[Emc-users] Gear cutting setup on low-cost HF mill??

2021-03-10 Thread Chris Albertson
I'm looking for advice on gear cutting. I've got a low-end harbor freight mill with a 4th axis added (actually a rotary table) and I want to cut some module 0.5 spur gears. I know that the smaller the gear the more precision is required.These need to be as strong as possible too. They need

Re: [Emc-users] external offsets

2021-03-10 Thread lloyd wilson
oops- meat to reply to list offset-scale is set to appropriate (well) value (if not, eoffset-request stays 0 (guess how I know)). On 3/10/21 11:58 AM, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: Hello Lloyd, Did you set any input on the *axis.L.eoffset-scale *pin? May that's what you're missing. El mié,

Re: [Emc-users] Coordinated Spindle - mill

2021-03-10 Thread Sam Sokolik
Just to clarify.. To rigid tap you been a b and z... On Wed, Mar 10, 2021, 7:40 PM Ed wrote: > On 3/10/21 2:08 PM, Karl Schmidt wrote: > > I finally have all the hardware working - I built gear pickups + Z .. > > Thanks to Jon Elson's example .. works well - thanks for sharing. > > > > >

Re: [Emc-users] Coordinated Spindle - mill

2021-03-10 Thread Ed
On 3/10/21 2:08 PM, Karl Schmidt wrote: I finally have all the hardware working - I built gear pickups + Z  .. Thanks to Jon Elson's example .. works well - thanks for sharing. https://lrak.net/secret/pictures/wells_index/wells_index/2020-02-05_10-37-10_jpg.jpeg.html

Re: [Emc-users] Coordinated Spindle - mill

2021-03-10 Thread Jon Elson
On 03/10/2021 02:08 PM, Karl Schmidt wrote: I finally have all the hardware working - I built gear pickups + Z .. Thanks to Jon Elson's example .. works well - thanks for sharing. https://lrak.net/secret/pictures/wells_index/wells_index/2020-02-05_10-37-10_jpg.jpeg.html

[Emc-users] Coordinated Spindle - mill

2021-03-10 Thread Karl Schmidt
I finally have all the hardware working - I built gear pickups + Z .. Thanks to Jon Elson's example .. works well - thanks for sharing. https://lrak.net/secret/pictures/wells_index/wells_index/2020-02-05_10-37-10_jpg.jpeg.html

Re: [Emc-users] Maybe a minimally printed harmonic drive?

2021-03-10 Thread Chris Albertson
I've done this a few times. PVA is best used if the mold is new. You can spray in on the mold using an old spray bottle that used to hold kitchen and bath spray cleaner that is well rinsed out. But after the mold is used a few times mould release wax alone is OK.The PVA has some tiny film

[Emc-users] Sometimes, I just get totally amazed at something

2021-03-10 Thread Mark Wendt
Howdy folks, Placed an order with MSC Direct this past weekend for some end mills and reamers. One reamer I really needed was a .156" 4 flute. Either old age, bad eyes, or a combination of the two, I selected a .0156 4 flute reamer. Package arrived yesterday, and I realized my error (which has

Re: [Emc-users] Maybe a minimally printed harmonic drive?

2021-03-10 Thread Karl Schmidt
What material did you print this in? On 3/10/21 12:38 PM, Sam Sokolik wrote: Yes. The rings can be swapped to change the output direction... (It can be made so the stepper turns the same direction as the output shaft..). I don't know if the friction would be reduced one way or the other...

Re: [Emc-users] Maybe a minimally printed harmonic drive?

2021-03-10 Thread Sam Sokolik
Yes. The rings can be swapped to change the output direction... (It can be made so the stepper turns the same direction as the output shaft..). I don't know if the friction would be reduced one way or the other... On Wed, Mar 10, 2021, 12:28 PM Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 10 March 2021

Re: [Emc-users] Maybe a minimally printed harmonic drive?

2021-03-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 10 March 2021 12:54:09 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 10 March 2021 10:55:41 Sam Sokolik wrote: > > another update - at 1/2 step - the discrete resolution should be > > about 40,000 divisions per rotation. .009 deg. > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdfKre6zpEY > > Pretty

Re: [Emc-users] Maybe a minimally printed harmonic drive?

2021-03-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 10 March 2021 10:55:41 Sam Sokolik wrote: > another update - at 1/2 step - the discrete resolution should be about > 40,000 divisions per rotation. .009 deg. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdfKre6zpEY > Pretty darned good Sam, definitely worth pursuing. With 2 bearings

Re: [Emc-users] Maybe a minimally printed harmonic drive?

2021-03-10 Thread Chris Albertson
This is the best and most durable DIY drive I've seen. One improvement for the future is to make the internal tooth gears from something other than 3D printed plastic. Perhaps you can cast them in epoxy and fiber composite. If you used a timing belt as part of the mold the cast teeth would be

Re: [Emc-users] external offsets

2021-03-10 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
Hello Lloyd, Did you set any input on the *axis.L.eoffset-scale *pin? May that's what you're missing. El mié, 10 mar 2021 a las 13:53, lloyd wilson () escribió: > I'm having trouble getting the new 2.8 external offset functionality to > play nicely. Most of the (known) steps are working (as

[Emc-users] external offsets

2021-03-10 Thread lloyd wilson
I'm having trouble getting the new 2.8 external offset functionality to play nicely. Most of the (known) steps are working (as observed in the hal watch screen): - axis.a.eoffset-enable is set true. - inputs (step up & down) generate appropriate values in axis.a.eoffset-counts - offset

Re: [Emc-users] Maybe a minimally printed harmonic drive?

2021-03-10 Thread Sam Sokolik
another update - at 1/2 step - the discrete resolution should be about 40,000 divisions per rotation. .009 deg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdfKre6zpEY On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 4:00 PM Sam Sokolik wrote: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVVffljc7kE > > On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 9:46 AM Gene