Non-circular boring. (Linuxcnc fun)

It does an amazing jog in the corners.
Linuxcnc is pretty damn cool.
What the next challenge...

Isn't it? I would like to add a bit more functionality to the comp.. I would like to make it cut outside polygons. (not that you really need to on a mill - but on the lathe it would be cool.) I would also like to add a rotation per z movement. A coworker mentioned it - You should be able to create a twisted polygon. (I think it would be cool to make a 'nut and bolt' that was a twisted hex..)

Don't know why... Because?

cmorley wrote: It does an amazing jog in the corners.
Linuxcnc is pretty damn cool.
What the next challenge...

outside polys could be interesting for building a driving square inside a bore - rare but interesting.
So no gcode for this right?
If that is the case a M code to turn it on and off would be handy.

Chris

oh outside poly for making molds too .. opens up possibilities

I think packaged up in a nice re-map would be good. But currently I am just setting hal pins from gcode (m64/65 and such for enabling/diabling and so on). if you are slaving the x axis to the radius of the polygon - then yes - gcode 'modifies' the motion.

cmorley wrote: oh outside poly for making molds too .. opens up possibilities

Hi

I see you speak about lathe, did you think your actual .comp can work with lathe ? Can you think about including oval/eccentric ?

I will like to do a gladevcp panel like Andy lathe-macro for polygon/oval/eccentric but for now this is less than a beta. (started without your comp)

Br