Re: [Emc-users] ot - very neat

2020-01-29 Thread Jon Elson
On 01/29/2020 12:16 PM, grumpy--- via Emc-users wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_wk3q8jWcs Hmmm, reminds me a bit of the ancient tracer mills from the dark ages. Jon ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Emc-users] ot - very neat

2020-01-29 Thread Thaddeus Waldner
> Best in mind that Shaper Origin is only as accurate as the position sticker > strips. From my understanding, you do need to follow a prescribed pattern of placing the marker tape but you don’t need to be very accurate. The tape is merely a “marker” placed “wherever”. The trick is in

Re: [Emc-users] ot - very neat

2020-01-29 Thread Andy Pugh
> On 29 Jan 2020, at 20:40, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > > Install this on a machine. The accuracy of the machine would not have to be > very close. Best in mind that Shaper Origin is only as accurate as the position sticker strips. But the idea of an accurate sub-axis on an inaccurate main

Re: [Emc-users] ot - very neat

2020-01-29 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Install this on a machine. The accuracy of the machine would not have to be very close. This would allow a VERY cheap machine to manufacture to pretty good tolerances. Maybe a robot arm. Use this with a probe on a robot arm to collect geometric data for inspection. On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 12:30

Re: [Emc-users] ot - very neat

2020-01-29 Thread Andy Pugh
> On 29 Jan 2020, at 20:18, grumpy--- via Emc-users > wrote: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_wk3q8jWcs It’s one of the best ideas I have seen. Really clever. (I have been following it for years). I have never _quite_ had an excuse to buy one. Nice example use a few years ago when

[Emc-users] ot - very neat

2020-01-29 Thread grumpy--- via Emc-users
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_wk3q8jWcs ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users