Sure. I would like to touch base with him. If I can not easily run it on emc then I will write a similar C program to drive it (probably via ANdroid) Sent from my Galaxy S®III
-------- Original message -------- From: Steve Stallings <steve...@newsguy.com> Date: To: dengv...@charter.net,'EMC developers' <emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] custom EDM configuration questions > -----Original Message----- > From: dave [mailto:dengv...@charter.net] > Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 10:43 AM > To: EMC developers > Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] custom EDM configuration questions > > On Sun, 2013-02-03 at 15:50 +0200, andy pugh wrote: > > On 3 February 2013 15:39, EBo <e...@sandien.com> wrote: > > > > > Short answer is that decades ago I was shown a EDM head > that could self > > > retract a small distance > > > > If this is purely a die-sinking application then I suggest not > > bothering with G-code at all. > > > > Do the whole thing in HAL with a custom component, and > maybe your own > > Glade UI to control it. > > > > Gabe Willen has built a few machines using this approach (a > > plunge-grinder was one, I think) > > > Some years ago Pete (the last name escapes me) brought an EDM to fest. > Stepper powered and controlled by a BASIC (?) program. Both wire and > sinker modes. C axis so he could thread. Pretty neat stuff. > > Maybe Steve Stallings can jump in here with a last name and phone > number. Steve was doing something with him on a edm power supply. > > More hints ... from Wisconsin and drove an early Prius. > > Sorry I can't be more specific. > > Dave > That would be Pete Gruendeman. We have not been in contact since about 2008, a year after the fest where he brought his setup. I keep intending to get back to making something more for EDM, but never seem to get the time. Pete's system did not use EMC, but perhaps used some code ideas from it. He ran Basic which was plenty fast enough considering how slow the EDM process runs. I never had a copy of his code, so I cannot answer any detailed questions. I don't have a phone number. I do have an old email address that may or may not work, but I do not want to publish it on an open list. I would forward a message if you like. Steve Stallings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
