Re: [Emc-users] Power Tapping

2021-07-08 Thread Gerrit Visser
I'm in St Catharines, ON. You can see my efforts on YT at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVGnYkMO0yDPVG8buGy_u3w although no thread milling there yet. Gerrit -Original Message- From: John Dammeyer Sent: July 7, 2021 10:22 PM To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' Subject: Re:

Re: [Emc-users] Power Tapping

2021-07-07 Thread Gerrit Visser
I should have added YG-1's Canadian office info: http://yg1.ca/field.asp I'm back to practicing drilling and thread milling M6 in 1/2 aluminum plate on Friday. My shop bult gantry mill/router has its swarf containment system in place at last. Gerrit -Original Message- From: John

Re: [Emc-users] Power Tapping

2021-07-07 Thread Gerrit Visser
YG-1 is hardly no-name. https://www.yg1.kr/main.asp Gerrit -Original Message- From: John Dammeyer Sent: July 7, 2021 7:37 PM To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Power Tapping It's an Amazon Prime product so shipping is free but yes, in Canadian $

Re: [Emc-users] Machining question

2021-06-18 Thread Gerrit Visser
Reamers don't work well in nominal size holes. So always leave enough meat ofr it to do its work. The attached link gives good info on that topic. Machine reamers cut on the leading edge only, there is no taper. Hand reamers have a taper, and won't cut to a shoulder. If concentricity is the

Re: [Emc-users] all the MESA cards talk made me think

2021-06-13 Thread Gerrit Visser
the 7i92 mentioned, and others, can they do multiple stepper motors? (right now I am using a parallel BOB, that connects to steopper drivers (ala DM542), which drive the actual steppers.) thanks, Ron On 6/13/21 7:03 PM, Gerrit Visser wrote: > I choose a 7i92 to connect my PC with a PMDX132 to

Re: [Emc-users] all the MESA cards talk made me think

2021-06-13 Thread Gerrit Visser
I choose a 7i92 to connect my PC with a PMDX132 to run PathPilot (which has LinuxCNC inside). Depending on your BOB it might be plug-play with pre-build .bit files to configure the Mesa card. My reason for going with ethernet version was to reduce electrical grounding issues. Had too many of

Re: [Emc-users] Touch screen for LinuxCNC

2021-06-02 Thread Gerrit Visser
Hi Gene >From discussions with users of my now-archived Gui, they were using it for anything from laser 'etching' wood with a lot of tiny moves to a Bridgeport and 2" facemills. Grbl is quite capable, people get hung up on the lack of some G codes and tool changes but for the most part in small

Re: [Emc-users] Touch screen for LinuxCNC

2021-06-02 Thread Gerrit Visser
That is totally on the person who put it on Github, there are plenty of ways to illustrate and describe what a project is. That is what the Wiki section is for. I find the terse method rather prevalent amongst FOSS projects. Just like the 'who needs a manual, just read the code' approach. This

Re: [Emc-users] Touch screen for LinuxCNC

2021-06-01 Thread Gerrit Visser
I bought this last month for use with Pathpilot. Works great. Resistive touch so not sensitive to wet fingers. https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B083WF327D CA$250 plus HST Gerrit -Original Message- From: John Dammeyer Sent: June 1, 2021 7:07 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)

Re: [Emc-users] primitive code question from a C/C++ newbie

2021-04-14 Thread Gerrit Visser
Primitive in this context would mean 'most basic', 'lowest level'. Gerrit -Original Message- From: Stuart Stevenson Sent: April 13, 2021 7:23 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) ; Emc2-developers Subject: [Emc-users] primitive code question from a C/C++ newbie Hi,

Re: [Emc-users] Probe recommendations.

2021-03-14 Thread Gerrit Visser
I am still at the 'tooling breakage' stage of cnc. So far only 1 Aliexpress tip broken (CA$12 cost). I have some more on the way because I expect it won't be the last broken one. I have 2 Renishaw TP2's, they are surviving my inexperience so far. M2 threads. Renishaw makes a sacrificial

Re: [Emc-users] Probe recommendations.

2021-03-14 Thread Gerrit Visser
The store is in Belarus, if that helps. -Original Message- From: Gene Heskett Sent: March 14, 2021 1:09 PM To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Probe recommendations. I went to the web site, very sparse with its data, but that is a decent enough price, that I

Re: [Emc-users] lathe paths with linux cnc and CAD software

2021-02-03 Thread Gerrit Visser
The hobby/free non-commercial download is on LH side of this page. https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/free-trial Renew it every year, free but of course limited to non-commercial use and no 4th axis etc. Gerrit -Original Message- From: Thomas J Powderly

Re: [Emc-users] EDM from scratch

2021-02-01 Thread Gerrit Visser
education but try this instead https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/34635871.pdf best of luck with the wedm (btw it will be a good hole drill spark generaor if it works for wed, just needs up to 100uS max on time ) tomp On 2/1/21 12:53 AM, Gerrit Visser wrote: > Another source of information about pu

Re: [Emc-users] EDM from scratch

2021-01-31 Thread Gerrit Visser
Issue 168, Oct 2010 is the first installment Gerrit -Original Message- From: John Dammeyer [mailto:jo...@autoartisans.com] Sent: January 31, 2021 1:31 PM To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' Subject: Re: [Emc-users] EDM from scratch Andy, Check out this page:

Re: [Emc-users] EDM from scratch

2021-01-31 Thread Gerrit Visser
Another source of information about pulse generator design: https://langfordw.pages.cba.mit.edu/desktopWEDM/electronics/ https://www.cnc.info.pl/drazenie-metoda-domowa-moje-proby-t11692-20.html (Google translate helps here:-)) Again, my focus is on wire EDM but there must be similarities

Re: [Emc-users] EDM from scratch

2021-01-31 Thread Gerrit Visser
There might be some gems in this video? I have an interest (presently on hold) to make a wire edm so have been collecting information etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IWWa0xCd04=9s There is also a Polish forum where someone describes their power supply as well as details on how they use