Ebo.. Please let us know if you hear back from him. I know of several EDM machines that need new controls.. and the ability to back up seems to be really important for a wire edm.
Thanks, Dave On 2/3/2013 2:04 PM, ebo wrote: > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
