OT Thanks re Re: deskcnc servo kit

Fred,

Thank you for the answers!

Ballendo

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Fred Smith" <imserv@v...>
wrote:

> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "ballendo" <ballendo@y...>
> wrote:
>
> > What does the documentation say about needing the x and y axis

the

> > same resolution for circular interp to work?
> >
> > I asked this recently, and Fred S said it no longer was the case,
>
> It is not the case. The user manual does not specify that the same
> ratios be used and they are not required. We displayed a DeskCNC
> driven Sherline mill at Iron Fever in August that had different

ratio

> direct and belt servo drives on the X and Y axes. Several thousand
> people saw it running a pocketing program with many arcs. Perhaps
> one of them could verify my statement. The Machine Tool Camp

routers

> have used DeskCNC for a long time with different ratios in X and Y.
>
> > Also, does it say anything about non-integer step size?
>
> This is apparently a reference to Desknc for dos and has never
> applied to DeskCNC.
>
> > P.S. Do you know the status of the Deskwincnc DLL?
>
> The DeskCNC software license includes access to an open api dll

that

> can be used to develop user specific functionality with DeskCNC.
> This dll is a functional part of DeskCNC and hence is always up to
> date. It is installed when DeskCNC is installed. The api can
> support VC VB and Delphi. The next generation of the DeskCNC
> controller will include direct g-code parsing within the api. A

copy

> of the dll, instructions, and samples are on the deskam web site.
>
> Fred Smith - IMService
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