Re: [Emc-users] oneshot confusion

2017-07-15 Thread andy pugh
On 15 July 2017 at 18:58, Gene Heskett wrote: > But doesn't state the logic level that would reset it if its currently a > running timer. Logic 0, or a logic 1? It's reset by logic 1. Your button probably offers an in-not pin that you could use. -- atp "A motorcycle is

Re: [Emc-users] change of subject, brass or copper?

2017-07-15 Thread andy pugh
On 16 July 2017 at 02:46, Gene Heskett wrote: > Which will do the least damage to a pre-finished part, such as the fairly > high polished SS barrel? Brass or copper? Copper is quite sticky, you want brass or bronze. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium

Re: [Emc-users] change of subject, brass or copper?

2017-07-15 Thread Danny Miller
Look up CA954 aluminum bronze. Very good sliding surface on stainless. Danny On 7/15/2017 10:05 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Saturday 15 July 2017 22:00:44 Trent Hejazi wrote: I have brass contact fingers and they work well. I'll get a brass bar yet tonight then, thanks. When supporting

Re: [Emc-users] change of subject, brass or copper?

2017-07-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 15 July 2017 22:00:44 Trent Hejazi wrote: > I have brass contact fingers and they work well. I'll get a brass bar yet tonight then, thanks. > When supporting the > barrel tennon, they ride on the threads without damaging them. Threads on a p-17 are square, 10 tpi. I already have

Re: [Emc-users] change of subject, brass or copper?

2017-07-15 Thread Trent Hejazi
I have brass contact fingers and they work well. When supporting the barrel tennon, they ride on the threads without damaging them. Otherwise, they will always leave an annoying ring on a barrel. Only way to circumvent is to make a collar to slip over barrel, then skim cut concentric with the

[Emc-users] change of subject, brass or copper?

2017-07-15 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; My steady rest has steel sliders, which will not do for working on finished parts. So I need to order a foot of 1/2x1" brass or copper to make some more better shoes. Which will do the least damage to a pre-finished part, such as the fairly high polished SS barrel? Brass or

Re: [Emc-users] configuration via Gschem

2017-07-15 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
> The .png cannot be zoomed to inspect details, but for 2 days work, looks > better than I expected. And thats encouraging. Somebody started it earlier I think it TJoseph Powderly but I continued it now. > Are you intending to be able to translate an existing, working config > into this, and

Re: [Emc-users] Multi-meter recommendations

2017-07-15 Thread Chris Albertson
On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 9:54 AM, Nicklas Karlsson < nicklas.karlsso...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thes HP bench multimeters I think have really good accuracy, they do not > run away but are a little bit harder to move. > > Yes, they are for use on the bench. You need a portable one for field work. But

Re: [Emc-users] Multi-meter recommendations

2017-07-15 Thread Andrew
2017-07-15 21:16 GMT+03:00 Danny Miller: > Best deals of out of grey market China sites: > > http://www.dx.com/s/fluke?cateId=0=All%20Categories > > Fluke cut China a deal. 17B+ is over $300 in US. But China will sell you > one of their discounts- same meter- for $130. > > It IS a genuine

Re: [Emc-users] Multi-meter recommendations

2017-07-15 Thread Danny Miller
Best deals of out of grey market China sites: http://www.dx.com/s/fluke?cateId=0=All%20Categories Fluke cut China a deal. 17B+ is over $300 in US. But China will sell you one of their discounts- same meter- for $130. It IS a genuine Fluke. Same product. Only confusion is, on eBay,

[Emc-users] oneshot confusion

2017-07-15 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; Once more the conciseness of a man page does not answer my question. Specifically the man page for oneshot, which says: oneshot.N.reset bit in Reset But doesn't state the logic level that would reset it if its currently a running timer. Logic 0, or a logic 1?

Re: [Emc-users] configuration via Gschem

2017-07-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 15 July 2017 12:38:34 Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > > > > ... > > > > The stuff here? > > > > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?HalSchematicsUsingGsche > > > >m > > > > > > ... > > > > ... > > Are you intending to be able to translate an existing, working > > config into this, and

Re: [Emc-users] configuration via Gschem

2017-07-15 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
> On 07/15/2017 10:47 AM, Todd Zuercher wrote: > > Not that I understand exactly what you're doing, but it does look very > > interesting. If you are interested I am sure we could contribute some > > rather complicated configuration examples for you to play around with for > > testing. (I

Re: [Emc-users] Multi-meter recommendations

2017-07-15 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
Thes HP bench multimeters I think have really good accuracy, they do not run away but are a little bit harder to move. On Sat, 15 Jul 2017 09:47:03 -0700 Chris Albertson wrote: > I agree about Fluke build quality. I have a couple older Fluke portable > DMMs. They

Re: [Emc-users] configuration via Gschem

2017-07-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 15 July 2017 11:47:44 Todd Zuercher wrote: > Not that I understand exactly what you're doing, but it does look very > interesting. If you are interested I am sure we could contribute some > rather complicated configuration examples for you to play around with > for testing. (I know

Re: [Emc-users] Multi-meter recommendations

2017-07-15 Thread Chris Albertson
I agree about Fluke build quality. I have a couple older Fluke portable DMMs. They drift out of Cailbration and typically you need to adjust serval pots with a mini-screwdriver.My HP calibrates with push buttons and no disassembly is required. Here is an example, this meter is really

Re: [Emc-users] configuration via Gschem

2017-07-15 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
> > > ... > > > The stuff here? > > > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?HalSchematicsUsingGschem > > ... > ... > Are you intending to be able to translate an existing, working config > into this, and to be able to take this back to working .ini + .hal > files? No translation of existing

Re: [Emc-users] Multi-meter recommendations

2017-07-15 Thread Chris Albertson
First off you need at least TWO meters. How else can you know if your meter works and gives correct readings unless it agrees with some other meter? Next for this kind of work you don't need a lot of precision. You just need to see if there is "about 24V" on the power lines and even 10%

Re: [Emc-users] configuration via Gschem

2017-07-15 Thread Jon Elson
On 07/15/2017 10:57 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: The .png cannot be zoomed to inspect details, but for 2 days work, looks better than I expected. And thats encouraging. Are you intending to be able to translate an existing, working config into this, and to be able to take this back to working .ini

Re: [Emc-users] configuration via Gschem

2017-07-15 Thread Jon Elson
On 07/15/2017 10:47 AM, Todd Zuercher wrote: Not that I understand exactly what you're doing, but it does look very interesting. If you are interested I am sure we could contribute some rather complicated configuration examples for you to play around with for testing. (I know Gene has some

Re: [Emc-users] configuration via Gschem

2017-07-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 15 July 2017 08:27:49 Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > > > I reached a point there I could start to think more about the > > > configuration. I tried the gschem approach and could generate a > > > hal file. The small python script convert the geda netlist into a > > > hal file. > > > > The

Re: [Emc-users] configuration via Gschem

2017-07-15 Thread Todd Zuercher
Not that I understand exactly what you're doing, but it does look very interesting. If you are interested I am sure we could contribute some rather complicated configuration examples for you to play around with for testing. (I know Gene has some doozies, and I have a couple rather twisted

Re: [Emc-users] configuration via Gschem

2017-07-15 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
> ... > but if you want some geda symbols or testing, I will help As is now pins have some not necessary attributes but to start with I must figure out which attributes are necessary. I figured out attributes "loadrt" and "thread" might be useful. If attributes exist and are empty default