Re: [Emc-users] z axis drift / driver timing / Jitter

2009-12-17 Thread Chris Epicier
Dear Ian I had a similar problem which I traced to interference from the spindle motor - this was in spite of having suppressor How did you trace that? oszillosope? The problem came out of the blue. I have a hard time to believe it is from this, I did not change the mill. caps on the

[Emc-users] emc2 magnetic linear and maby rotery encoders and screw compensation I see this in the wiki but not documented in printed documentation.

2009-12-17 Thread joshua wojnas
emc2 magnetic linear and maby rotery encoders and screw compensation I see this in the wiki but not documented in printed documentation. Where would I find more verbose documentation on this? I am new to emc2 but I am working twards assisting the contraptor.org project. -- thanks for your time,

[Emc-users] linear and maby rotery encoders and screw compensation in main documentation?

2009-12-17 Thread joshua wojnas
linear and maby rotery encoders and screw compensation in main documentation? Hi I was wondering if these are in the regular documentaion I looked but didn't find it. -- thanks for your time, Joshua -- This SF.Net email

Re: [Emc-users] linear and maby rotery encoders and screw compensation in main documentation?

2009-12-17 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Joshua, I think this is what you are asking for. http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Combining_Two_Feedback_Devices_On_One_Axis Stuart On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 8:24 AM, joshua wojnas josh...@gmail.com wrote: linear and maby rotery encoders and screw compensation in main

Re: [Emc-users] EZ Turn Express CAM Software - Anyone using it ?? Is it any good?

2009-12-17 Thread Dave
Is anyone familiar with this Windows based CAM package? Is it any good? I think that Bridgeport started the software development but it doesn't look like it has been updated since 2006 or so. Is this the same software that is used on the EZ Turn Bridgeport lathes? Dave

[Emc-users] Help with Kinematics

2009-12-17 Thread Dave Fansolato
I am interested in using EMC2 to control a homemade SCARA type arm. My question is how do I configure the arm lengths and required info for the kinematics to be correct. Do I select the scara setup that is already in EMC2? Is there a way to modify the existing scara kinematic file

Re: [Emc-users] z axis drift / driver timing / Jitter

2009-12-17 Thread Ian W. Wright
I traced to interference from the spindle motor - this was in spite of having suppressor How did you trace that? oszillosope? The problem came out of the blue. I have a hard time to believe it is from this, I did not change the mill. Purely observation Chris, At first everything worked

[Emc-users] network problems

2009-12-17 Thread mike walker
Just loaded EMC2 onto a new ASUS P5KPL-CM motherboard. The software disk has a linux network driver on it, of course no way to load it easly unless your in windows. I downloaded the correct driver onto a usb thumbdrive but am haveing no luck getting it it to load. the instructions i have been

Re: [Emc-users] network problems

2009-12-17 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
mike walker wrote: Just loaded EMC2 onto a new ASUS P5KPL-CM motherboard. The software disk has a linux network driver on it, of course no way to load it easly unless your in windows. I downloaded the correct driver onto a usb thumbdrive but am haveing no luck getting it it to load. the

Re: [Emc-users] Help with Kinematics

2009-12-17 Thread Yi-Shin Li
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 5:14 AM, Dave Fansolato dfansol...@icubed.bizwrote: I am interested in using EMC2 to control a homemade SCARA type arm. My question is how do I configure the arm lengths and required info for the kinematics to be correct. Do I select the scara setup that is already

Re: [Emc-users] Help with Kinematics

2009-12-17 Thread Yi-Shin Li
Hello Dave, I've successfully helped 2 of my customers to control their SCARA with EMC2. Here's one of the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF6dYXo2CeE I'm willing to provide professional consulting service to help you integrating SCARA with EMC2. Sincerely yours, Yishin Li -- Arais

Re: [Emc-users] Help with Kinematics

2009-12-17 Thread Yi-Shin Li
Sorry to emc2-list-users, I should made previous mail off-list. I apologize again for sending irreverent messages to this list. Sincerely, Yishin Li On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Yi-Shin Li y...@araisrobo.com wrote: Hello Dave, I've successfully helped 2 of my customers to control their

Re: [Emc-users] Commercial Info

2009-12-17 Thread Kenneth Lerman
Li's posting brings to mind a question. Should we provide an area on our Wiki for listings of a commercial nature? In particular should we provide a place where EMC consultants can post their contact information? In the past, I believe we've seen people who would like to retrofit machines to

Re: [Emc-users] Commercial Info

2009-12-17 Thread Dale Grover
We provide links to commercial hardware, and it's helpful. I think providing listings for consultants is a good idea. EMC is free and open-source software, and there are freely-available online sources of documentation, information, and help at some page. As an additional resource,

[Emc-users] Is their better step by step instructions for calibrating the lead screws using encoders with cheap lead screws? Not in the wiki it doen't show enough detail for me to do it.

2009-12-17 Thread joshua wojnas
Is their better step by step instructions for calibrating the lead screws using encoders with cheap lead screws? Not in the wiki it doen't show enough detail for me to do it. -- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the

Re: [Emc-users] network problems

2009-12-17 Thread Chris Epicier
Hi mike Just loaded EMC2 onto a new ASUS P5KPL-CM motherboard. The software disk has a linux network driver on it, of course no way to load it easly unless your in windows. I downloaded the correct driver onto a usb thumbdrive but am haveing no luck getting it it to load. the instructions