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    [00:05:11] <eric_u> Manchurian machinist 
    
[00:05:54] <BlackMoon> self assembleing trojan horse? 
    
[00:12:55] <JymmmEMC> Anyone have a 9V battery that puts out 10V by chance? 
    
[00:13:53] <BlackMoon> ...no 
    
[00:14:34] <JymmmEMC> BlackMoon: But you have a laytex fetish, so you don't count! 
    
[00:14:55] <BlackMoon> battery potential is limited by chemical makeup and has a very narrow tollerance 
    
[00:15:38] <eric_u> why do you need 10v 
    
[00:15:46] <BlackMoon> and 9v's are just 6 1.5v cells  
    
[00:16:13] <JymmmEMC> eric_u: cuz 9v aint enough? 
    
[00:16:16] <eric_u> I ask because lipos put out 11.4 
    
[00:16:26] <JymmmEMC> hipos? 
    
[00:16:30] <eric_u> lipos 
    
[00:16:48] <eric_u> 12.6 at full charge 
    
[00:16:54] <eric_u> for 3 cells 
    
[00:16:57] <JymmmEMC> as in Li-Poly's? 
    
[00:17:23] <eric_u> you abbreviate your way, I'll abbreviate the way the rest of us abbreviate 
    
[00:17:38] <JymmmEMC> lipo's 
    
[00:17:46] <eric_u> no apostrophe 
    
[00:18:11] <JymmmEMC> does it have a 9v battery clip? 
    
[00:18:13] <eric_u> I think the a123 cells will get you closer to 10v 
    
[00:18:19] <eric_u> no 
    
[00:18:39] <eric_u> lipos have the advantage that you can get them in a lot of different sizes 
    
[00:18:57] <eric_u> and put your own battery clip on there 
    
[00:19:07] <JymmmEMC> 9v bat has the advantage of $0.12 battery clip =) 
    
[00:19:30] <eric_u> yeah, but they don't put out 10v 
    
[00:19:33] <BlackMoon> enjoy recharging that. 
    
[00:19:39] <JymmmEMC> that too 
    
[00:19:48] <BlackMoon> ... and why is 10v 'needed' 
    
[00:19:56] <eric_u> might be a problem for some people 
    
[00:20:00] <BlackMoon> you do know battery voltage falls majorly with discharge/load anyway 
    
[00:20:20] <eric_u> you can charge a123 with a voltmeter and a 12v supply 
    
[00:20:35] <BlackMoon> ... and wtf is a a123? 
    
[00:20:45] <JymmmEMC> button cell battery 
    
[00:20:47] <eric_u> brand of lefeo4 
    
[00:20:50] <BlackMoon> lol 
    
[00:21:30] <eric_u> a123 is the battery that's going into the chevy volt given that car has a future 
    
[00:23:24] <eric_u> quick charge rate, high discharge rate relative to other chemistry  
    
[00:45:54] <JymmmEMC> SWPadnos: You placing a digikey order any time soon? 
    
[00:49:54] <SWPadnos> JymmmEMC, I don't have specific plans at the moment, but there probably will be one in the next few weeks 
    
[00:50:11] <JymmmEMC> SWPadnos: Ok, nm =) 
    
[05:04:51] <ds3> @$%#$@#$ cheap lazy suzy's don't use ball bearings :( 
    
[08:43:21] <Guest815> Hello! I need help with parallel port pci card installation. I have looked through the Wiki here: 
http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?NetMos but am still confused.. lspci -v lists Communication controller: NetMos Technology with I/O ports from cf00 to ca00. Is this really plug and play? Do I only have to specify loadrt hal_parport cfg="0xcd00" and the read and write functions? Thank you! 
    
[08:45:37] <Guest815> The symptoms include that I am not even able to toggle EStop 
    
[08:46:07] <Guest815> ok, never mind 
    
[08:46:14] <Guest815> sorry. figured it out on my own 
    
[08:46:27] <Guest815> the problem was the cfg="0xcd00" 
    
[08:46:30] <Guest815> bye :D 
    
[08:51:35] <JymmmEMC> ^^^ Proof that the EMC Self-Help Program really works! 
    
[08:54:48] <toastydeath> hahahaha 
    
[10:53:46] <Guest916> hello everybody! 
    
[10:53:58] <archivist> ello 
    
[10:54:04] <pjm__> morning 
    
[10:54:42] <Guest916> I try to run emc2.2.5 under ubuntu 8.04 and I get the error message: 
    
[10:54:45] <Guest916> emc/usr_intf/emcsh.cc 3813: can't connect to emc  
    
[10:55:03] <Guest916> any ideas? 
    
[10:55:32] <alex_joni> Guest916: can you pastebin the complete error log? 
    
[10:55:34] <alex_joni> use pastebin.ca 
    
[10:55:50] <alex_joni> the output from dmesg is also interesting 
    
[10:57:09] <Guest916> ok 
    
[11:02:28] <Guest916> http://pastebin.ca/1268525 
    [11:05:55] <alex_joni> hmm.. really odd 
    
[11:06:02] <alex_joni> can you put the config dir somewhere? 
    
[11:06:59] <alex_joni> I see you copied the sources from somewhere to your /home/sztaki/emc2.2.5 dir 
    
[11:07:12] <alex_joni> did you compile with run-in-place? 
    
[11:07:17] <alex_joni> s/compile/configure/ 
    
[11:09:22] <alex_joni> another strange thing is that: /home/sztaki/emc2.2.5/scripts/realtime start runs, but there's no messages in dmesg 
    
[11:09:29] <alex_joni> did you maybe configure for simulator? 
    
[11:09:35] <alex_joni> what's the output from uname -a ? 
    
[11:12:25] <Guest916> I compiled it --run-in -place 
    
[11:13:04] <Guest916> the output for uname -a is:  
    
[11:13:06] <Guest916> Linux sztaki-desktop 2.6.24-16-rtai #1 Tue Sep 30 22:54:33 EEST 2008 i686 GNU/Linux  
    
[11:13:37] <alex_joni> ok, so far all looks good 
    
[11:13:53] <alex_joni> can you try to run 'scripts/realtime start' and see what happens? 
    
[11:14:11] <alex_joni> are you sure you sent the right dmesg portion? 
    
[11:14:15] <Guest916> ok, I try 
    
[11:14:47] <Guest916> ok, started without error message 
    
[11:15:10] <alex_joni> run lsmod 
    
[11:15:13] <alex_joni> and look for rtapi 
    
[11:15:56] <Guest916> rtapi                  33412  1 hal_lib rtai_math              22532  0  rtai_sem               22016  1 rtapi rtai_fifos             25760  1 rtapi rtai_sched            102160  3 rtapi,rtai_sem,rtai_fifos rtai_hal               38180  4 rtapi,rtai_sem,rtai_fifos,rtai_sched  
    
[11:16:21] <Guest916> rtapi is insmoded 
    
[11:16:29] <alex_joni> ok, that looks ok 
    
[11:16:35] <alex_joni> try scripts/realtime stop 
    
[11:16:43] <alex_joni> to unload everything again 
    
[11:16:49] <alex_joni> then try running one of the sim configs.. 
    
[11:18:30] <Guest916> is it important wich sim I start? 
    
[11:22:10] <Guest916> because I have a motenc lite card 
    
[11:22:42] <Guest916> and I already changed the motenc.ini-file and the .hal files 
    
[11:25:38] <alex_joni> run sim/tkemc 
    
[11:25:56] <alex_joni> I figured you have a motenc card.. 
    
[11:26:16] <alex_joni> can you put the motenc config dir somewhere? 
    
[11:27:14] <Guest916> where can I put it? 
    
[11:30:13] <Guest916> I will try to make an ftp connection 
    
[11:54:19] <alex_joni> can you email it? 
    
[11:54:54] <alex_joni> ftp doesn't work from here 
    
[12:01:18] <alex_joni> does sim/tkemc run? 
    
[12:06:54] <alex_joni> ok, I see your problem 
    
[12:07:11] <alex_joni> currently you only have a reference to loadrt.hal from your ini file 
    
[12:07:21] <alex_joni> but in the loadrt.hal you have everything commented out 
    
[12:09:08] <alex_joni> (in the mean time I got the right loadrt.hal via email :) 
    
[12:09:21] <alex_joni> try moving the loadrt [EMCMOT]EMCMOT line up 
    
[12:09:26] <alex_joni> just after loadrt trivkins 
    
[12:10:05] <alex_joni> do you really need 5 encoder and 5 stepgen modules in addition to the motenc? 
    
[12:14:56] <alex_joni> I also notice you have the .tbl file missing 
    
[13:00:49] <anonimasu> hello 
    
[13:00:59] <anonimasu> hello 
    
[13:03:50] <alex_joni> hi 
    
[13:11:27] <anonimasu> I've got a issue :) 
    
[13:11:38] <anonimasu> trying to figure out how to add a M code to the big mill 
    
[13:15:45] <anonimasu> I want a g-code for mist/air cooling 
    
[13:15:57] <anonimasu> or well, air to clear off chips :) 
    
[13:16:37] <alex_joni> besides M8/M7 ? 
    
[13:18:59] <anonimasu> oh, M07 isnt implemented 
    
[13:20:49] <alex_joni> http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html//gcode_main.html#sub:M7,-M8,-M9: 
    [13:21:07] <anonimasu> yes, I know 
    
[13:21:20] <anonimasu> :) 
    
[13:21:27] <anonimasu> but, I dont have the M code in the control 
    
[13:21:56] <alex_joni> ah, non-emc2 control? 
    
[13:22:18] <anonimasu> ofcourse 
    
[13:22:24] <alex_joni> * alex_joni blinks 
    
[13:22:28] <anonimasu> if it were emc it wouldnt be a issue really 
    
[13:22:50] <anonimasu> :) 
    
[13:23:37] <alex_joni> well.. convert it then 
    
[13:24:06] <anonimasu> no way 
    
[13:25:25] <archivist> you will be assimilated! 
    
[13:25:44] <anonimasu> heh, I'd rather have a newer heidenhain control then emc sorry :/ 
    
[13:26:49] <archivist> add code that would make emc nicer then 
    
[13:27:09] <anonimasu> pay me 
    
[13:27:40] <anonimasu> :) 
    
[13:28:07] <archivist> pay! you should work for the pleasure! 
    
[13:29:24] <anonimasu> hehe 
    
[13:29:36] <anonimasu> anyway replacing a working control that isnt old would be completely insane 
    
[13:30:35] <archivist> pay the supplier for an upgrade to get the facility you want 
    
[13:31:03] <anonimasu> archivist: working out how the plc works is fun too 
    
[13:31:10] <anonimasu> archivist: I have the big tech book :p 
    
[13:31:55] <archivist> I have a cheese roll 
    
[13:32:10] <anonimasu> fun 
    
[13:55:52] <BigJohnT> cradek: you around? 
    
[13:56:08] <cradek> no, I'm sleeping in 
    
[13:56:59] <alex_joni> heh :) 
    
[13:57:03] <archivist> get up! 
    
[13:57:08] <cradek> ok 
    
[13:57:10] <BigJohnT> LOL, I was at a buddies machine shop the other day and was watching him run his Anilam lathe and they have the coolest thing 
    
[13:57:27] <BigJohnT> I think it was G73 with a W1 
    
[13:57:53] <BigJohnT> you could define the profile and the amount to rough off and that was the W1 part 
    
[13:58:17] <BigJohnT> and the G73 defined the usual feeds, depth of cut etc. 
    
[13:59:01] <BigJohnT> took him about 2 minutes to lay out a profile with several componets then cut it 
    
[14:01:46] <cradek> sounds neat - I wish we had something like that 
    
[14:02:43] <BigJohnT> you could have several profiles and call them with different W numbers from the same G73 
    
[14:03:25] <BigJohnT> if you want more info on it next time I'm over there I'll get some... 
    
[14:03:52] <cradek> I don't know if it was G73, but I read about a roughing cycle where you'd give it arguments representing the N numbers of the start and end of the profile or something like that 
    
[14:04:21] <cradek> like P123 Q234 means the profile you want roughed is from N123 to N234 
    
[14:04:57] <BigJohnT> that would be kind of like using O codes right 
    
[14:06:57] <cradek> sort of, but it does a lot more than cut along the profile - it roughs out a region that's rectangular on the "outside" (+X, +Z) and the programmed profile on the "inside" (-X, -Z) 
    
[14:07:19] <cradek> is that the kind of behavior you're talking about too? 
    
[14:09:02] <BigJohnT> it roughed out the profile in straight lines even if the profile was different diameters, not sure if it is the same 
    
[14:10:02] <cradek> yeah that's what I'm thinking too 
    
[14:10:11] <cradek> I wonder if all lathe controls have something like that - seems useful. 
    
[14:10:48] <BigJohnT> I don't know but I can ask him... he as several cnc lathes 
    
[14:11:07] <BigJohnT> I'll try and get a better discription of it for you. 
    
[14:11:48] <cradek> neat 
    
[14:12:35] <BigJohnT> let me whip out a drawing to show you what I saw 
    
[14:19:43] <BigJohnT> http://imagebin.ca/view/QP7f_bT.html 
    [14:20:12] <BigJohnT> the line with the circle and arrow was the lead in move 
    
[14:20:37] <BigJohnT> the rest of the plain lines were the profile 
    
[14:20:53] <cradek> looking... 
    
[14:20:56] <BigJohnT> the last line with the arrow only was the amount of material to rough off 
    
[14:21:07] <BigJohnT> the horz lines are the rough cuts 
    
[14:22:23] <cradek> ok so it would rough to the left - after each pass did it move out a bit and rapid back to the right? 
    
[14:22:41] <BigJohnT> yes, exactly 
    
[14:22:46] <cradek> neat 
    
[14:23:17] <BigJohnT> the profile was saved as a W number to be used in the G73 
    
[14:23:48] <cradek> I wonder if it could handle the harder case where X goes back in somewhere along the path - like think of a ball shape 
    
[14:23:56] <BigJohnT> he could pick from some standard shapes like horz lines, vert lines. angled lines. arcs etc 
    
[14:24:02] <cradek> for that you could not cut it all with the left-cutting tool 
    
[14:24:36] <BigJohnT> I would bet that you just define two W's one for the left cutting tool and one for the right cutting tool 
    
[14:25:28] <cradek> oh sure - neither one would be the full profile - you'd just figure out how much could be cut with each tool yourself. 
    
[14:25:46] <BigJohnT> yep 
    
[14:26:17] <BigJohnT> the other neat thing the Anilam did was chamfer from the MPG 
    
[14:26:45] <BigJohnT> he hit a chamfer button and the X and Z moved at a 45 to the spindle 
    
[14:26:57] <BigJohnT> as he cranked the MPG back and forth 
    
[14:27:10] <cradek> wild 
    
[14:27:24] <cradek> (you could do that in HAL) 
    
[14:27:50] <BigJohnT> then he hit the Z button and moved the tool a bit to the left and pressed the C button to chamfer a bit more 
    
[14:28:53] <BigJohnT> he had three buttons to select what the MPG controlled X, Z, and Chamfer 
    
[14:29:20] <cradek> ok let's make a deal - I'll do the chamfer thing, you do the roughing cycle 
    
[14:29:31] <BigJohnT> :) 
    
[14:29:54] <BigJohnT> the G73 roughed and finished  
    
[14:30:05] <cradek> ok don't forget to have it finish too then 
    
[14:30:22] <BigJohnT> let see we need this for V2.6  
    
[14:30:34] <archivist> 2.2.6 
    
[14:30:55] <BigJohnT> no V2.6, it might take me a while to brush up on my C 
    
[14:31:02] <cradek> I've gotta run - thanks BigJohnT for something to think about 
    
[14:31:09] <BigJohnT> ok see you later 
    
[15:09:51] <mr_boo> hi 
    
[15:10:10] <mr_boo> any folks around at this hour? 
    
[15:50:10] <archivist> depends  
    
[15:59:29] <mr_boo> got a consideration regarding an idea i've got 
    
[15:59:56] <mr_boo> i guess at least some of you got some experience of real world cnc milling 
    
[16:00:19] <mr_boo> my design idea looks like this, 
http://www.carmi.se/misterstarshine/img/sliders.png 
    [16:00:58] <mr_boo> wonder if those 'sliders' would be utterly difficult to mill in steel for example 
    
[16:05:12] <archivist> not impossible, watch making quality work 
    
[16:05:50] <mr_boo> made some futile experiments today 
    
[16:06:08] <mr_boo> but i haven't even got a mill but tried to attach a small xy table to a drillpress 
    
[16:06:38] <mr_boo> and tried with a 1mm drill that was deeply inserted into the chuck 
    
[16:06:51] <archivist> drill press is far too sloppy for that sort of work 
    
[16:07:00] <mr_boo> i noticed 
    
[16:07:10] <mr_boo> result was a mess and drilled snapped too 
    
[16:08:01] <mr_boo> are there cutting tools down to 1mm diameter? 
    
[16:08:14] <archivist> yes 
    
[16:08:33] <mr_boo> i believe high spindle speed is required then 
    
[16:08:40] <mr_boo> and extremely slow feed 
    
[16:08:50] <archivist> 1 mm end mill is not too expensive 
    
[16:10:07] <mr_boo> a good precision cnc mill is though 
    
[16:10:57] <archivist> I use 2mm end mills here some times 
    
[16:12:15] <archivist> missing from drawing is thickness and shape of connecting gusset 
    
[16:12:55] <mr_boo> actually the gusset will be filed down by hand afterwards 
    
[16:13:13] <mr_boo> and thickness should be around 2mm 
    
[16:13:21] <archivist> and accuracy needed, because there is more than one way of making 
    
[16:14:07] <archivist> eg squashed tube parted off and soldered in pairs 
    
[16:15:16] <archivist> or brazed 
    
[17:28:53] <alex_joni> toaster? 
    
[17:29:39] <archivist> probably toasts any electronics he makes :) 
    
[17:31:11] <alex_joni> similar to MagicSmoker then? 
    
[17:32:26] <archivist> :) 
    
[17:33:07] <BigJohnT> alex_joni: how hard would it be to add something so we could open a python file with a button on a pyVCP panel in AXIS? 
    
[17:33:18] <BigJohnT> like you do with file/open... 
    
[17:33:25] <archivist> I must have a repair session one day and get some of my toys working again 
    
[17:34:48] <BigJohnT> archivist: when your done come on by and you can help be rebuild my tractor 
    
[17:36:18] <archivist> not done much tractor work 
    
[17:37:03] <BigJohnT> me neither but it is not hard on the old ones 
    
[17:42:34] <archivist> well try had cranking a single pot 20hp tractor 
    
[17:42:42] <archivist> had hand 
    
[17:43:57] <BigJohnT> from what I've seen at the local harvest festival if you don't know what you are doing you can get your arm broken. 
    
[17:45:00] <archivist> http://www.ytmag.com/articles/artint117.htm evil toys to start 
    
[17:45:12] <BigJohnT> or it just won't start :/ 
    
[17:45:55] <BigJohnT> mine is a late model with electrics :) and it is younger than me by a few years 
    
[17:46:23] <archivist> oh new 
    
[17:46:46] <BigJohnT> yes it is a 1956 model 
    
[17:47:15] <archivist> hmm younger than me too 
    
[17:47:33] <alex_joni> BigJohnT: explain..  
    
[17:47:58] <BigJohnT> the tractor? or what I want to do in AXIS? 
    
[17:49:58] <BigJohnT> archivist: here is a picture of what my tractor would look like if it had a new paint job 
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/9828/fergy_f40_dl.jpg 
    [17:50:55] <BigJohnT> alex_joni: what I have in mind is if I could open up a g-code generator from a button on the pyVCP panel instead of doing a file/open... search for the python file thing 
    
[17:53:22] <BigJohnT> that would make it much easier to have g code generators at hand... something along the lines of what I was talking about with cradek this morning 
    
[17:54:05] <BigJohnT> archivist: this one is exactly like mine even painted the wrong color like mine 
http://www.tractorshed.com/gallery/tphotos/a2366.gif 
    [17:55:04] <archivist> dont quite look like the grey fergies over here 
    
[17:55:51] <BigJohnT> no, you guys have the TE 30's and such which is a slightly older tractor 
    
[17:56:36] <archivist> fergyland is aboout 5 miles from here 
    
[17:56:55] <BigJohnT> the F-40's were only produced in 55 and 56 for usa only 
    
[17:57:00] <BigJohnT> cool 
    
[17:58:27] <alex_joni> BigJohnT: not sure I see the benefit for that 
    
[17:58:38] <alex_joni> what would happen after you ran the g-code generator? 
    
[17:58:46] <alex_joni> does it write a file? does it pipe to emc2? 
    
[17:58:54] <alex_joni> can you do this while a program is running? 
    
[17:59:09] <BigJohnT> it pipes the output to emc2. 
    
[17:59:38] <alex_joni> then by all means you probably need to run fil/open 
    
[17:59:39] <BigJohnT> the advantage is for off the cuff type of work where you program on the fly 
    
[18:00:08] <alex_joni> or maybe hack into AXIS and override open file with open a certain predefined file 
    
[18:00:14] <alex_joni> but I can't say how you could do that 
    
[18:00:44] <BigJohnT> I wasn't thinking along that line but rather some hal thingy that you could use 
    
[18:01:15] <BigJohnT> to do a file open with the proper path and name in the config somehow 
    
[18:01:19] <cradek> can you do 'O100 call' from MDI yet? 
    
[18:01:35] <alex_joni> I think you can on TRUNK 
    
[18:01:42] <BigJohnT> you can in trunk can't you 
    
[18:01:45] <cradek> the use halui's mdi and you're done 
    
[18:02:05] <alex_joni> halui's mdi? 
    
[18:02:09] <BigJohnT> would that open a python file? 
    
[18:02:30] <alex_joni> cradek: BigJohnT wants to open a python program which (after human interaction) generates a program 
    
[18:02:31] <archivist> I think of a user that does standard parts and file load is a pain, he needs certain operations feeding to him with questions 
    
[18:02:32] <cradek> oh I probably misuderstood 
    
[18:02:50] <alex_joni> archivist: check out gwiz 
    
[18:02:52] <cradek> well ignore me then 
    
[18:02:59] <BigJohnT> cradek: along the lines of what we were talking about this morning 
    
[18:03:23] <cradek> yeah file/open is the only way to open a 'filtered' thing 
    
[18:03:53] <alex_joni> http://www.se-ltd.com/~lerman/gallery/v/G-Wiz/ 
    [18:03:58] <BigJohnT> if you could press a button on a pyVCP panel and open up the profile generator for a lathe and do your thing then send the output to AXIS it would be almost as sweet as the Anilam 
    
[18:03:59] <cradek> bbl 
    
[18:05:07] <archivist> alex_joni, when gear making its not just a wizard its also the machine settings 
    
[18:05:52] <alex_joni> BigJohnT: if you can convince jepler it's usefull.. maybe he'll tell you how to do it  
    
[18:05:57] <archivist> and a repeat after first cuts to get closer to size 
    
[18:06:16] <BigJohnT> ok 
    
[18:06:47] <archivist> I know jepler  is against the idea of what I need 
    
[18:07:02] <BigJohnT> looks like the g wiz is the same as the g code generators I wrote and put on wiki 
    
[18:07:20] <archivist> similar by the look of it 
    
[18:08:15] <BigJohnT> all we need is some slick way to open the g code generators from the tool bar or something 
    
[18:08:37] <archivist> or gcode to ask questions :) 
    
[18:08:37] <DanielFalck> or open emc from the g-code generators 
    
[18:09:48] <BigJohnT> that's a good idea DanielFalck but I'm thinking you will have EMC open all ready 99% of the time 
    
[18:11:38] <BigJohnT> in the case of gear cutting archivist you could put in your parameters send the g code to AXIS do a test run... measure... open the gear program back up and change a paramater then generate the new code and run 
    
[18:12:49] <archivist> BigJohnT, currently I shuffle the touch off and re run till to size 
    
[18:13:14] <archivist> and set up is edit load loop a number of times 
    
[18:13:58] <archivist> my gcode does all the rest of the looping needed 
    
[18:22:12] <BigJohnT> looks like it could be in the INI file and added to the menu when AXIS is started without much trouble :) 
    
[18:23:17] <BigJohnT> using inifile.find... 
    
[18:23:55] <BigJohnT> * BigJohnT wanders off to ponder the problem 
    
[18:25:08] <SWPadnos> it might be possible to open a pipe or other "special file", and tell axis to reload it with axis-remote (from an external program, which actually feeds the g-code to AXIS) 
    
[19:53:08] <anonimasu> mr_boo: thoose would be trivial to make 
    
[19:53:42] <anonimasu> unless they are 1mm big :p 
    
[19:55:20] <anonimasu> mr_boo: though spindle speed will be the limit on how fast you can make them 
    
[19:59:21] <anonimasu> mr_boo: 
http://www.solectro.se/?Link=http://www.solectro.se/Products/Product.asp?ItemId=4043&SectionId=1074 
    [20:19:02] <Guest483> Hi, im looking to use EMC2 to control a 6-8 axis robot 
    
[20:19:13] <Guest483> I have a few questions, is anyone online? 
    
[20:20:33] <Guest483> Need to be able to set all joints to accept angle values, is this possible? 
    
[20:20:44] <Guest483> also Im going to use two gecko 540s 
    
[20:21:04] <Guest483> What serial cards are recomended for use with ubuntu? 
    
[20:21:56] <Guest483> does anyone see any issues with runnin emc to control 8 axes?  any setup tips?  Any web pages that are recomended? 
    
[20:29:08] <BigJohnT> hi guest483 
    
[20:31:05] <alex_joni> too late 
    
[20:31:18] <BigJohnT> yep, I just noticed that 
    
[20:31:26] <BigJohnT> he didn't stick around long 
    
[20:38:00] <alex_joni> I'm sure the answer to his question would have taken more than 2 minutes 
    
[20:38:28] <BigJohnT> yep 
    
[20:38:36] <BigJohnT> dang there is a lot of code in axis.py 
    
[20:38:52] <alex_joni> hehehe 
    
[20:38:58] <alex_joni> you haven't seen axis.tcl yet 
    
[20:40:46] <BigJohnT> where is that? 
    
[20:40:55] <alex_joni> I'm sure you'll find it :P 
    
[20:41:06] <BigJohnT> :/ 
    
[20:43:34] <BigJohnT> ha it is only 2254 lines of code 
    
[20:46:14] <alex_joni> after you finish with these I'll tell you about the other files :D 
    
[20:46:43] <alex_joni> (luckily it's a loong weekend :D) 
    
[20:48:05] <BigJohnT> ok, I just added a User Menu to AXIS :) 
    
[20:48:21] <alex_joni> from xml? 
    
[20:48:34] <BigJohnT> in axis.tcl 
    
[20:49:00] <alex_joni> ah, that's cheating :P 
    
[20:49:16] <alex_joni> you need to do it from the pyvcp xml :) 
    
[20:49:24] <BigJohnT> I know it needs to based on the ini file 
    
[20:49:37] <BigJohnT> or from the pyvcp 
    
[20:50:28] <BigJohnT> well I need to get ready to deep fry a turkey 
    
[20:50:40] <BigJohnT> get some more hints lined up for me 
    
[20:51:02] <alex_joni> ha.. the next hint will involve a nice fluffy bed :D 
    
[20:57:58] <BigJohnT> so how do you add a menu item with pyvcp xml? 
    
[21:02:11] <ds3> fire extinguishers working? ;) 
    
[21:02:13] <alex_joni> I have no idea :) 
    
[21:05:16] <BigJohnT> I'm drinking beer now in case of fire 
    
[21:10:58] <jack_> hei! 
    
[21:11:01] <jack_> :-) 
    
[21:11:08] <jack_> jack_ is now known as giacus 
    
[21:11:43] <giacus> hello dear emc hackers :) 
    
[21:11:57] <giacus> what's up ? 
    
[21:12:40] <alex_joni> hey giacus  
    
[21:12:47] <alex_joni> how goes the fishing? 
    
[21:12:48] <giacus> hi alex_joni :) 
    
[21:13:04] <giacus> going well! 
    
[21:13:15] <alex_joni> perfect..  
    
[21:13:17] <giacus> we are fihing :D 
    
[21:13:20] <giacus> haha 
    
[21:13:21] <alex_joni> * alex_joni is going to bed ;) 
    
[21:13:28] <giacus> :P 
    
[21:13:38] <giacus> have a fun ;) 
    
[21:13:39] <alex_joni> giacus: will you be online the next few days? or is it a one time visit? 
    
[21:13:43] <alex_joni> yeah, you too.. 
    
[21:13:57] <giacus> I think so 
    
[21:14:12] <giacus> I should be around here 
    
[21:14:17] <giacus> :) 
    
[21:14:18] <alex_joni> ok.. see you 
    
[21:14:26] <giacus> ciao :) 
    
[21:14:29] <alex_joni> good night all (and happy thanksgiving where it applies) 
    
[21:14:38] <alex_joni> buonna notte :) 
    
[21:14:40] <giacus> GN :D 
    
[21:14:41] <DanielFalck> thank you alex_joni 
    
[21:15:22] <BigJohnT_> BigJohnT_ is now known as BigJohnT 
    
[21:15:54] <giacus> * giacus going to listen a great great song!!!!  
    
[21:16:04] <DanielFalck> which song? 
    
[21:16:25] <giacus> try this 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQA4359xbkA 
    [21:16:34] <giacus> and let me know.. 
    
[21:16:37] <giacus> :P 
    
[21:17:26] <DanielFalck> nice 
    
[21:17:32] <giacus> :) 
    
[21:17:32] <DanielFalck> thanks 
    
[21:17:35] <giacus> love it 
    
[21:21:49] <giacus> woahhh a guitar orgasm :D 
    
[21:56:30] <JymmmEMC> Oh man... missed our italian friend 
    
[21:56:40] <JymmmEMC> hey LawrenceG, Happy Thanksgiving 
    
[22:00:57] <LawrenceG> JymmmEMC, hey.... no gobble gobble here.... but I am thinking of gravy and a golden roasted bird 
    
[22:01:30] <LawrenceG> family next door is American... maybe I can score some leftovers! 
    
[22:17:23] <BigJohnT> come on down here LawrenceG you can eat deep fried turkey with us 
    
[22:19:05] <LawrenceG> cool.... can you email me a hot turkey sandwich PLEASE!!!! 
    
[22:19:57] <LawrenceG> BigJohnT, I have never tried df turkey... how long does it take to cook? 
    
[22:21:06] <LawrenceG> I have heard that the 25lbs of french fries cooked right after the turkey are awesum 
    
[22:24:36] <BigJohnT> 45 minutes for a 12 pounder 
    
[22:24:56] <BigJohnT> got to go carve it now ttul 
    
[22:25:12] <LawrenceG> nice 4minutes/lb 
    
[22:25:21] <LawrenceG> good eating