Re: [Emc-users] Slides, Encoders, and Resolution

2007-12-07 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 12:09 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: (Dooh, fixed title spelling) On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 11:43 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: I got the first pass on my Bridgeport X axis working and I am having trouble with tuning. I am using a brushed DC motor with a 3:1 belt ratio between

Re: [Emc-users] Slides, Encoders, and Resolution

2007-12-07 Thread RogerN
@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 2:30 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Slides, Encoders, and Resolution On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 12:09 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: (Dooh, fixed title spelling) On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 11:43 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: I got the first pass on my Bridgeport X axis

Re: [Emc-users] Slides, Encoders, and Resolution

2007-12-07 Thread Jon Elson
Kirk Wallace wrote: I jury rigged an encoder to the motor and it tunes fairly well now, but now the travel end points are affected by the backlash. I am looking at getting the MicroKinetics ballscrew kit. http://www.microkinetics.com/convkit.htm (at the bottom of the page) which appears

Re: [Emc-users] Slides, Encoders, and Resolution

2007-12-07 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 12:46 -0600, Jon Elson wrote: Kirk Wallace wrote: I jury rigged an encoder to the motor and it tunes fairly well now, but now the travel end points are affected by the backlash. I am looking at getting the MicroKinetics ballscrew kit.

Re: [Emc-users] Slides, Encoders, and Resolution

2007-12-06 Thread Kirk Wallace
(Dooh, fixed title spelling) On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 11:43 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: I got the first pass on my Bridgeport X axis working and I am having trouble with tuning. I am using a brushed DC motor with a 3:1 belt ratio between the motor and ballscrew. The motor is driven by a Pico PWM