Re: [Emc-users] Spindle drive

2009-11-15 Thread Frank Tkalcevic
range, but allow you to run up to 1500 watts and 20,000 rpm or more, I looked at those motors once, but was stumped with finding a suitable power supply. Where do you find a 12v 125A power supply? (or whatever it works out to be)

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle drive

2009-11-15 Thread Erik Christiansen
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 07:00:28PM +1100, Frank Tkalcevic wrote: range, but allow you to run up to 1500 watts and 20,000 rpm or more, I looked at those motors once, but was stumped with finding a suitable power supply. Where do you find a 12v 125A power supply? (or whatever it works

[Emc-users] PWM MESA 5i20

2009-11-15 Thread Martin Kříž
Hello, I need this configuration to apply the PWM output for output to m5i20 net spindle-cmd = motion.spindle-speed-out = pwmgen.0.value net yenable = pwmgen.0.enable net spindle-pwm = pwmgen.0.pwm setp pwmgen.0.pwm-freq 50.0 setp pwmgen.0.scale 82 setp pwmgen.0.min-dc 0.05

[Emc-users] 5i20+7i33 connection to Servo Drive has +21mV of drift.

2009-11-15 Thread Pat Lyons
Hello again, first off thank to all the suggestions about the encoders I was asking about. I think I'm just gonna go with the requirement of zero'ing position prior to milling any part. My new question has to do with the servo drive's input. When it should be at 0v, the input to the drive sits

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle drive

2009-11-15 Thread Kent A. Reed
Gentle persons: I've admired the brushless DC motors used in radio-controlled aircraft for some time. Their power and torque per size and weight characteristics are mindboggling (and a testament to the evolution of magnetic material in the last ten years) but I worry about their ability to

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle drive

2009-11-15 Thread Ian W. Wright
Kestreltom wrote:- A guy, Matt Shumaker has an interesting web site documenting his electric bike project here: http://www.recumbents.com/WISIL/shumaker/default.htm He has a cnc Sherline style micro mill with a brushless outrunner motor on the spindle:

[Emc-users] Mister for small mill

2009-11-15 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; I find that I can get brass tubing in pretty small sizes, like 1/16 OD, usually sized to be a slip fit in the next larger size, so this makes it easy to solder up a small nozzle, with the far end built up to 1/4 for attaching the air supply. Now, I'm wondering if there is a

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle drive

2009-11-15 Thread Dave
Kirk, Where did you find that high speed Sole washer motor? I did an internet search and not much showed up. Dave Kirk Wallace wrote: On Sat, 2009-11-14 at 09:38 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: On Sat, 2009-11-14 at 16:37 +, Ian W. Wright wrote: Hi, I'm wanting to change the

Re: [Emc-users] Mister for small mill

2009-11-15 Thread Leslie Newell
Here is how I did it. I took a short piece of brass bar and drilled most of the way through with a drill slightly bigger than the smallest tube I could easily obtain. This creates the air jet. I then drilled the rest of the way with a drill the same size as the tube. Next I drilled diagonally

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle drive

2009-11-15 Thread kestreltom
Ian W. Wright watchma...@... writes: Thanks Tom, excellent info. I have emailed him and am awaiting his reply. The motors and controllers certainly look affordable on Ebay although I'm not too sure about the drive shafts which mostly look puny - still, I might just go and hunt

Re: [Emc-users] Mister for small mill

2009-11-15 Thread Roland Jollivet
If it's organic, it's bound to be Castor oil, an excellent lubricant. Because it gums up over time, you could just let it go to drain. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0001P?I=LXS627P=8 Roland 2009/11/15 Leslie Newell les.new...@fastmail.co.uk Here is how I did it. I took a short

Re: [Emc-users] Mister for small mill

2009-11-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 15 November 2009, Leslie Newell wrote: Here is how I did it. I took a short piece of brass bar and drilled most of the way through with a drill slightly bigger than the smallest tube I could easily obtain. This creates the air jet. I then drilled the rest of the way with a drill the same

Re: [Emc-users] Mister for small mill

2009-11-15 Thread dave
Castor oil is a good guess but not the only one. It's fatty acids are a couple of carbons longer than the average cooking oil and does seem to survive well as a lube in model airplane engines. On the industrial market it is about 30% more expensive than canola. If I wanted to go cheap I'd simply

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle drive

2009-11-15 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sun, 2009-11-15 at 12:08 -0500, Dave wrote: Kirk, Where did you find that high speed Sole washer motor? I did an internet search and not much showed up. Dave I got mine from eBay by searching washer motor, then carefully looking through the ads. In the US, it seems that most motors

Re: [Emc-users] Mister for small mill

2009-11-15 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Nov 15, 2009, at 12:45 PM, dave wrote: Castor oil is a good guess but not the only one. It's fatty acids are a couple of carbons longer than the average cooking oil and does seem to survive well as a lube in model airplane engines. On the industrial market it is about 30% more

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel ports on laptops

2009-11-15 Thread Andy Pugh
2009/11/15 Bryan Mumford n...@bmumford.com: . Can I successfully use a p-port on a laptop like a new Dell Latitude E5400 that has an E Legacy Extender to add a parallel port? I don't know for sure, but the P-Port in the docking station of my Latitude (D630) is a proper pin-addressable port.

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel ports on laptops

2009-11-15 Thread Dave Caroline
Be aware that some laptops cannot be used due to power management so do the latency test before you buy anything Dave Caroline -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial.

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel ports on laptops

2009-11-15 Thread Bryan Mumford
Be aware that some laptops cannot be used due to power management so do the latency test before you buy anything Can't do a latency test on a mail order Dell. How likely am I to have this problem, and is there no work-around? How do you do the latency test? -- Bryan Mumford

Re: [Emc-users] Mister for small mill

2009-11-15 Thread Leslie Newell
Hi Gene, almost exactly the same as an air brush gun, where the liquid comes out of the center. So that center tube feeding in the oil is surrounded by by the air exiting through the gap between the OD of that tube and the drilled holes walls. Yup. The tricky bit is finding the right

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel ports on laptops

2009-11-15 Thread Michael Buesch
On Sunday 15 November 2009 23:59:26 Bryan Mumford wrote: Be aware that some laptops cannot be used due to power management so do the latency test before you buy anything Can't do a latency test on a mail order Dell. How likely am I to have this problem, and is there no work-around? I'd say

Re: [Emc-users] Mister for small mill

2009-11-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 15 November 2009, Leslie Newell wrote: Hi Gene, almost exactly the same as an air brush gun, where the liquid comes out of the center. So that center tube feeding in the oil is surrounded by by the air exiting through the gap between the OD of that tube and the drilled holes walls.

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel ports on laptops

2009-11-15 Thread Chris Radek
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 02:59:26PM -0800, Bryan Mumford wrote: Can't do a latency test on a mail order Dell. How likely am I to have this problem, and is there no work-around? Very likely. There is no work-around because it's a hardware/BIOS issue, not software. Buying a new laptop

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle drive

2009-11-15 Thread Dave
That will work Thanks Kirk! Dave Kirk Wallace wrote: On Sun, 2009-11-15 at 12:08 -0500, Dave wrote: Kirk, Where did you find that high speed Sole washer motor? I did an internet search and not much showed up. Dave I got mine from eBay by searching washer motor, then

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel ports on laptops

2009-11-15 Thread Bryan Mumford
I'm very sorry to hear this, but glad I did before I spent money for a machine that was not going to work. Thanks for the bad news. At 7:34 PM -0600 11-15-09, Chris Radek wrote: On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 02:59:26PM -0800, Bryan Mumford wrote: Can't do a latency test on a mail order Dell. How

[Emc-users] Cloud computing CADCAM

2009-11-15 Thread a
Hello I think there are so many CAD CAM on market that it is not easy to choose one. Start with CATIA $ 21 000, MasterCam $ 15 000 to CAD CAM that cost few hundreds. I think that future for CAD CAM is in Cloud Computing. Goggle and Microsoft try to bring it up. Pay for time you used CAD CAM, and

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel ports on laptops

2009-11-15 Thread Andy Pugh
2009/11/16 Bryan Mumford n...@bmumford.com: I'm very sorry to hear this, but glad I did before I spent money for a machine that was not going to work. I can try booting my D630 from the LiveCD this evening and testing it if you think it will be any help? -- atp