Re: [Emc-users] Rigid Tapping

2008-07-03 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 06:06 -0600, John Thornton wrote: Kirk, Do you chamfer the hole with a 90° chamfer to the OD diameter before tapping? Even with hand tapping this is standard practice to prevent the 1/2 thread from forming. John Yep.

Re: [Emc-users] Editing the GUI

2008-07-03 Thread Jon Elson
Renewables Not Reactors wrote: What software is recommended for editing the gui for emc? Any text editor will work. Some like vi, or gedit, I prefer emacs (an optional software package). Jon - Sponsored by:

Re: [Emc-users] Rigid Tapping

2008-07-03 Thread Jon Elson
Kirk Wallace wrote: On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 19:44 -0500, Chris Radek wrote: One thing that jumps out at me is that it seems your accelerations on X/Z are extremely low. It looks like it takes an inch or more to get up to your rapid speed. That's correct. I seem to recall that I had to

Re: [Emc-users] EMC Gallery added to CNCZone

2008-07-03 Thread Jon Elson
Renewables Not Reactors wrote: I have added the EMC video gallery to CNCZone. Expect a lots of newbies to appear here :) http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60619 Great! I believe either the 3- or 5-axis CNC mill at Hogeschool Antwerpen is controlled by my Universal PWM Controller

Re: [Emc-users] Emc-users Digest, Vol 27, Issue 7

2008-07-03 Thread Organic Engines
Hi All, I have read the documentation on the kinematics modules and I have a couple of questions. Where are the modules? Where do I put them? (In my Hal file, ini file?) I need gantrykins now for my router and I want to play with scarakins. Thank You, Dan

Re: [Emc-users] Rigid Tapping

2008-07-03 Thread John Thornton
Dunno what I was thinking at 5:30 in the morning guess not much LOL... John On 3 Jul 2008 at 7:45, Kirk Wallace wrote: On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 06:06 -0600, John Thornton wrote: Kirk, Do you chamfer the hole with a 90° chamfer to the OD diameter before tapping? Even with hand tapping

Re: [Emc-users] Emc-users Digest, Vol 27, Issue 7

2008-07-03 Thread Jeff Epler
On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 06:20:37PM -0400, Organic Engines wrote: Where are the modules? The exact location depends on your emc2 installation. For instance, on my system, trivkins is installed to /usr/realtime-2.6.24-16-rtai/modules/emc2/trivkins.ko In any case, you can compile and

Re: [Emc-users] running 3 phase components on 2?

2008-07-03 Thread John Kasunich
Jim Coleman wrote: hello all, I've recently moved and now finally have convenient access to a 220V outlet. I have a Sanyo Denki BL Super servo power supply and amps and motors from the machine I bought nearly a year ago now, and i really want to get around to getting them all running. I'm

[Emc-users] gedit/gcode questions

2008-07-03 Thread Emory Smith
Any way in gedit to turn off the history of FIND/REPLACE? Using it to edit GCode and the history of last find/replace is bugging me. It could cause a dangerous/expensive situation if not carefully paid attention to. Just let me put in what I want to replace and what to replace it with! Or is

Re: [Emc-users] EMC Gallery added to CNCZone

2008-07-03 Thread Jon Elson
Jan Van Gilsen wrote: Jon, Actually, they are stepper based machines controlled with a regular parallel port. The usc cards we bought from you, are used in an other project for 4-axis hot-wire foam cutter. I haven't got the time to post a video of that machine, yet. You are using servos

Re: [Emc-users] EDITOR

2008-07-03 Thread Emory Smith
AXIS is it and it worked! Thanks, Emory - Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your

Re: [Emc-users] Rigid Tapping

2008-07-03 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 18:11 -0600, John Thornton wrote: Dunno what I was thinking at 5:30 in the morning guess not much LOL... John Please don't let my poor choice of words dissuade you from sharing your wisdom. I can use all I can get. -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA

Re: [Emc-users] running 3 phase components on 2?

2008-07-03 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 21:08 -0400, John Kasunich wrote: ... snip capacitor, you can run on single phase. There will be significantly more ripple voltage on the capacitor (which may affect downstream circuitry), and significantly more ripple current through the capacitor (which may increase

Re: [Emc-users] Wax

2008-07-03 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sat, 2008-06-14 at 23:55 -0500, phil wrote: Ive seen shops using plaster of paris to do exactly what your wanting. its a bit more stable then wax can be, and it may end up being less expensive. As far as removal, I think the stuff will pretty much crumble, you could even mold in some