Re: [Emc-users] experimental bearings for harmonic drive

2021-03-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 28 March 2021 21:00:56 Chris Albertson wrote: > Back to printing ball bearings. The best way is not to do it. Buy > sealed bearing units and press them into a printed recess. But large > diameter sealed bearings can be expensive.The next best design is > to buy metal balls and

Re: [Emc-users] experimental bearings for harmonic drive

2021-03-28 Thread Chris Albertson
Back to printing ball bearings. The best way is not to do it. Buy sealed bearing units and press them into a printed recess. But large diameter sealed bearings can be expensive.The next best design is to buy metal balls and print the races and assemble them. Printing the rollers never

Re: [Emc-users] experimental bearings for harmonic drive

2021-03-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 28 March 2021 16:28:39 andy pugh wrote: > On Sun, 28 Mar 2021 at 19:18, Gene Heskett wrote: > > PEI? If you mean the black stuff shipped with overture filament > > thats too small for an ender 3, > > All the PEI film I have seen has been a transparent amber colour, > similar but paler

Re: [Emc-users] Programs to write G code

2021-03-28 Thread John Dammeyer
> From: Jon Elson [mailto:el...@pico-systems.com] > On 03/28/2021 05:09 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > > On 03/28/2021 02:46 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: > >> I'll hold off for now. Too many things on my plate. > >> Plus I'm pretty sure I downloaded the bore IJ code from > >> someone's web site where they had

Re: [Emc-users] Programs to write G code

2021-03-28 Thread Valerio Bellizzomi
On Sun, 2021-03-28 at 17:05 -0500, Jon Elson wrote: > On 03/28/2021 02:34 PM, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > > I am very interested in your programs. In the past I have > > used PyCAM to generate gcode, and even Excel and text > > editors to write gcode, attempted to use BlenderCAM > > without

Re: [Emc-users] Programs to write G code

2021-03-28 Thread Jon Elson
On 03/28/2021 02:34 PM, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: I am very interested in your programs. In the past I have used PyCAM to generate gcode, and even Excel and text editors to write gcode, attempted to use BlenderCAM without success, still have to test FreeCAD Path Module. I have put the Pascal

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

2021-03-28 Thread Sam Sokolik
have not done any destructive testing - but finally grabbed an oem650 drive so I can have full 4 axis to play with. Seems to run the rotary atleast as good as the leadshine. http://electronicsam.com/images/greenmachine/IMG_20210328_165552.jpg On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 8:36 AM Sam Sokolik wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] Programs to write G code

2021-03-28 Thread Jon Elson
On 03/28/2021 02:46 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: I'll hold off for now. Too many things on my plate. Plus I'm pretty sure I downloaded the bore IJ code from someone's web site where they had a bunch of utilities available. I really want to acknowledge who did the original work. Well, these

Re: [Emc-users] Programs to write G code

2021-03-28 Thread Jon Elson
On 03/28/2021 05:09 PM, Jon Elson wrote: On 03/28/2021 02:46 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: I'll hold off for now. Too many things on my plate. Plus I'm pretty sure I downloaded the bore IJ code from someone's web site where they had a bunch of utilities available. I really want to acknowledge who

Re: [Emc-users] experimental bearings for harmonic drive

2021-03-28 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 28 Mar 2021 at 19:18, Gene Heskett wrote: > PEI? If you mean the black stuff shipped with overture filament thats too > small for an ender 3, All the PEI film I have seen has been a transparent amber colour, similar but paler than Kapton. > > An occasional wipe with an alcohol-soaked

Re: [Emc-users] Programs to write G code

2021-03-28 Thread Valerio Bellizzomi
On Sun, 2021-03-28 at 13:48 -0500, Jon Elson wrote: > On 03/28/2021 11:52 AM, John Dammeyer wrote: > > The code fragment I posted was originally in C. I translated that > > to Pascal. I was just wondering if you were the author of the bore > > with IJ or R C code. I didn't see any links to the

Re: [Emc-users] Programs to write G code

2021-03-28 Thread John Dammeyer
Hi Jon, > From: Jon Elson [mailto:el...@pico-systems.com] > On 03/28/2021 11:52 AM, John Dammeyer wrote: > > The code fragment I posted was originally in C. I translated that to > > Pascal. I was just wondering if you were the author of the bore > with IJ or R C code. I didn't see any links

[Emc-users] Programs to write G code

2021-03-28 Thread Jon Elson
On 03/28/2021 11:52 AM, John Dammeyer wrote: The code fragment I posted was originally in C. I translated that to Pascal. I was just wondering if you were the author of the bore with IJ or R C code. I didn't see any links to the programs on your web site. Right, I never posted the Pascal

Re: [Emc-users] experimental bearings for harmonic drive

2021-03-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 28 March 2021 12:52:53 John Dammeyer wrote: > > From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com] > > > > On Sun, 28 Mar 2021 at 14:50, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > This is clear petg, but I simply cannot get it to stick to the > > > glass. > > > > I covered my build plate with one of the

Re: [Emc-users] experimental bearings for harmonic drive

2021-03-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 28 March 2021 10:29:30 andy pugh wrote: > On Sun, 28 Mar 2021 at 14:50, Gene Heskett wrote: > > This is clear petg, but I simply cannot get it to stick to the > > glass. > > I covered my build plate with one of the sheets of PEI sold for the > purpose, and most things stick well.

Re: [Emc-users] experimental bearings for harmonic drive

2021-03-28 Thread Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
Anno domini 2021 Sun, 28 Mar 09:52:53 -0700 John Dammeyer scripsit: > > From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com] > > > > On Sun, 28 Mar 2021 at 14:50, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > > This is clear petg, but I simply cannot get it to stick to the glass. > > > > I covered my build plate with

Re: [Emc-users] pushbuttons for "canned" G code?

2021-03-28 Thread John Dammeyer
> From: Jon Elson [mailto:el...@pico-systems.com] > > I have a question that is probably directed at you. A while back I > > converted a C command line program that creates a bore at an XY > location using IJ G-codes. I think you were the author of the C program but > I can't remember for

Re: [Emc-users] experimental bearings for harmonic drive

2021-03-28 Thread John Dammeyer
> From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com] > > On Sun, 28 Mar 2021 at 14:50, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > This is clear petg, but I simply cannot get it to stick to the glass. > > I covered my build plate with one of the sheets of PEI sold for the > purpose, and most things stick well. > An

Re: [Emc-users] pushbuttons for "canned" G code?

2021-03-28 Thread Jon Elson
On 03/27/2021 10:00 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: Hi Jon, -Original Message- On 03/24/2021 10:18 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: However this page I think shows how you create the G code command as a MDI command. http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Adding_Custom_MDI_Buttons Thanks very

Re: [Emc-users] experimental bearings for harmonic drive

2021-03-28 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 28 Mar 2021 at 14:50, Gene Heskett wrote: > This is clear petg, but I simply cannot get it to stick to the glass. I covered my build plate with one of the sheets of PEI sold for the purpose, and most things stick well. An occasional wipe with an alcohol-soaked rag helps on the occasions

Re: [Emc-users] experimental bearings for harmonic drive

2021-03-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 27 March 2021 12:12:43 Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > I'm in a try it mood this morning while I wait for it to warm up > enough I can go move some dirt in the back yard to make a level place > to put a slab of concrete for a small plastic shed I bought to keep my > new last