Hi, Gerry: Ver 4 has expanded the functionality of G02/03 to do the same work that G72/73 have in Rel 3.x. There are differences, however. V3 uses the position...
I just opened shrink wraped package. Tried to copy disks... disks are formated 80 tracks "9" sectors per track two sides, my drive A will only copy 80 tracks...
Since I won't be using G17, G18 or G19, then I can just use G2 or G3 and add the Z for the depth, right? Are there any problems with full circles, or should...
I have been using Tcnc and dos on my shop computer. I had it networked with my office computer using the dos network client. The part file directory was...
Have a look into the file section folder dos_net. My installation has more than 600 KB free memory if I use Netbios only (no TCP/IP). Uli ... The ... where ......
Robert: The free utility wscopyd can be found on the Internet. I think this will copy the disks. Another alternative is to use a two-step process, copy the...
Thank you switching from TCPIP to Netbios worked very nicely. I now have 560 K free. Eric ... <balsaman_cnc@y...> ... version 4 ... network ... top ... ...
... In Linux, you would get a disk image by: dd if=/dev/fd0 of=blah1.img and save it to a cdrom, then eventually write it out to a new disk by: dd if=blah1.img...
Hi, Gerry: By the time Ver 4 is released, there won't be any problems with cutting circles and having the backlash properly applied. Even though you'd plan on...
Snip> Tony wrote: After copying ... Don't count on it Tony. This is a big issue in the photography world. Home burnt CD's have a relatively short life...
Hello and a Happy New Year to you all. I have been lurking around here and using Turbo CNC for about 18 months and I would just like to congratulate Dave and...
... Mark, The following is from the Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 10, No. 873. Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities (Princeton/Rutgers) Centre for...
Hi, Jayson It's great to read that you're able to use TurboCNC in pursuing your work or hobby. I'd be interested in seeing pictures of some of your work. I...
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I uploaded my patched version of TurboCNC 3.24. As mentioned previously, it displays the error on all axes when you home the machine. This lets you see if you...
Jason: Wish I were there this time of year. Flying is much more challenging, and filghts tend to be much shorter at -20C. I just can't keep it up with numb...
Hi Jayson, Nice work. I see you are using the Chinese red router for a spindle - they are sold under the ERG brand here in NZ but I have seen them adverstised...
Hello Nigel, You are correct about the spindle/router, it is branded "NRG" and has done a power of work. A lot of the first things that I made were in wood or...
I have TurboCNC set up for a Mill X, Y, Z, A. also for a Lathe Z, X. < I am finding that the various direction keys move differently, in the two applications....
Bill: Any machine (lathe, mill, drill, etc) has its major linear axes defined in the standard orthangonal manor, that is at right angles to each other. The...
... then started ... "network" ... as is ... I always use my laptop as an editor and transfer files to my Pentium 100 running dos using laplink3 and a serial...
... X. ... the two ... to move. ... tool will ... the table ... work. ... work and ... directions with ... in the right ... lathe, and ... carriage to ... I...
... Pentium ... Yup, MS-DOS 6.22 has a TSR for file transfers IBM DOS has a smaller kernel than MS, and has a better transfer program. Regardless, the transfer...
I have setup 2 .ini files on my pc. One I call lathe.ini ,it contains my settings for feedrate,axis directions etc just for using my 3 in 1 machine as a...
Hi,Roy: There are a couple of alternatives 1. copy turbocnc.exe to a new file, say 'lathe.exe' When you execute lathe.exe, it'll look for lathe.ini as its...
I'm interested to buy the inverter ABB 100 (http://www.abb- drives.com/products/ACS100/ACS100_Technical.asp) which have some digital and analog pin output pin:...
... Currently, TurboCNC simply sets an internal variable to the argument of the "S" word. It does nothing else. You can control the ABB through TurboCNC, but...
So just tried out the modified error display version of 3.24 and at the risk of asking a dumb question: How will this error value assist me. I don't mean to...