On Thursday 30 July 2015 05:30:21 andy pugh wrote: > On 30 July 2015 at 08:02, Marcus Bowman > > <marcus.bow...@visible.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: > > it would be useful if folks could put the pictures somewhere we > > could all see them. > > I have been tending to embed inductive proxes in the machine somewhere > with a drilled hole as the target. > https://picasaweb.google.com/108164504656404380542/HarrisonMill#598913 >5693933177186 > > The Y-axis prox is embedded in the gib block, and uses a drilled hole > target. The Z-axis is actually also on the gib block and the target is > a metal block screwed to the main column casting. > The X (not visible) is in a bolted-on block under the edge of the > saddle with another drilled hole in the underdide of the table slide > as the target. > > They can all get wet but X and Y are completely protected from swarf > and the Z is out of the way of swarf. > > I bought 5 of the 8mm proximity sensors from eBay for less than £15. > You want the ones where the outer threaded boy extends right to the > end as the others won't work buried in metal. > > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190836819378 > These need at least 12 volts and 10 ma to function. I assume you use them as NC, opening when the hole is under the face? This would need some sort of a logic combiner unless quite a few pins are dedicated on the P2 plug of a 5i25. Not impossible Andy, just thinking out loud. :) The 2nd breakout is installed, but the BOB card I bought has the wrong gender connector, something I can't easily fix out here in the wilds of WV, USA.
> For example. There may be arguments for buying more expensive ones for > better reliability. > > Not immediately obvious is that they have an LED inside them to > indicate status. That would be as handy as sliced bread (for those that eat bread, us DM-II's steer as clear of it as we can) or bottled beer. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
