Re: [Emc-users] DRO scales and EMC2

2008-01-09 Thread Jon Elson
Kirk Wallace wrote: I played with the deadband a little at 1e-06 and 1e-05, but apparently these numbers are way too small for my .0005 scales. Well, of course. ,0005 is 2000 counts/inch or 5e-4. Probably the deadband should be set to about 7.5e-4 to establish a mechanical zone where there

[Emc-users] DRO scales and EMC2

2008-01-08 Thread Witek GB
I am a newbie to EMC2 but not to machining. I am thinking about creating a CNC Mill with EMC2 however, my problem is with backlash compensation. Is it possible to use DRO scales with EMC2 to have the feed back that would allow you to know exactly the tool position? Thanks WGB

Re: [Emc-users] DRO scales and EMC2

2008-01-08 Thread Dave Engvall
Hi, It is indeed possible to use linear scales with emc. With backlash they do not tune as well as encoders on the ballscrew. If the ballscrews are very tight the performance should be excellent. Recently there was a proposal by someone on the list (JMK?) to use encoders on the

Re: [Emc-users] DRO scales and EMC2

2008-01-08 Thread Jon Elson
Dave Engvall wrote: Hi, It is indeed possible to use linear scales with emc. With backlash they do not tune as well as encoders on the ballscrew. If the ballscrews are very tight the performance should be excellent. Recently there was a proposal by someone on the list (JMK?) to use

Re: [Emc-users] DRO scales and EMC2

2008-01-08 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 12:30 -0600, Jon Elson wrote: Dave Engvall wrote: Hi, It is indeed possible to use linear scales with emc. With backlash they do not tune as well as encoders on the ballscrew. If the ballscrews are very tight the performance should be excellent. Recently

Re: [Emc-users] DRO scales and EMC2

2008-01-08 Thread Dave Engvall
The most satisfactory tuning I've gotten on loose ballscrews , i.e. 0.003, is with a 2500 cpr encoder on the end of the ball screw. In order of increasing ease of tuning, smoothness, etc. the linear scale was worst, an encoder on the servo motor shaft was next and the best results were

Re: [Emc-users] DRO scales and EMC2

2008-01-08 Thread ben lipkowitz
for the rest of you, i think kirk is talking about this: http://www.hobbycnc.hu/CNC/Otletek/Otletek.htm anyone speak hungarian? On Tue, 8 Jan 2008, Kirk Wallace wrote: It would be interesting to find the least invasive ways to eliminate the backlash. I don't know what it's called, but I have

Re: [Emc-users] DRO scales and EMC2

2008-01-08 Thread Chris Morley
with the linear scale. Chris Morley From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 11:33:36 -0800 To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] DRO scales and EMC2 The most satisfactory tuning I've gotten on loose ballscrews , i.e. 0.003

Re: [Emc-users] DRO scales and EMC2

2008-01-08 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 03:23 +, Chris Morley wrote: Hey Kirk what kind of linear encoders were u using? Do you know what kind of signal they produce ? square edge (quad) or sin ? My scales have quadrature output. Sin wave signal encoders can be subdivided to produce more counts. .0005