[Emc-users] how to test output pins?

2017-02-10 Thread Valerio Bellizzomi
Hello, I can test input bits with hal show, but how do I test output pins? That is I need to know parallel port physical pin positions in order to choose my pin schema and make a correspondence hal pin --> physical pin Thanks. Valerio

Re: [Emc-users] EDM Small Hole Drilling

2017-02-10 Thread Gregg Eshelman
Some googling turned up info on first drilling through with an undersize tool then making a grinding pass to finished size. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12541-012-0123-2 -- Check out the vibrant tech communi

Re: [Emc-users] EDM Small Hole Drilling

2017-02-10 Thread Gregg Eshelman
Small  hole  EDM  (electrical  discharge  machining)  drilling,  also  known  as  fast  hole EDM drilling, hole popper, and start hole EDM drilling, was once relegated to a “last resort” method of drilling holes. Now, small hole EDM drilling is used for production work. Drilling speeds have be

Re: [Emc-users] EDM Small Hole Drilling

2017-02-10 Thread TJoseph Powderly
i was surprised how much off the shelf stuff exists its not impossible to reverse engineer the connections but a working experience is handy maybe you know an edm service engineer cum hacker? the mechanical stuff ( motors spindles pumps ) are too cheap to mess with diy the guides wont be a diy pr

Re: [Emc-users] EDM Small Hole Drilling

2017-02-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 10 February 2017 21:54:45 Jon Elson wrote: > On 02/10/2017 03:59 PM, Jim Craig wrote: > > So my questions are as follows. What type of power supply would I > > need to use for doing small hole EDM drilling? Can I use a tig > > welder as the power supply and control pulsing with LinuxCNC

Re: [Emc-users] EDM Small Hole Drilling

2017-02-10 Thread TJoseph Powderly
wow, i gotta look into that epoxy idea, we just pressurized the cavity with water and that was a complex jig already! thx tomp On 02/11/17 05:58, Comcast wrote: > The laser drilling was the first thing I thought of too. Pratt & Whitney > uses this process to drill similar size holes in the turbi

Re: [Emc-users] EDM Small Hole Drilling

2017-02-10 Thread TJoseph Powderly
re: other technogies... if you can drill it, it'll be faster a good applications engineer from a good company can read your specs and give you tools and tooling that will do the job it may be expensive but its pretty guaranteed and even proven on your test parts tomp On 02/11/17 05:42, Jim Craig

Re: [Emc-users] EDM Small Hole Drilling

2017-02-10 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Jim hello I have worked with a lot of taiwanese hole drills ( hopops for short ) On 02/11/17 04:59, Jim Craig wrote: > I am working on a project at work where we are designing a new CNC > machine for a particular application. Up to this point I have been > planning on using a standard machine spin

Re: [Emc-users] EDM Small Hole Drilling

2017-02-10 Thread Jon Elson
On 02/10/2017 03:59 PM, Jim Craig wrote: > So my questions are as follows. What type of power supply would I need > to use for doing small hole EDM drilling? Can I use a tig welder as the > power supply and control pulsing with LinuxCNC driving an external IGBT? TIG is constant current, and general

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Need some guidance on high temp/pressure water circuit

2017-02-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 10 February 2017 13:31:37 Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > Water have very high heat capacity and hence is good for cooling or > heating. But with water at that temperature I prefer to stay in > another room. > Actually, I'd like to be in a room in the next drainage. > > use of water vs electr

Re: [Emc-users] Changing the full scale range the pyvcp tach displays

2017-02-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 10 February 2017 09:33:15 John Thornton wrote: > http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/gui/gladevcp.html > > JT > Sounds like I need to go back to gfx-101. I might eventually be back for fine tuning info. Thanks John. > On 2/9/2017 7:08 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Thursday 09 February

Re: [Emc-users] EDM Small Hole Drilling

2017-02-10 Thread Comcast
The laser drilling was the first thing I thought of too. Pratt & Whitney uses this process to drill similar size holes in the turbine blades. The keep the slag out of the holes they fill the interior of the blade with epoxy: Upon burn through the epoxy virtually explodes, blowing and slag or

Re: [Emc-users] EDM Small Hole Drilling

2017-02-10 Thread Jim Craig
On 2/10/2017 4:16 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 10 February 2017 at 21:59, Jim Craig wrote: >> The more I think about the actual process and needs of the machine I am >> thinking that a small hole EDM drilling head would be better for this >> application. > > Maybe consider lasers (and sharks?) too: >

Re: [Emc-users] EDM Small Hole Drilling

2017-02-10 Thread andy pugh
On 10 February 2017 at 21:59, Jim Craig wrote: > The more I think about the actual process and needs of the machine I am > thinking that a small hole EDM drilling head would be better for this > application. Maybe consider lasers (and sharks?) too: https://www.oxfordlasers.com/laser-micromachini

Re: [Emc-users] Using a homing switch as a limit when not homed

2017-02-10 Thread andy pugh
On 10 February 2017 at 18:48, wrote: > I have inductive proximity switches. They fail too. At least the unfeasibly cheap ones from eBay that I use do. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lun

[Emc-users] EDM Small Hole Drilling

2017-02-10 Thread Jim Craig
I am working on a project at work where we are designing a new CNC machine for a particular application. Up to this point I have been planning on using a standard machine spindle. The more I think about the actual process and needs of the machine I am thinking that a small hole EDM drilling hea

Re: [Emc-users] Using a homing switch as a limit when not homed

2017-02-10 Thread dannym
I have inductive proximity switches. Cause I'm that awesome. Danny Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > Electrical switches will eventully fail unless you use special switches which > fail in the correct dirction, you could make it run off the screw? > > > On Wed, 8 Feb 2017 17:34:17 + > wro

Re: [Emc-users] Using a homing switch as a limit when not homed

2017-02-10 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
Electrical switches will eventully fail unless you use special switches which fail in the correct dirction, you could make it run off the screw? On Wed, 8 Feb 2017 17:34:17 + wrote: > I don't have a physical stop on my Z axis, putting one in would be a PITA. > The drive is exceptionally

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Need some guidance on high temp/pressure water circuit

2017-02-10 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
Water have very high heat capacity and hence is good for cooling or heating. But with water at that temperature I prefer to stay in another room. > use of water vs electrical heaters to _stabilize_ molding temperatures. > http://www.ptonline.com/cdn/cms/uploadedFiles/MoldTemperatureControlWhitePa

Re: [Emc-users] Changing the full scale range the pyvcp tach displays

2017-02-10 Thread John Thornton
http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/gui/gladevcp.html JT On 2/9/2017 7:08 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 09 February 2017 14:09:14 andy pugh wrote: > >> On 9 February 2017 at 17:56, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> One of the things I would like to do is to change the full scale >>> range of the py