Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Programming Slo-Syn SS20001 with SS2000D6

opscimc wrote:

> I'm new to this forum, but without even seaching the archives I know enough not to ask which is better, Mach3 or LinuxCNC. I only referred to that program as a generic name for higher level control software. I haven't research this myself enough to know which I might prefer. Having said that, if someone could tell me that what I wanted to do was a lot easier in one of these programs than the other,

I'm not sure there is a big difference in this. If you already have a
Windows machine
with a parallel port, then Mach may be the fastest path. If you are
averse to spending
any money on this project, LinuxCNC comes WITH the OS, and can be downloaded
from the net and burned to a CD. You can even run it from the CD
without installing
to the computer to try it out and see if you like it.

The taper turning program can be hand-coded, it would probably only be
a few lines of G-code, I see no difference between the programs there.
But, in either case, you probably would need to have TWO axes under CNC
control so the taper angle stays coordinated.

Jon