I have no idea if this email still works for Pete. Pete developed a dos app for steps-> servo that was pretty cute, including a C axis. As a demo he threaded a file with it.
EMC does have the capability of limiting or stopping feed in a wire edm setup but no ability AFIK for backing out necessary for sinker edm. I would be most interested in what you come up with. It just occurred to me that cc: may not show up on the list so here it is. Pete_Gruendeman <gruendeman dot at dot net> Dave On Feb 23, 2010, at 7:22 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > peter locati wrote: >> >> >> >> >> I am new to Linux >> I have to develop a CNC for a EDM electroerosion sink machine and I decided >> to switch from Windows to Linux >> >> 1. I am looking for some hints on how to begin with Linux: what are the >> first steps? Anyone has some advice based on his own experience? >> >> 2. I would like to contact some colleagues who developed a CNC for a similar >> EDM application: how can I find them? >> > Take a look at EMC2, it may do much of what you want. I believe some > people have worked with EDM, making some > kind of feedback from the EDM pulser to control the feedrate. I think > Pete Gruendeman had something working at one > time, using EMC. I haven't heard from him in some time, however. Steve > Stallings of PMDX built an EDM pulser that > Pete was working with, so Steve might have newer info or know how to > contact Pete. > > Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
