ies (not that that is bad).
That is way I want to go big, and ask the question what do people need?
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On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 08:44 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
... snip
> ... It doesn't just happen out of a couple of posts.
> ...But it does require a real prototype that does some real work.
My vision of a real collaborative project has the collaboration start at
the very beginning with the conce
On Wednesday 19 March 2008, Jorge Barrera wrote:
>Kirk,
>
>Thank you for the detail thoughts. I agree that there needs to be a special
> chemistry for open source hardware projects to take off and that people
> contribute. Its curerntly my job to figure this out or at least give it a
> hard long tr
This list is probably as good a place to carry forward a bit of thinking about
open hardware and virtual CNC machine companies as any because this is THE
place to find the control software for a wide range of these kinds of devices.
I'll snip both Kirk and Jorge quite a bit and I suggest you
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Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 2:12:39 AM
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On Tue, 2008-03-18 at 18:52 -0700, Jorge Barrera wrote:
> Jim,
>
> At some point I would li
On Tue, 2008-03-18 at 18:52 -0700, Jorge Barrera wrote:
> Jim,
>
> At some point I would like to do a retrofit, I know it would be the
> most ecomical way to go if frames are available.
> However the purpose of my project is a bit more complicated.
I learned allot on my first conversion. Don't
ller (EMC)
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 9:36:41 AM
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Couple of thoughts Jorge. First is how to manage building the machine base.
I'm sure that you know that the parts of the machine that hold it together and
allow it to move are w
Fantastic. Thanks for that link.
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F We've talked about
> using a motor driven encoder connected to one PID loop in our software to
> handle this lash problem and another PID connected to the linear scale to
> handle final positioning. I don't know that any real
On Sat, 15 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The second thought is EMC2 related. The linear scales, while very
> accurate in themselves have not proven to be very good for use with EMC2
> control. The problem has to do with backlash in the drive components.
> Our backlash compensation counts
smaller and less sophisticated than itself.I would love to connect with anybody that has relevant experienceJorge- Original Message From: Doug Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
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I’m on my third rev of my home-built
CNC project. My best advice is to make it much more rigid than you think you
need to. I started out with small
Thanks Jon for the explanation.
Andy
Jon Elson wrote:
> Andrew Ayre wrote:
>> Hi Rayh,
>>
>> Can you tell me or point me to a website that describes the process for
>> measuring backlash? Thanks.
> Assuming the screws are mounted on a machine, you put a dial
> indicator (preferably one that rea
t. He was able to push the machine across the display table
but not stop the motion.
HTH
Rayh
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Andrew Ayre wrote:
> Hi Rayh,
>
> Can you tell me or point me to a website that describes the process for
> measuring backlash? Thanks.
Assuming the screws are mounted on a machine, you put a dial
indicator (preferably one that reads out in .0001" units -- they
call that a "tenths reading" indi
Hi Rayh,
Can you tell me or point me to a website that describes the process for
measuring backlash? Thanks.
Andy
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> Hey Doug. Thanks for the report. Good thoughts all.
>
> You might look at www.McMaster.com and search for ball screws. Or
> attempt to put the link b
Hi Doug,
I've had passable luck on ebay for ball screws. Sometime you look and
there is nothing and other times several good ones. Just depends.
Good hunting.
Dave
On Mar 14, 2008, at 5:24 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey Doug. Thanks for the report. Good thoughts all.
You might look
Hey Doug. Thanks for the report. Good thoughts all.You might look at www.McMaster.com and search for ball screws. Or attempt to put the link below back together. Their 5/8 screws are about $1.25 an inch and the nuts run $25. I used a single nut to test lash and got between 0.001 and 0.003. I
, March 02, 2008 1:10 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] home-mad CNC machine project.
sean,
i'm slowly (in my very spare sparetime) working up a small (12"x12"x3") low
tolerance cnc machine for light wood and plastics. it
sean,
i'm slowly (in my very spare sparetime) working up a small (12"x12"x3") low
tolerance cnc machine for light wood and plastics. it is also serving as a
general teach-myself-cnc project. i chose to go with a pre-config'd
electronics / servos package from keling inc. (
http://www.kelinginc.net/
D]
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> *Sent:* Friday, February 29, 2008 10:59 PM
> *Subject:* [Emc-users] home-mad CNC machine project.
>
> I was wondering if anyone has ever tried a do-it-yourself CNC project like
> this.
> http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-to-build-CN
eb if
you want to roll your own.
If you don't mind spending a bit more then go with the Geckos. You won't
regret it.
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Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 10:59 PM
Subject: [Emc-users] home-mad CNC machine project.
I started down the path of building the Instructible you mentioned. I
even have the metal framework built. However unless you scavenge
everything, the costs will add up. For example, look up the cost of each
of the stepper driver chips mentioned in the instructible. Times that by
three (one for
Sean,
An easy way to go for a first project is to us drawer slides for the
guide ways.. Look at http://tinyurl.com/3b6gkf and you may get some
ideas. You can usually pick up suitable drawer slides fairly cheaply and
all you need to do then is to mount them parallel to each other - you
can use
Sean,
The stepper driver looks OK at a first glance but I did not have a
detailed look at the schematics.
It looks to be a full-step driver which is nice since full step drivers
tend to have a higher torque than microstep ones.
But I would stay away from the easy to build desktop thingy from
I was wondering if anyone has ever tried a do-it-yourself CNC project like
this. [LINK:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-to-build-CNC-Mill-Stepper-Motor-and-Driver-ci/]
http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-to-build-CNC-Mill-Stepper-Motor-and-Driver-ci/
and this [LINK:
http://www.instructables.c
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