Re: [Emc-users] Gearchange comp

2015-01-07 Thread andy pugh
On 7 January 2015 at 08:00, Mark Johnsen m...@ijohnsen.com wrote: Is gearchange the appropriate Hal component to use? Seems perfect. If you only have two gears then it is probably ideal. For more than 2 gears there are other options, but for some reason none have been accepted into the main

[Emc-users] Gearchange comp

2015-01-07 Thread Mark Johnsen
Slowly working on my Supermax Anilam Crusader M conversion and digging into some of the details. I have a few questions that I don't know the answers to and could use some help. This is the first of a few questions I have. Quick background: I'm using a Mesa 5i25/7i77 and GS2 VFD, of which I

Re: [Emc-users] Gearchange comp

2015-01-07 Thread John Thornton
I have a BP series 1 that had an Anilam 1100M control. The spindle is two speed and in 10 years of using it I've only used low gear a couple of times... YMMV. JT On 1/7/2015 2:00 AM, Mark Johnsen wrote: Slowly working on my Supermax Anilam Crusader M conversion and digging into some of the

Re: [Emc-users] Way OT: PCB Rubber Buttons

2015-01-07 Thread Stephen Dubovsky
Slice the buttons off some donors. We have elastomeric keypads made for us (offshore) and AFAIK, they drop the carbon buttons in the molds and inject the elastomer. They can be cut off w/ an exacto knife. I don't have any raw buttons but I could send you some keypads that have 4 per. Though is

[Emc-users] Hurco KM3 to retrofit - now what do I need?

2015-01-07 Thread Greg Bentzinger
Well - I've gone and done it, I bought another Hurco CNC mill. My existing machine was a 1990 KM3P with the MAX32 upgrade and the whole 9 yards of software upgrade options... Which is fantastic - if it would only boot. This machine is kinda unique with many special gotcha's if you were trying

Re: [Emc-users] Gearchange comp

2015-01-07 Thread Mark Johnsen
Thanks everyone for the feedback. I'll go w/ the standard Hal Gearchange component. Should be perfect. JThornton - I agree w/ you, I probably won't use low much, but good to have it setup now so I can if I need it. And, at least I understand what is going on behind the scenes. Thanks, Mark J.

Re: [Emc-users] Way OT: PCB Rubber Buttons

2015-01-07 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On 1/7/2015 5:19 AM, Rick wrote: They are the carbon contact type, and I have tried the repair paint from Circuit Works, model # CW2605 and it seems to rub off after a while, and I did some serious cleaning with q-tips and isopropyl alcohol on the pads to get any oil and dirt off. Yesterday I

Re: [Emc-users] Hurco KM3 to retrofit - now what do I need?

2015-01-07 Thread linden
I am also interested as I have an old Tree325 that I would like t do a similar conversion too. As sone as time and Geography allows. On 15-01-08 12:53 PM, Greg Bentzinger wrote: Well - I've gone and done it, I bought another Hurco CNC mill. My existing machine was a 1990 KM3P with the MAX32

Re: [Emc-users] Advanced bipod question

2015-01-07 Thread poormansairforce H
The position of D vertically determines the swing in due to the radius shortening as each point gets higher and the center of gravity shifting. The CG is another issue that I haven't brought up yet but yes it is a concern however I think I can solve that mechanically if need be with pivoting

Re: [Emc-users] Gearchange comp

2015-01-07 Thread andy pugh
On 7 January 2015 at 15:10, Sebastian Kuzminsky s...@highlab.com wrote: Last time this came up i asked for help (since i dont know much about what'd be useful in a gearchanger), and that killed the thread. I guess i'll ask again. Help? Well... I am not so sure myself any more. I have

Re: [Emc-users] Gearchange comp

2015-01-07 Thread Stuart Stevenson
The gear change component I have on my 5 axis cinci takes the speed request, factors in the position of the speed over ride and chooses the gear range. The gear box has 4 gear ranges. On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 10:06 AM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 January 2015 at 15:10, Sebastian

Re: [Emc-users] Gearchange comp

2015-01-07 Thread John Alexander Stewart
I have implemented Andy's lincurve example on my two speed geared mill. Works very well! Wrote it up at http://cnc-for-model-engineers.blogspot.com Thanks Andy! JohnS ​ -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming!

Re: [Emc-users] Advanced bipod question

2015-01-07 Thread poormansairforce H
I did not connect Virtual D1 and D2 since it was getting confusing. Obviously, the virtual position isn't 22.5 degrees. On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 10:08 PM, poormansairforce H poormansairfo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Andy, thats good to know. I've attached some pics to better explain the errors.

Re: [Emc-users] Advanced bipod question

2015-01-07 Thread andy pugh
On 7 January 2015 at 16:28, poormansairforce H poormansairfo...@gmail.com wrote: I did not connect Virtual D1 and D2 since it was getting confusing. Obviously, the virtual position isn't 22.5 degrees. I wonder what determines the position of the wire in the Z-direction? is the swing-in angle

Re: [Emc-users] Gearchange comp

2015-01-07 Thread Andrew
2015-01-07 17:10 GMT+02:00 Sebastian Kuzminsky s...@highlab.com: Last time this came up i asked for help (since i dont know much about what'd be useful in a gearchanger), and that killed the thread. I guess i'll ask again. Help?

Re: [Emc-users] Way OT: PCB Rubber Buttons

2015-01-07 Thread Rick
That sent me off on a tangent, I found on Ebay some guy in Romania that had packs of 100 of those carbon pills as they call them apparently in the industry, for $10.00 a pack with a tube of adhesive. Bought 2 of them. Be a couple weeks, but that should fix me right up. Thanks Guys for all the

Re: [Emc-users] Way OT: PCB Rubber Buttons

2015-01-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday, January 07, 2015 09:28:56 AM Stephen Dubovsky did opine And Gene did reply: Slice the buttons off some donors. We have elastomeric keypads made for us (offshore) and AFAIK, they drop the carbon buttons in the molds and inject the elastomer. They can be cut off w/ an exacto

Re: [Emc-users] Gearchange comp

2015-01-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday, January 07, 2015 10:10:26 AM Sebastian Kuzminsky did opine And Gene did reply: On 01/07/2015 02:02 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 7 January 2015 at 08:00, Mark Johnsen m...@ijohnsen.com wrote: Is gearchange the appropriate Hal component to use? Seems perfect. If you only have two

Re: [Emc-users] Way OT: PCB Rubber Buttons

2015-01-07 Thread Rick
They are the carbon contact type, and I have tried the repair paint from Circuit Works, model # CW2605 and it seems to rub off after a while, and I did some serious cleaning with q-tips and isopropyl alcohol on the pads to get any oil and dirt off. Yesterday I tried another brand, MG Chemical,

Re: [Emc-users] Gearchange comp

2015-01-07 Thread Rick
Just chiming in, We have 3 big Cincinnati Milacron turning centers, all now running/using LinuxCNC on a daily basis, and they all have 2 speed gearboxes on the spindle, and the gearchange component works perfectly to get the speeds synced properly. I remapped 2 M-codes for the gear change

Re: [Emc-users] Gearchange comp

2015-01-07 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 01/07/2015 02:02 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 7 January 2015 at 08:00, Mark Johnsen m...@ijohnsen.com wrote: Is gearchange the appropriate Hal component to use? Seems perfect. If you only have two gears then it is probably ideal. For more than 2 gears there are other options, but for