Re: [Emc-users] Cnc routers

2015-04-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 April 2015 at 13:02, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: I can see why they would patent it. I wonder how long till it would take to stretch enough to not lay dead flat on the track? That's the super-clever bit. The teeth-up belt is bonded to the track, so the effective belt length and

Re: [Emc-users] Cnc routers

2015-04-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 22 April 2015 08:10:57 Les Newell wrote: Hi Gene, I believe the lower belt is glued to the track so it cannot move, effectively making it a rack. Les Effectively 2 belts facing each other with symmetrical mirrored tooth profiles? Likely as good a rack as you could buy, at 10%

[Emc-users] cnc routers

2015-04-22 Thread richshoop
As Dirty Harry says A man needs to know his limitations ... A wooden framed tool will change constantly over its life, just the nature of wood. A reasonably priced starting point is 2 square steel tube, or 50mm square tube, for our metric friends. Is it going to be flat enough for your

Re: [Emc-users] Still no success logging PLM2000 communications.

2015-04-22 Thread linden
May be easer to make a physical sniffer cable that T's in to the com you are trying to sniff and connect the other end to a laptop running linux and log with cutecom or similar terminal program. I had a fancy cable made that split the transmit and receive line split to 2 separate 9pin sub Ds

Re: [Emc-users] Cnc routers

2015-04-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 April 2015 at 05:44, Gregg Eshelman g_ala...@yahoo.com wrote: Same concept with a belt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdJoVh6DRPA The Bell-Everman ServoBelt is really very clever. If I was building a router/plasma I would certainly steal the idea. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't

Re: [Emc-users] Cnc routers

2015-04-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 22 April 2015 06:57:04 andy pugh wrote: On 22 April 2015 at 05:44, Gregg Eshelman g_ala...@yahoo.com wrote: Same concept with a belt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdJoVh6DRPA The Bell-Everman ServoBelt is really very clever. If I was building a router/plasma I would

Re: [Emc-users] Cnc routers

2015-04-22 Thread Les Newell
Keep in mind you don't have to get the table absolutely perfect. Fit a wood/MDF backing board on the table then skim it flat usign your router head. Even if the machine is slightly twisted this will compensate for the twist. It pays to use the biggest cutter your spindle will handle and run at

Re: [Emc-users] Cnc routers

2015-04-22 Thread Les Newell
Hi Gene, I believe the lower belt is glued to the track so it cannot move, effectively making it a rack. Les On 22/04/2015 13:02, Gene Heskett wrote: Certifiable slicker than snot on a doorknob. I can see why they would patent it. I wonder how long till it would take to stretch enough to