Re: [Emc-users] Control a hot wire foam cutter using LinuxCNC?

2012-01-20 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/20 Florian Rist fr...@fs.tum.de: Hi Viesturs   Do I understand correctly that actual layout of the joints in Your   machine is that rotary table rotates around vertical axis, but portals   are alligned so that XY and UV planes are vertical and Z is   horizontal?   I opened the link

[Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

2012-01-20 Thread BRIAN GLACKIN
Kansas is just too far for me. http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=4975994 Looks like the were a litte agressive on the control system with the forklift. -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

2012-01-20 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Fri, 20 Jan 2012, BRIAN GLACKIN wrote: Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:03:00 -0500 From: BRIAN GLACKIN glackin.br...@gmail.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject:

Re: [Emc-users] Control a hot wire foam cutter using LinuxCNC?

2012-01-20 Thread Florian Rist
Hi Could You, please, draw and paste somewhere a sketch? I kind of understand, but am not sure. I'll go to the workshop later an take a few pictures. Does anyone know how axis might be used to visualise the tool path and the machine? See you Flo

Re: [Emc-users] Control a hot wire foam cutter using LinuxCNC?

2012-01-20 Thread andy pugh
On 20 January 2012 15:14, Florian Rist fr...@fs.tum.de wrote: Does anyone know how axis might be used to visualise the tool path and the machine? Sammel has been working on this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWOzqALWa3c patch:

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-20 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/20 kqt4a...@gmail.com: Could you provide details about the laser Manufacturer is www.kalecnc.com Purchased from them on ebay:

Re: [Emc-users] Changing the scale factor of an axis

2012-01-20 Thread Lars Andersson
This is how I did it. ## Before with position mode stepgen #net apos-cmd axis.3.motor-pos-cmd = stepgen.3.position-cmd #net apos-fb stepgen.3.position-fb = axis.3.motor-pos-fb ## Velocity mode stepgen net apos-cmd axis.3.motor-pos-cmd = ddt.0.in net apos-cmd axis.3.motor-pos-fb net avel-cmd

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-20 Thread gene heskett
On Friday, January 20, 2012 12:07:16 PM Viesturs Lācis did opine: 2012/1/20 Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com: On Thu, 2012-01-19 at 17:32 -0500, Przemek Klosowski wrote: On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Viesturs Lؤپcis viesturs.la...@gmail.comwrote: Hello, folks! I would

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Possible Retrofit candidate for someone in the heartland

2012-01-20 Thread gene heskett
On Friday, January 20, 2012 12:35:37 PM BRIAN GLACKIN did opine: Kansas is just too far for me. http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=4975994 Looks like the were a litte agressive on the control system with the forklift. Look again. They obviously intended that machine to

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-20 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/20 gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com: The rest if this modified drawing looks as if it should fly. Ok, thanks! I will try to resolder and test it. In case of any difficulties, I will report back :)) Viesturs --

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-20 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 10:42 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: ... snip Kirk, I repasted Your scheme here: http://picpaste.com/scheme-3V0w43QM.png Do I understand that includes also Steve's and Przemek's sugestions, if R2 is 200 ohm? The optoisolator is 4N25, the transistor is BD139. Gene, I

Re: [Emc-users] Control a hot wire foam cutter using LinuxCNC?

2012-01-20 Thread Ben Jackson
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 03:32:24PM +, andy pugh wrote: Sammel has been working on this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWOzqALWa3c patch: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4F154BE7.4010702%40gmx.deforum_name=emc-developers You can set [TRAJ]COORDINATES to limit

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-20 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/20 Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com: On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 10:39 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 10:42 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: ... snip Kirk, I repasted Your scheme here: http://picpaste.com/scheme-3V0w43QM.png ... snip Revised schematic attached.

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-20 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 21:05 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/1/20 Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com: On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 10:39 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 10:42 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: ... snip Kirk, I repasted Your scheme here:

Re: [Emc-users] VFD + Induction motor closed position loop

2012-01-20 Thread andy pugh
On 20 January 2012 21:09, Leonardo Marsaglia leonardomarsagli...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you Les and Robert for your answers. So, the best option is brushed DC motors Brushless are good too, if they come with drives. There are also generic EMC2-compatible brushless drives from Pico and Mesa. --

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC: The new name of the Enhanced Machine Controller

2012-01-20 Thread Nicolas HENRY
Hi ! I think LinuxCNC is better ... look like many others say.. Just when searching on the web if i put Linux and cnc the result will be more top and first on Linuxcnc than EMC that's is a name acronym ... which is use more and more now... try it on google and see the result The lack

[Emc-users] need advice from old hands

2012-01-20 Thread gene heskett
Greetings all; I have thrown a schematic together, but before I commit to the connector for the cable, which will need at least 5 conductors, GND, Vcc5, A, B, Z signals and needs to be fairly compact, I am drawn to the pcb mounted version of the RJ-11 connector. But sitting here, I realized

Re: [Emc-users] ttt and openvoronoi py-scripts

2012-01-20 Thread Anders Wallin
I've hacked together a few scripts that demonstrate some progress with my openvoronoi project: http://www.anderswallin.net/2012/01/emc2-filters/ There is now a PPA through which the packages are available: https://launchpad.net/~anders-e-e-wallin/+archive/cam There are some build-problems on

Re: [Emc-users] ttt and openvoronoi py-scripts

2012-01-20 Thread gene heskett
On Friday, January 20, 2012 11:39:45 PM Anders Wallin did opine: I've hacked together a few scripts that demonstrate some progress with my openvoronoi project: http://www.anderswallin.net/2012/01/emc2-filters/ There is now a PPA through which the packages are available:

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC: The new name of the Enhanced Machine Controller

2012-01-20 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:16 PM, Chris Radek ch...@timeguy.com wrote: In the spring of 2011, the LinuxCNC Board of Directors was contacted by a law firm representing EMC Corporation (www.emc.com) about the use of EMC and EMC2 to identify the software offered on linuxcnc.org. EMC Corporation