Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle

2022-11-28 Thread John Figie
> 2) "if you have gears=1 on your " should be replaced with "if you have > numgears=2 on your ." OK. Done in 2.9 and master. Almost Done: 2.9 docs says gears=2. Should be numgears=2 John Figie On Sun, Nov 27, 2022, 5:19 PM gene heskett wrote: > On 11/27/22 17:06, andy pugh wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle

2022-11-27 Thread gene heskett
On 11/27/22 17:06, andy pugh wrote: On Sun, 27 Nov 2022 at 21:44, John Figie wrote: Wow it would have been a lot nicer if the numgears parameter worked like other parameters in hal components like 'count=' where the value entered is actually equal to the quantity desired. I agree, but if we

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle

2022-11-27 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 27 Nov 2022 at 22:18, John Figie wrote: > 1) "gears" should be replace with "numgears" > 2) "if you have gears=1 on your " should be replaced with "if you have > numgears=2 on your ." OK. Done in 2.9 and master. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle

2022-11-27 Thread John Figie
ect and if the user specifies gears = 0 they will have no scale pins, >> rather than 1? or is *spindle.​**N* not actually a scale pin and will be >> present no matter what?) >> >> Martin >> >> >> From: John Figie

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle

2022-11-27 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 27 Nov 2022 at 21:44, John Figie wrote: > Wow it would have been a lot nicer if the numgears parameter worked like > other parameters in hal components like 'count=' where the value entered is > actually equal to the quantity desired. I agree, but if we changed it now it would break any

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle

2022-11-27 Thread John Figie
d if the user specifies gears = 0 they will have no scale pins, > rather than 1? or is *spindle.​**N* not actually a scale pin and will be > present no matter what?) > > Martin > > > From: John Figie > Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2022 9:54 A

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle

2022-11-27 Thread Martin Dobbins
Figie Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2022 9:54 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle Andy, Maybe it is just me but I find things in the documentation that are really confusing. At these times I think I would, if I could, make it more clear in the documentati

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle

2022-11-27 Thread John Figie
Andy, Maybe it is just me but I find things in the documentation that are really confusing. At these times I think I would, if I could, make it more clear in the documentation. But, I also realize that sometimes what seems clear to me is not always clear to others :-). for example from the

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle

2022-11-22 Thread Nicklas SB Karlsson
sön 2022-11-20 klockan 14:47 -0600 skrev Ryan McIntosh: > Can you use an extra pole on your physical estop to set a logic > signal and > use this to flag the estop as being pushed in?  Because, ideally, > you'd > _want_ a signal to the operator that indicates when the estop is in.  > In Looking

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle

2022-11-21 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 20 Nov 2022 at 16:05, John Figie wrote: > > The gearbox has switch contacts to > indicate which gear it is in. I see there is a component called "spindle" > which includes provisions for gearboxes. The "spindle" component (and the similar "gearbox", "gearshift" and "gearchange")

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle

2022-11-21 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 20 Nov 2022 at 16:06, John Figie wrote: > So If I start linuxcnc before the Huangyang > drive is powered on then I get a stream of error messages in the window > from which linuxcnc was invoked. I am guessing it is this message?

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle

2022-11-20 Thread Ryan McIntosh
Can you use an extra pole on your physical estop to set a logic signal and use this to flag the estop as being pushed in? Because, ideally, you'd _want_ a signal to the operator that indicates when the estop is in. In that case, you could suppress those error messages if that bit is set or else

[Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle

2022-11-20 Thread John Figie
John Figie 9:59 AM (1 minute ago) to emc-users I continue to make progress on the Clausing NC. I have the Huangyang GT drive successfully communicating with the hy_gt_vfd comp. The only issue I see is that this component does not have a way to stop communications like the similar hy_vfd comp

[Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle

2022-11-20 Thread John Figie
I continue to make progress on the Clausing NC. I have the Huangyang GT drive successfully communicating with the hy_gt_vfd comp. The only issue I see is that this component does not have a way to stop communications like the similar hy_vfd comp does. So If I start linuxcnc before the Huangyang

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle drive belt tension and noise.

2022-07-04 Thread dave engvall
Indeed! Poly-Vee belts are acceptably quiet but of course then you need to rig an encoder. Probably a decent trade  off.  Available, not too expensive, transfer power well and seem to last. Years ago I made both of my pulleys. Dave On 7/4/22 10:05 AM, andy pugh wrote: On Mon, 4 Jul 2022 at

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle drive belt tension and noise.

2022-07-04 Thread Chris Albertson
You need t take several steps 1) verify the belt and pulleys have the same tooth profile. They need to match exactly. 2) if the profile is "square teeth" then yes, these are noisy. Decide if you want to spend the $$ to change the profile because no amount of adjustment will make a square tooth

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle drive belt tension and noise.

2022-07-04 Thread BRIAN GLACKIN
Regarding belt tension. Goal is to get engagement with the minimum amount of tension. This ensures the bearings on motor and driven pulley shafts are not overloaded. I work with very large bearing and or bushed machines. (Crushing equipment). Standard rule of thumb is 1/64” of deflection per

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle drive belt tension and noise.

2022-07-04 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 4 Jul 2022 at 17:04, John Figie wrote: > > https://www.roll-ring.com/?lang=en > > > Andy, That is a nice idea. However in my case I don't think I would > have clearance. It could go at the bottom, nearer the drive motor. The belt on my Holbrook is a rather wide poly-vee. Very quiet. I

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle drive belt tension and noise.

2022-07-04 Thread gene heskett
On 7/4/22 12:03, John Figie wrote: John Figie On Mon, Jul 4, 2022 at 9:02 AM gene heskett wrote: Having watched and listened to the movie, I'm of the opinion the tooth profile of the belt doesn't match the pulleys. Whether that's from wear, or tooth profile miss-match yet to be determined.

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle drive belt tension and noise.

2022-07-04 Thread John Dammeyer
That's pretty cool! John > -Original Message- > From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com] > Sent: July-04-22 2:06 AM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle drive belt tension and noise. > > On Mon, 4 Jul 2022 at 0

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle drive belt tension and noise.

2022-07-04 Thread Scott Harwell via Emc-users
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Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle drive belt tension and noise.

2022-07-04 Thread John Figie
John Figie On Mon, Jul 4, 2022 at 9:02 AM gene heskett wrote: > > > Having watched and listened to the movie, I'm of the opinion the tooth > profile of the belt doesn't match the pulleys. Whether that's from wear, or > tooth profile miss-match yet to be determined. I think the belt is pretty

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle drive belt tension and noise.

2022-07-04 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 4 Jul 2022 at 15:02, gene heskett wrote: > > https://www.roll-ring.com/?lang=en > > > That's a decent idea, but I would not use it anyplace where the additional > backlash would be detrimental. It doesn't add any backlash, but nor does it reduce it at all. -- atp "A motorcycle is a

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle drive belt tension and noise.

2022-07-04 Thread gene heskett
On 7/4/22 05:10, andy pugh wrote: On Mon, 4 Jul 2022 at 05:55, Roland Jollivet wrote: If the noise is from the belt whipping, then lightly press a rod, or two, on the back of the belt to see the effect on the noise If you have a 3D printer, you could try making a floating tensioner:

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle drive belt tension and noise.

2022-07-04 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 4 Jul 2022 at 05:55, Roland Jollivet wrote: > > If the noise is from the belt whipping, then lightly press a rod, or two, > on the back of the belt to see the effect on the noise If you have a 3D printer, you could try making a floating tensioner: https://www.roll-ring.com/?lang=en --

[Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle drive belt tension and noise.

2022-07-03 Thread Roland Jollivet
If the noise is from the belt whipping, then lightly press a rod, or two, on the back of the belt to see the effect on the noise. Be careful... So if it helps, you could add two 50mm bearinged idlers on the outside of the belt. Maybe use those two holes I see to mount. On Sun, 3 Jul 2022 at

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle drive belt tension and noise.

2022-07-03 Thread Chris Albertson
On Sun, Jul 3, 2022 at 3:29 PM Stuart Stevenson wrote: > Maybe the (excess?) noise is from the belt and pulleys not matching. > Is that visible in the photo? I tried to look but could not identify the belt. But yes certainly if miss-matched then replace everything with a modern design tooth

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle drive belt tension and noise.

2022-07-03 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Maybe the (excess?) noise is from the belt and pulleys not matching. On Sun, Jul 3, 2022, 4:59 PM Chris Albertson wrote: > The best information about timing belts will come from the belt > manufacturer's web site or from a belt reseller like https://sdp-si.com/ > SDP-SI

Re: [Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle drive belt tension and noise.

2022-07-03 Thread Chris Albertson
The best information about timing belts will come from the belt manufacturer's web site or from a belt reseller like https://sdp-si.com/ SDP-SI has a lot of good theory-based articles on belts and belt tension and so on. One thing to know is that the older belt designs used trapezoid teeth. The

[Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle drive belt tension and noise

2022-07-03 Thread John Figie
John Figie 3:18 PM (1 hour ago) to emc-users I am back to making slow forward progress on the Clausing NC since putting on hold back in March. The lathe came with the 5HP motor already mounted and I have kept this as is from the previous owner that gave up on the retrofit. The original lathe

[Emc-users] Clausing NC Spindle drive belt tension and noise.

2022-07-03 Thread John Figie
I am back to making slow forward progress on the Clausing NC since putting on hold back in March. The lathe came with the 5HP motor already mounted and I have kept this as is from the previous owner that gave up on the retrofit. The original lathe had a mechanical variable speed drive with