On Thursday 15 February 2018 22:23:34 Chris Albertson wrote: > I'm slowing getting set up to test one of those sensors. I just 3d > printed a holder. The darn thing uses M12x1 threads so I had to > order a 12x1 tap 6 weeks from China and the tap arrived.
12mmx1mm?. Thats pretty fine, way finer than a 1/2 SAE. And close to being made of un-obtainium I'd expect. > Printing > 12x1 almost works but you need to chase out the printed threads. > > None of the local stores carry anything that is M12x1. Soon enough > I will know if it can "see" things like hex bolt heads and aluminum > foil. > > On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 5:04 PM, jeremy youngs <jcyoung...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I had to service this motor today, as a previous technician had > > improperly installed the brushes and it would are off at speed. In > > doing so I removed the tach cover and found plenty of room for an > > omron encoder. So I will not likely try these for spindle encoder. > > But will be putting them in as home switches soon. > > > > Gene, you are absolutely right about the optos, the strongest and > > best these have performed today after I replaced the bob to a > > straight through board. However, I discovered my y axis ballscrews > > is bent. It's been in there 4 years now and was kinda jury rigged > > anyhow. So I guess it's time to jump that hurdle, may as well put > > one in x as well. > > Now where's that box with pulleys and belt in it from China that has > > been setting in Chicago for 2.5 weeks....... > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------ > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- 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> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
