Re: [Emc-users] synchronized axes.

2007-08-24 Thread ben lipkowitz
Dave Engvall wrote: Think long arm sewing machine for quilting. The rotational axes are the needle and the bobbin. The tracking give constant stitch length. Two are X and Y and the other pair need to track (rotationally) with in a few degrees or better. Rotational speeds are from zero to

Re: [Emc-users] synchronized axes.

2007-08-24 Thread Dave Engvall
Hi Ben, Thanks for the ideas, option 3 makes the most sense to me and I guess the best approach is to rig up a couple of servo motors and start experimenting. Dave On Aug 24, 2007, at 3:38 AM, ben lipkowitz wrote: Dave Engvall wrote: Think long arm sewing machine for quilting. The

Re: [Emc-users] Max speed too fast

2007-08-24 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Cecil Thomas wrote: Thanks Stephen and Manfredi for the help. For those with similar setups this might be helpful: Here is my latest (I hesitate to say final) .ini data This is for a 1.7 GHz pentium 3 with a 400 MHz bus Hopefully it's final :) 2000 steps/rev servo, 5 rev/inch lead screw,

Re: [Emc-users] How Fast Are Pythons

2007-08-24 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 18:13 -0400, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: ... snip Just using wsum made a big difference in the shell script. I was consistently just one tool position off with the rotate direct to station routine, and it only gets better from here. If the turret can't move in both