Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-05-12 Thread sam sokolik
Can I ask why your videos are now private? thanks sam On 4/12/2011 2:37 PM, Andrew wrote: Hi, I've recently built a hexapod (of course, controlled by EMC2), here's a little video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_UmhUjZhNo The machine is not completed yet, it needs actuators tuning,

Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-05-12 Thread Andrew
2011/5/12 sam sokolik sa...@empirescreen.com Can I ask why your videos are now private? thanks sam Dear Sam, It's a pity, but the videos made private for some reasons beyond my control. I just hope they will go public later, and more will be added. Andrew On 4/12/2011 2:37 PM, Andrew

Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-04-16 Thread kqt4at5v
On Thu, 14 Apr 2011, Andrew wrote: 2011/4/14 Michael Jones ma...@michaelandholly.com -Original Message- From: Andrew [mailto:parallel.kinemat...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 12:37 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: [Emc-users] Hexapod project Hi, I've

Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-04-16 Thread Claude Froidevaux
) Subject: [Emc-users] Hexapod project Hi, I've recently built a hexapod (of course, controlled by EMC2), here's a little video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_UmhUjZhNo The machine is not completed yet, it needs actuators tuning, calibration etc. Thanks to EMC2 developers for great CNC

Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-04-16 Thread andy pugh
On 16 April 2011 13:15, kqt4a...@comcast.net wrote: Not to make my ignorance too obvious but how is the gcode created I imagine it takes conventional xyzabc G-code. All the clever calculations are done in the Kinematics module. -- atp Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the

Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-04-16 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/4/16 kqt4a...@comcast.net: Not to make my ignorance too obvious but how is the gcode created Richard What do You mean - how is g-code created? Any usual way to prepare g-code for EMC2 will do. It seems to me (my apologies, if I am wrong) that You mean - should g-code be customized for

Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-04-16 Thread Andrew
: [Emc-users] Hexapod project Hi, I've recently built a hexapod (of course, controlled by EMC2), here's a little video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_UmhUjZhNo The machine is not completed yet, it needs actuators tuning, calibration etc. Thanks to EMC2 developers for great CNC

Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-04-14 Thread Andrew
2011/4/13 Kent A. Reed knbr...@erols.com Trick 1: You were looking at a website run by the specific laboratory. NIST itself has a photo gallery. A search on hexapod at http://patapsco.nist.gov/ImageGallery/search.cfm turned up two images, one of the real hexapod and one of a VR version of

Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-04-14 Thread Andrew
2011/4/13 R. van Twisk e...@rvt.dds.nl Who didn't say that bigger is not always better??? http://patapsco.nist.gov/ImageGallery/retrieve.cfm?imageid=299dpi=150fileformat=jpg Looks good to me!!! :D To tell the truth, I can not imagine why they made the hexapod SO big in NIST. I.e. I can see

Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-04-14 Thread Andrew
2011/4/14 Michael Jones ma...@michaelandholly.com -Original Message- From: Andrew [mailto:parallel.kinemat...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 12:37 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: [Emc-users] Hexapod project Hi, I've recently built a hexapod (of course

Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-04-14 Thread Andrew
, 13 Apr 2011 18:47:02 -0700 Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project -Original Message- From: Andrew [mailto:parallel.kinemat...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 12:37 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: [Emc-users] Hexapod project Hi, I've recently

Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-04-13 Thread Javier Ros
Andrew, I have to say that I'm impressed. It seems to work nicely, and as I remember you started to build it few months ago. So big congratulations!!!. I would be interested to read on the particular elements used to build the system. Joint implementation, servo, stepper, encoders?. Also about

Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-04-13 Thread Igor Chudov
Looks quite amazing. I agree. i On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 6:49 AM, Javier Ros j...@unavarra.es wrote: Andrew, I have to say that I'm impressed. It seems to work nicely, and as I remember you started to build it few months ago. So big congratulations!!!. I would be interested to read on

Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-04-13 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 4/12/2011 3:37 PM, Andrew wrote: Hi, I've recently built a hexapod (of course, controlled by EMC2), here's a little video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_UmhUjZhNo The machine is not completed yet, it needs actuators tuning, calibration etc. Thanks to EMC2 developers for great CNC

Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-04-13 Thread Andrew
Igor, Gene, Sam - thank you! 2011/4/13 Javier Ros j...@unavarra.es Andrew, I have to say that I'm impressed. It seems to work nicely, and as I remember you started to build it few months ago. Yes, I purchased the spindle, ballcsrews and drives last summer. It took almost three months to

Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-04-13 Thread Andrew
2011/4/13 Kent A. Reed knbr...@erols.com Andrew: [I composed a reply last night. I don't know what I did, but part of Thunderbird says I did and part does not, and my composition seems lost in my personal black hole. If a second reply shows up, you're free to assume I'm not in control.]

Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-04-13 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 4/13/2011 10:44 AM, Andrew wrote: ... By the way, there are not NIST hexapod photos any more here http://www.mel.nist.gov/photos/hexa.html I was not smart enough to save them to my computer, and can not find on the net any more. Pity. Trick 1: You were looking at a website run by the

Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-04-13 Thread R. van Twisk
Who didn't say that bigger is not always better??? http://patapsco.nist.gov/ImageGallery/retrieve.cfm?imageid=299dpi=150fileformat=jpg Looks good to me!!! :D However, out of curiosity, what is the advantage of a hexapod over a 5 axis machine? Ries On Apr 13, 2011, at 11:21 AM, Kent A. Reed

Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-04-13 Thread Michael Jones
-Original Message- From: Andrew [mailto:parallel.kinemat...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 12:37 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: [Emc-users] Hexapod project Hi, I've recently built a hexapod (of course, controlled by EMC2), here's a little video. http

Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-04-13 Thread MengJianjun
It's real encouraging news for me. I've start a new projec which want to porting to EMC2 from windows platform. From: ma...@michaelandholly.com To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:47:02 -0700 Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project -Original Message

Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-04-13 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Michael Jones ma...@michaelandholly.com wrote: Ok.. so other than being a REALLY cool project/demonstration of what can be done with EMC and apparently a lot of great engineering.. What's it good for? The hexapod configuration has advantages over the

[Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-04-12 Thread Andrew
Hi, I've recently built a hexapod (of course, controlled by EMC2), here's a little video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_UmhUjZhNo The machine is not completed yet, it needs actuators tuning, calibration etc. Thanks to EMC2 developers for great CNC software and to all of you for valuable

Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-04-12 Thread sam sokolik
That is just cool! (I so want to build one some day) sam On 4/12/2011 2:37 PM, Andrew wrote: Hi, I've recently built a hexapod (of course, controlled by EMC2), here's a little video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_UmhUjZhNo The machine is not completed yet, it needs actuators tuning,

Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod project

2011-04-12 Thread gene heskett
On Tuesday, April 12, 2011 03:53:31 PM Andrew did opine: Hi, I've recently built a hexapod (of course, controlled by EMC2), here's a little video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_UmhUjZhNo The machine is not completed yet, it needs actuators tuning, calibration etc. Thanks to EMC2