Windows has had a Hardware Abstraction Layer and Application Programming
Interface for a long time, the objective is to make it much easier for hardware
companies to interface their hardware with the software.
A manufacturer of a device like a 4th axis could provide the software required
to
On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 6:11 PM John Dammeyer
wrote:
> > From: Chris Albertson [mailto:albertson.ch...@gmail.com]
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 5:03 PM John Dammeyer
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I should probably buy another high speed 16GB or 32GB MicroSD in prep
> for
> > > creating a 2.9
On 1/26/23 20:01, John Dammeyer wrote:
So at the moment this is where I sit with the Pi4B (1GB) on the lab bench.
http://www.autoartisans.com/mill/Pi4-LinuxCNC-hardware.jpg
The Chinese BoB is at the top left. The other two BoBs are ones I had kicking
around. The board in the yellow box takes
> From: Chris Albertson [mailto:albertson.ch...@gmail.com]
>
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 5:03 PM John Dammeyer
> wrote:
>
> >
> > I should probably buy another high speed 16GB or 32GB MicroSD in prep for
> > creating a 2.9 system that runs Path Pilot.
> >
>
> Skip the SD card. Pi4 runs faster
On 1/26/23 16:42, andrew beck wrote:
hey guys
just wanted to let people know i just made a tutorial on custom m codes and
i couldn't find much info on it and wanted to help the next guy and remind
myself when i forget next time lol
On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 5:03 PM John Dammeyer
wrote:
>
> I should probably buy another high speed 16GB or 32GB MicroSD in prep for
> creating a 2.9 system that runs Path Pilot.
>
Skip the SD card. Pi4 runs faster with a USB3 SSD.This used to be an
expensive luxury but now if you have a
So at the moment this is where I sit with the Pi4B (1GB) on the lab bench.
http://www.autoartisans.com/mill/Pi4-LinuxCNC-hardware.jpg
The Chinese BoB is at the top left. The other two BoBs are ones I had kicking
around. The board in the yellow box takes TTL step/dir/enable and Fault and
On 1/26/23 2:57 PM, andrew beck wrote:
hey guys
and also if any of you machinists have good tips for bar pulling on a cnc
lathe i would love the ideas i have never done it before
regards
Andrew
How big of bar do you want to pull? What kind of machine
I have run runs of over 1K pieces
> On 1/26/23 13:43, rehe...@fast-air.net wrote:
>>
>> The HIWIN AC drive manual mentioned recently in another thread begins
>> with
>> a couple fascinating cautions.
>>
>> * Do not dismantle or modify the product.
>>
>> * Before installing or using the product, check the external appearance.
>>
>>
Hi Chris,
I've book marked your posting.
https://forum.linuxcnc.org/pathpilot/45286-pathpilot-v2-source-code?start=30
Looking forward to see if you get a link to the code.
John
> -Original Message-
> From: Chris Albertson [mailto:albertson.ch...@gmail.com]
> Sent: January-25-23 2:11 PM
>
hey guys
just wanted to let people know i just made a tutorial on custom m codes and
i couldn't find much info on it and wanted to help the next guy and remind
myself when i forget next time lol
On 1/26/23 13:43, rehe...@fast-air.net wrote:
The HIWIN AC drive manual mentioned recently in another thread begins with
a couple fascinating cautions.
* Do not dismantle or modify the product.
* Before installing or using the product, check the external appearance.
* Do not try to repair
And another addendum.
https://forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc/47796-install-rt-kernel-and-linuxcnc-2-9-on-rpi4#260565
> -Original Message-
> From: John Dammeyer [mailto:jo...@autoartisans.com]
> Sent: January-26-23 10:41 AM
> To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)'
> Subject:
>
> I don't think that there is much benefit in servo-ing this element of
> the machine.
> I would suggest that a simple (long) flag on the bull gear could be
> used to determine if the machine is on the cut or return stroke, with
> feed-hold asserted during the cut stroke. Otherwise you might as
Just an addendum. Likely Peter at MESA can create a different 7i92 file that
fills the need for the Chinese BoB. Here's a comment that is inside my Pi4
MESA hal file.
Note I identify the .pin file for the MESA.
Note too that there is no secondary function on pin 1 which is configured as an
How many CNC machine startup's have there been in the past few years?
Maybe a handful in some niche markets? The vendors in China offer the
popular CNC controllers that we all are accustomed to or use ARM
controllers similar to NVEM.
There have been several additive manufacturing start ups in
I have LCNC running on a Pi4 with the wired Ethernet to the 7i92H to two
different BoBs. One of them, the Chinese one, will have an identical friend in
a month or so. (assuming it ever arrives). That's the BoB I reverse
engineered and for which I now have a schematic.
The reason it was easy
The HIWIN AC drive manual mentioned recently in another thread begins with
a couple fascinating cautions.
* Do not dismantle or modify the product.
* Before installing or using the product, check the external appearance.
* Do not try to repair any product malfunctions.
If we applied this
Different strokes for different people.
Tormach supplies a niche market and is surviving. :-)
I went the other way and bought a machine with a dead control at
auction. Trucked it in, shoved it thru the door of my shop and then
spent the next year getting it running, New servo amps, servo-to-go
On Thu, 26 Jan 2023 at 15:26, Matthew Herd wrote:
> The general concept is to put an encoder on the bull gear (which has fixed
> timing with respect to the stroke of the ram), use a large servo as the
> drive motor (although a VFD & 3 phase motor would also work, but this
> allows easy
On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 10:43 AM Leonardo Marsaglia
wrote:
> My brother is changing some stepper motors to servos from a machine with
> LCNC 2.4.3 and a mesa 5i20. The servos are D2 model from Hiwin.
>
> The problem he's having is that, in rapid movements, after LCNC completes
> its motion the
Nor do I! That is why I sent a pile of cash to Tormach instead of trying to
roll my own. It just works and allows me to make chips without worrying
about editing files or applying updates that break things or... Others
obviously favour different choices!
-Original Message-
From: Stuart
"Define a set of hardware that works and make their own distribution with
only one user interface. It doesn't surprise me that nobody wants to do
this thankless task."
Perhaps thankless but Tormach has built a presumably profitable business by
doing exactly that.
And then packaging and selling
"Define a set of hardware that works and make their own distribution with
only one user interface. It doesn't surprise me that nobody wants to do
this thankless task."
Perhaps thankless but Tormach has built a presumably profitable business by
doing exactly that.
-Original Message-
Hi all,
I have been pondering a possible CNC shaper project for a while now. I
have some chinese AC servos lying around and have pondered CNC on my little
Atlas 7B metal shaper. I have a production application for this, so it's
not entirely a fanciful project. The current solution involves CNC
On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 8:24 AM wrote:
> To me this is the minimum level of magic required to make a commercially
> viable product. The vast majority of potential users are uncomfortable (or
> don't want to bother) with manually modifying configuration files. Of course
> the power of LinuxCNC is
Yes, my Tormach shipped with Mach3. The Mach3 configuration was "locked" so
you couldn't make any changes.
-Original Message-
From: Martin Dobbins
Sent: January 26, 2023 9:29 AM
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Running PathPilot on non-Tormach Machines
I
I remember when Tormach started, they were supplying cnc machines loaded with
Mach 3, they decided to go a different route as their product range increased.
To quote part of their description:
"If it's available, it's included. We eliminated the headaches of costly
upgrades or a al carte
Pathpilot is a single bootable image for a variety of Tormach hardware -- at
least 6 traditional CNC mills, a CNC router and at least 3 CNC lathes (not
all current products). It also support 3 different MESA boards, two
different ATC, two different 4th axis, two different probes, touch and
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