[Emc-users] Xylotex vs Keling Inc stepper CNC kits

2008-08-07 Thread Sergey Izvoztchikov
Another series of questions. As a newcomer to CNC world I have a lot of those. Looking at stepper based CNC kits, I eventually separated 2 leaders in my prospective of retrofitting to Sherline Mill - Xylotex 4 axis kit - http://www.xylotex.com/4AxSysKit.htm and Keling Inc 4 axis kit -

Re: [Emc-users] Xylotex vs Keling Inc stepper CNC kits

2008-08-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 07 August 2008, Sergey Izvoztchikov wrote: Another series of questions. As a newcomer to CNC world I have a lot of those. Looking at stepper based CNC kits, I eventually separated 2 leaders in my prospective of retrofitting to Sherline Mill - Xylotex 4 axis kit -

[Emc-users] Following error joint 2

2008-08-07 Thread Andi Frommel
hi folks i'm new to this... new to cnc new to emc2 new to linux since i've almost finished a conversion of a desktop micro mill, i tried some of the example g-code files installed from the bdi. i use brushed dc motors together with whale2 drivers in step/dir mode. so far so good - but sometimes

Re: [Emc-users] Following error joint 2

2008-08-07 Thread Jeff Epler
When emc shows the following error on joint message for a stepdirection system, that means the system is misconfigured. There are two main causes for this error: Cause 1: Insufficient headroom for acceleration and/or velocity. Emc2 defines velocity and acceleration limits in both the trajectory

Re: [Emc-users] Xylotex vs Keling Inc stepper CNC kits

2008-08-07 Thread Jeff Epler
I use the Xylotex 3-axis kit http://www.xylotex.com/3AxWPS.htm with my small router and I'm satisfied. However, I don't run with very high current -- the motors are rated 2A which is already fairly low but I've found that running them at under 1.5A doesn't actually reduce top speeds but does make

Re: [Emc-users] Following error joint 2

2008-08-07 Thread Jeff Epler
On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 10:12:06PM +, Andi Frommel wrote: well, i don't think it's that old if i'm not wrong, then it's this one: # MD5 checksums generated by MD5summer (http://www.md5summer.org) # Generated 10.07.2008 13:26:39 d2334dbba7313e9abc8c7c072d2af09c

Re: [Emc-users] Teach-in.

2008-08-07 Thread Bjørn Kristiansen
where did you find the teach-in function? i have a kind of robot where that would have been wery helpfull to program the moves, i was thinking aboat how i could make that kind of programming possible, and was not aware that someone already has been working with someting like that. Bjørn. :) ti.,

Re: [Emc-users] Following error joint 2

2008-08-07 Thread Jon Elson
Jeff Epler wrote: Ubuntu is different than BDI. BDI is an older customized linux distribution created before Ubuntu became popular. We now encourage all new users to use Ubuntu 8.04 unless its minimum requirements are too great; in that case, use 6.06 but be aware that it won't receive