Re: [Emc-users] Lathe

2008-02-22 Thread Ian W. Wright
Thanks, In a way I'm glad that I won't have to dabble in the realms of servos yet... Gene, I do usually have to measure the hole as it is most often the screw which is missing - or broken in the hole. I can usually get a pretty close measurement by screwing a wooden cocktail stick or skewer

[Emc-users] Spindle control for micromill Q's

2008-02-22 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; I came across a link 4 or 5 days ago for a speed controller for these line voltage dc motors like the HF mill and 7zx12 lathes use that had all the fwd/reverse relays etc incorporated on the board, along with a variable voltage optoisolated source that replaced the speed pot in the

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle control for micromill Q's

2008-02-22 Thread Steve Stallings
maybe this one? http://www.pmdx.com/PMDX-106/ full disclosure I run the company Steve Stallings -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gene Heskett Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 6:03 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject:

[Emc-users] Joypad Example

2008-02-22 Thread Kirk Wallace
I think hal_joystick.c: http://cvs.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/emc2/src/hal/user_comps/devices/hal_joystick.c?rev=1.2;content-type=text%2Fplain might be a good model to follow for making my modbus user-land component. My guess would be that one would setup HAL and the the HAL pins and then

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle control for micromill Q's

2008-02-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 22 February 2008, Steve Stallings wrote: maybe this one? http://www.pmdx.com/PMDX-106/ full disclosure I run the company Steve Stallings That resembles it, but ISTR the one I was looking at had the relays onboard to replace the rev/off/fwd switching of the KBIC, or am I

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle control for micromill Q's

2008-02-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 22 February 2008, Gene Heskett wrote: On Friday 22 February 2008, Steve Stallings wrote: maybe this one? http://www.pmdx.com/PMDX-106/ full disclosure I run the company Steve Stallings That resembles it, but ISTR the one I was looking at had the relays onboard to replace the

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe

2008-02-22 Thread Dale Ertley
On Cerro Alloys. Here is a website http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=384 McMaster Carr also has other Cerro Alloys. http://www.midwayusa.com/MediaSvr.dll/TechNoteStream?saleitemid=462291 Material: Proprietary Alloy (exact mixture unavailable) Basic

Re: [Emc-users] Joypad Example

2008-02-22 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Fri, 2008-02-22 at 17:51 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: I think hal_joystick.c: http://cvs.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/emc2/src/hal/user_comps/devices/hal_joystick.c?rev=1.2;content-type=text%2Fplain might be a good model to follow for making my modbus user-land component. My guess