Re: [Emc-users] A round toit generator

2014-04-18 Thread yann jautard
Le 17/04/2014 09:08, Steve Blackmore a écrit : Modern panels are designed to work in daylight and don't need full Sunlight. Well not really. There two main technologies, cristalline and amorphous. Cristalline cells needs full sunlight to deliver some usable power. Their efficiency is

Re: [Emc-users] Emc-users Digest, Vol 96, Issue 51

2014-04-18 Thread schooner
Detailed question. I want to implement these as wizards. I see there is already work done here (http://linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/forum/40-subroutines-and-ngcgui/11414 -metric-lathe-subroutines-g71-g72-etc-etc) so I'll probably borrow from that. Feel free to borrow away ( I wrote them

[Emc-users] Newbe intro and question

2014-04-18 Thread rayj
Greetings list, I getting ready to buy some hardware and setup CNC on a 3in1 machine. I'll be using LCNC with a parallel port and stepper motors. This is more of a hardware question. For an emergency stop I was planning on using a charge pump and wire the enable signal in series through it

Re: [Emc-users] Newbe intro and question

2014-04-18 Thread Dave Caroline
On 18/04/2014, rayj raymo...@frontiernet.net wrote: Greetings list, My question: Does stopping the step signal to the controller result in any sort of braking from some EMF in the motor that doesn't occur when the enable signal is stopped? Yes as the current would be maintained thus

Re: [Emc-users] A round toit generator

2014-04-18 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On 4/18/2014 12:05 AM, yann jautard wrote: Le 17/04/2014 09:08, Steve Blackmore a écrit : Modern panels are designed to work in daylight and don't need full Sunlight. Well not really. There two main technologies, cristalline and amorphous. Cristalline cells needs full sunlight to deliver

Re: [Emc-users] A round toit generator

2014-04-18 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 08:05:03 +0200, you wrote: Le 17/04/2014 09:08, Steve Blackmore a écrit : Modern panels are designed to work in daylight and don't need full Sunlight. Well not really. There two main technologies, cristalline and amorphous. Cristalline cells needs full sunlight to

Re: [Emc-users] A round toit generator

2014-04-18 Thread andy pugh
On 15 April 2014 21:25, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Not a bad idea, but how many tons needed for the bottle jack? Actually, I have just had one of these delivered (to be dismantled and used as part of a different project).

Re: [Emc-users] A round toit generator

2014-04-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 18 April 2014 05:23:24 andy pugh did opine: On 15 April 2014 21:25, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Not a bad idea, but how many tons needed for the bottle jack? Actually, I have just had one of these delivered (to be dismantled and used as part of a different project).

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing LinuxCNC 2.6.0-pre1

2014-04-18 Thread Peter Blodow
Gentlemen, congratulations to the announcement of 2.6! I was very pleased to find may name on the list of contributers although I must confess that, besides participating lively, but passively in the discussions (lurking), my one and only contribution so far was the translation of a couple

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing LinuxCNC 2.6.0-pre1

2014-04-18 Thread andy pugh
On 18 April 2014 12:26, Peter Blodow p.blo...@dreki.de wrote: But being mentioned, reminded me to take up this translating again, if I only knew where to get into that. Some information is here. http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Translation There are three things that could be usefully

Re: [Emc-users] A round toit generator

2014-04-18 Thread yann jautard
I have one of these chinese crimpers, I use it quite often when installing big batteries on solar systems. Very powerful, I also use it to crimp inox fittings on cables, or hydraulics, etc On metal like Al, copper or brass I'm sure it will work nicely to press coins :) Le 18/04/2014 11:27,

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing LinuxCNC 2.6.0-pre1

2014-04-18 Thread yann jautard
I can help for french translation if needed. Feel free to ask me. Le 18/04/2014 13:26, Peter Blodow a écrit : Gentlemen, congratulations to the announcement of 2.6! I was very pleased to find may name on the list of contributers although I must confess that, besides participating lively,

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing LinuxCNC 2.6.0-pre1

2014-04-18 Thread Niemand Sonst
Hallo Andy, the links you posted a out of date! http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Translation is from 2012 and do mention under 7. Translations a Link to a document from 2009 with file lile tcl.pot, rs274.pot and axis.pot all the files do not exist any more, because someone merged all

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing LinuxCNC 2.6.0-pre1

2014-04-18 Thread Michael Haberler
Peter - Am 18.04.2014 um 13:26 schrieb Peter Blodow p.blo...@dreki.de: ... (yes, Michael, Austrian and especially Tyrolian is linguistically a branch of Bavarian). PS: Don't get me wrong, I'm not a native Bavarian, but of Viking descent! I already had the suspicion... why is it that

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing LinuxCNC 2.6.0-pre1

2014-04-18 Thread Mark Wendt
On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Michael Haberler mai...@mah.priv.atwrote: Peter - Am 18.04.2014 um 13:26 schrieb Peter Blodow p.blo...@dreki.de: ... (yes, Michael, Austrian and especially Tyrolian is linguistically a branch of Bavarian). PS: Don't get me wrong, I'm not a native

Re: [Emc-users] Brake resistor question

2014-04-18 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Thanks for all the responses! I got some insight, where to start. Viesturs 2014-04-17 19:31 GMT+03:00 Jon Elson el...@pico-systems.com: On 04/17/2014 08:56 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: Hello! I have three chinese servo drives in the waterjet machine and they are constantly faulting with

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Solar, A round toit generator

2014-04-18 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 04/18/2014 12:27 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: On 4/18/2014 12:05 AM, yann jautard wrote: Le 17/04/2014 09:08, Steve Blackmore a écrit : Modern panels are designed to work in daylight and don't need full Sunlight. Well not really. There two main technologies, cristalline and amorphous.

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing LinuxCNC 2.6.0-pre1

2014-04-18 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 18.04.14 13:26, Peter Blodow wrote: To be honest, translating into Bavarian would be even easier sometimes as Bavarian often has a concise way to express things most like English has (yes, Michael, Austrian and especially Tyrolian is linguistically a branch of Bavarian). The reason, as I

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing LinuxCNC 2.6.0-pre1

2014-04-18 Thread Peter Blodow
Andy, thanks for your proposals, all within half an hour. Considering the (presumably giant) mass of the whole program docs and, in addition, their dubious actuality (according to Norbert's mail), I would prefer to care a bit for the home page and, again, the messages. The home page, as well

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing LinuxCNC 2.6.0-pre1

2014-04-18 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
Well, I can help with the spanish translations, I'm OK with the english but may be some people don't, although it seems there are not so many spanish speaker on this list, but still I can take a look at it! By the way great job as always with the improvements! Sometime ago I had in mind a doubt

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing LinuxCNC 2.6.0-pre1

2014-04-18 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
Sorry for the mistakes! I was writing a little too fast, but I think it's legible :) 2014-04-18 13:00 GMT-03:00 Leonardo Marsaglia leonardomarsagli...@gmail.com : Well, I can help with the spanish translations, I'm OK with the english but may be some people don't, although it seems there are

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing LinuxCNC 2.6.0-pre1

2014-04-18 Thread Niemand Sonst
Halo Peter, I am willing to give you a hand. As I am from Hannover, I am not able to speek bavarian ;-) But we may comunicate in Hochdeutsch;-) Just get in contact with me over nie...@web.de Norbert Am 18.04.2014 17:51, schrieb Peter Blodow: Andy, thanks for your proposals, all within half

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing LinuxCNC 2.6.0-pre1 OT

2014-04-18 Thread Peter Blodow
Erik, 28 hours of language lessons should be plenty to order and eat Weißwürste in a Munich Bierkeller. Even kids under the age of one can speak Bavarian hereabouts. Earnestly: Danish is closer to English than Bavarian, I admit. But I did have little problems in Denmark reading things, more

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Solar, A round toit generator

2014-04-18 Thread Jon Elson
On 04/18/2014 09:48 AM, Kirk Wallace wrote: While we are at it. I need to cut these down to make battery chargers for my tractors. http://www.ebay.com/itm/200834656851 Just picking them up can break these, let alone trying to cut them. Has anyone found a way to cut these? Laser cutting is

[Emc-users] reprap M104/109 function or G10 and M66 for setting and waiting on temperature?

2014-04-18 Thread Bas de Bruijn
Hi, I'm working on remapping M109/M106/M104 to something like M209 etcetera. I came across thishttp://reprap.org/wiki/Talk:G-code#M104_.26_M109_Deprecation.2C_G10_Introduction and I'm wondering about the way to continue. The M104 used in reprap style devices is for setting the temperature of

Re: [Emc-users] reprap M104/109 function or G10 and M66 for setting and waiting on temperature?

2014-04-18 Thread Bas de Bruijn
On 18 Apr 2014, at 21:39, Bas de Bruijn bdebru...@luminize.nl wrote: Hi, I'm working on remapping M109/M106/M104 to something like M209 etcetera. I came across thishttp://reprap.org/wiki/Talk:G-code#M104_.26_M109_Deprecation.2C_G10_Introduction and I'm wondering about the way to

Re: [Emc-users] Newbe intro and question

2014-04-18 Thread rayj
Thanks much for the info. Back to lurking. Raymond Julian Kettle River, MN The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness,

[Emc-users] Silly bQ, nothing to do with Linuxcnc

2014-04-18 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; The hot water valve in our 35yo Maytag clothes washer has a screen in the inlet, and from the low flow is mostly blocked, full of lime. So I go get 2 fresh armored hoses, and some service screens for the solenoid valves, and pull it out to where I can sort of get to it. Unforch,

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing LinuxCNC 2.6.0-pre1

2014-04-18 Thread Bas de Bruijn
On 18 Apr 2014, at 17:06, Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net wrote: On 18.04.14 13:26, Peter Blodow wrote: To be honest, translating into Bavarian would be even easier sometimes as Bavarian often has a concise way to express things most like English has (yes, Michael, Austrian and

Re: [Emc-users] Silly bQ, nothing to do with Linuxcnc

2014-04-18 Thread Todd Zuercher
You could try soaking the lime scale with some strong acid (lime scale remover). PS It is a good idea to close and open all the shutoff valves in you plumbing system once or twice a year, A. to prevent this sort of problem, and B. to detect a developing problem before it becomes a disaster.

Re: [Emc-users] Silly bQ, nothing to do with Linuxcnc

2014-04-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 18 April 2014 23:10:44 Todd Zuercher did opine: You could try soaking the lime scale with some strong acid (lime scale remover). But to do that, I have to get into it. So I just shut the whole house off long enough to pull the screens from the valves. The old hose also had

Re: [Emc-users] Silly bQ, nothing to do with Linuxcnc

2014-04-18 Thread rayj
One possible workaround is to mount valves on the old valve spout, where the hoses attach. It is definitely not the ideal solution, and takes a couple of extra adapters, but it will give you valves for the washing machine. Depending on the materials that the tee and the valve are made of you