Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders. (Peter Blodow)

2012-01-08 Thread Lester Caine
Peter Blodow wrote: I don't know how my name came into the header of this thread. I do have a rotary table, sure, but I never mentioned it on this list. I made it mainly as an exercise in aluminum casting. On the long run, I want to attach a stepper motor to the worm shaft, but that will take

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders. (Peter Blodow)

2012-01-08 Thread gene heskett
On Sunday, January 08, 2012 08:39:42 AM Lester Caine did opine: Peter Blodow wrote: I don't know how my name came into the header of this thread. I do have a rotary table, sure, but I never mentioned it on this list. I made it mainly as an exercise in aluminum casting. On the long run, I

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders. (Peter Blodow)

2012-01-08 Thread andy pugh
On 8 January 2012 14:02, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Because the coupling is replacing the handwheel, its placement controls the end play of the worm too I still am not sure which rotary he was on about, but as the title refers to encoders, and I started that thread with a video of my

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-08 Thread Joachim Franek
From: kontaktspray.hu/?download=A-20_TDS_EN.pdf A temperature treatment of the lacquer at 190°C will result in durable inscriptions or graphics having a blackish- brown color Someone has tried this? Joachim --

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-08 Thread andy pugh
On 8 January 2012 14:59, Joachim Franek joachim.fra...@pibf.de wrote: A temperature treatment of the lacquer at 190°C will result in durable inscriptions or graphics having a blackish- brown color It is worth remembering, though in my case I was much more concerned about reflectivity than

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-08 Thread Peter Blodow
I have been experimenting with copper in order to make durable memorial signs. I treat a polished piece of sheet copper (or thicker) just like a PCB: degrease, spray photoresist, expose with laser printer foil on it to UV lamp, develop in 0.8% NaOH solution, etch in concentrated FeCl3

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-08 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sun, 2012-01-08 at 15:53 +, andy pugh wrote: On 8 January 2012 14:59, Joachim Franek joachim.fra...@pibf.de wrote: A temperature treatment of the lacquer at 190°C will result in durable inscriptions or graphics having a blackish- brown color It is worth remembering, though in my

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-08 Thread Jon Elson
Kirk Wallace wrote: It seems to me, a custom method of burning a CD might work. I would think very fine lines could be made. Another idea might be to have glass disks aluminum coated as is done for telescope mirrors and either etch or burn lines in that. I Could use 3 diameter encoder wheels,

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders. (Peter Blodow)

2012-01-08 Thread gene heskett
On Sunday, January 08, 2012 02:49:34 PM andy pugh did opine: On 8 January 2012 14:02, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Because the coupling is replacing the handwheel, its placement controls the end play of the worm too I still am not sure which rotary he was on about, but as the

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-08 Thread gene heskett
On Sunday, January 08, 2012 03:10:16 PM Kirk Wallace did opine: On Sun, 2012-01-08 at 15:53 +, andy pugh wrote: On 8 January 2012 14:59, Joachim Franek joachim.fra...@pibf.de wrote: A temperature treatment of the lacquer at 190آ°C will result in durable inscriptions or graphics

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-07 Thread charles green
if i knew better, i would say that updates are not generally really evil things. --- On Fri, 1/6/12, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: From: gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders. To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Friday, January

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders. (Peter Blodow)

2012-01-07 Thread Martin Patton
What rotary table is that on your mill? Did you make the adapter for the stepper? I want one of those. Thanks, Marty -- Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders. (Peter Blodow)

2012-01-07 Thread andy pugh
On 8 January 2012 01:33, Martin Patton mart...@gmail.com wrote: What rotary table is that on your mill?  Did you make the adapter for the stepper?  I want one of those. The table is one of these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RDGTOOLS-LATEST-HV4-ROTARY-TABLE-4-100MM-/290630172909 Though it isn't

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-06 Thread Peter Blodow
Gene, no worry, things aren't so bad. You just specified a little too many http's and www's in your URL. It works now, I saw your machinery. Looks much more tidy than my shop and what's in it. But I haven't done much work there last year, all around. Had to get used to being retired... I think

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-06 Thread gene heskett
On Friday, January 06, 2012 08:41:29 AM Peter Blodow did opine: Gene, no worry, things aren't so bad. You just specified a little too many http's and www's in your URL. It works now, I saw your machinery. Looks much more tidy than my shop and what's in it. But I haven't done much work there

[Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-05 Thread andy pugh
I recently got some Avago AEDR8300K encoder sensors. These have two detectors in a small SMT package for quadrature in one device. http://www.avagotech.com/pages/en/motion_control_encoder_products/incremental_encoders/reflective_encoders/aedr-8300-1k0/My plan was to laser-print a target onto

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-05 Thread Mark Wendt
On 01/05/2012 05:05 AM, andy pugh wrote: I recently got some Avago AEDR8300K encoder sensors. These have two detectors in a small SMT package for quadrature in one device. http://www.avagotech.com/pages/en/motion_control_encoder_products/incremental_encoders/reflective_encoders/aedr-8300-1k0/My

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-05 Thread gene heskett
On Thursday, January 05, 2012 08:01:43 AM Mark Wendt did opine: On 01/05/2012 05:05 AM, andy pugh wrote: I recently got some Avago AEDR8300K encoder sensors. These have two detectors in a small SMT package for quadrature in one device.

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-05 Thread Mark Wendt
On 01/05/2012 08:39 AM, gene heskett wrote: Love the clamp mod on your cutting head!VBSEG Mark Chuckle. BTDT, but needed something just a hair more substantial for milling mortis and tennon joints with my micromill on steroids:

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-05 Thread gene heskett
On Thursday, January 05, 2012 08:59:41 AM Mark Wendt did opine: On 01/05/2012 08:39 AM, gene heskett wrote: Love the clamp mod on your cutting head!VBSEG Mark Chuckle. BTDT, but needed something just a hair more substantial for milling mortis and tennon joints with my micromill on

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-05 Thread Mark Wendt
On 01/05/2012 09:06 AM, gene heskett wrote: Well crap. Work for some reason has black-listed your domain. Can't get to your web site from here. Mark G. Sorry Mark, try subbing 204:111:66;235 for the contrived domain name then go offer to re-adjust the IT guys attitude for

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-05 Thread gene heskett
On Thursday, January 05, 2012 09:13:51 AM gene heskett did opine: On Thursday, January 05, 2012 08:59:41 AM Mark Wendt did opine: On 01/05/2012 08:39 AM, gene heskett wrote: Love the clamp mod on your cutting head!VBSEG Mark Chuckle. BTDT, but needed something just a hair

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-05 Thread gene heskett
On Thursday, January 05, 2012 09:17:08 AM Mark Wendt did opine: On 01/05/2012 09:06 AM, gene heskett wrote: Well crap. Work for some reason has black-listed your domain. Can't get to your web site from here. Mark G. Sorry Mark, try subbing 204:111:66;235 for the

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-05 Thread Mark Wendt
On 01/05/2012 09:16 AM, gene heskett wrote: G. Sorry Mark, try subbing 204:111:66;235 for the contrived domain name then go offer to re-adjust the IT guys attitude for blocking a dyndns address. That is in fact _this_ machine. And since I'm on a cable modem, there is nothing dynamic

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-05 Thread Mark Wendt
On 01/05/2012 09:18 AM, gene heskett wrote: On Thursday, January 05, 2012 09:17:08 AM Mark Wendt did opine: On 01/05/2012 09:06 AM, gene heskett wrote: Well crap. Work for some reason has black-listed your domain. Can't get to your web site from here. Mark G.

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-05 Thread Steve Stallings
Ok, but from the logs, somebody is looking at the whole subpage I was curious who it was. Cheers, Gene Weren't me. I can't even get to it from here. ;-) Mark -- Hi Gene, Mark, Well I got there by

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-05 Thread gene heskett
On Thursday, January 05, 2012 12:24:44 PM Steve Stallings did opine: Ok, but from the logs, somebody is looking at the whole subpage I was curious who it was. Cheers, Gene Weren't me. I can't even get to it from here. ;-) Mark

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-05 Thread Peter Blodow
Gene, sorry to say, I can see only commercial ads on the site you specified. In German. Is there more I have to know in order to get your information? Peter Chuckle. BTDT, but needed something just a hair more substantial for milling mortis and tennon joints with my micromill on steroids:

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-05 Thread gene heskett
On Thursday, January 05, 2012 06:57:38 PM Peter Blodow did opine: Gene, sorry to say, I can see only commercial ads on the site you specified. In German. Is there more I have to know in order to get your information? Peter You could try using the IP address in place of the name, but Mark

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-05 Thread Dave Panetta(The Spam Catcher)
Re the Bad links Look at the link in the address bar after you get the error. What I got was http//.. when it should be http://. Just fix it in the address bar and hit enter A long time lurker Dave --