andy you will not find a finer headstock, i agree to leave it in a condition that is readily convertable to original, but it is lacking enough that oyu need a solution anyhow so , convert it and make use of it or sell to someone that will restore it . i am going to cnc my 505 rivett in the near future but i will not alter it from stock
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:25 PM, Kirk Wallace <kwall...@wallacecompany.com>wrote: > On 06/12/2013 06:48 PM, andy pugh wrote: > ... snip > > One claims to have electronic half-nut control. Whatever that does. I > > can't see any way for them to know where you have wound the carriage > > back to, so I do think a threading indicator is still needed. > > One is supposed to engage the half-nut when the indicator reaches an > appropriate location. I suspect the ELSs have an index sensor so they > know when to start the thread, just like LinuxCNC. > > > > The second one appears to give very much the same style of working as > > my LinuxCNC setup. But probably at rather more cost, and rather less > > extra capability. > > I use LinuxCNC on my manual bridgeport as a DRO and Spindle controller. > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/EMC2/dro_vfd/ > > This was quite a while ago, now that I am getting better at Glade I'll > need to redo this app. > > The Bridgeport had an Accurite display, but I sold it for what it would > have cost to buy a PC for the LinuxCNC DRO. If you don't hack into the > lathe proper, I'll 'allow' you to belt up the lead screw, install scales > on the axes, hook up a VFD and tie it together with LinuxCNC. :) > -- > Kirk > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/index.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- We conclude that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. That right existed prior to the formation of the new government under the Constitution and was premised on the private use of arms for activities such as hunting and self-defense, the latter being understood as resistance to either private lawlessness or the depredations of a tyrannical government." - U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, March 9, 2007 jeremy youngs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
