Re: [Emc-users] Help requested - stepper drivers.

2014-07-10 Thread Claude Froidevaux
Le 09.07.2014 23:09, Przemek Klosowski a écrit : On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Claude Froidevaux men...@bluewin.ch wrote: to get en estimate of needed voltage: get the speed you need in rad/s (1t/s -- 6.28 rad/s) multiply by the torque in Nm this will give you the output power of

Re: [Emc-users] Help requested - stepper drivers.

2014-07-09 Thread Claude Froidevaux
could be these one: http://www.motionking.com/Products/Hybrid_Stepper_Motors/2-phase/24H2A_Stepper_Motor_60mm_1.8degree.htm up to 3.3Nm or from ebay:

Re: [Emc-users] Help requested - stepper drivers.

2014-07-09 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Claude Froidevaux men...@bluewin.ch wrote: to get en estimate of needed voltage: get the speed you need in rad/s (1t/s -- 6.28 rad/s) multiply by the torque in Nm this will give you the output power of motor at max speed. then, as you know the current

Re: [Emc-users] Help requested - stepper drivers.

2014-07-06 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Sat, 5 Jul 2014 09:33:37 -0700, you wrote: I don't know about the newer digital drives from Automation Technologies but I have my gantry router set up with these: http://www.automationtechnologiesinc.com/products-page/stepper-nema23-3-axis-kits/cnc-stepper-motor-3-axis-kit-2. They have

[Emc-users] Help requested - stepper drivers.

2014-07-05 Thread John Alexander Stewart
Hi all; Hope this question is considered on-topic, or at least not too far off. I'm doing another CNC conversion - my largest yet. G0704 (BF20) style mill, and I'm wondering about stepper drivers. (Have a Mesa 5i25/7i76 combo; maybe my next machine will be servo) I'm wondering about drivers - I

Re: [Emc-users] Help requested - stepper drivers.

2014-07-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 05 July 2014 08:54:14 John Alexander Stewart did opine And Gene did reply: Hi all; Hope this question is considered on-topic, or at least not too far off. I'm doing another CNC conversion - my largest yet. G0704 (BF20) style mill, and I'm wondering about stepper drivers. (Have a

Re: [Emc-users] Help requested - stepper drivers.

2014-07-05 Thread Claude Froidevaux
Hi, leadshine is a china brand of good quality stepper driver (automationlogic seem to be leadshine model DM856 for example, there is a lot of re-branding within leadshine drives) I like the digital version (DM series, you can tune out some resonance, work well). I don't know much about the

Re: [Emc-users] Help requested - stepper drivers.

2014-07-05 Thread Greg Bernard
-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Saturday, July 5, 2014 7:54 AM Subject: [Emc-users] Help requested - stepper drivers. Hi all; Hope this question is considered on-topic, or at least not too far off. I'm doing another CNC conversion - my largest yet. G0704 (BF20) style mill, and I'm wondering

Re: [Emc-users] Help requested - stepper drivers.

2014-07-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 05 July 2014 12:06:33 Claude Froidevaux did opine And Gene did reply: Hi, leadshine is a china brand of good quality stepper driver (automationlogic seem to be leadshine model DM856 for example, there is a lot of re-branding within leadshine drives) I like the digital version

Re: [Emc-users] Help requested - stepper drivers.

2014-07-05 Thread Marcus Bowman
On 5 Jul 2014, at 13:54, John Alexander Stewart wrote: Hi all; Hope this question is considered on-topic, or at least not too far off. I'm doing another CNC conversion - my largest yet. G0704 (BF20) style mill, and I'm wondering about stepper drivers. (Have a Mesa 5i25/7i76 combo; maybe

Re: [Emc-users] Help requested - stepper drivers.

2014-07-05 Thread andy pugh
On 5 July 2014 22:14, Marcus Bowman marcus.bow...@visible.eclipse.co.uk wrote: I just don't believe in trying to trim the size or power of a stepper to save a few pounds/dollars. I'd rather over-spec slightly in the knowledge that I have power in hand. It isn't necessarily that simple,

Re: [Emc-users] Help requested - stepper drivers.

2014-07-05 Thread John Alexander Stewart
Andy, Marcus, Claude, Gene; Thanks for the feedback and the link. I logged back on to say that I had purchased some of those DM856 controllers, enough for my 4 axis mill build, plus one spare, just in case. I do have a larger lathe that I'm trying to get myself to CNC - an Emco Compact-8, and

Re: [Emc-users] Help requested - stepper drivers.

2014-07-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 05 July 2014 19:08:34 John Alexander Stewart did opine And Gene did reply: Andy, Marcus, Claude, Gene; Thanks for the feedback and the link. I logged back on to say that I had purchased some of those DM856 controllers, enough for my 4 axis mill build, plus one spare, just in

Re: [Emc-users] Help requested - stepper drivers.

2014-07-05 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On 7/5/2014 3:14 PM, Marcus Bowman wrote: Not necessarily. I'm using 600NM NEMA 34 triple stack steppers, with Gecko 201s running at 78volts. PSU is based on two toroidal transformers, giving up to 10A at 80v for up to 4 steppers. Over current and over voltage protection, with soft start -

Re: [Emc-users] Help requested - stepper drivers.

2014-07-05 Thread Cecil Thomas
John, If I can get the shop straightened up a bit in the next couple of days I will try to show a 00-90 being cut on the Derbyshire(tiny), the Griz 9x20 (middle size), and the Monarch 10EE (just right). Most people are more impressed with the 10EE making the tiny screw than they are with the

Re: [Emc-users] Help requested - stepper drivers.

2014-07-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 05 July 2014 22:36:42 John Alexander Stewart did opine And Gene did reply: Hi Gene; No, my little Unimat is really just for show. I take it to exhibitions, and it moves around, but does not cut anything. I *could* take some of my spare parts and make it thread, but to be