Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Bridgeport CNC Mill???

>
> as there is
> really no way to program independent tools with normal G-code.
>
> Now, if you set up a mechanism to swap from using one spindle to the
> other, appropriate
> offsets could be switched in for the active spindle. You would likely
> need a G1xx
> routine to perform the switchover, so it could keep interferences from
> causing a crash.
> In the new EMC2, G1xx commands can call up arbitrary code, either G-code,
> special Hal components or even a completely independent program to
> perform the
> necessary functions. Literally, you can give a G1xx command and have
> the system
> FTP files off a remote system and then run them. (Not that I've ever
> done this.....)
>
> Anyway, as long as there is only one XYZABC movement going on at one time,
> EMC2 can do this. It takes some special add-ons, probably not too hard
> to accomplish
> in HAL. Perhaps a lot of the offset stuff can be done by having the
> right offsets
> in your tool table, and using G41 to put in the right offsets for the
> two spindles.
>
> Jon
>