Well, Kirk did it again!
> I think MPG's are too expensive, so I am trying to see if I could make
> one. What I have so far is at the top of the page here:
> http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/Shizuoka/
>
I found this MPG
http://www.myvoice.nl/freesmachine/images/encoder-handwiel-voork
Chris Radek wrote:
> Through long painful experience using a machine that has a lot of
> buttons like that, where you have to look at a display while madly
> stabbing the button repeatedly until the display says what you want,
> I've come to the firm conclusion that it ... sucks. Much better is a
On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 05:31:43PM -0700, Kirk Wallace wrote:
> At slow mpg rates each, you get a fast stop - start
> which can shake the whole machine. Has anyone else had this problem?
This is why the ilowpass component was made - it works great.
> I am planning on having the mpg and two butto
Kirk Wallace wrote:
> As a 100 pulse per revolution encoder, what I have so far works well.
> One problem is that in the .01" per pulse scale selected, the axis does
> what is is told to do, which is move .01" at maximum velocity. If you
> spin the mpg at moderate speeds, the .01" commands stack up
I think MPG's are too expensive, so I am trying to see if I could make
one. What I have so far is at the top of the page here:
http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/Shizuoka/
Thanks to jmk, swp and tom on IRC, I was able to come up with the pyVCP
files to jury rig something that seems to work
