[Emc-users] SSD reliability

2020-07-02 Thread linden
Hello All,     Any one here have real world experience with reliability of Solid State Drives. I have not had much luck with them my self and am wondering is this normal or am I the exception to the rule as if you believe the advertising they should last almost for ever. First Experience

[Emc-users] setting up hostmot2 firmware compiling

2020-07-02 Thread Ralph Stirling
I haven't been set up to compile firmware for Mesa cards in a number of years, and decided to get it going again. I have installed Xilinx 13.4 software on my Ubuntu laptop, but am having trouble piecing together the rest of the files. Github has the hostmot2-firmware repository, which hasn't

Re: [Emc-users] Cheap servo drives from China.

2020-07-02 Thread andrew beck
hey everyone sorry for the mess up. I changed the permissions now. never normally have trouble so I don't know why they changed the default permissions and here is the link again just in case https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f90Jhh6oEA_5jervfwnMoePqwHrX6tKN/view?usp=sharing here is the

Re: [Emc-users] Fine tuning backlash in BS-1 clone

2020-07-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 02 July 2020 15:10:45 Chris Albertson wrote: > Gene, > > Have you measured the torque needed on the worm gear while cutting? > Clamp a lever arm to the shaft and measure the force with a spring > scale. The worm reduction multiplies the torque by the number of > teeth on the wheel.

Re: [Emc-users] Cheap servo drives from China.

2020-07-02 Thread Ralph Stirling
Still no identity of the mystery seller, Andrew. Got a link to the supplier's website? Thanks, -- Ralph From: andrew beck [andrewbeck0...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2020 2:09 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Cheap

Re: [Emc-users] Cheap servo drives from China.

2020-07-02 Thread andrew beck
sorry guys! I forgot to make it a open link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f90Jhh6oEA_5jervfwnMoePqwHrX6tKN/view?usp=sharing try this On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 8:32 AM andrew beck wrote: > Hey guys just so people know. > > You can buy a 240 v single phase 1kw motor and servo drive for 208

[Emc-users] Cheap servo drives from China.

2020-07-02 Thread andrew beck
Hey guys just so people know. You can buy a 240 v single phase 1kw motor and servo drive for 208 usd now. Which is so cheap. Here is a price list. Of course I just buy from these guys not connected otherwise https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f90Jhh6oEA_5jervfwnMoePqwHrX6tKN/view?usp=drivesdk

Re: [Emc-users] Fine tuning backlash in BS-1 clone

2020-07-02 Thread Chris Albertson
Gene, Have you measured the torque needed on the worm gear while cutting? Clamp a lever arm to the shaft and measure the force with a spring scale. The worm reduction multiplies the torque by the number of teeth on the wheel. You may not need a powerful motor. In any case, step-one is to

Re: [Emc-users] Fine tuning backlash in BS-1 clone

2020-07-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 02 July 2020 10:50:04 andy pugh wrote: > On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 at 15:02, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Problem #2 is the lack of an independent locking method for this > > flanges rotation which is also the worm backlash adjustment, > > Maybe something like picture 4 here: >

Re: [Emc-users] Fine tuning backlash in BS-1 clone

2020-07-02 Thread andy pugh
On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 at 15:02, Gene Heskett wrote: > Problem #2 is the lack of an independent locking method for this flanges > rotation which is also the worm backlash adjustment, Maybe something like picture 4 here:

[Emc-users] Fine tuning backlash in BS-1 clone

2020-07-02 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; Couple problems with my shaft at the center of tilt idea, so I could use a two stage drive, from motor to tilt axis, 2nd stage from tilt axis to worm drive, that way tilt could be changed w/o having to change belts and move the motor as it tilts. With the pivot point fixed, the