Nice and straightforward.
Is that a 100 pulse per turn encoder? Does that give enough resolution?
Marcus
On 9 Feb 2014, at 17:59, Jon Elson wrote:
On 02/09/2014 08:50 AM, Pete Matos wrote:
This is one of the things on the high priority list for the VMC here to
me. I can really see that it
On 10 Feb 2014, at 10:38, andy pugh wrote:
On 10 February 2014 07:35, Marcus Bowman
marcus.bow...@visible.eclipse.co.uk wrote:
Is that a 100 pulse per turn encoder? Does that give enough resolution?
I am currently running with a 16 pulse per turn encoder and it is perfectly
OK.
I
On 16 Feb 2014, at 05:07, Jared Turner wrote:
I'm still working with trying to get programatic speed control from my BBB.
My driver requires a 0-10v signal or a 10k pot to control speed.
Interestingly, although these systems are designed around a 10 volt swing, I
have measured the swing on
On 3 Apr 2014, at 13:17, andy pugh wrote:
On 3 April 2014 12:30, Mark Tucker m...@rmtucker.f2s.com wrote:
Exactly what is the 2.6 branch bringing to the table at this point??
As someone has already stated,why can it not be a case of switch the new
TP on/off in the ini.
It is the only way
On 4 Apr 2014, at 10:17, andy pugh wrote:
On 4 April 2014 05:56, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za wrote:
I would have put the likes of yourself into the guru class not what I do :)
Well, I have a shared git repository on my Mac exported through NFS /
avahi and auto-mounted by the
On 28 Apr 2014, at 09:34, Erik Christiansen wrote:
On 27.04.14 19:04, Dave Cole wrote:
If you use the roller type of cutter dip the tip into kerosene some some
other light oil to lube the roller.
The one roller type of cutter I've used has a hollow handle with a
little brass screw-plug
On 15 May 2014, at 08:11, Steve Blackmore wrote:
On Wed, 14 May 2014 08:53:48 -0400, you wrote:
On Wednesday 14 May 2014 06:09:00 andy pugh did opine
And Gene did reply:
On 14 May 2014 09:59, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
Ok, so name the Right Stuff(TM).
Loctite 640 sounds
On 28 May 2014, at 03:08, Greg Bernard wrote:
Hi guys.
I'm helping a buddy set up a new controller and was wondering what the latest
mini-ITX flavor is that works well with LInuxcnc.
I like my Gigabyte E350N board. The Wiki shows it has low latency figures. It's
also quite cheap.
On 26 Jun 2014, at 09:53, Jean-Michel Pouré - GOOZE wrote:
https://docs.google.com/a/mapacode.tw/document/d/1X9RrbkUpiTQ-S6Acken-5fv7yYq2DTr_1zOjf6zabn0/edit#heading=h.fxx7nvltcl7x
Sounds great, but 2GB eMMC onboard memory is not enough.
I would prefer 4GB to be able to install a stock
On 4 Jul 2014, at 02:28, Jon Elson wrote:
On 07/03/2014 04:18 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
But it occurs to me that this code is dig cutting, meaning the bit as it
dulls, will skid rather than shave at first contact and be pushed farther
and farther off the line until it snaps.
I have been
On 5 Jul 2014, at 13:54, John Alexander Stewart wrote:
Hi all; Hope this question is considered on-topic, or at least not too far
off.
I'm doing another CNC conversion - my largest yet. G0704 (BF20) style mill,
and I'm wondering about stepper drivers. (Have a Mesa 5i25/7i76 combo;
maybe
No; but I wouldn't mind a shot at the CNC pipe bender they used...
Marcus
On 17 Jul 2014, at 19:24, Kirk Wallace wrote:
http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/14-179_rs_25_installation_0.jpg
http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/july/nasa-begins-engine-test-project-for-space-launch-system-rocket/
and flame
back pressure, etc.
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za
wrote:
I was gonna say that all those pipes. What the hell could they all do?
On 2014-07-17 20:48, Marcus Bowman wrote:
No; but I wouldn't mind a shot at the CNC pipe bender they used
I'm obviously biased, but you could try:
http://www.crowood.com/details.asp?isbn=9781847975126t=CNC-Milling-in-the-Workshop---Crowood-Metalworking-Guides
available through Amazon, or Book Depository (worldwide, free shipping):
http://www.bookdepository.com/CNC-Milling-Workshop-Marcus-Bowman
Pity you can't wait for some hardware. There are some good ideas here:
www.theinturn.com
and several developmental stage videos by Simpsons36 on youTube.
Nice bit of kit, and servo driven at quite a speed.
Marcus
On 24 Jul 2014, at 21:23, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Thursday 24 July 2014 15:12:50
Interesting.
I wonder how it compares with Blender?
I suspect SILO may allow more precise input of co-ordinates, but I'm not sure.
Marcus
On 30 Jul 2014, at 19:26, andy pugh wrote:
I was just spammed by a company trying to sell this:
On 31 Jul 2014, at 05:20, Gene Heskett wrote:
I have an autoz routine that measures the length of a mill or drill bit to
precisely set the etching depth of a pcb being milled.
The typical .drill file from eagle may need 6 or 7 drills before its done.
I wasn't having what I would call
On 31 Jul 2014, at 16:14, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Thursday 31 July 2014 08:22:34 John Thornton did opine
And Gene did reply:
I think your focused on the word calculated and stop comprehending
the rest of the sentence. So let me try and word what G10 L2 and G10
L20 do in a different way.
On 18 Aug 2014, at 19:42, David Armstrong wrote:
a vacuum would be far better and safer , instead of blowing potential chips
into someones eyes etc
no matter how good you are at trying to keep small debris in check ,
particles always get through .
I agree. I have seen several very nice
On 19 Aug 2014, at 01:14, Gregg Eshelman wrote:
On 8/18/2014 11:46 AM, Todd Zuercher wrote:
I've had a problem proposed to me. Any ideas or suggestions?
A series of randomly sized wooden pieces (uniform thickness) placed randomly
on a slow conveyor. Each piece has 1 to 4 small pockets
Would a better solution ( or an as_well_as solution) be to have two saddles
spaced widely apart?
Or maybe we should all just save up and buy a Tormach. Slant-bed doesn't solve
the basic problem, but its a good way to go.
Marcus
On 29 Sep 2014, at 03:35, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Sunday 28
that makes the difference, I think. Rather
as you were suggesting with the SEIG kit.
Marcus
On 29 Sep 2014, at 08:57, Gregg Eshelman wrote:
On 9/29/2014 12:45 AM, Marcus Bowman wrote:
Would a better solution ( or an as_well_as solution) be to have two saddles
spaced widely apart?
Or maybe we
On 2 Oct 2014, at 18:32, andy pugh wrote:
On 2 October 2014 17:59, alex chiosso achio...@gmail.com wrote:
I've checked out the jump functionality (within the G code) used from
several CNCs on the market (Fanuc,Siemens ,Heidenhain,Fagor ...) and it is
present.
Nearly every other
On 10 Oct 2014, at 14:25, Viesturs Lācis wrote:
2014-10-10 16:18 GMT+03:00 Dave Cole linuxcncro...@gmail.com:
I'm sure I am not the only one doing this, so how do others start over
after a program stop when a g92 offset has been used?
So far I always taught my customers to use G54, I
Induction heater for soldering. Shrink wrap shrinker (cabling). It might even
boil an egg in a small cup. Brilliant!
Marcus
On 13 Oct 2014, at 19:16, andy pugh wrote:
http://www.boltbusterinc.com
I can see it being useful for what it is designed for, but possibly
for other things too.
On 19 Oct 2014, at 20:42, Marshland Engineering wrote:
I'm about to start my 3 or 4 attempt to get LinuxCNC running. So far over the
past 5 years I have spent several 100 hours trying to get things to work with
little success.
Bear in mind that it's not just LinuxCNC, it is all of Linux
On 20 Oct 2014, at 18:49, John Kasunich wrote:
On Mon, Oct 20, 2014, at 01:40 PM, John Kasunich wrote:
On Mon, Oct 20, 2014, at 01:13 PM, andy pugh wrote:
On 20 October 2014 17:36, Rick r...@superiorroll.com wrote:
I was wondering If anyone knew of a supplier of inexpensive silicone
On 12 Nov 2014, at 15:45, p...@wpnet.us wrote:
Put them in a zip loc bag, and if they pickup some ferous chips turn the bag
inside out and pull away to remove the chips.
I second that. Cling Film also works as a cheaper disposable covering, but does
not exclude chips quite as well as a
I can recommend Vectric VCarve Pro, but it is expensive for what it is. Needs
to run under Windows, but will output LinuxCNC-compatible code. Ask for a
LinuxCNC or EMC2 post-processor, if there isn't one on the menu.
I use it regularly for all sorts of jobs. Used it this morning for text
Another good program for turning photographs/jpegs into a machinable picture is
PhotoVCarve at
http://www.vectric.com/products/photovcarve.html
It's a single-purpose program and I have seen lots of good results from that.
Sadly, it is another Windows program, but the output is LinuxCNC
On 13 Jun 2013, at 12:07, Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
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Why do you use LinuxCNC and what are the features you like best? I am
about to introduce some new users to LinuxCNC and I want to make sure
I have a good list of it's strengths.
For me,
I think the analogy with spinning is a good one.
I presume there would be control of pressure too, to control the stretching.
Marcus
On 8 Jul 2013, at 08:36, Dave Caroline wrote:
On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 8:02 AM, les...@lsces.co.uk wrote:
Presumably the tips of the press rotate and angle to
On 10 Jul 2013, at 19:59, Bruce Layne wrote:
Forums require users to visit them and participate. An email list
arrives in my inbox. That's both an advantage and a disadvantage. It
keeps the topics in front of me on a daily basis and keeps me involved
but it does clutter my inbox.
On 18 Jul 2013, at 22:15, sam sokolik wrote:
So - as far as I can tell - the original control did 1/2 stepping up to
about 19ipm - then full stepping from there to 30ipm. Now the lathe
runs fine on full stepping from 0 to 40 (maybe 45)ipm. Half stepping
only works well up to 20ipm-ish.
Yes; and in an even further corner of the forgotten empire, we had one of the
early PDP-8 minis which stopped one day.
It was located in a very small cupboard, and extensive, expensive,
investigation finally revealed that the hard disk had stopped because tiny
cluster flies (with which the
We had a Data General Super Nova and an ASR33.
The big problem with the card reader was the sweat from my hands, as I recall.
I eventually had to wear gloves and just handle the cards by their edges.
Didn't seem to affect other people, though. Maybe they didn't sweat in
anticipation of those
One of my most fondly treasured memories was when DEC built a factory about 3
miles from where I stay. Just before it opened, my mate, who had landed a job
there, sweet-talked security into letting me visit the factory late one night,
and one of the many items I lovingly fondled was an early
On 21 Jul 2013, at 16:22, andy pugh wrote:
On 21 July 2013 17:01, Marcus Bowman
marcus.bow...@visible.eclipse.co.uk wrote:
One of my most fondly treasured memories was when DEC built a factory about
3 miles from where I stay.
Are you sure it was DEC and not Systime?
Most definitely DEC
On 22 Jul 2013, at 12:07, andy pugh wrote:
On 21 July 2013 23:21, Marcus Bowman
marcus.bow...@visible.eclipse.co.uk wrote:
I don't think Systime had a presence in this neck of the woods.
I admit I was speculating from the .co.uk.
I'm in Prestwick, Scotland. DEC were in Ayr, at Mosshill
On 22 Jul 2013, at 12:43, Erik Christiansen wrote:
On 22.07.13 12:07, andy pugh wrote:
My local Air Cadets group had a tour of the Systime factory in Leeds
where they seemed to be doing everything including IC artwork. The
thing that impressed me most at the time was the wide-carriage
I think the dots look good on some subjects, but I like the Vectric approach:
http://www.vectric.com/products/pvc/features.html
so I wonder if anyone has done this in Linux?
Marcus
On 22 Jul 2013, at 20:55, John Kasunich wrote:
Missed a couple:
http://emergent.unpythonic.net/01109080625
On 28 Jul 2013, at 18:02, Gene Heskett wrote:
And whats the best material for the gib strip? I am not impressed with the
soft steel now used in these chinese toys. Recycled coat hangers or
similar junk IMO.
You could use Ground Flat Stock (AKA Gauge Plate), although the surface would
Interesting review of BeagleBone Black in this month's Custom PC (on
Sainsbury's shelves right now).
Marcus
On 7 Aug 2013, at 08:30, Paul Lacatus wrote:
Hi everybody,
My name is Paul Lacatus and I am quite new on this list. I am using
LinuxCNC for a few months on my Proxxon MF70
On 7 Aug 2013, at 14:28, Kent A. Reed wrote:
If I had to compare the total cost of ownership (TCO) of the two
approaches as opposed to the first cost of the motherboard, I'd have to
say they are roughly equal, especially if one puts a dollar/euro/leu
value on one's time. [Please, gentle
John,
Looks ok, but it may be something simple.
You could always do a manual test (and apologies if you have already done this)
by manually setting the G54-59.3 origins by moving and touching off each in
turn. You should then be able to go to each origin in turn using G55 G0 X0 Y0
Z0 and so
There's no right or wrong about this, but I agree this has a lot to do with
Windows' dominance.
It also has a LOT to do with people's comfort levels. As computing has become
an established consumer-led and mature market, so we now have many many users
(and potential users of CNC systems) who
That would be a good case for a G68, but I see that command does not seem to
exist.
Maybe it should.
Regards,
Marcus
On 22 Oct 2013, at 14:29, andy pugh wrote:
I need to cut some partial holes for a taperlock bush.
I know that the holes are at 1.38 radius and 85 degrees. So I can
very
On 22 Oct 2013, at 15:31, andy pugh wrote:
On 22 October 2013 15:23, Marcus Bowman
marcus.bow...@visible.eclipse.co.uk wrote:
That would be a good case for a G68, but I see that command does not seem to
exist.
Maybe it should.
One well known program has G68/G69 as XY axis rotation
On 2 Nov 2013, at 16:03, Jon Elson wrote:
andy pugh wrote:
On 2 November 2013 08:53, Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net wrote:
Can't you set A as a linear axis in LinuxCNC ?
You can't set the active plane to XA.
You can have a linear A-axis, but the only planes that arcs can be in
What toolbit are you using?
Marcus
On 23 Nov 2013, at 15:53, andy pugh wrote:
On 4 November 2013 14:03, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote:
The real reason I went for the all g-code solution was firstly that I
thought it might be fun (the idea of a G-code line O0 sub amused my
in a
On 23 Nov 2013, at 18:02, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Saturday 23 November 2013 12:43:43 Jon Elson did opine:
Mark Wendt wrote:
is the camera center concentric or not with the camera body? If it is
concentric, drill and ream the post to the outside dimension of the
camera body. On a mini
On 23 Nov 2013, at 19:22, andy pugh wrote:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130826028002?var=430112721191
Ok. Looks like the same lot I have. 15 degree (half angle) 0.2mm point. They
work wonderfully well on aluminium and brass, but I wasn't sure if they would
stand up to steel. Just scared, I
On 23 Nov 2013, at 21:14, Frederic RIBLE wrote:
Le 2013-11-23 19:35, Marcus Bowman a écrit :
I have an optical machine scope that has that kind of gimbal adjustment,
although it is just two screws which act on a spherical arrangement inside
(I think). Works fine.
I have also cobbled
Looks like one of those gorgeous drawers could be removed and replaced with a
rack-mounted PC when you get around to CNCing the lathe...
Marcus
On 2 Jan 2014, at 12:38, John Thornton wrote:
I love the dovetail work...
JT
On 1/2/2014 4:44 AM, andy pugh wrote:
Lathe related, but not a
I can't get the Calling Files feature to work in 2.5
I have placed the file containing the subroutine in the directory named in
PROGRAM_PREFIX in the .ini file, but the programme says it can't load the
subroutine.
I would welcome all suggestions. I couldn't get this to work in earlier
versions
Thanks. That solved a problem I was going to post a question about (error
messages from Update Manager)!
Talk about a quick response to a question
Marcus
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I have a question about gedit, but if this is not the right forum, perhaps
someone could tell me where I should post this.
When I edit from within LinuxCNC, the code goes into gedit, which is fine,
except -
when I cut and paste or copy and paste within gedit, it puts the pasted items
in the
I'm running 10.04 Lucid Lynx. Is that the highest version for a stable
performance from LinuxCNC?
Regards,
Marcus
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I can have a go at building gedit from the tarball, but would much prefer to
have it auto-updated by Package Manager, if possible, as that seems a more
reliable route.
Regards,
Marcus
On 21 Aug 2012, at 08:58, andy pugh wrote:
On 21 August 2012 09:31, Marcus Bowman
in Synaptic. But be careful with this,
because it may upgrade automatically some application you do not want to
upgrade.
I suggest you activate backports, upgrade gedit, then desactivate
backports again.
Le 21/08/2012 12:08, Marcus Bowman a écrit :
I'm running 10.04 Lucid Lynx. Is that the highest
I've been using Draftsight on the Mac for a little over a year, and had no
problems with registration.
Of course I now receive the regular emails telling me about the wonders of
training courses and add-ons, to entice me to upgrade to SolidWorks (where the
real money is to be made). Pity I use
I understand G28 and G30 and their use of the parameter blocks 5161-6 and 5181-6
Where are the HOME co-ordinates stored?
Where are the Current Co-ordinates of the Controlled Point stored?
In either case, I assume these will be expressed in absolute machine
co-ordinates.
Thanks.
Marcus
,
although perhaps it wouldn't matter, except that it changes those parameters
which I had set up for a tool change.
Marcus
On 8 Oct 2012, at 21:05, andy pugh wrote:
On 8 October 2012 19:49, Marcus Bowman marcus.thebowm...@virgin.net wrote:
Where are the HOME co-ordinates stored?
The answer rather
Ok. That's good info, but I am slightly confused by the wording of that and the
previous page you directed me to.
In 7.1 Numbered Parameters, it says:
5420-5428 - Current Position including offsets in current program units (X Y Z
A B C U V W)
But in that last page 7.6 System parameters, it says
October 2012 22:17, Marcus Bowman marcus.thebowm...@virgin.net wrote:
I can check this out on the machine by adding offsets etc, but what's the
easiest way to get it to print the value of a parameter so that I can read it?
(debug, X = #5420)
both #5420 and #_X seem to show current workspace
Why not push a stick into a rubber ball of approximately the same diameter as
the glass balls.
Dip it into a pot (or dish) of glue, then dab onto the recess.
Then its the usual cycle of
repeat
Dip, dab, place
until tired
Manually.
Regards,
Marcus
On 9 Oct 2012, at 13:25, Roland
Richard,
Interesting device, but...
To avoid errors, I would have thought you need to eyeball the centre dot
directly, from above, otherwise the axis of eyeball and dot is at an angle and
will only be coincident with the spindle axis at one point along that axis.
I use a proper centering scope
If you mean engrave the top surface of the button, you can use a diamond drag
engraving tool, because it will follow the curves. You can use VCarve Pro to
generate the code as if it was for a flat surface.
Marcus
On 6 Nov 2012, at 16:22, andy pugh wrote:
On 6 November 2012 15:20, Erik
Chris,
I can't see the EDIT button on that Whiteboard. I have logged in etc but it
remains Read-only.
How about a simple simulation button? That's different from the Cutting
simulation. I envisage the code running and the backplot window showing the
result, without attempting to simulate the
Nerves grow back too.
My brother severed the tip of his little finger and it was stitched back on. No
feeling for a long time, but the nerves grew back eventually.
That's probably cheaper than the Cut Away Spray, but not as instant.
Mind you; lack of feeling in the little finger might be useful
I think these have been suggested, but just to clarify (as much in my mind as
anyone else's):
(a) Assuming you decide the Z height is to be 0.1 lower than it is at the
moment, use MDI mode to go to a known position (say X0 Y10 Z20), Step Jog down
0.1 and Home Z to a value of 20.
(b) G92 can
I've been following the comments on the demise of the Intel 525 ITX boards etc,
and looking for a simple replacement. Here in the UK, there seem to be no
remaining stocks, and I'm looking for a current board rather than one I know
has has already been discontinued, as Intel exit from the
Viesturs,
I use Accupro solid carbide router cutters designed for machining plastic and
aluminium. They come from www.mscindustrial.co.uk (which is a large American
company and I think they will ship across Europe). Go to www.mscdirect.co.uk
and search for MIG-30035C (on special offer right
On 20 Mar 2013, at 04:16, Igor Chudov wrote:
I have a vertical mill with a fourth axis A.
My buddy wants me to write a subroutine that would let me mill thread on
round parts, that are held in the fourth axis, and the thread would be
milled using a 60 degree chamfer end mill, rotating the part
There seem to be 4 models of E350N board. The GA-E350N (rev 1.0) the GA-350N
(rev 3.0) and the GA-E350N Win8 (rev 1.0) all seem to have a parallel port, but
the GA-E350N-USB3 (rev 1.0) does not. The -USB3 has a different chipset (AMD
50M as opposed to AMD A45 FCH) but I don't know enough about
It might be operating at a low frequency, but you could try tuning for it on a
handheld radio, like a small transistor MW radio held up close. Even way
off-frequency you might be able to detect the difference between ON and OFF.
You could then hunt for the strongest signal.
Marcus
On 10 Apr
Are you creating it in VCarve Pro by using the Quick Engrave tool or the VCarve
tool?
Regards,
Marcus
On 17 Apr 2013, at 12:14, Erik Friesen wrote:
I am routing some lettering on some small plastic buttons with a .020 ball
nose feeding at 15 ipm. I am using vcarve pro to create the
On 27 Nov 2014, at 20:21, Marius Liebenberg wrote:
I will do the weld bead tomorrow and hopefully it will come out without
too much trouble.
It's a counsel of perfection, I guess, at this stage, but I would use a puller
fitted with very thin lips at right angles to the legs. These are
Good Morning All,
I have a Contour Shuttle Pro v2 and I use it with XP and Mach3 on one of my
machines. Works jolly well too. Extremely good as a flat-lying pendant., and
has, as far as I'm concerned, a very intuitive feel.
But I run LinuxCNC mostly (swappable drives and other machines and
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/german_to_english/business_commerce_general/1072093-mio.html
tells us it is Million hours.
Interestingly, though, the term does not appear in BS EN 61709:2011 Electric
components - Reliability - Reference conditions for failure rates and stress
models for conversion.
I guess that's why a complete circle does not require the X and Y values
(because it already knows where the controlled point is) and just needs the G2
Ivalue Jvalue command.
Marcus
On 3 Dec 2014, at 12:34, John Thornton wrote:
The default behavior for arc distance is incremental so for a
I've just taken a similar motor form our (now dead) washing machine. I took the
whole harness and all the electronics from the machine, so I may be able to get
it on the bench and give it a push and a prod sometime.
It seems to me that the motor rpm is greatly affected by the load. My knowledge
On 8 May 2014, at 00:19, Steve Blackmore wrote:
On Wed, 7 May 2014 08:08:34 -0400, you wrote:
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Stuart Stevenson stus...@gmail.com wrote:
Don't disparage the Chinese machines.
I didn't disparage all Chinese machines, just the smallest lathes. I'm
sure
On 4 Feb 2015, at 10:52, andy pugh wrote:
On 4 February 2015 at 10:32, Marcus Bowman
marcus.bow...@visible.eclipse.co.uk wrote:
Sadly, it is now very difficult indeed to buy a really high spec quality
tool of almost any sort, because, as customers, we have shot ourselves in
the foot
On 5 Jan 2015, at 12:07, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Monday, January 05, 2015 05:39:32 AM andy pugh did opine
And Gene did reply:
On 5 January 2015 at 03:29, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
Today I tried to wrap it up in a step repeat, putting all the bit
in wood into relative moves from
At a casual glance, this seems similar to a system built some time ago by
Bell-Everman (bell-everman.com) for machining teeth (falsies - not embedded
ones...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LziQ4uTXhBg shows a video of it in action, and
it is wondrous to behold. I've been toying with a
On 17 Mar 2015, at 09:54, Marshland Engineering wrote:
Last post seems to have got lost.
I got both ok.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFrVdoOhu1Q
This is quite something. Using, amongst other things, granite blocks, flat
within 1 micron
Watched the video and some of the others.
On 27 Mar 2015, at 14:27, andy pugh wrote:
I have long been disatisfied with my CNC-converted Chinese lathe.
It is a cheap copy of the Emco Compact 8 (not a paragon of over-built
perfection) stretched to 9 centre height and 1000mm bed length. Then
a milling machine was bolted to the back to
On 29 Mar 2015, at 04:53, Scott Salrin wrote:
Thanks again for the words of encouragement the other day, guys. I've
been thinking, which has always been dangerous for me. I need to bounce my
thoughts off of some smart people, to set me straight.
First let be beg forgiveness if this is
I use both Acetal and Delrin, in both white and black.
Machining a batch of Delrin parts for most of this week. Did some Acetal parts
last week. One-offs that turned into batches.
Delrin is a bit stronger, mechanically, and a bit more abrasion resistant, but,
for microscope parts, Acetal is
On 7 May 2015, at 22:31, Viesturs Lācis wrote:
Hello!
I built some pretty large gluing press for a customer.
Here are 2 pics of it during the build.
Here is the whole rotating platform (5m long, 1,6m wide):
http://picpaste.com/IMG_20150403_140923-6uIvoq8i.jpg
Here is some material loaded
On 8 May 2015, at 16:46, Jon Elson wrote:
On 05/08/2015 04:29 AM, Mark Wendt wrote:
I bought a little transistor/cap tester kit from Banggood a while back, and
since I'm such a great customer, they favor my inbox with an advertising
email occasionally. This showed up in one of their ads
On 15 May 2015, at 10:03, andy pugh wrote:
On 15 May 2015 at 02:02, Tom Easterday tom-...@bgp.nu wrote:
I don’t have extra wire to do them individually and my wire is a
multi-conductor (3 + ground). So I am going to put 4 ferrites together over
the whole cable (including ground)
You
On 8 Jun 2015, at 19:28, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote:
I have a ups that has failing batteries. It is a good ups with an external
battery connector. I would like to pull out the SLA batteries and hook up
2 deep cycle batteries to the external port. Will the ups keep these
deep cycle batteries
On 27 Jun 2015, at 08:55, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Saturday 27 June 2015 02:29:56 N. Christopher Perry wrote:
Got a collet block? Clamping the screw with a collet, and maybe a
piece of 800 grit emory paper, is the first thing that comes to mind.
Spindle is R-8, and I bought a full kit of
On 4 Jul 2015, at 01:28, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Friday 03 July 2015 20:19:09 Bertho Stultiens wrote:
On 07/04/2015 01:48 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
If we assume a mill with zero backlash and spindle-speed very much
larger than the feed-rate, would you still care or be careful about
direction?
On 4 Jul 2015, at 01:13, Bertho Stultiens wrote:
On 07/04/2015 01:54 AM, Stephen Dubovsky wrote:
If you look at something like Vectric's V-carve Pro it does the faster
no-lift case. I suspect the high-end Aspire tool does the same since they
are based on the same code base. For something
On 4 Jul 2015, at 22:50, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Saturday 04 July 2015 14:41:40 Marcus Bowman wrote:
On 4 Jul 2015, at 01:28, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Friday 03 July 2015 20:19:09 Bertho Stultiens wrote:
On 07/04/2015 01:48 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
If we assume a mill with zero backlash
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On 06/29/2015 01:21 PM, Marcus Bowman wrote:
Sorry; I know this is an elementary question, and I have probably failed to
notice it when consulting the documentation (can't see the wood for the
trees etc).
I want to alter my defaults so that when LinuxCNC starts up it has
Sorry; I know this is an elementary question, and I have probably failed to
notice it when consulting the documentation (can't see the wood for the trees
etc).
I want to alter my defaults so that when LinuxCNC starts up it has a jog
speed which I have defined. The normal default is way too
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