Very cool.  What are you going to cut on that beast or do you know yet?

By the way, re: vintage 60s picture, do you wear a tie under your lab coat when 
you operate it?  :-)
-Tom

On Sep 6, 2010, at 12:38 PM, sam sokolik wrote:

>  2 axis moving!
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU_O_Z7Vv8c
> 
> sam
> 
> On 8/26/2010 4:38 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>> Well - I fail at copy and paste...
>> 
>> this should work better.
>> 
>> I thought I would give an update on our ongoing project.
>> 
>> This is a 60's vintage NC that used hydraulic servos.  we are converting it 
>> to EMC2 using not quite as old Inland servos. (80's vintage) they are 8 
>> brush low rpm high torque.  (with the amc drives we are using - it will be 
>> 40ft-lbs peak.)  We are using 2 mesa 5i20 boards as we are needing a good 
>> 70+ i/o + atleast 7 encoder counters and 5 +/-10v outputs.  We are at the 
>> point where the machine is waking up.  the mesa hardware is awesome (thank 
>> to peter and seb for their work).
>> 
>> Be sure to watch the 2 videos at the end of this email.
>> 
>> lets see if I can create a linear picture show...
>> this is what the machine looked like in the 60s
>> http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/oldkandt.JPG
>> 
>> this is what the machine looks like now
>> http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/DSCCurrent.JPG
>> 
>> getting rid of the old control
>> http://www.electronicsam.com/images/control.jpg
>> 
>> this is the old electrical box
>> http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/conversion/mainelectricalbox.JPG
>> 
>> we welded 2 of the same boxes together for new electronics.
>> http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/conversion/moreelec.jpg
>> 
>> here is it mostly hooked up
>> http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/conversion/mostio.JPG
>> 
>> This is the x,z,b gearbox - the old control used 1 hydraulic servo to run 
>> all 3 axis
>> http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/conversion/xaxis/start.JPG
>> 
>> open
>> http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/conversion/xaxis/start.JPG
>> 
>> stripped
>> http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/conversion/xaxis/stripped.JPG
>> 
>> shafts extended out so we can hook the servos up.
>> http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/conversion/xaxis/3shafts.JPG
>> 
>> servo plate mounted
>> http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/conversion/servo/x-zservo_mount.jpg
>> 
>> belts (B axis still needs a solution)
>> http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/conversion/servo/belts.jpeg
>> 
>> Because we are still using the z axis drive train that goes up though the 
>> saddle - we needed to get the backlash out of it.  It uses split gears to do 
>> that.  Grinding 1 washer thinner takes the backlash out of 5 sets of gears. 
>> the washer is the spacer between the 2 lower small gears.
>> http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/conversion/zaxis/gears.JPG
>> 
>> we still have to mount the y axis servo. - The plan is to direct couple into 
>> this shaft.
>> http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/conversion/yaxis/yaxisshaft.JPG
>> 
>> here is the tool chain logic working...
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nuRea6615s
>> 
>> here is the first closed loop movement with the x axis
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgOqEz5Tk-Y
>> 
>> Getting there :)  Very happy with the progress.  (I only work on it about 
>> once a week.)
>> 
>> sam
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:27:29 -0500
>>  <[email protected]>  wrote:
>>> I thought I would give an update on our ongoing project.
>>> 
>>> This is a 60's vintage NC that used hydraulic servos.  we are converting it 
>>> to EMC2 using not quite as old Inland servos. (80's vintage) they are 8 
>>> brush low rpm high torque.  (with the amc drives we are using - it will be 
>>> 40ft-lbs peak.)  We are using 2 mesa 5i20 boards as we are needing a good 
>>> 70+ i/o + atleast 7 encoder counters and 5 +/-10v outputs.  We are at the 
>>> point where the machine is waking up.  the mesa hardware is awesome (thank 
>>> to peter and seb for their work).
>>> 
>>> Be sure to watch the 2 videos at the end of this email.
>>> 
>>> lets see if I can create a linear picture show...
>>> this is what the machine looked like in the 60s
>>> http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/oldkandt.JPG
>>> 
>>> this is what the machine looks like now
>>> http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/DSCCurrent.JPG
>>> 
>>> getting rid of the old control
>>> http://www.electronicsam.com/images/control.jpg
>>> 
>>> this is the old electrical box
>>> http://electronicsam.com/images/Kand...ctricalbox.JPG
>>> 
>>> we welded 2 of the same boxes together for new electronics.
>>> http://electronicsam.com/images/Kand...n/moreelec.jpg
>>> 
>>> here is it mostly hooked up
>>> http://electronicsam.com/images/Kand...ion/mostio.JPG
>>> 
>>> This is the x,z,b gearbox - the old control used 1 hydraulic servo to run 
>>> all 3 axis
>>> http://electronicsam.com/images/Kand...axis/start.JPG
>>> 
>>> open
>>> http://electronicsam.com/images/Kand...axis/start.JPG
>>> 
>>> stripped
>>> http://electronicsam.com/images/Kand...s/stripped.JPG
>>> 
>>> shafts extended out so we can hook the servos up.
>>> http://electronicsam.com/images/Kand...is/3shafts.JPG
>>> 
>>> servo plate mounted
>>> http://electronicsam.com/images/Kand...ervo_mount.jpg
>>> 
>>> belts (B axis still needs a solution)
>>> http://electronicsam.com/images/Kand...rvo/belts.jpeg
>>> 
>>> Because we are still using the z axis drive train that goes up though the 
>>> saddle - we needed to get the backlash out of it. It uses split gears to do 
>>> that. Grinding 1 washer thinner takes the backlash out of 5 sets of gears. 
>>> Don't think the previous owner ever did this as we had to take a good .040" 
>>> off the washer. The washer is the spacer between the 2 lower small gears.
>>> http://electronicsam.com/images/Kand...axis/gears.JPG
>>> 
>>> we still have to mount the y axis servo. - The plan is to direct couple 
>>> into this shaft.
>>> http://electronicsam.com/images/Kand...yaxisshaft.JPG
>>> 
>>> here is the tool chain logic working...
>>> YouTube - Kearney and Trecker tool chain logic working in EMC2. 
>>> Mechanically barcoded tools
>>> 
>>> here is the first closed loop movement with the x axis
>>> YouTube - Kearney and Trecker first closed loop movement with EMC2.
>>> 
>>> Getting there Very happy with the progress. (I only work on it about once a 
>>> week.
>>> 
>>> sam
>>> 
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