Re: Progress Report Addendum

I was beginning to think nothing was happening, thanks for the report.
The halt for tool change is a safety feature. You should really count 
your fingers a couple of times before you change the code.

http://www.govliquidation.com/  is an interesting site for surplus 
stuff.  There are quite a few Texas and Khalafornia offerings.

Pierce Nichols wrote:

>A couple of other things in the manufacturing section...
>
>We've gotten a number of other new tools. These include a shop air
>compressor, a 4x6 horizontal/vertical bandsaw, and a 40" 3-in-1 sheet
>metal machine (roll, press brake, and shear). Dave Masten has been
>showing Dave Weinshanker and myself how to use it and how to get along
>with sheet metal. Along with the shop air, we've gotten a number of very
>tasty air tools, including a die grinder, a drill, a nibbler, and a body
>saw. 
>
>Also, the milling machine appears to have a problem with responding
>correctly to a spindle stop command in a program. Basically, when the
>controller issues a command like spindle stop, it waits until it gets
>confirmation before proceeding to the next line of the program. However,
>the rpm sensor on the spindle, while it normally reports correctly, does
>not report a spindle stop correctly. Therefore, when a spindle stop
>command is included in a program (in order to, for example, change
>tools), the spindle stops and the program hangs. I have developed a work
>around using the programming interface, but it is not a happy thing.
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