Non-circular boring. (Linuxcnc fun)

[tonyfoale]

The code is run 1000 times a second and reads the spindle position and calculates where x/y need to be. There are a bunch of parameters that you set (number of sides, cutter diameter, polygon radius and so on)

Yes I realised what was going on there, I did not know the timing of course. You cutting feeds and speeds are quite low, is that because of limitations of your mill or the software or was it to make a watchable video?

I will get my gcode example to show you. The next step would be to do what is called a gcode re-map. So you could make it more user friendly. (one line of gcode maybe sets and enables the component)

That would be great. It would save reinventing that wheel.

Getting back to the HAL file. Am I right it assuming that is what drives LinuxCNC and you use a Gcode to HAL converter to be able to use Gcode from a CAM programme or hand written.