Re: [Emc-users] I think I have an unsolvable problem

2020-09-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 13 September 2020 21:28:48 Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote: > There are companies that regrind worn ball screws then stuff them with > oversized balls, at much lower cost than a whole new ballscrew. ISTR > reading some claims of making a rolled screw as precise as a new > ground one s

Re: [Emc-users] I think I have an unsolvable problem

2020-09-13 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users
There are companies that regrind worn ball screws then stuff them with oversized balls, at much lower cost than a whole new ballscrew. ISTR reading some claims of making a rolled screw as precise as a new ground one since they're precision grinding the old rolled surface. Whether or not it's cos

Re: [Emc-users] I think I have an unsolvable problem

2020-09-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 13 September 2020 20:29:23 Chris Albertson wrote: > Look at Tompson in the US for small ball screws. They have three > styles of nuts. They are expensive because they are spec'd to have > micrometers of error.I was going to buy from Tompson but ordered a > Chinese 16mm screw and fo

Re: [Emc-users] I think I have an unsolvable problem

2020-09-13 Thread Chris Albertson
Look at Tompson in the US for small ball screws. They have three styles of nuts. They are expensive because they are spec'd to have micrometers of error.I was going to buy from Tompson but ordered a Chinese 16mm screw and found that within my ability to measure the Chinese screw was perfect.

Re: [Emc-users] I think I have an unsolvable problem

2020-09-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 13 September 2020 15:18:57 andy pugh wrote: > On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 at 17:29, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Worse yet, if that screw does get damaged, I have no clue where to > > source another like it. That small has never shown up on fleabay. > > https://www.automationshop.co.uk/mec > No, th

Re: [Emc-users] I think I have an unsolvable problem

2020-09-13 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 at 17:29, Gene Heskett wrote: > Worse yet, if that screw does get damaged, I have no clue where to > source another like it. That small has never shown up on fleabay. https://www.automationshop.co.uk/mechanical-products/linear-motion.html Have ballscrews from 6mm to 63mm diam

Re: [Emc-users] I think I have an unsolvable problem

2020-09-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 13 September 2020 12:59:56 Mark Johnsen wrote: > Gene, > > I'm not familiar w/ the 3phase steppers, but usually stepper drivers > have dip switches or a dial to change the current to the motor. You'd > want to flip them in such a way to select a lower current, which in > turn would prov

Re: [Emc-users] I think I have an unsolvable problem

2020-09-13 Thread Mark Johnsen
Gene, I'm not familiar w/ the 3phase steppers, but usually stepper drivers have dip switches or a dial to change the current to the motor. You'd want to flip them in such a way to select a lower current, which in turn would provide lower torque. This 3 phase stepper is probably an odd ball thoug

Re: [Emc-users] I think I have an unsolvable problem

2020-09-13 Thread Chris Albertson
I suspect that all of these Chinese drivers are actually the same. Likely they are all Leadshine clones. The ones I buy from "Stepper Online" are leadshine clones. Go to the leadshine web site and fine the product you have. It may have a different part number then click "downloads" and there a

[Emc-users] I think I have an unsolvable problem

2020-09-13 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; Has anyone managed to access one of these 3 phase stepper/servo's thru the rs232 port on the end of the controller? Back story: The x screw I used is one of the teeny ones I bought 3 of when I cnc'd that hf micro mill 15 years ago, buying then from Stuart Stevenson who said he'd