Re: [Emc-users] SCARA robot arm 3D printer

2012-06-20 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno mar, 19/06/2012 alle 09.46 -0500, transis...@transistor-man.com ha scritto: Hi o I just went through integrating EMC2 for a 3d ABS/PLA printer Its detailed here: transistor-man.com/3dprintbot.html The control boards have their source files and pcbs listed, i;m working on

Re: [Emc-users] CO2 Laser Control

2012-06-20 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/6/20 Jeshua Lacock jes...@3dtopo.com: It states that those power supplies can be controlled from a TTL PWM, so I assume that it will be easy to control from a standard parallel port with HAL and LinuxCNC. Is that correct? It _should_ be, based on the amount of information provided.

Re: [Emc-users] CO2 Laser Control

2012-06-20 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Jun 20, 2012, at 1:01 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/6/20 Jeshua Lacock jes...@3dtopo.com: It states that those power supplies can be controlled from a TTL PWM, so I assume that it will be easy to control from a standard parallel port with HAL and LinuxCNC. Is that correct? It

Re: [Emc-users] Brushless Servo Selection?

2012-06-20 Thread Peter Blodow
Dave, I'm not sure that all of you guys on this list are aware of the fact that the US has introduced metric units since a long time. In 1866 Congress voted for the metric system, and in 1894 again administration passed bills in that direction. Only in 1975, President Gerald Ford signed the

Re: [Emc-users] SCARA robot arm 3D printer

2012-06-20 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Jun 19, 2012, at 9:46 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 19 June 2012 15:46, transis...@transistor-man.com wrote: As the printer is a SCARA arm This is an interesting development, as it has more printable components than a conventional RepRap. You could (in theory) print the arms, whereas

Re: [Emc-users] CO2 Laser Control

2012-06-20 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/6/20 Jeshua Lacock jes...@3dtopo.com: My thought was to change the focal point as material is cut. I understand that these lasers have a very narrow depth of field when focused sharp enough to cut metal (or even wood). So, lets say my focal length is 0.05 inch, each pass I could move

Re: [Emc-users] 5i25 detected, but not the 7i77 yet

2012-06-20 Thread Maximilian H
Hey Peter, Hey List, I wrote my standalone pyvcp panel which runs with halrun only for my lab setup and everything looks good at this moment. I ordered the 5i25 and the 7i77 together some weeks back. Not having the correct firmware does not matter, since I now know how to program it anyway. So

Re: [Emc-users] CO2 Laser Control

2012-06-20 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Jeshua, It states that those power supplies can be controlled from a TTL PWM, so I assume that it will be easy to control from a standard parallel port with HAL and LinuxCNC. Is that correct? Most lasers using PWM control require a frequency between 5Khz and 25Khz, then how long the signal is

Re: [Emc-users] CO2 Laser Control

2012-06-20 Thread ceenbot
Hi Jeshua, I spent a number of years feeding a Trumpf 4kW industrial laser. It has been a while but I'll dump what I know. 1. The output of the laser beam changes width as it exits the laser tube. The industrial machines use a patented fixed length beam delivery system. Think of this as a

Re: [Emc-users] SCARA robot arm 3D printer

2012-06-20 Thread ceenbot
This link is for a reprap SCARA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cquw7dvR80A There was a conversation a while back about how many plastic Yoda heads and other fast prototyped plastic waste would end up in land fills. I see the above reprap SCARA being a positive and constructive engineering use