Re: [Emc-users] Plasma cutting table by Italian defunct company CR electronics

2012-08-29 Thread Peter Blodow
Igor, you certainly checked this before, but anyway: there is an italian company by the name of CR electronic. They are developing vehicle electronics and specialize on repairing control systems. They still seem to be in business. See http://www.crelectronic.it/ Peter Igor Chudov schrieb:

Re: [Emc-users] GPIB, was Re: Hey Gene! Hand held O'scope for ya.

2012-08-16 Thread Peter Blodow
I am still using a GPIB bus controlled Parker Hannifin stepper driver which is capable of more than 30 kHz at 50 volts and some 20 amps peak current per winding. It's capable of breaking a 3 mm hardened dowel pin used as a coupling device between the stepper motor and the cross slide screw on

Re: [Emc-users] Problem registering in Forum

2012-08-15 Thread Peter Blodow
What's wrong with gmail acounts, anyway? Is this some sort of discrimination? Peter Blodow andy pugh schrieb: On 15 August 2012 16:46, Senthil Seveelavanan s.seveelava...@gmail.com wrote: I have tried multiple different browser and on different days, but when I submit my info

Re: [Emc-users] HAL driver for EMIS Stepper - Board

2012-08-08 Thread Peter Blodow
by thermics and had to replace it, that was all. Peter Blodow andy pugh schrieb: On 8 August 2012 06:50, Peter Blodow p.blo...@dreki.de wrote: Gentlemen, I am running the big brother of this card named SMC-1500 including a small piggy back board with some intelligence on it. That piggy

Re: [Emc-users] HAL driver for EMIS Stepper - Board

2012-08-07 Thread Peter Blodow
the maximum I can get all the time anyway. The only problem is that speed is very limited to about 3.5 kHz max. which keeps the machine slow. So, after about 15 years of service, I am looking for a more modern board with a little more power (esp. in voltage). Thanks for the hints. Peter Blodow andy

Re: [Emc-users] OT - Ford diesels

2012-08-06 Thread Peter Blodow
Gene, please don't forget to take into account that liquefied gases have a density of less than two thirds of gasoline and even less than diesel fuel. Methane (CNG, CH4) is even lighter than butane (C2H6) or propane (LPG, C3H8). In addition, their thermal yield is about 10 to 20% lower per

Re: [Emc-users] OT - Ford diesels

2012-08-05 Thread Peter Blodow
a better car and a better price. Peter Blodow -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions

Re: [Emc-users] OT - Ford diesels

2012-08-05 Thread Peter Blodow
are so peculiar about fuel consumption: a liter of Diesel fuel costs about 1,46 Euros in Germany right now, which is a little more than $ 7 per gallon. It still is the cheapest fuel, though, so Diesel cars are booming. Best greetings Peter Blodow Peter

[Emc-users] EMC users vs. LinuxCNC

2012-07-31 Thread Peter Blodow
Hello gentlemen, can I be sure to get notified when EMC users as a mail address is being changed to LinuxCNC, in order to change my mailbox filters in time? Greetings Peter -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive

Re: [Emc-users] Dial box

2012-06-21 Thread Peter Blodow
Hello Andy, these boxes (we called them, politicaly incorrect, The Nipples) were sold with IBM workstations first (IBM RISC PC 6150) as standard equipment to go with system 8500(?) graphic processors on CATIA licenses. Nipples 1 to 3 were set up to control X-, Y- and Z position of 3D models

Re: [Emc-users] Dial box

2012-06-21 Thread Peter Blodow
for it, would make a nice pendant, if reverse engineered. Peter Peter Blodow schrieb: Hello Andy, these boxes (we called them, politicaly incorrect, The Nipples) were sold with IBM workstations first (IBM RISC PC 6150) as standard equipment to go with system 8500(?) graphic processors on CATIA

Re: [Emc-users] Brushless Servo Selection?

2012-06-20 Thread Peter Blodow
Dave, I'm not sure that all of you guys on this list are aware of the fact that the US has introduced metric units since a long time. In 1866 Congress voted for the metric system, and in 1894 again administration passed bills in that direction. Only in 1975, President Gerald Ford signed the

Re: [Emc-users] Brushless Servo Selection?

2012-06-16 Thread Peter Blodow
from Peter Blodow andy pugh schrieb: On 16 June 2012 00:37, N. Christopher Perry n_christopher_pe...@me.com wrote: There are about 1.3 Nm to a ft-lb. Which would reduce confusion no end, except motor manufacturers want bigger numbers, so like to use oz-inch in the US

Re: [Emc-users] Brushless Servo Selection?

2012-06-16 Thread Peter Blodow
Andy, 1 Pa = 1 N/sq. meter, a very impractical unit. Therefore, the bar as the most commonly used pressure unit of today, not a SI unit, is only accepted as an exception to be near the previously used atmosphere = 1 kp/sq.cm. 1 hPa (hectoPascal) = 100 Pa (greek: hekaton = hundred). The heck

Re: [Emc-users] Brushless Servo Selection?

2012-06-16 Thread Peter Blodow
Dave, funny thing is that European lathes in those days you were describing, many still working today, were equipped with inch lead screws, so that in order to cut mm threads they have to use a 127 teeth gear in the gear case to drive the lead screw. This way, our industry wanted to become

Re: [Emc-users] Brushless Servo Selection?

2012-06-16 Thread Peter Blodow
You can't save anybody from himself, but I understand that nobody will be made responsible for the stupid killing themselves. This is the consequence of today's holy law that nowadays nothing can happen without someone being responsible (even if nobody really is). Makes a lot of money for the

Re: [Emc-users] Brushless Servo Selection?

2012-06-16 Thread Peter Blodow
I know this stuff, I have a physics degree. Sorry, didn't mean to insult you. In fact many years ago the NPL invited me along to a colloquium discussing how best to re-define the kilogram. (Because it is currently based on a lump of platinum-iridium, not on any portable physical

Re: [Emc-users] Brushless Servo Selection?

2012-06-16 Thread Peter Blodow
andy pugh schrieb: You are quite right, I don't know how I got that wrong. Except that hecto and centi are _not_ prefixes in the SI system. Yes they are. Hekto-, deka-, deci- and centi- (100, 10, 1/10, 1/100 rsp.) are the only ones with the decimal exponents not being multiples of three,

Re: [Emc-users] Brushless Servo Selection?

2012-06-16 Thread Peter Blodow
Viesturs, don't confuse US and British units although they are both called imperial units (since when do Americans care about emperors?) - they are not necessarily the same as you come to details. Screws can be a lot different, for example. I have an old English combined circular wood saw and

Re: [Emc-users] Storebro 260, some LinuxCNC2 testing and a question about CAM modules...

2012-04-12 Thread Peter Blodow
Roger, hur star det till? I had been fighting with IGES conversion to CATIA or Autocad since about 1995 and never got anything satisfying out of it. Forget it if you want to be productive. What about your lathe: broken seems to signify some electric defect? Lathes don't break apart. Peter

Re: [Emc-users] German-language documentation, was: Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-11 Thread Peter Blodow
, Peter Blodow p.blo...@dreki.de wrote: I don't know what the English sentence means, it's hard to interpret (e.g., 'Coordinated mode' or 'Teleop mode'). In some cases, there may not even be a German word for lack of exact definition (what exactly is a joint? Luckily I have

Re: [Emc-users] German-language documentation, was: Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-10 Thread Peter Blodow
the program files and their wording. We can talk about documentation later anyway. Best regards Peter Kent A. Reed schrieb: On 4/9/2012 11:18 AM, Peter Blodow wrote: Gentlemen, I finally made it and installed the new live CD on my former office PC. ... Just a word about the German

Re: [Emc-users] Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-09 Thread Peter Blodow
typos in them (e.g., in stepconfig). So, I think it will be better for me to stick with a purely English version in order to avoid trouble. But since this can't be the purpose of multilingual efforts: can anybody tell me how to help with improving the German version? Peter Peter Blodow

Re: [Emc-users] machine tool tapers

2012-04-08 Thread Peter Blodow
Charles, metric tapers of any diameter (size 30 to 80, for machine tools) all have the same angle, which is (alpha/2)=1.432 degrees . Morse tapers, however, all have different angles alpha/2: Morse angle degrees 0 1.491 1 1.429 2 1.431 3 1.438 4 1.488 5

Re: [Emc-users] Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-04 Thread Peter Blodow
! Peter Blodow Alex Joni schrieb: err, sure there is. the latest CD we have on linuxcnc.org : http://www.linuxcnc.org/iso/ubuntu-10.04-linuxcnc2-i386.iso it is also available on my EU mirror: http://dsplabs.upt.ro/~juve/emc/get.php?file=ubuntu-10.04-linuxcnc2-i386.iso (maybe that works

Re: [Emc-users] database Q?

2012-04-03 Thread Peter Blodow
Kent, I would sure like to hear that joke! Greetings from Bavaria Peter (sorry, a little off topic...) Kent A. Reed schrieb: Good luck. I know from personal experience how frustrating it is to do a lot of work and see it evaporate before reaping the result (I've heard a great, earthy

[Emc-users] Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-03 Thread Peter Blodow
that it really contains the new release of LinuxCNC. What is the contents of this ISO file, just Ubuntu or also LinuxCNC V. 2.5? As the download takes about 4-5 hours, here on the countryside, I thought it was a good idea to ask before... Peter Blodow

Re: [Emc-users] Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-03 Thread Peter Blodow
Danke Alex, that's what I wanted to know. I started the download and it took 4 hours 34 minutes at a speed of 45 kB/sec. How about naming files according to their contents, say: ubuntu-10.04-linuxcnc2.5.0-i386.iso? Peter Blodow Alex Joni schrieb: err, sure there is. the latest CD we have

Re: [Emc-users] Total OT - TV signal

2012-03-23 Thread Peter Blodow
. Even better is an old room antenna, the sort we put on top of the living room closet, from way back when. Peter Viesturs La-cis schrieb: 2012/3/22 Peter Blodow p.blo...@dreki.de: First: are you sure the dish is directed correctly to the satellite? My apologies for not stating

Re: [Emc-users] Total OT - TV signal

2012-03-22 Thread Peter Blodow
Viesturs, the only efficient high frequency amplifier is a better antenna, that is a saying from the early 20th century. Any electronic amplifier would boost the noise as well as the signal. Not much use in this digital aera. First: are you sure the dish is directed correctly to the satellite?

Re: [Emc-users] SCSI to tape interface

2012-03-20 Thread Peter Blodow
Jon, I run Linux exclusively on ISA motherboards because I need to plug in some old encoder cards for ISA slots. Jon Elson schrieb: snip anything like that exists. I have found some ISA cards that were made, but really don't have much ISA motherboards available, and of course none that

Re: [Emc-users] Some more Storebro260(FANUC/Sinumerik) docs...

2012-03-19 Thread Peter Blodow
Roger, the specifications of this machine just plainly state numbers of its size etc. The control system is Sinumerik 6T like it was mentioned earlier in this thread. It says, however, that the Z and X DC servo motors take 2000 pulses per revolution, so the built-in control electronics seems

Re: [Emc-users] Some more Storebro260(FANUC/Sinumerik) docs...

2012-03-19 Thread Peter Blodow
Roger, have a look at this site. http://www.machineseeker.com/A1004216/STOREBRO-260-CNC.html The machine pictured has the same name and number but loks completely different. Its mass is specified as 1.7 tons while the mass of the machine in the tech spec you mailed was more than 3 tons. The

Re: [Emc-users] ubuntu 10.04 + emc cd from the emc build problem

2012-03-12 Thread Peter Blodow
Jon, on the other hand: I once had to scare the boys in the workshop away from the € 300,000 Deckel-Gildemeister maching center because they were, indeed, watching a pirate movie in the CNC mill's LCD screen in the noon break... Peter Jon Elson schrieb: Dave wrote: Then we will need to

[Emc-users] LinuxCNC homepage problem

2012-03-10 Thread Peter Blodow
Gentlemen, I just tried to have a look at he geographical distribution of LinuxCNC or EMC2 users. This is what I got: Not Found The requested URL /component/option,com_google_maps_insight/ was not found on this server. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use

Re: [Emc-users] State of Wizards/Druids for simple machining.

2012-03-08 Thread Peter Blodow
time positioning and drilling by hand You don't have to be a professional to profitably use a CNC system, and I'm glad there is something like LinuxCNC or EMC2, as you like. Peter Blodow dave schrieb: For a one-off that is orthogonal a manual machine may be the fastest. However, as soon

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc, possibly bug, or global isn't global

2012-03-06 Thread Peter Blodow
There is a Geman saying: Never work before breakfast, and if you still have to, try to eat something at first. Peter Kent A. Reed schrieb: Your recent hardware/software saga(s) have reminded me why I no longer attempt things I used to be able to get done before breakfast was ready. Good

Re: [Emc-users] mesa 5i25 install woes (fwd)

2012-02-29 Thread Peter Blodow
Richard, this looks to me as if the card shortened the PC data bus partially. The PCI contacts are very narrow spaced and may almost overlap in height. Are you sure that the card is inserted correctly and pressed down fully to the bottom of the socket? Did you try a different socket and a

Re: [Emc-users] lathe advice?

2012-02-28 Thread Peter Blodow
Ian, a couple of years ago I made a whole drawer full of gears, 30 to 240 teeth, for precisely the same purpose, but as I own a tiny combination mill (called UWG, google it), unfortunalely delivered without gears, but set up as CNC, I milled them with a stepper powered dividing head and home

Re: [Emc-users] OT - Andy Pugh

2012-02-26 Thread Peter Blodow
Yes, It seems that Tim Hawkins is pictured twice, once as Andy Pugh. Andy himself is not appearing. Peter Dave Caroline schrieb: I think there be bugs http://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/index.php/teams/derry-londonderry//crew-profiles/crew/ Dave Caroline On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 6:46 PM,

Re: [Emc-users] Brass finish question?

2012-02-22 Thread Peter Blodow
afterwards as this will make the surface more dense and reflective. Best regards Peter Blodow gene heskett schrieb: Greetings all; The new encoder wheel I made last night, by fiddling with the math that determines the slot width until it has virtually no side wobble of the 1/16 mill

Re: [Emc-users] Need advice on 1/16 end mill

2012-02-14 Thread Peter Blodow
with my laser printer and etch the thing out of thin copper or hard brass sheet in my warm kitchen. By the way, I bought three encoders, 512 lines, for 10 Euros at ebay last year, marked as defective. Two were ok, the third needs some attention. Best regards Peter Blodow

Re: [Emc-users] Need advice on 1/16 end mill

2012-02-14 Thread Peter Blodow
problem with those. Best regards Peter Blodow Cheers, Gene -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just

Re: [Emc-users] Docs clarification needed.

2012-02-07 Thread Peter Blodow
Gene, you are probably using green glass fiber enforced epoxi board. For just that reason I am using the good old brown Pertinax material (phenol hardened resin paper board), whatever it may be named in the US. Normal cheap HSS drills last forever unless they break. Peter Blodow gene heskett

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning - wtf?

2012-01-29 Thread Peter Blodow
Viesturs, regardless of possible tuning questions, if I recall right, you are using a 24 volts supply for the stepper amplifiers. This seems a little low to me as I was using 90 volts on my dual Parker Hannifing amplifier/driver. I had stepper motors attached to the two slides of my lathe and

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning - wtf?

2012-01-29 Thread Peter Blodow
. Viesturs 2012/1/29 Peter Blodow p.blo...@dreki.de: Viesturs, regardless of possible tuning questions, if I recall right, you are using a 24 volts supply for the stepper amplifiers. This seems a little low to me as I was using 90 volts on my dual Parker Hannifing amplifier/driver. I had

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-29 Thread Peter Blodow
Viesturs, if your laser seems too bulky - have you tried transporting the beam to the work head via optic fibres? In the laser division of my former company, we had several powerful (many, say, 50 watts output) gold vapor ans other lasers that weighed about a ton each and filled a whole

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-27 Thread Peter Blodow
Viesturs, it seems to me that your laser diode is just acting as a normal LED, not as a laser. This state is only achieved at a very distinct point up on top of the voltage/current curve. The laser diode supply electronics must take care of this which is a rather delicate controlling task. In

Re: [Emc-users] Dapatkan akses ke foto-foto saya dan lain-lainnya

2012-01-16 Thread Peter Blodow
Hi Kurniadi, Kroklokwafzi? Semememi! Seiokrontro - prafriplo: Bifzi, bafzi; hulalemi; quasti basti bo... Peter kurniadi engkur schrieb: Hai, Saya membuat profil Netlog dengan foto saya, video, blog, dan event dan saya ingin menambahkan kamu sebagai teman sehingga kamu dapat melihatnya.

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-08 Thread Peter Blodow
I have been experimenting with copper in order to make durable memorial signs. I treat a polished piece of sheet copper (or thicker) just like a PCB: degrease, spray photoresist, expose with laser printer foil on it to UV lamp, develop in 0.8% NaOH solution, etch in concentrated FeCl3

Re: [Emc-users] a physicist's approach to the pronunciation of solder

2012-01-06 Thread Peter Blodow
dave schrieb: I presume some of you have read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_Tongue Dave No, I haven't read the book, but maybe will. One of my other hobbies beside electronics etc. is linguistics... Peter

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-06 Thread Peter Blodow
I have to take up EMC anew when I restart it, new releases, new OS, maybe new PC. That threatens me a bit and kinda keeps me off it. Peter gene heskett schrieb: On Thursday, January 05, 2012 06:57:38 PM Peter Blodow did opine: Gene, sorry to say, I can see only commercial ads

Re: [Emc-users] a physicist's approach to the pronunciation of solder

2012-01-05 Thread Peter Blodow
Kent A. Reed schrieb: PS - my grandchildren would say the missing l is just a sign of the season - NoEl. Kent, that's sheds a good light on their intelligence - as soon as you can start playing with your language, you show that you are it's sovereign, not the other way around. Peter

Re: [Emc-users] a physicist's approach to the pronunciation of solder

2012-01-05 Thread Peter Blodow
andy pugh schrieb: I am reading a novel set in the Napoleonic war, and I was curious about the ranks of the soldiers (that's got an L in it), specifically the gap between Lieutenant and Lieutenant Commander. Naturally these are pronounced Lefftenant in British English because, errr,

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders.

2012-01-05 Thread Peter Blodow
Gene, sorry to say, I can see only commercial ads on the site you specified. In German. Is there more I have to know in order to get your information? Peter Chuckle. BTDT, but needed something just a hair more substantial for milling mortis and tennon joints with my micromill on steroids:

Re: [Emc-users] hal taking machine down

2012-01-04 Thread Peter Blodow
I use an 8 GB SSD as a boot device in my ISDN monitor, an old, slowed down Pentium PC. The disc has been created once, and now it only gets written on when a telephone call occurs, maybe a couple of times a day. So I think, I have a reliable storage without moving parts, fans etc. at low

Re: [Emc-users] Surface-Mount

2012-01-03 Thread Peter Blodow
Jon Elson schrieb: Peter Blodow wrote: Hello gentlemen, the point is that the long o in solder is pronounced in US english like aw in a common process known as delabilisation or unrounding. It is extremely rare to hear it pronounced sawder in the US, although I have heard

Re: [Emc-users] a physicist's approach to the pronunciation of solder

2012-01-03 Thread Peter Blodow
Kent, another physicist thinks that solder is derived from the french word souder which, in turn, comes from latin solidare meaning get solid, solidify. So, the l must have been missing already somehow when taken over from French in the first place. Next discussion: why did the l reappear in

Re: [Emc-users] Surface-Mount

2012-01-02 Thread Peter Blodow
Hello gentlemen, the point is that the long o in solder is pronounced in US english like aw in a common process known as delabilisation or unrounding. This phenomenon is known in other languages, too, e.g. in Russian (eto is pronounced like eta). The same is true with lot or bother. As a

Re: [Emc-users] Transformer Question

2011-12-29 Thread Peter Blodow
. ...for instance, the rest of the world... Peter Blodow -- Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual

Re: [Emc-users] Transformer Question

2011-12-29 Thread Peter Blodow
John Kasunich schrieb: On Thu, Dec 29, 2011, at 09:44 PM, Peter Blodow wrote: John Kasunich schrieb: Note that some equipment that is rated for 100V has that rating because it is used on 50Hz power. Motors and other inductive loads that are rated for 120V 60Hz (normal US power

Re: [Emc-users] So, you wanted a portable scope?

2011-12-18 Thread Peter Blodow
...yeah, this one can be used on top of a ladder 2.5 kV from ground potential... And we're coming into prices we can talk about! Too bad it's too late till Xmas! Peter Mark Wendt (Contractor) schrieb:

Re: [Emc-users] rtapi kernel must be loaded?

2011-12-18 Thread Peter Blodow
Viesturs Lācis schrieb: /snip/ It's called pastebin because you paste text there using the copy/paste method. Select the text in the terminal window (with the mouse) and press Copy (Ctrl-C) Ctrl+Shift+C is copy in terminal :)) Viesturs No, Control-C is copy, correctly. Control-X

Re: [Emc-users] Scopes

2011-12-14 Thread Peter Blodow
Gene, when I was studying physics back in the 60ies and 70ies, the labs of the Technical University of Munich were full of Tek 525's, 545's etc. Earning some extra money during study time at Siemens labs, I found the same models there. Even at this time, they were considered models of

Re: [Emc-users] Interesting motor

2011-11-28 Thread Peter Blodow
This looks like a wound-up linear drive: high torque because of large radius, but high demand for precision mounting. Very interesting, also for other things than tools and machines (e.g., quick pointing telescope and dome drives). Not shown is the drive electronics - like in the used car ads,

Re: [Emc-users] Interesting motor

2011-11-28 Thread Peter Blodow
of magnets, with very little inertia. I haven't found an application for it yet, though. The housing is riveted and I hate to open it just for curiosity -:) Peter andy pugh schrieb: On 28 November 2011 16:06, Peter Blodow p.blo...@dreki.de wrote: Very interesting, also for other things

Re: [Emc-users] Next distribution after Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is no longer supported?

2011-11-25 Thread Peter Blodow
Andy, you hit me severely there. My respect to all developers and programmers of EMC, but I am sure there is a large silent majority of EMC users who participate without writing to the list, just reading and enjoying. andy pugh schrieb: It seems to me that if you have an opinion on this

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Shortt-Synchronome clock

2011-11-18 Thread Peter Blodow
Dave, I would be pleased to load the pictures up (don't expect too much, though), but have never done so, always mailing directly. Can you give me a link where I'm authorized to put the pics? Peter Dave Caroline schrieb: On a web site so we can all see please :) Dace Caroline

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Shortt-Synchronome clock

2011-11-18 Thread Peter Blodow
Kent, from this descrition I gather that it's actaually only one clock, the one running in vacuum. The other clock is just for separation from the outside world in order to keep away all disturbances. Two questions arise for me: - How is the vacuum pendulum adjusted in the first place to 200

Re: [Emc-users] how small

2011-11-17 Thread Peter Blodow
Jon, I think Richards original message was a little ironical. I think was he meant was that this EMC2 list is moving towards commercial users more and more, who are making money by using a no cost control program system. Consequently, interests of hobbyists (like I am, too) are going to the

Re: [Emc-users] how small

2011-11-17 Thread Peter Blodow
Here are some links to UWG presentations: http://www.enhydralutris.de/Hommel/index.html#1 http://www.uwg-hommel.de/ http://www.uwg-hommel.de/ http://www.lathes.co.uk/hommel/ http://www.s1p.de/05_w/uwg/fr_uwg_w.html Peter Peter Blodow schrieb: Jon, I think Richards original message

Re: [Emc-users] how small

2011-11-17 Thread Peter Blodow
Peter Blodow did opine: Jon, I think Richards original message was a little ironical. I think was he meant was that this EMC2 list is moving towards commercial users more and more, who are making money by using a no cost control program system. Consequently, interests of hobbyists (like I am

Re: [Emc-users] how small

2011-11-17 Thread Peter Blodow
Oops, Kent, I suppose I stepped into what we call a lard pot. I didn't intend to hurt anyones's feelings. I myself am very grateful for the tolerance of the members of this list as I myself am a beginner to NC ( have always been and stayed one for the last 30 years or so). However, it took me

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Shortt-Synchronome clock

2011-11-17 Thread Peter Blodow
Kent, I have a mechanical clock that was used to control and synchronize about 100 slave clocks in our company. It is built very simple, but uses two important principles: the pendulum is made if invar steel and the driving chain is endless, the weight being wound up electrically every minute

Re: [Emc-users] Three Phase Motor Hack

2011-11-15 Thread Peter Blodow
axial magnetic field length and you have a high efficiency, high momentum and high angular acceleration drive. They make them as a brushless construction, too. Peter Blodow Kirk Wallace schrieb: On Fri, 2011-11-11 at 20:56 -0500, gene heskett wrote: ... snip That is an odd duck, I

Re: [Emc-users] 3 phase power

2011-11-11 Thread Peter Blodow
a three phase supply without neutral and protective earth would be kicked out of business by law for life time instantly. Peter Blodow Brian May schrieb: Yes everything at our shop is wired off 3 phase. But our box has a nuetral. So it goes from leg to nuetral. However my machine only has 4

Re: [Emc-users] 3 phase power

2011-11-11 Thread Peter Blodow
outlet In case the secondary is ground referenced by connecting the center tap of the secondary windings to ground, this fault might not even be noticed! Floating potentials are a highly dangerous thing, never leave any circuit unreferenced to ground! Peter Blodow Brian May schrieb

Re: [Emc-users] 3 phase power

2011-11-11 Thread Peter Blodow
this when making oscilloscope measurements on VFD's where the 3 phase output is floating and no neutral lead is provided. To test the VFD I only connect a little idling 150 W three phase motor to its output. Peter Blodow andy pugh schrieb: On 11 November 2011 09:25, Peter Blodow p.blo...@dreki.de

Re: [Emc-users] 3 phase power

2011-11-11 Thread Peter Blodow
in the sixties. Please don't play with your life and get yourself assistance from a specialist! Peter Blodow Brian May schrieb: Yes I am a beginner at power electronics. That is why I am asking the question. I am reading what I can and asking different people before I do anything. I am in no hurry

Re: [Emc-users] 3 phase power

2011-11-11 Thread Peter Blodow
andy pugh schrieb: On 11 November 2011 16:13, Peter Blodow p.blo...@dreki.de wrote: hereabouts, you can't even buy outlets or plugs with only 4 leads. That seems a bit strange. What do you connect the neutral to, if there is no external star point on a motor. for example? When

Re: [Emc-users] 3 phase power

2011-11-11 Thread Peter Blodow
of what is happening... Thanks for the advice On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 10:54 AM, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: On Friday, November 11, 2011 11:28:02 AM Peter Blodow did opine: Brian, looking at your questions I get the feeling that you are a bloody beginner as far as power

Re: [Emc-users] 3 phase power

2011-11-11 Thread Peter Blodow
technologies with new installations. When we had bought our house in the seventies, I found remainders of the old installation in the attic: 6 A at 220V AC, single phase. That made it 1300 Watts at maximum, and now I have almost 100 kW available... Peter Blodow Karl Schmidt schrieb: On 11

Re: [Emc-users] Computer lock up and EMC error

2011-11-09 Thread Peter Blodow
Sorry, can't read your message - there is no text in thte message body, just scrambled text in the attachment. Peter d...@archfitters.com schrieb: -- RSA(R) Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now

Re: [Emc-users] Has anyone tried to use and RC controller with EMC to run a RC brushless

2011-11-08 Thread Peter Blodow
Hello Dave, the RC protocol is very prinitive and thus very flexible. In order to make more channels possible I use a variable time slot which adds up by ten variable pulses (correctly, pulse pauses from 1 to 2 ms) which contain the channel informations plus a 10 ms sync pulse (can be reduced

Re: [Emc-users] nothing to do with emc

2011-11-03 Thread Peter Blodow
Hello kqt4at5v (what a name!) this kind of collet is the standard tool holder on my Steinel vertical mill, in size ER40 with a Morse taper 3 shank. Very reliable, just once, with very large cutting force in cast iron, the 12 mm bit got pulled out gradually, digging deeper and deeper. I noticed

Re: [Emc-users] Need help with servo tuning

2011-10-18 Thread Peter Blodow
gene heskett schrieb: I would certainly try it. I have had no problems, but that is how I have always done it. With my 60 years of chasing electrons for a living, that is a lesson I learned about the first time I ever built an audio amplifier at about 15 YO. A Williamson circuit, using

Re: [Emc-users] 1

2011-10-11 Thread Peter Blodow
So far, this person (?) has only mailed twice, no real contributions, just spam. In such cases, the most efficient thing to do is to cancel or kick him out and watch him reappear or complain, if he is a real list follower. Peter andy pugh schrieb: On 11 October 2011 00:31, lode leroy

Re: [Emc-users] Wiring Standards

2011-10-10 Thread Peter Blodow
Hello Andy, current supply rings are a fine idea, but only at and above 10 to 20 kV-level. In house wiring the copper size plays almost no role as far as gross cost is concerned (labour vs. material). In my company I was responsible - among other things - for the electric power supply of, on

Re: [Emc-users] Need help with servo tuning

2011-10-08 Thread Peter Blodow
and will be handicapped if this pertains. Peter Blodow andy pugh schrieb: On 8 October 2011 22:08, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: And there weren't any wire nuts in sight, just twisted together and taped. I am amazed that you guys use wire nuts, they look so gimcrack compared

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Cheap VFD

2011-10-04 Thread Peter Blodow
I hoped Jim Coleman would be the one looking like an idiot but couldn't someone explain to a poor non-US citizen what kind of animals RCD and GFCI are? Is there an abbreviation of Aggressive Acronyme Addiction, maybe AAA? Peter andy pugh schrieb: On 3 October 2011 22:35, Jim Coleman

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Cheap VFD

2011-10-04 Thread Peter Blodow
andy pugh schrieb: On 4 October 2011 07:31, Peter Blodow p.blo...@dreki.de wrote: I hoped Jim Coleman would be the one looking like an idiot but couldn't someone explain to a poor non-US citizen what kind of animals RCD and GFCI are? Does Fehlerstromschutzschalter make any more

Re: [Emc-users] Variable axes acceleration

2011-09-20 Thread Peter Blodow
Gene, just for the records: kinetic energy E = 1/2 times M times V square. We are not on relativistic terms here. But as far as this current discussion is concerned, this is not so important. Peter gene heskett schrieb: On Tuesday, September 20, 2011 03:45:13 PM craig did opine:

[Emc-users] Phishing??

2011-09-13 Thread Peter Blodow
Hello Gene, how come that your contributions - and only yours! - to the list are classified as possibly a phishing attack by my mail program (Thunderbird)? I have to override the proposal every time manually to keep it from discarding your mails. I cant convince Thunderbird to accept those

Re: [Emc-users] Phishing??

2011-09-13 Thread Peter Blodow
Ok, Gene, this email came in like any other without Thunderbird acting suspicious. The hard coded part seemingly was the bomb. Interesting new experience! Peter gene heskett schrieb: On Tuesday, September 13, 2011 05:39:02 AM Peter Blodow did opine: Hello Gene, how come that your

Re: [Emc-users] Phishing??

2011-09-13 Thread Peter Blodow
in German? I had a friend whose email was always blocked because he had in is email signature... Integration Specialist If you remove spe and t from specialist, you get the name of a male enhancement pill. -Original Message- From: Peter Blodow [mailto:p.blo...@dreki.de] Sent

Re: [Emc-users] Phishing??

2011-09-13 Thread Peter Blodow
gene heskett schrieb: I may occasionally use the phrase Mochs Nix (sp?) in speaking, which I've been told means it doesn't matter. This is sloppy language. For real good German speaking people, it is Macht nichts (= makes nothing, in ancient English maketh nought). For others it's Max

[Emc-users] hat interrupt?

2011-09-07 Thread Peter Blodow
Don Stanley schrieb: I had this ready 2 hours ago, before the big interrupt. Hope it's not redundant. Don What interrupt, and where are you? Peter -- Using storage to extend the benefits of virtualization and

Re: [Emc-users] Servo PSU

2011-09-07 Thread Peter Blodow
andy pugh schrieb: Have you considered using a 1:1 transformer? Yes, but I can't find one. (or not one rated at 15A / 240V anyway) Andy, I have one here that will deliver this power easily. It used to power a hospital supply where all electrical gear must be floating. The only

Re: [Emc-users] Servo PSU

2011-09-07 Thread Peter Blodow
(EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Servo PSU On 7 September 2011 07:53, Peter Blodow p.blo...@dreki.de wrote: Yes, but I can't find one. (or not one rated at 15A / 240V anyway) Andy, I have one here that will deliver this power easily. It used to power a hospital supply where all

Re: [Emc-users] Servo PSU

2011-09-06 Thread Peter Blodow
Andy, looks like a neatly made power box. Rectifying AC line power without potential insulation, however, is unusual and bears some risks. - Be aware that both of your DC lines will have potential to ground, none can be grounded. - Be sure that every metallic enclosure that is powered by this

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