Re: [Emc-users] servo with brake issue

2008-05-30 Thread Jorge Barrera
and a UPS was used to power the PC and the IO boards, this took care of the false limit switch trigger that we where seeing. So ironically it was something very simple. I was suspecting that it was something like this. It's been a while since I've had to debug something. Jorge Barrera MFG.com some

[Emc-users] servo with brake issue

2008-05-24 Thread Jorge Barrera
thinking there has to be an obvious step that I am missing. Any comments will be greatly appreciated Jorge Barrera MFG.com some project details: http://www.mfgx.com/blogs/opensource/2008/05/15/open-source-hardware-the-beginning

Re: [Emc-users] home-mad CNC machine project.

2008-03-19 Thread Jorge Barrera
revolution - free software tools are here, but that hardware to make use of the software has not had a revolution, the means of producing it are still in the hands of a few Is this making any sense? Jorge Barrera Director of MFG Labs MFG.com - Original Message From: Kirk Wallace

Re: [Emc-users] home-mad CNC machine project.

2008-03-19 Thread Jorge Barrera
Comments and feed back it what I am seeking the most, a really appreciate the participation This list is not the place to stir up that interest. We tend to be much to independent but then that is a very different lecture that I refer to as Explorers vs Settlers. I see this list as the most

Re: [Emc-users] home-mad CNC machine project.

2008-03-14 Thread Jorge Barrera
I am curious about bigger machines, anybody tried making something with a 40 taper spindle. I am halfway done with my own design, using servos, linear scales, linear bearings and ballscrews. I am trying to keep the BOM under 20k and of course I am using EMC. Its work envelope is