Terry Neilson wrote:
> This has "gage wheel" type encoders that use a friction wheel that run along
>   
Ugh, these may not be terribly reliable.  Position can drift with many 
back and forth moves, and chips
could get under the wheel and shift the position.
>  I am not sure if the amps are velocity
> mode and take +-10v, how can I find out? The amps say Glentek on them. The
> schematic shows the motors as tach motors.
If there is what looks like a tiny motor on the back end of the motor, 
with a pair of small wires that go
to the servo amp, that is the tach connection.

I needed tachs but didn't have them in my motor.  I added a tach driven 
by a tiny instrument belt off the ballscrew.
I put an encoder on the end of the ballscrew with a helical-slit coupling.
You can see some photos here :
http://jelinux.pico-systems.com/CNCconv.html
Please excuse the awful pictures, I ought to redo them.

Jon

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