Re: [Emc-users] Near function not working as expected

Hello Andy, Thanks again and I will see if I got more issues to help you out Jan On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 8:42 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 4 April 2017 at 01:33, Jan Bos wrote: > > Thanks, surprises me each time how something so simple can be

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

On Tuesday 04 April 2017 12:55:10 Ralph Stirling wrote: > I believe you can use SketchUp for generating STL files > for 3d printing. Pretty much any 3d cad tool in existence > can do so. Librecad is only 2d, so not much use. On Linux, > you are pretty well limited to Openscad and Freecad. > >

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

On Tuesday 04 April 2017 08:14:00 Mark wrote: > On 04/03/2017 02:24 PM, andy pugh wrote: > > On 3 April 2017 at 18:13, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> link crashes firefox. Expected? > > > > On your computer? Yes. > > Andy, > > > You owe me a new keyboard for that one. ;-) > > >

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

On Tuesday 04 April 2017 06:33:33 Gregg Eshelman wrote: > You'd use a very low fill density, no fill if the pattern can be done > that way. Better slicers now have a variable density fill capability > along with variable layer height.Another benefit of 3D printing PLA > for single use casting

Re: [Emc-users] Servo Motor Retrofit sizing

On 04/04/2017 08:57 PM, Dave Cole wrote: > Here is a discussion about inertial mismatch. > > http://www.motioncontrolonline.org/content-detail.cfm/Motion-Control-Technical-Features/Understanding-the-Mysteries-of-Inertia-Mismatch/content_id/404 > > The Sizing software that Automation Direct has on

Re: [Emc-users] Servo Motor Retrofit sizing

On 04/04/2017 01:35 PM, robert - Innovative-RC wrote: > Hi > > i am planning to retrofit a machine i will change the servo motors as > current ones are faulty etc > anyways i know the motor ratings on the machine right now as follows > > Yaskawa USAFED-30FS20E > Rated 18.6Nm > Continuou Max

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

On Tuesday 04 April 2017 06:28:31 andy pugh wrote: > On 4 April 2017 at 10:47, Andrew wrote: > > I exported the model to STL and feed it to a slicer. > > It shows ~0,5kg and ~8hrs printing time with 0,45mm layer and 10% > > infill > > But that is 8 hours per part (if using

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

STL is about all you can get out of OpenSCAD. However, FreeCAD has a useful feature that lets you paste OpenSCAD text files and generate solid objects in FreeCAD. At that point all kinds of file formats can be generated (to transfer to other cad systems). OpenSCAD is a "programmer's 3d cad

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

On Tuesday 04 April 2017 06:22:26 Gregg Eshelman wrote: > 3D printing needs STL format. Any 3D modeling or CAD software that can > output STL can be made to work as a source for this. One thing though, > all the 3D slicer software assumes you're working in millimeters. > That's due to the

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

On Tuesday 04 April 2017 06:21:52 andy pugh wrote: > On 3 April 2017 at 18:13, Gene Heskett wrote: > > We have a foundry here, but no clue what sort of a 3d file they > > might accept. Or what they might have as an NRE price policy > > This foundry appears happy to do

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

On Tuesday 04 April 2017 06:19:46 andy pugh wrote: > On 4 April 2017 at 10:46, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> There again, I had about 20 hours of machine time to make the solid > >> pattern: https://goo.gl/photos/64p9cNWnEamwxUzz5 > > > > Humm, I think you'll need a bigger

Re: [Emc-users] Servo Motor Retrofit sizing

Here is a discussion about inertial mismatch. http://www.motioncontrolonline.org/content-detail.cfm/Motion-Control-Technical-Features/Understanding-the-Mysteries-of-Inertia-Mismatch/content_id/404 The Sizing software that Automation Direct has on their website can be used to check motor sizing

Re: [Emc-users] Missing Documentation - I think

On 04/04/2017 05:54 PM, Joe Hildreth wrote: > DOH! > > I guess I should have dug a little more. Thanks Andy. > > So would you guys still like me to tackle the man page for the component. > Been reading up on how to construct them, and I am willing to give it a go. It would be good to have a

Re: [Emc-users] Missing Documentation - I think

DOH! I guess I should have dug a little more. Thanks Andy. So would you guys still like me to tackle the man page for the component. Been reading up on how to construct them, and I am willing to give it a go. - On Apr 4, 2017, at 6:21 PM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: > On 4 April

Re: [Emc-users] Missing Documentation - I think

Thanks Dewey that helped a bunch. - On Apr 4, 2017, at 4:42 PM, Dewey Garrett dgarr...@panix.com wrote: >> So this tells me what pins are created, >> the only one I am unsure of is the >> change_button, can someone explain this one? > > By default, one must click the 'Continue' > button on

Re: [Emc-users] Missing Documentation - I think

On 4 April 2017 at 19:56, Joe Hildreth wrote: > I am looking through the docs and cannot find a man page for the > hal_manualtoolchange userspace component, It is hidden: http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/gui/axis.html#_manual_tool_change -- atp "A motorcycle is

Re: [Emc-users] Missing Documentation - I think

> So this tells me what pins are created, > the only one I am unsure of is the > change_button, can someone explain this one? By default, one must click the 'Continue' button on the tool change popup gui to acknowledge the manual tool change. The pin 'hal_manualtoolchange.change_button' may be

Re: [Emc-users] Missing Documentation - I think

Sebastian, I will be happy to try to write it. Joe - On Apr 4, 2017, at 2:34 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky s...@highlab.com wrote: > On 04/04/2017 01:13 PM, Joe Hildreth wrote: >> Looking at the ha;_manualtoolchange.py file, I see the following: >> >> h = hal.component("hal_manualtoolchange") >>

Re: [Emc-users] Missing Documentation - I think

On 04/04/2017 01:13 PM, Joe Hildreth wrote: > Looking at the ha;_manualtoolchange.py file, I see the following: > > h = hal.component("hal_manualtoolchange") > h.newpin("number", hal.HAL_S32, hal.HAL_IN) > h.newpin("change", hal.HAL_BIT, hal.HAL_IN) > h.newpin("change_button", hal.HAL_BIT,

Re: [Emc-users] Missing Documentation - I think

Looking at the ha;_manualtoolchange.py file, I see the following: h = hal.component("hal_manualtoolchange") h.newpin("number", hal.HAL_S32, hal.HAL_IN) h.newpin("change", hal.HAL_BIT, hal.HAL_IN) h.newpin("change_button", hal.HAL_BIT, hal.HAL_IN) h.newpin("changed", hal.HAL_BIT, hal.HAL_OUT)

[Emc-users] Servo Motor Retrofit sizing

Hi i am planning to retrofit a machine i will change the servo motors as current ones are faulty etc anyways i know the motor ratings on the machine right now as follows Yaskawa USAFED-30FS20E Rated 18.6Nm Continuou Max 22.5Nm Peak max 54.1Nm Rated Speed 1500rpm Max Speed 2000rpm Torque

[Emc-users] Missing Documentation - I think

Hello all, I am looking through the docs and cannot find a man page for the hal_manualtoolchange userspace component, and only see reference to it in the HAL Examples section of the doc. Also missing is the man page for the parport rt module. Who do I need to request for these docs, or is it

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

I believe you can use SketchUp for generating STL files for 3d printing. Pretty much any 3d cad tool in existence can do so. Librecad is only 2d, so not much use. On Linux, you are pretty well limited to Openscad and Freecad. -- Ralph From: Gene Heskett

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

On Tuesday 04 April 2017 06:04:50 Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 04.04.17 05:00, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 04 April 2017 02:51:22 Gregg Eshelman wrote: > > > I wonder if they've heard about lost PLA casting? One off and > > > short runs without needing to make expensive, reusable

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

On 04/03/2017 02:24 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 3 April 2017 at 18:13, Gene Heskett wrote: >> link crashes firefox. Expected? > On your computer? Yes. > Andy, You owe me a new keyboard for that one. ;-) Mark

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

On 04.04.17 10:21, andy pugh wrote: > On 4 April 2017 at 07:51, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > > I wonder if they've heard about lost PLA casting? > > This is a 13kg casting in iron, that would be 2kg of PLA, about £40. > Though i guess you would use a low fill density, so it

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

You'd use a very low fill density, no fill if the pattern can be done that way. Better slicers now have a variable density fill capability along with variable layer height.Another benefit of 3D printing PLA for single use casting patterns is they can be much closer to net shape, which will

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

On 4 April 2017 at 10:47, Andrew wrote: > I exported the model to STL and feed it to a slicer. > It shows ~0,5kg and ~8hrs printing time with 0,45mm layer and 10% infill But that is 8 hours per part (if using lost-PLA) whereas my conventional pattern can be re-used. This

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

On 4 April 2017 at 10:46, Gene Heskett wrote: >> There again, I had about 20 hours of machine time to make the solid >> pattern: https://goo.gl/photos/64p9cNWnEamwxUzz5 > > Humm, I think you'll need a bigger vacuum than what I see sitting > there. :) What sort of materiel

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

3D printing needs STL format. Any 3D modeling or CAD software that can output STL can be made to work as a source for this. One thing though, all the 3D slicer software assumes you're working in millimeters. That's due to the original scanning laser and vat of resin 3D printers only being able

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

On 3 April 2017 at 18:13, Gene Heskett wrote: > We have a foundry here, but no clue what sort of a 3d file they might > accept. Or what they might have as an NRE price policy This foundry appears happy to do investment casting from a solid model

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

On 04.04.17 05:00, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 04 April 2017 02:51:22 Gregg Eshelman wrote: > > > I wonder if they've heard about lost PLA casting? One off and short > > runs without needing to make expensive, reusable patterns, plus the > > ability to do casting shapes impossible with

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

2017-04-04 12:21 GMT+03:00 andy pugh : > This is a 13kg casting in iron, that would be 2kg of PLA, about £40. > Though i guess you would use a low fill density, so it wouldn't be > quite that much. > But it would be many hours of extrusion time. > I exported the model to STL

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

On Tuesday 04 April 2017 05:21:10 andy pugh wrote: > On 4 April 2017 at 07:51, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > > I wonder if they've heard about lost PLA casting? > > This is a 13kg casting in iron, that would be 2kg of PLA, about £40. > Though i guess you would use a low fill

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

On 4 April 2017 at 07:51, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > I wonder if they've heard about lost PLA casting? This is a 13kg casting in iron, that would be 2kg of PLA, about £40. Though i guess you would use a low fill density, so it wouldn't be quite that much. But it would be many

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

On Tuesday 04 April 2017 02:51:22 Gregg Eshelman wrote: > I wonder if they've heard about lost PLA casting? One off and short > runs without needing to make expensive, reusable patterns, plus the > ability to do casting shapes impossible with patterns that must be > removable from a sand mold,

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

I wonder if they've heard about lost PLA casting? One off and short runs without needing to make expensive, reusable patterns, plus the ability to do casting shapes impossible with patterns that must be removable from a sand mold, could be a money maker for the foundry. 'Course they'd have to