Turn G-code: conversational lathe cycle generator for LinuxCNC (12 cycles)

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3 weeks 5 days ago #350152 by tommylight
I do not know the Wiki password, and the PM is disabled on this forum ( i think). That info should be in the Wiki, see if you can find something like "how to edit pages" or similar.
SheetCam is not a trial version, it is a limited output version (at least it was), no idea about the others but i tend to think they also have usable limited versions, not trials.
Either way, Open Source project so only open source stuff should be here, and that puts us in a bind as there is often talk about Fusion360 and other payed stuff.
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We do have several versions of lathe conversational and macros, all free and open source and included with LinuxCNC, but i have limited experience with them, so i would really appreciate if someone else can share what is different or what is better in your software.
BTW, if it turns out we already had everything your software can do, i will really be disappointed, as i allowed this based on you being a member here for quite some time, and hoping you already checked before putting me in a very bad position.
So here is an idea, make a comparison chart between the included stuff and your software, that helps a lot in winning customers.

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3 weeks 5 days ago #350153 by Odessit
Thanks Tom, fair points. Understood about the wiki - open source only, I'll leave it.

Good idea about the comparison chart, here it is:
turngcode.com/en/blog/turn-gcode-vs-free-linuxcnc-lathe-tools/

To be honest about the overlap: the basics (turning, facing, boring, chamfer/radius, simple threading) are covered by the free Lathe Macros and LatheEasyStep too, and LatheEasyStep does free contours and keyway slotting, which Turn G-code doesn't. Where Turn G-code is different: multi-start threads, tapered threads over the full length (G76 only tapers the entry/exit), set run-in/run-out, concave sphere and the face spiral, it runs standalone on Linux or Windows without touching the config, and has output options for controls without G76.

If anything in the table about the free tools is wrong, please correct me and I'll fix it.
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3 weeks 5 days ago #350156 by tommylight

Thanks Tom, fair points. Understood about the wiki - open source only, I'll leave it.
I did not say that, at least id did not want to say that, i meant i am sure about SheetCAM, but not about the rest, so if the rest have trial versions, it should also be possible to add yours, and i mentioned where the password should be, but last i checked the wiki was 15 years ago.
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First, thank you for making me feel a lot better about this, i checked your website, and the first thing you mention is the fact that LinuxCNC has such tools. Thank you for the respect.
Also checked the comparison, but i can not decide anything as i have very little experience with a CNC lathe, so i will leave that to others to decide for themselves.
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As for the website, see the attached picture, it is trying to run a script that points to a fuzzy website, see above the mouse.
This should be easy to remove, just check your HTML/CSS/JS files for that web name and remove it.
It also may be functional, but since everything works fine without it, you might as well remove it.

Again, thank you for being fair and respectful, very much appreciated.

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3 weeks 4 days ago #350159 by Odessit
Thanks Tom, and sorry for misreading you on the wiki.
▎ About the script: that's Cloudflare Web Analytics (static.cloudflareinsights.com), the visit counter of Cloudflare, which hosts the site. No cookies, no tracking across sites, just page view counts so I can see which pages people actually read. NoScript flags it, and the site works fine without it, so blocking it is totally OK.
▎ If anyone still has edit access to the wiki CAM page, I'd be glad to have a line for Turn G-code there (commercial, 15-day trial), next to SheetCAM and the others.

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3 weeks 4 days ago #350160 by tommylight
Not CloudFlare, the one bellow with "supabase" domain name.
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CloudFlare is very good at what they do, and they do a lot, but the main thing is they figured out how to protect websites from DDOS attacks, and beat AKAMAI in their caching game.

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3 weeks 1 day ago #350188 by Odessit
Ah, got it, thanks. The supabase.co one is also mine. Supabase is a hosted Postgres database (open source, basically a self-hostable Firebase alternative), and it's the backend of the site: license keys and trial activations, the small forum on the site, and site settings like prices, download links and the support e-mail.

The footer pulls the support e-mail from it, that's why you see it on every page. It's just plain database reads, no tracking or ads.
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