Re: [Emc-users] Commutating Reactor

2012-06-03 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
Yep, that about covers it. ;-) Mark On 6/2/2012 7:54 AM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: Heh! Wife = transformer? Power = money? Sent from my iPad On Jun 2, 2012, at 6:14 AM, Mark Wendt (Contractor)mark.we...@nrl.navy.mil wrote: On 6/2/2012 6:35 AM, John Thornton wrote: After

Re: [Emc-users] Commutating Reactor

2012-06-02 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 6/2/2012 6:35 AM, John Thornton wrote: After some checking most transformers show the percent of inductance on the label. Some are 2.5% some are 4.~%. Basically the 611 drive is a poorly designed drive as the power requirements are very strict. This drive wants balanced voltage and wants an

Re: [Emc-users] TOT Bamboo Fly Rods

2012-05-28 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
:16 AM, Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: That guy is in pretty nice shape. Were you the winner? Mark On 5/23/2012 12:09 PM, John Thornton wrote: Actually I like this one better but do not know what 1FLF Flash mean? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Montague-Split-Bamboo-Genuine-Tonkin

Re: [Emc-users] TOT Bamboo Fly Rods

2012-05-24 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
John, Now, if he ever wants a higher end rod, I make 'em. ;-) That's what my machine was designed for. Mark On 5/23/2012 11:59 AM, John Thornton wrote: Mark, Thanks John On 5/23/2012 9:12 AM, Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: On 5/23/2012 8:57 AM, John Thornton wrote

Re: [Emc-users] TOT Bamboo Fly Rods

2012-05-24 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
Dave, The machine is fully functional now. Been cutting some very nice strips. I'll be taking the first rod made from the machine fishing this weekend. I've only been lawn casting it, but it came out beautiful. Some of the older cane rods can be bought reasonably inexpensively. There are

Re: [Emc-users] TOT Bamboo Fly Rods

2012-05-24 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
=item3cc69bcb1c Thanks John On 5/23/2012 9:12 AM, Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: On 5/23/2012 8:57 AM, John Thornton wrote: Totally Off Topic I have a retired buddy on a fixed income that loves to fly fish, in fact that is the only way he fishes. He has a couple of wally world fly rods

Re: [Emc-users] TOT Bamboo Fly Rods

2012-05-24 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item2c656b852d Thanks John On 5/23/2012 9:12 AM, Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: On 5/23/2012 8:57 AM, John Thornton wrote: Totally Off Topic I have a retired buddy on a fixed income that loves to fly fish, in fact that is the only way he fishes. He has

Re: [Emc-users] Flash hole drill sizes for BP with 209 ignition?

2012-05-24 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 5/23/2012 11:36 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote: And of course Dave did answer your query, which proves once again the breadth of knowledge in this group. I never had a hankering for BP long guns but there sure are a lot of enthusiasts in this area of Western MD, Northern VA, and WV. There's no

Re: [Emc-users] TOT Bamboo Fly Rods

2012-05-23 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 5/23/2012 8:57 AM, John Thornton wrote: Totally Off Topic I have a retired buddy on a fixed income that loves to fly fish, in fact that is the only way he fishes. He has a couple of wally world fly rods that he uses and has expressed a desire to get a split bamboo rod. All I know about

Re: [Emc-users] MPG question

2012-04-28 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 4/27/2012 6:46 PM, Terry Christophersen wrote: Hi all. I was wondering if it is possible to select the x,y,z axis from the keyboard just like jogging using the keyboard instead of a seperate switch for axis selection when using the MPG. I do not want to use a pendant and am running

Re: [Emc-users] Fixed Dwell

2012-04-22 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
The comments also help when you're having problems and you post your files so other folks can more easily figger out what's going on. ;-) Mark On 4/22/2012 6:11 AM, Mike Bennett wrote: I chose to put the lines in the custom HAL file as I still want to use the stepconfig wizard for tuning

Re: [Emc-users] A cross list bit of advice trivia

2012-04-08 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 4/7/2012 12:34 PM, Mark Cason wrote: On 04/07/2012 10:54 AM, gene heskett wrote: You will recall I had to do something that blacklisted ipv6 in order to get any network connection at all on the lathe box, but that message has been expired now and I don't recall what it was that I had

Re: [Emc-users] Question about encoder.0.velocity

2012-04-08 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 4/7/2012 4:49 PM, Andy Pugh wrote: One would normally adjust it until it has the right effect, but to a first approximation a Gain of 1/10 means that the output is the average of 10 samples, though it isn't actually a rolling average as such. The code is _very_ simple:

Re: [Emc-users] A cross list bit of advice trivia

2012-04-08 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 4/8/2012 9:29 AM, gene heskett wrote: On Sunday, April 08, 2012 09:25:12 AM Mark Wendt (Contractor) did opine: On 4/7/2012 12:34 PM, Mark Cason wrote: On 04/07/2012 10:54 AM, gene heskett wrote: You will recall I had to do something that blacklisted ipv6 in order

Re: [Emc-users] Tool change question

2012-03-25 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 3/24/2012 4:02 PM, gene heskett wrote: Thanks Mark. Every other place I hit wants to sell it in 100' or 300' rolls. But Jameco was a bit proud for the male IDC connectors, made up for the most part by USPS shipping. $29 for enough stuff to make 2 cables, with some ribbon left over

Re: [Emc-users] PM - Re: OT - Re: Tool change question

2012-03-24 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 3/24/2012 12:36 AM, Dave wrote:Nothing runs like a Deere, nothing smells like a John... ;-) Mark Obviously you are not a John Deere lover. I have been at farm auctions and one 4 bottom plow by Allis Chalmers will go for $200, the next plow is a 4 bottom John Deere of similar specs

Re: [Emc-users] Tool change question

2012-03-24 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 3/24/2012 11:23 AM, gene heskett wrote: FWIW, the shack no longer carries db25 pieces to even make a parport cable. DigiKey to the rescue probably. But no clue as to the minimum length I can get 25 conductor ribbon cable in. I might have some left over to sell you folks. :) Gene,

Re: [Emc-users] Smart-serial and 7i43

2012-03-18 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 3/17/2012 1:08 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/3/17 Mark Wendt (Contractor)mark.we...@nrl.navy.mil: You're missing at least the Boost.Python libraries for C++ (gcc). Dunno what else you're missing since I don't know what you have on your machine. ;-) I just want to test one 8i20

Re: [Emc-users] Marketing LinuxCNC, was Re: Trajectory planning and other topics from a EMC(LinuxCNC) newbie

2012-03-18 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 3/17/2012 4:06 PM, gene heskett wrote: Gene, Support is one of the things I mentioned, and IMO, probably one of our more important things to market. We do have a bunch of different channels available for support, from this mailing list, to the IRC, to our own forum and to the LinuxCNC

Re: [Emc-users] Marketing LinuxCNC, was Re: Trajectory

2012-03-18 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 3/17/2012 5:50 PM, Ron Ginger wrote: On 3/17/2012 4:12 PM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: In fact, my GMC fired up an hour ago for the first time in several months, with a fresh engine in it, so hitting NAMES might not be out of the question if they hold one this

Re: [Emc-users] Marketing LinuxCNC, was Re: Trajectory planning and other topics from a EMC(LinuxCNC) newbie

2012-03-17 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 3/16/2012 10:31 PM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: Gentlemen, Just how do you 'market' a free item/product? The free LinuxCNC software is not even a loss leader. The whole thing is free - all the time - even the advice - even the help. Just asking. thanks Stuart Stuart, Marketing is

Re: [Emc-users] Marketing LinuxCNC, was Re: Trajectory planning and other topics from a EMC(LinuxCNC) newbie

2012-03-17 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 3/17/2012 9:34 AM, gene heskett wrote: Stuart, Marketing is marketing, whether for profit or for non-profit. Even if free, you still want to be able to give it away. Like Kent mentioned, Case Studies and perhaps Testimonials are our Free advertising. That's the kind of stuff that needs

Re: [Emc-users] Smart-serial and 7i43

2012-03-17 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 3/17/2012 12:52 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/3/17 Viesturs Lācisviesturs.la...@gmail.com: I will report back about my success. So I uninstalled the buildbot version, got the source code and in terminal executed: sudo apt-get build-dep emc2 ./autogen.sh ./configure The

Re: [Emc-users] Signing Off

2012-02-25 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 2/24/2012 8:11 PM, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, 25 Feb 2012, andy pugh wrote: I am heading off tomorrow to do a bit of sailing. I won't have any internet at all for 7 weeks. I will be back in April. Could you please elaborate Are you sailing between planets, 7 weeks

Re: [Emc-users] The future of LinuxCNC mailing lists and bug tracking

2012-02-19 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 2/19/2012 8:23 AM, Jeff Epler wrote: In the board's original announcement of the rebranding of the project as LinuxCNC, we mentioned a future renaming of the SourceForge project, so that our mailing lists would be under the LinuxCNC name. However, the board has not yet filed this renaming

Re: [Emc-users] Back to taskset usage ramifications

2012-02-12 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 2/11/2012 3:25 PM, gene heskett wrote: Greetings all; Sorta one of those days to hibernate, 3 of snow blowing all over, 19F etc in north central WV today. So I'm sitting here with a couple ssh sessions going to that box, motor power off etc. I found that installing ksysguard give me a

Re: [Emc-users] Workpiece is longer than the mill travel

2012-02-05 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 2/4/2012 4:29 PM, Kenneth Lerman wrote: I end up doing this all the time since my current small mill is limited to 16 X travel. However I define Y with respect to the upper jaw of the vise so all I have to do is slide the part in x to get the dowel pin aligned. I'll bet that Stuart

Re: [Emc-users] hal taking machine down

2012-01-02 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 1/2/2012 12:13 AM, Kent A. Reed wrote: As for debugging your hal file, that's the problem I was working on in the fall with my attempts to graph the hal network. The feedback I got here suggested my approach wasn't lighting anyone's fire, but my wife's health has taken a big nose dive (I

Re: [Emc-users] fail2ban default setup gotcha

2011-12-25 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 12/24/2011 3:32 PM, Jon Elson wrote: gene heskett wrote: And sudo quits working, so you can't fix anything else. You actually can, but you have to get down to hacker level. You can get into grub, show the default boot command, and add the option to go to single-user boot

Re: [Emc-users] Merry Christmas

2011-12-25 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 12/24/2011 3:34 PM, Jon Elson wrote: Luis Antonio de Andrade wrote: I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year. Yes, especially to all the tireless developers who work many unpaid hours behind the scene to continue improving EMC2, Merry

Re: [Emc-users] lapic and grub

2011-12-25 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 12/24/2011 4:33 PM, alice wrote: found relative information in the archives gene writes to edit grudcmd to quiet splash lapic , i found the grub default file etc: grub:default but the file opens as read only so i tried opening sudo gedit etc:default: grub and it just gives blank terminal

Re: [Emc-users] fail2ban default setup gotcha

2011-12-25 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 12/25/2011 9:35 AM, gene heskett wrote: Anybody remember the Alt-somethingorother key combo to bring up the running of the startup scripts rather than the Ubuntu splash screen during boot? I thought I had it saved away somewhere but I'll be durned if I can find it. That's helpful if you

Re: [Emc-users] fail2ban default setup gotcha

2011-12-25 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
Thanks! Mark On 12/25/2011 8:08 AM, Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: esc and the splash-screen goes away alt+F6 for dmesg output Am Sonntag, 25. Dezember 2011 schrieb Mark Wendt (Contractor): On 12/24/2011 3:32 PM, Jon Elson wrote: gene heskett wrote: And sudo quits

Re: [Emc-users] fail2ban default setup gotcha

2011-12-25 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 12/25/2011 11:51 AM, gene heskett wrote: On Sunday, December 25, 2011 11:51:20 AM Mark Wendt (Contractor) did opine: On 12/25/2011 9:35 AM, gene heskett wrote: Anybody remember the Alt-somethingorother key combo to bring up the running of the startup scripts rather than

Re: [Emc-users] fail2ban default setup gotcha

2011-12-24 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 12/23/2011 2:47 PM, gene heskett wrote: I sounded like a good idea, but: [gene@coyote ~]$ ssh shop gene@shop's password: Linux shop 2.6.32-122-rtai #rtai SMP Tue Jul 27 12:44:07 CDT 2010 i686 GNU/Linux Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS Welcome to Ubuntu! * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/

Re: [Emc-users] fail2ban default setup gotcha

2011-12-24 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 12/23/2011 6:18 PM, gene heskett wrote: On Friday, December 23, 2011 06:11:28 PM Mark Cason did opine: On 12/23/2011 01:47 PM, gene heskett wrote: Last login: Thu Dec 22 09:38:52 2011 from coyote.coyote.den gene@shop:~$ sudo useradd -u 500 gene to modify a user, you must use

Re: [Emc-users] fail2ban default setup gotcha

2011-12-24 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 12/24/2011 9:04 AM, gene heskett wrote: On Saturday, December 24, 2011 09:00:31 AM Mark Wendt (Contractor) did opine: On 12/23/2011 2:47 PM, gene heskett wrote: I sounded like a good idea, but: [gene@coyote ~]$ ssh shop gene@shop's password: Linux shop 2.6.32-122-rtai #rtai

Re: [Emc-users] fail2ban default setup gotcha

2011-12-24 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 12/24/2011 12:22 PM, gene heskett wrote: On Saturday, December 24, 2011 12:14:41 PM yann jautard did opine: Le 24/12/2011 15:04, gene heskett a écrit : On Saturday, December 24, 2011 09:00:31 AM Mark Wendt (Contractor) did opine: On 12/23/2011 2:47 PM, gene heskett

Re: [Emc-users] fail2ban default setup gotcha

2011-12-24 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 12/24/2011 1:04 PM, gene heskett wrote: On Saturday, December 24, 2011 12:56:52 PM Mark Wendt (Contractor) did opine: On 12/24/2011 12:22 PM, gene heskett wrote: On Saturday, December 24, 2011 12:14:41 PM yann jautard did opine: Le 24/12/2011 15:04, gene heskett

[Emc-users] So, you wanted a portable scope?

2011-12-18 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/dso-quad-4-channel-digital-storage-oscilloscope-p-736.html?cPath=174 Mark -- Learn Windows Azure Live! Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 Microsoft is holding a special Learn Windows Azure training

[Emc-users] A little more on scopes

2011-12-17 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
Here's another interesting little development: http://www.gabotronics.com/development-boards/xmega-xprotolab.htm http://www.gabotronics.com/development-boards/xmega-xminilab.htm Saw these on another mailing list this morning. Mark

Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)

2011-11-27 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 11/26/2011 5:32 PM, Robert van dyke wrote: Please remove me from your mailing list. Bob Van Dyke -- All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers,

Re: [Emc-users] SSD problem?

2011-10-19 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 10/18/2011 8:17 PM, andy pugh wrote: swear, curse, rude words https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg#X_failed_to_start_:_Keyboard_initialization_failed This was the error, when I looked at the logs. I deleted some files, and X started as normal. That is _not_ a good way to indicate

Re: [Emc-users] upgrade issue with 10.04 live CD

2011-10-02 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 10/1/2011 3:50 PM, marc foster wrote: The machine is an HP Pavilion Desktop that I have added a PCIE parallel port card to. It is an AMD Phenom 9550 Quad Core 2.2Ghz processor with 6 GB of RAM. For clarification the way I tested the 8.04 Live CD was to boot from the CD and then

Re: [Emc-users] source for washers

2011-08-25 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 08/25/2011 12:24 PM, Cathrine Hribar wrote: Hi: Was wondering if you, or anyone on here has a source for wavy spring washers? The ones used to load taper roller bearings. I called my local bearing house here and he don't know what I am talking about!!! Thanks: Bill Bill, Are

Re: [Emc-users] Fwd: OT git linix emc marked as phishing site

2011-08-20 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 8/20/2011 10:16 AM, Steve Stallings wrote: A couple of months ago, there was indeed an incident related to phishing support on the LinuxCNC.org web site. It was not obvious to regular users of the site because it was just acting as the mule to host the phishing content, not linked to it in

Re: [Emc-users] bad news, xylotex died

2011-07-31 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 7/30/2011 7:15 PM, gene heskett wrote: Or, speak of el-cheapo, 70 bucks for what looks like that's about what its worth: http://cgi.ebay.com/4-Axis-TB6560-CNC-Stepper-Motor-Driver-Controller-Board-/130532324742?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item1e64553586 Nice fan cooled heat sink, but that

Re: [Emc-users] Preview on a robot arm

2011-05-14 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 5/14/2011 12:58 AM, dave wrote: On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 22:55 -0400, Kyle Kerr wrote: On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 8:15 PM, andy pugh It's mm, not inches, I expect. 39 inches/min is nothing to sneeze at. 1mm/min is 390 in/min. Even less to sneeze at. DOH! damn decimal :P Orders of

Re: [Emc-users] Axis enable pins

2011-04-24 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 4/23/2011 12:38 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: From a brief search for HY-TB4DV-M I found this board is likely to be based on the TB6560AHQ: http://www.toshiba-components.com/motorcontrol/pdfs/TB6560AHQ_AFG_E_2003_20080407.pdf Short URL: http://alturl.com/gygw6 I started a couple of different

Re: [Emc-users] Axis enable pins

2011-04-24 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 4/24/2011 8:13 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 24 April 2011 11:40, Mark Wendt (Contractor)mark.we...@nrl.navy.mil wrote: With all the problems that board has, like Kirk says, you're probably better off getting better drives, like Gecko's or drivers from Keling. Maybe that would have been

Re: [Emc-users] Motion control cards

2011-04-23 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 4/22/2011 5:26 PM, Robert Pabon wrote: Man my head is starting to spin! No wonder people just go with steppers and call it a day. Maybe my vision is clouded by ignorance but it doesn't seem like it should be that hard to pick up a brushless DC motor, a suitable amp and make it work.

Re: [Emc-users] Motion control cards

2011-04-23 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 4/23/2011 11:12 AM, dave wrote: Okay, I'm getting a bit overwhelmed here too. I'm currently using steppers on my saw beveler, but have future thoughts of upgrading to a servo based system. So, if what Robert shows as necessary, for one axis I'd need a servo, an amp, a driver, a bunch of

Re: [Emc-users] Beating Grub2 into submission

2011-04-10 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 4/9/2011 9:41 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote: Ok, gang, my work is out there for all to see at http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?The_Isolcpus_Boot_Parameter_And_GRUB2 There's a link to this page from the main EmcKnowledgeBase page under the 'Misc Stuff' heading. Kudos, brickbats, big

Re: [Emc-users] OT: MPG format

2011-03-27 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 3/26/2011 3:39 PM, Jon Elson wrote: Or, you can get the whole bloomin' pendant for $179... http://www.kelinginc.net/BreakoutBoards.html Yeah, I JUST can't do that! After much eBay and web surfing, I couldn't do any better than the $56 MPG, but no WAY I will pay $179 for a cheap

Re: [Emc-users] OT: MPG format

2011-03-27 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 3/26/2011 3:56 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: Or, you can get the whole bloomin' pendant for $179... http://www.kelinginc.net/BreakoutBoards.html Scroll about halfway down. Mark Don't forget, I just got the Homann ModIO working with EMC2. One of the applications is a pendant.

Re: [Emc-users] OT: MPG format

2011-03-27 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 3/26/2011 4:04 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: Or, you can get the whole bloomin' pendant for $179... http://www.kelinginc.net/BreakoutBoards.html Yeah, I JUST can't do that! After much eBay and web surfing, I couldn't do any better than the $56 MPG, but no WAY I will pay $179 for a cheap

Re: [Emc-users] OT: MPG format

2011-03-26 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 3/25/2011 1:13 PM, Roland Jollivet wrote: Hi Colin The dials are normally graduated, and a spin of however much should move the machine exactly that amount. Unless it's being used in a velocity mode, where turning the wheel means move continuously, and stop means stop. (also a debated

Re: [Emc-users] OT: MPG format

2011-03-26 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 3/25/2011 6:26 PM, Igor Chudov wrote: I am wondering about something. For manual movement, I use a Saitek P880 joypad. I am literally overjoyed by this joypad and how easily it moves the axes. Having said this bad pun, I wonder if those manual pulse generators are better, ergonomically,

Re: [Emc-users] OT: MPG format

2011-03-26 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 3/26/2011 7:52 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 26 March 2011 11:46, Mark Wendt (Contractor)mark.we...@nrl.navy.mil wrote: But if I want to move precisely to position X or position Z, the MPG is my go to control. If I want to go to a specific X and Y I tend to type G0….. in the MDI and hold

Re: [Emc-users] OT: MPG format

2011-03-26 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 3/26/2011 12:37 PM, Jon Elson wrote: Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: Geez, at either $150 or $170, somebody's mighty proud of their MPG. HEDSS sells the basic 2 encoder for $56 on eBay in single quantity. It really seems there ought to be cheaper ones, but maybe they just don't make

Re: [Emc-users] W axis working! One problem remains, residual current to the motor.

2011-03-06 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 3/5/2011 12:54 PM, Jon Elson wrote: Unforch, I do not have the building nor the foundation to support that cinci Stuart has. Is that truly big enough Stuart? I really can't believe you asked Stuart that question, Gene... ;-) Next to the Cincinnatti 5-axis mill, he has a Giddings

Re: [Emc-users] Video showing all that my mill does, including W axis

2011-03-05 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
Igor, It's been as fun watching your machine come to life as it was watching Sam's! Good on both of ya, and thanks for allowing us to watch!!! Mark On 3/4/2011 9:48 PM, sam sokolik wrote: awesome! sam On 03/04/2011 08:38 PM, Igor Chudov wrote: I embedded my video on this page:

Re: [Emc-users] W axis working! One problem remains, residual current to the motor.

2011-03-05 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 3/4/2011 11:07 PM, gene heskett wrote: Always assume a job will come up that needs more travel! Yes Jon, I believe there is a corollary about that someplace in the Murphy's laws collections I've seen. If not, it certainly needs adding because its a basic truth. Unforch, I do not have

Re: [Emc-users] W axis working! One problem remains, residual current to the motor.

2011-03-05 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 3/5/2011 12:05 AM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: the corollary is relevant no matter the size of the machine with 200 inches X travel on the 5 axis bridge one of the first three jobs was 220 inches long we had to slide a part to machine the whole thing See Gene? Toldja so... ;-) Mark

Re: [Emc-users] W axis working! One problem remains, residual current to the motor.

2011-03-01 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 3/1/2011 1:11 AM, Igor Chudov wrote: I have the W axis working. http://www.chudov.com/projects/Bridgeport-Series-II-Interact-2-CNC-Mill/34-Adding-Servo-Control-to-Knee/ When commanded, the W axis moves up and down, roughly as instructed, according to my G0 W... commands. It is not super

Re: [Emc-users] Guidance on usb comp

2011-02-27 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 2/26/2011 3:35 PM, cogoman wrote: On 02/24/2011 01:35 PM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: It would be nice if there was a way to interface CNC equipment via USB such that the timing of actions was being scheduled in the controller rather than by the host O/S. That way it

Re: [Emc-users] Guidance on usb comp

2011-02-27 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 2/27/2011 8:03 AM, Peter Blodow wrote: Hello Mark, Ethernet is a sloppy name for IEEE 802.3, the real protocol name is Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection (CSMA/CD). In local wireless networks, /CA is used (Collosion Avoidance) instead of /CD. Other Bus protocols are based

Re: [Emc-users] Ethernet with EMC2

2011-02-06 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 2/6/2011 1:47 AM, Kim Kirwan wrote: snippage But look at the (current) EtherCAT hardware page (there in the green block at the top): http://www.etherlab.org/en/ethercat/hardware.php It seems to say they have a universal driver that supports all network cards that are currently supported

Re: [Emc-users] Talk to me about comp_file

2011-01-30 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 1/29/2011 5:13 PM, andy pugh wrote: My question is, can comp_file be used to map out those inconsistent heights in software, so that I don't have to file and scrape anymore? ;-) My guess would be no, as the compensation file applies the offset to the same axis as it is looking up

Re: [Emc-users] Talk to me about comp_file

2011-01-30 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 1/29/2011 5:46 PM, gene heskett wrote: ISTR where I read that as being an emc capability someplace back in the fog of time, Mark. Screw error mapping I believe it was called. But, so you don't have to, consider that if the saws can be replaced with wide diamond wheels, say like as used

Re: [Emc-users] Talk to me about comp_file

2011-01-30 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 1/29/2011 7:47 PM, Jon Elson wrote: Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: My question is, can comp_file be used to map out those inconsistent heights in software, so that I don't have to file and scrape anymore? ;-) You probably need to talk to Stuart Stevenson, who built a fairly

Re: [Emc-users] Talk to me about comp_file

2011-01-30 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 1/30/2011 4:34 AM, Steve Blackmore wrote: Now, my nefarious reason - I'm realized that a career of hand scraping is not for me. I've mapped the entire length of the hold-down/bed with a depth gauge, and know, for every inch of X, the difference between the current station and the 0 point

Re: [Emc-users] Talk to me about comp_file

2011-01-30 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 1/30/2011 8:45 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 30 January 2011 13:27, Mark Wendt (Contractor) mark.we...@nrl.navy.mil wrote: I used to use vixen files back in the 70's when I puttered around with automotive body work using lead. Google Oh, you mean a Dreadnought file :) (I thought

Re: [Emc-users] Talk to me about comp_file

2011-01-30 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 1/30/2011 10:29 AM, gene heskett wrote: On 1/29/2011 5:46 PM, gene heskett wrote: I forgot to mention, the hold-down bed, as is much of the machine itself, is aluminum. I was able to tilt the saw spindle to fit a sanding drum and work at shaving the top of the hold-down bed down, but the

Re: [Emc-users] Inserted new card -- how to find parallel address -- how to tell EMC2?

2011-01-29 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 1/28/2011 11:45 PM, Igor Chudov wrote: My theory is that cables always expand to not quite fit in the available space. :) In my shop, tools expand to cover all available flat surfaces I have that problem with the vertical surfaces too... ;-) Mark

[Emc-users] Talk to me about comp_file

2011-01-29 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
Was cruising through the doccy's today and came across comp_file in the config ini section, and had seen something thta piqued my interest whilst perusing the EMC2 section on CNCZone in answer to somebody else's question about backlash compensation. Chris M, chester88 on CNCZone said thus:

Re: [Emc-users] Kearney and Trecker Milwaukeematic IIIb progress

2011-01-16 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
solution..) ;) sam On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 07:02:59 -0500 Mark Wendt (Contractor)mark.we...@nrl.navy.milwrote: Pretty neat stuff Sam! What is that last operation in that video - where it looks like that big nut moving laterally? Is that part of the tool changing process? Mark

Re: [Emc-users] OT - email recommendations

2011-01-16 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
On 1/16/2011 1:10 AM, Jon Elson wrote: Well, this is quite off-topic, but I just went through HELL with my Thunderbird email client. It has been acting flaky for a while, with about 2-minute hangups every now and then. When it does this, the CPU utilization goes to 100% for the duration.

Re: [Emc-users] Kearney and Trecker Milwaukeematic IIIb progress

2011-01-09 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
Pretty neat stuff Sam! What is that last operation in that video - where it looks like that big nut moving laterally? Is that part of the tool changing process? Mark At 07:40 PM 1/8/2011, you wrote: Ok - have the spindle encoder mounted. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vvP4L_hr90 rigid

Re: [Emc-users] Kearney and Trecker Milwaukeematic IIIb progress

2011-01-09 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
Dayum! Mark At 09:16 PM 1/8/2011, you wrote: 60 rpm 1 inch tap. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLcztAbgEcU 400 rpm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E3PMooch1k the spindle transmission has a lot of rotational mass and a pretty light vfd... But it works 1 inch tap swapped with a 7/8 inch

Re: [Emc-users] Merry Christmas

2010-12-24 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
I'll second Stuart's and Peter's Christmas sentiments. My machine is still a work in progress, as any brand new machine design is, working the bugs out (sure wish we'd get a little of that global warming, at least out in my shop anyway), but the programming stuff is pretty much taken care of

Re: [Emc-users] Merry Christmas

2010-12-24 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
;-) And the same to you Alex... Mark At 03:28 AM 12/24/2010, you wrote: Please accept with no obligation, implied or explicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Charge Pump

2010-12-11 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
Peter, As long as the list accepts attachments, that would work. Anybody have the definitive answer on whether the list is set up to accept attachments? Mark At 06:29 AM 12/11/2010, you wrote: Hello gentlemen, lately, I saw a lot of attempts to get schematic drawings of

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Coil Tying

2010-12-02 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
At 12:48 PM 12/1/2010, you wrote: Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: I'm afrayed knot... ;-) Back to the lacing, in the olden days, was the lacing lacquered or varnished once in place? Or did it just seem to look that way from age, heat, and old-fashioned capacitors venting a little oil

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Coil Tying

2010-12-01 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
I'm afrayed knot... ;-) Back to the lacing, in the olden days, was the lacing lacquered or varnished once in place? Or did it just seem to look that way from age, heat, and old-fashioned capacitors venting a little oil? Mark At 02:34 PM 11/30/2010, you wrote: Pretty cool to be in a group

Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: emc 2.4.6

2010-11-28 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
In a machinist kinda way, right? ;-) Mark At 08:21 PM 11/26/2010, Igor wrote: I will be even more explicit: I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! On Nov 26, 2010 7:03 PM, Kent A. Reed knbr...@erols.com wrote: On 11/26/2010 6:53 PM, Jeff Epler wrote: I'm pleased to announce the next bugfix release of emc, v...

Re: [Emc-users] Kearney and Trecker Milwaukeematic IIIb progress

2010-11-14 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
Sam, Very neat! It's been an enjoyable watch as you bring this big machine back to life. Is that the first cut(s) on a part you've done since bringing 'er up? Mark At 09:51 PM 11/13/2010, you wrote: Did a little milling. Needed to cut a hex in the center of a timing pully for the

Re: [Emc-users] OT: AVR Gadget, was: scale/encoder

2010-10-31 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
At 08:35 AM 10/30/2010, you wrote: On 10/30/2010 7:21 AM, Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: At 06:58 PM 10/29/2010, you wrote: Now an AVR based doohickey that can have internal HAL-like signal connections between its peripherals - that would be something :) - Steve Steve

Re: [Emc-users] OT: SGI Legacy.

2010-10-31 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
At 08:54 AM 10/30/2010, you wrote: Across our institute, we probably had something on the order of 50 SGI systems of varying size and capability. I think there may have been a few IRIS boxes lurking in dusty corners when I retired. Early on, they were the go-to system for scientific and technical

Re: [Emc-users] OT: scale/encoder

2010-10-31 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
At 09:16 AM 10/30/2010, you wrote: snippage I think we've talked before about Eitel-McCullough aka EIMAC. I never got to the power levels you dealt with and their ceramic tubes were too expensive for a young experimenter, but I will always remember fondly the glow of filaments in the night. I

Re: [Emc-users] AVR Gadget, was: scale/encoder

2010-10-31 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
At 12:23 AM 10/31/2010, you wrote: snippage It's easier if you don't start from scratch. That sentence right there should go down in history as one of the World's Best Unvarnished Truths. ;-) lotsa good info snippage Erik -- No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a

Re: [Emc-users] AVR Gadget, was: scale/encoder

2010-10-31 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
At 02:27 PM 10/30/2010, you wrote: Hello Steve, hello Mark, how about a dictionary for non-US-slang people? Yappadappa doo Peter Blodow Hi Peter, Ah yes, the old cousins separated by a common language thing. How in the world do y'all survive? ;-) A doohickey, a whatchamacallit, or

Re: [Emc-users] AVR Gadget, was: scale/encoder

2010-10-30 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
At 06:58 PM 10/29/2010, you wrote: Now an AVR based doohickey that can have internal HAL-like signal connections between its peripherals - that would be something :) - Steve Steve, As long as it's a doohickey. A thingamijig with the same functions would just be a waste of time and

Re: [Emc-users] More Intel D510 strangeness?

2010-10-30 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
At 03:40 AM 10/30/2010, you wrote: On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:18:28 -0400, you wrote: Any chance you can hook up a different CDROM or DVDROM to it? I've had that problem before, not with Ubuntu distros, but with other software. Sometimes weird little things can cause issues with booting to

Re: [Emc-users] OT ultra-reliable, long life PC

2010-10-24 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
At 01:47 PM 10/23/2010, you wrote: Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: You mentioned the Dells before, so when my shop box decided to take a crap, I hit the local computer warehouse here in the DC Metro area. They didn't have any Optiplex's, but I did manage to get a Dell Dimension

Re: [Emc-users] Kearney and Trecker Milwaukeematic IIIb progress

2010-10-18 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
Schweet! What else do you have left to do Sam? Mark At 09:44 AM 10/17/2010, you wrote: I think we have the spindle/tool change working well. Next is pallet change and B axis. This video shows it find the tool - rapid to the g30 home tool change position - then spindle orient and then

Re: [Emc-users] Kearney and Trecker Milwaukeematic IIIb progress

2010-10-10 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
Sam, No goofing around allowed, this is serious stuff! Looks like things are coming together for you. Damn, I wish I could play with big toyls like that or Stuart's. Mark At 08:24 PM 10/9/2010, you wrote: more goofing around. got a good start on the spindle hal component. It

Re: [Emc-users] Cinci/Enshu progress report

2010-09-29 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
At 10:53 PM 9/28/2010, you wrote: Gentlemen, I am a happy camper. Jeremy came in my office with a quiet voice to give me a report on how the Cinci cut the big plate with all the holes with a +-.002 location tolerance. I thought OH NO we have problems. He then smiled and said it nailed all the

Re: [Emc-users] Woo hoo! New pendant up and working!

2010-09-19 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
board - the plug will still make good contact when secured in place... Ian On 18/09/2010 16:45, Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: Dave, Thanks for the suggestions. Problem with the board the way it is, is the DB25 connectors are on opposite sides of the board. A much better design

Re: [Emc-users] Woo hoo! New pendant up and working!

2010-09-19 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
At 07:40 PM 9/18/2010, you wrote: Gawd, have you guys tried to find a parallel cable that is DB25 to DB25 male to female in any store lately? Digi-Key AE1374 from Assmann, this is good for IEEE-1284 (EPP mode) as well as all other purposes. Jon Yeah, that's the one I originally

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