This is the spindle guts.. (the front is preloaded - the back floats on a single bearing) The tooling shank is 2.25 iirc.
http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/conversion/spindle/spindle.JPG On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 13:04:36 -0500 gene heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > On Friday, December 09, 2011 12:59:38 PM sa...@empirescreen.com did opine: > > > The spindle bearings are preloaded taper. (I think) they may be > > preloaded ball - I don't remember at the moment. We keep the shop > > pretty cool in the winter. (Around 60ish) The spindle running at > > around 2000rpm will get up to 110deg. We can go up to about 3000rpm > > (but we don't like to run it that fast). So imagine what the temp of > > the spindle would be if the shop temp was say 90deg... All the manual > > says is - make sure the spindle doesn't get hotter than 140F. > > > > Like I say - the old control did this automagically also. ;) > > > > sam > > > Sam, even at 100F in the shop, I'd think a fan blowing on both the operator > and the spindle would be appreciated. :) > > Or have a dedicated fan blowing on the spindle housing controlled by a line > voltage thermostat set for on at say 75F. > > > On Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:02:59 -0500 > > > > Dave <e...@dc9.tzo.com> wrote: > > > Interesting. From a practical standpoint wouldn't it make sense to > > > temperature control the room the machine is in rather than compensate > > > for temperature? > > > Or does that part of the machine vary in temp regardless of room > > > temp? Regardless, I am sure that this has applications other than > > > temp compensation. > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > On 12/9/2011 8:12 AM, sam sokolik wrote: > > > > So far so good.. > > > > > > > > http://youtu.be/h-CdFd2Zakc > > > > sorry (loud video) > > > > > > > > (I wrote this in a forum) > > > > So I just scaled and offset the voltage signal from the arduino and > > > > sent that through a few components - It goes in to a mux2 so that I > > > > don't apply the offset while the machine is homing.. Then through a > > > > limit3 component that limits its velocity, acceleration, min and > > > > max so if something goes wonky it doesn't send the axis into the > > > > limits. From there it goes through the offset component. This > > > > offsets the output and feedback from emc so that in effect - motion > > > > doesn't know that the Z axis is being adjusted. It sort of happens > > > > between emc motion control and the hardware. (In emc's the hardware > > > > abstraction layer (hal)) > > > > > > > > ssan > > > > > > > > On 12/06/2011 08:31 AM, sam sokolik wrote: > > > >> Jeff Went and updated his blog with the pertinent info. Thank you > > > >> Jeff! Yay - now it is all in one place again. > > > >> > > > >> http://emergent.unpythonic.net/01198594294 > > > >> > > > >> sam > > > >> > > > >> On 12/6/2011 8:42 AM, sam sokolik wrote: > > > >>> Ok - the last error was this... > > > >>> > > > >>> http://pastebin.com/CvEBeCHg > > > >>> > > > >>> which happened atleast 20% of the time and after talking to jepler > > > >>> he suggested adding a if port< 6: to the arduino.py code. You > > > >>> can see it here > > > >>> > > > >>> http://pastebin.com/PMLftHUi > > > >>> > > > >>> line 77 is the extra 'if' statement and then every thing from line > > > >>> 78 to 86 is spaced over. (comparing to the original) > > > >>> > > > >>> I have been starting and stopping quite a bit this morning with no > > > >>> errors > > > >>> > > > >>> Yay! > > > >>> sam > > > >>> > > > >>> On 12/4/2011 6:38 AM, Schooner wrote: > > > >>>> Have you tried loading the module without the -W switch? > > > >>>> > > > >>>> I seem to remember having problems, when experimenting with > > > >>>> serial comms to an Arduino board from emc, if I used the > > > >>>> -W(ait_until_ready) switch > > > >>>> > > > >>>> I loaded it right at the start of the hal file and then didn't > > > >>>> link any of its pins until the end and that seemed to work. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Just a thought > > > >>>> > > > >>>> regards > > > >>>> > > > >>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >>>> ------------- All the data continuously generated in your IT > > > >>>> infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, > > > >>>> application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, > > > >>>> and more. 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