hey andy

bit of a pity on the stumble drives

I have the option to get a almost unused cnc mill identical to my current
machine.  and just thinking if I want to go down that path.  the new one
has a 4th axis already there.  it had bad electrical problems from day one
almost.  so is in very good shape.  and the price is right.  besides who
doesn't want 2 cnc mills:)

ballscrews are 16 mm pitch on x and y axis

last time I bought all new chinese drives and motors and just gutted
everything.  that works ok but costs 1700 usd for 3 axis and also the
tuning leaves something to be desired in my opinion.  the servo drives
don't have a PID controller it is just a PIV and I am having to accept
slightly lower performance than I would like.  it is not bad but definitely
could be better.

anyway just looking into options and the mesa 8i20 came up.  would love to
hear how much power they can handle when maxed out.    I will upload a
photo of the name plate from my motor I want to control

 It is possible I can use the original heidenhain inverters(servo drive)
but that may be blown up.  I will try this first If I buy the machine though

regards

Andrew

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 10:00 AM andy pugh <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, 3 Jun 2020 at 22:46, andrew beck <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> > the max power the servo drive can control apparently is 2200w  so the
> servo
> > drive is slightly under powered.
>
>
> There is a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24LftGNp4MI of an
> STMBL running at 5.8kVA.
>
> But there are many caveats to this:
> 1) You can't get one
> 2) If you get most of one, there are no power drivers.
> 3) They need configuring, a whole other HAL.
>
> 1 and 2 might improve. They might even improve soon-ish. (I am not privy to
> the machinations of the developers)
>
> STMBL is the perfect LinuxCNC retrofit drive, and might have Taken Over The
> World had the power driver not been discontinued. (Just at the point where
> the developers had enough drives for _their_ needs.)
>
> --
> atp
> "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed
> for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics."
> — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912
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