. Here is what I found:

You have to change your g-code to be X Y and not X Z as is normal for
lathes.

Don't set the AXES setting in the [TRAJ] setting to 2. If you do Xemc will
come up with the Z axis numbers in red and you can jog X and Y just fine,
but as soon as you try to gun a g-code program and it hits a linear move you
get an error something like "linear moves can't be made if beyond the
limit". After checking to make sure I was not beyond the soft limits for X &
Y and restarting EMC a few times it dawned on me what is happening. The red
numbers is the same thing you get when you hit a limit switch. Apparently,
EMC thinks you are against the limit switch for the Z axis.

Other than this it seems to work just fine after you reverse the direction
of movement of the X and Y axis in your ini file.

Tim
[Denver, CO]