Re: [Emc-users] Motor Resolvers

2014-11-19 Thread andy pugh
On 19 November 2014 03:43, Jon Elson el...@pico-systems.com wrote: I have also sold over 100 of the Pico Systems resolver to quadrature converter board. They can be used with any system that needs a quadrature encoder signal. It should also be possible to use this with the bldc HAL component

Re: [Emc-users] Running Mitsubishi Meldas DC servo motors with LinuxCNC

2014-11-19 Thread andy pugh
On 19 November 2014 01:05, Leonardo Marsaglia leonardomarsagli...@gmail.com wrote: http://imageshack.com/a/img537/5573/lgfKjB.jpg Google images suggests it is a Mazatrol TRA31

Re: [Emc-users] Latest Linux Build

2014-11-19 Thread Rick Lair
I would rather use the din rail mounts, but they are orientated 90 degrees off of how I mount the boards, or so it looks like on the mesa web page. Thanks Rick -- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free

Re: [Emc-users] Screw Mapping

2014-11-19 Thread pc
Is there a way to clamp a sander or similar to the head for use in flattening? A solid clamping and a series of light cuts ought to flatten to match the axis. --Original Mail-- From: Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Emc-users] Screw Mapping

2014-11-19 Thread Mark Wendt
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 7:20 AM, p...@wpnet.us wrote: Is there a way to clamp a sander or similar to the head for use in flattening? A solid clamping and a series of light cuts ought to flatten to match the axis. Tried that too. The way the cutting head is designed there's no real

Re: [Emc-users] Latest Linux Build

2014-11-19 Thread Dave Cole
I think you are correct. Dave On 11/19/2014 7:02 AM, Rick Lair wrote: I would rather use the din rail mounts, but they are orientated 90 degrees off of how I mount the boards, or so it looks like on the mesa web page. Thanks Rick

Re: [Emc-users] Screw Mapping

2014-11-19 Thread pc
How about temporarily replacing one of your saw blades with a grinding wheel, dressing it to the correct angle to be flat across the width of the vacuum table and then light grinding passes down the table? Your saw spindles should be plenty rigid and high enough RPM, and dressing an angle on

Re: [Emc-users] Screw Mapping

2014-11-19 Thread Mark Wendt
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 8:12 AM, p...@wpnet.us wrote: How about temporarily replacing one of your saw blades with a grinding wheel, dressing it to the correct angle to be flat across the width of the vacuum table and then light grinding passes down the table? Your saw spindles should be

Re: [Emc-users] Running Mitsubishi Meldas DC servo motors with LinuxCNC

2014-11-19 Thread Jeff Epler
this thread has a reverse-engineered pinout for ZP1. http://www.cnczone.com/forums/mazak-mitsubishi-mazatrol/77549-mitsubishi-tra41-servo-drives-interface-help-please-2.html as you might have expected, it looks like the amp is analog velocity input. http://innovative-rc.com/tra41.jpg

Re: [Emc-users] Screw Mapping

2014-11-19 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2014-11-19 15:17 GMT+02:00 Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com: On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 8:12 AM, p...@wpnet.us wrote: How about temporarily replacing one of your saw blades with a grinding wheel, dressing it to the correct angle to be flat across the width of the vacuum table and then light

Re: [Emc-users] Screw Mapping

2014-11-19 Thread pc
I'm not a grinding expert, but I believe it would work fine with the correct selection of grinding wheel type. A quick look on www.nortonindustrial.com shows many wheel compositions recommended for grinding aluminum. I bet a call to one of their application engineer folks would get you a good

Re: [Emc-users] Screw Mapping

2014-11-19 Thread pc
Smaller dia grinding wheels have higher max RPMs, and it looks from the machine pics like the saw blades are pretty small diameter so a grinding wheel in their place would be similarly small. The necessary wheel is probably $20 or so. I also think the offset correction table is probably

Re: [Emc-users] Screw Mapping

2014-11-19 Thread Mark Wendt
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: 2014-11-19 15:17 GMT+02:00 Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com: On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 8:12 AM, p...@wpnet.us wrote: How about temporarily replacing one of your saw blades with a grinding wheel, dressing it to

Re: [Emc-users] Screw Mapping

2014-11-19 Thread Mark Wendt
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 8:49 AM, p...@wpnet.us wrote: Smaller dia grinding wheels have higher max RPMs, and it looks from the machine pics like the saw blades are pretty small diameter so a grinding wheel in their place would be similarly small. The necessary wheel is probably $20 or so. I

Re: [Emc-users] Screw Mapping

2014-11-19 Thread pc
Perhaps a reducer bushing would be needed to adapt the center hole size. Precise centering wouldn't be a big deal since you'd be dressing the wheel to profile in-place inherently centering it. I suspect it would be cheap enough to be worthwhile even if you still used a correction table to get

[Emc-users] Something of Interest

2014-11-19 Thread Rick Lair
Not sure if this compatible or not, but I was just perusing thru Automation Directs web page, and noticed this. Its new for them, and it looks interesting, and I would be willing to try it out for grins if it would work with Linuxcnc.

Re: [Emc-users] Screw Mapping

2014-11-19 Thread andy pugh
On 19 November 2014 14:02, p...@wpnet.us wrote: Perhaps a reducer bushing would be needed to adapt the center hole size. Precise centering wouldn't be a big deal since you'd be dressing the wheel to profile in-place inherently centering i Dressing in-place is likely to be non-trivial with

Re: [Emc-users] Screw Mapping

2014-11-19 Thread Mark Wendt
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 9:11 AM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 19 November 2014 14:02, p...@wpnet.us wrote: Perhaps a reducer bushing would be needed to adapt the center hole size. Precise centering wouldn't be a big deal since you'd be dressing the wheel to profile in-place

Re: [Emc-users] Screw Mapping

2014-11-19 Thread pc
Usually you slide the block with the diamond dresser across the table against a guide, or some reference plane that matches what you expect your table to be. On a surface grinder you would hold the dresser on your mag chuck and move the cross feed axis, but there are other setups and some

Re: [Emc-users] Screw Mapping

2014-11-19 Thread Mark Wendt
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 9:29 AM, p...@wpnet.us wrote: Usually you slide the block with the diamond dresser across the table against a guide, or some reference plane that matches what you expect your table to be. On a surface grinder you would hold the dresser on your mag chuck and move the

Re: [Emc-users] Something of Interest

2014-11-19 Thread alex chiosso
Hi Rick. It looks good as field I/O using the Modbus Protcol (with Classic Ladder I/O scanning or mb2hal component as well) . The price is pretty good for the US market and it is industrial grade hardware fully certified. Alex On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Rick Lair r...@superiorroll.com

Re: [Emc-users] Screw Mapping

2014-11-19 Thread pc
or some reference plane that matches what you expect your table to be --Original Mail-- From: Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:37:03 -0500 Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Screw Mapping On Wed, Nov

Re: [Emc-users] Screw Mapping

2014-11-19 Thread Mark Wendt
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 10:11 AM, p...@wpnet.us wrote: or some reference plane that matches what you expect your table to be That's the trick, idn't it? ;-) Take a look at the links to the pictures I posted yesterday. Mark

Re: [Emc-users] Something of Interest

2014-11-19 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Wed, 19 Nov 2014, Rick Lair wrote: Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 14:13:39 + From: Rick Lair r...@superiorroll.com To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] Something of Interest Not sure if this compatible or not, but I was just perusing thru

Re: [Emc-users] Running Mitsubishi Meldas DC servo motors with LinuxCNC

2014-11-19 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
2014-11-19 7:11 GMT-03:00 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: There is a manual of sorts here: http://www.meau.com/functions/dms/getfile.asp?ID=0100010046500 but I am not sure that it answers the important questions. Thanks as always Andy!. There's an interesting section there

Re: [Emc-users] Running Mitsubishi Meldas DC servo motors with LinuxCNC

2014-11-19 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
2014-11-19 10:26 GMT-03:00 Jeff Epler jep...@unpythonic.net: this thread has a reverse-engineered pinout for ZP1. http://www.cnczone.com/forums/mazak-mitsubishi-mazatrol/77549-mitsubishi-tra41-servo-drives-interface-help-please-2.html as you might have expected, it looks like the amp is

[Emc-users] השב: Emc-users Digest, Vol 103, Issue 45

2014-11-19 Thread Jacob
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2014-11-19 Thread Jacob
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Re: [Emc-users] Motor Resolvers

2014-11-19 Thread Jon Elson
On 11/19/2014 03:53 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 19 November 2014 03:43, Jon Elson el...@pico-systems.com wrote: I have also sold over 100 of the Pico Systems resolver to quadrature converter board. They can be used with any system that needs a quadrature encoder signal. It should also be

Re: [Emc-users] Motor Resolvers

2014-11-19 Thread andy pugh
On 19 November 2014 17:21, Jon Elson el...@pico-systems.com wrote: The problem is as our resolver converter is, NOW, it only produces quadrature plus index. ... But, it would need to know the number of motor poles and the angular offset. The bldc component can handle that. There an

Re: [Emc-users] Something of Interest

2014-11-19 Thread Rick Lair
I already use a lot of mesa components, I just received an over 25 piece order from them, and Mesa is definitely cheaper than these are. I just threw them out there, I was doing a little shopping, and saw these scroll across their page. Out of curiosity though, Peter, could these be connected

Re: [Emc-users] Motor Resolvers

2014-11-19 Thread Marius Liebenberg
Andy What interface board would you typically use with the bldc component? Not the parport I assume. On 2014-11-19 19:26, andy pugh wrote: On 19 November 2014 17:21, Jon Elson el...@pico-systems.com wrote: The problem is as our resolver converter is, NOW, it only produces quadrature plus

Re: [Emc-users] Motor Resolvers

2014-11-19 Thread andy pugh
On 19 November 2014 19:15, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za wrote: What interface board would you typically use with the bldc component? Not the parport I assume. It has been done, there is a Youtube video of someone running Fanuc Red-cap motors from the parport. The only reason not

[Emc-users] i guess i need a new motherboard for new linuxcnc

2014-11-19 Thread kqt4at5v
Can you all recommend a basic motherboard that is know to work with LinuxCNC running a parallel controller? Thanks. Richard -- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly

Re: [Emc-users] i guess i need a new motherboard for new linuxcnc

2014-11-19 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
I'm using the M5A78LM LX V2 model from ASUS with AMD processor and behaves really great. Good latency results, although I'm using hardware for steps generation. I don't know if the same version is still on sale, may be there are newer versions of the same mother called V3 or so. 2014-11-19

[Emc-users] OT: US member doing injection molding?

2014-11-19 Thread Sven Wesley
Anyone of our members making plastic parts? I have a small piece I want to make a few hundreds of, but since I moved to the US I have no access to a workshop and my own workshop is shut down and closed until I decide to move back. It's an end cap to a mirror mount, transparent, not big but a

Re: [Emc-users] i guess i need a new motherboard for new linuxcnc

2014-11-19 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Wed, 19 Nov 2014, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 13:52:36 -0600 (CST) From: kqt4a...@gmail.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] i guess i need a new motherboard for

Re: [Emc-users] OT: US member doing injection molding?

2014-11-19 Thread Joseph Chiu
If you are in the San Francisco Bay area, inquire at Techshop. They have a vertical IM machine suitable for small shots. On Nov 19, 2014 12:10 PM, Sven Wesley svenne.d...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone of our members making plastic parts? I have a small piece I want to make a few hundreds of, but

Re: [Emc-users] OT: US member doing injection molding?

2014-11-19 Thread a k
hi you can check on thomas register for plastic injection molding shops WTZO=Find+Supplierssearchx=truewhat=injection+molding+Submit.x=0Submit.y=0Submit=Search http://www.thomasnet.com/products/injection-molding-custom-96014733-1.html On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Sven Wesley

Re: [Emc-users] OT: US member doing injection molding?

2014-11-19 Thread Ralph Stirling
Are you looking for someone to make the mold, do the molding, or both? I know a local guy who is good for small runs of molded parts, but he isn't equipped to make very complex molds (2.5D cnc, manual milling and turning, sinker EDM). He uses a lot of aluminum molds. -- Ralph

Re: [Emc-users] OT: US member doing injection molding?

2014-11-19 Thread Sven Wesley
I need both. 3D machining is needed. /S 2014-11-19 21:38 GMT+01:00 Ralph Stirling ralph.stirl...@wallawalla.edu: Are you looking for someone to make the mold, do the molding, or both? I know a local guy who is good for small runs of molded parts, but he isn't equipped to make very complex

Re: [Emc-users] OT: US member doing injection molding?

2014-11-19 Thread Pete Matos
Sven, Perhaps if you can post a photo of the part or the cad drawing people could be able to give you a better idea of who and how to make it. It might be able to be built in other ways as well but it sounds like you have a good bit of knowledge in that arena. I see you have several MadCam

Re: [Emc-users] OT: US member doing injection molding?

2014-11-19 Thread Sven Wesley
Hi Pete, This part requires injection molding and a UV-resistant plastic. I would like to do it in PC due to it's durable properties but that's a tough plastic to work with so I'm willing to use something else, PET would probably work too. I do have some knowledge. My workshop has injection

Re: [Emc-users] OT: US member doing injection molding?

2014-11-19 Thread Ron Ginger
Try John Oly at seemecnc.com. They sell 3D printers, but got into it because they have a good injection molding ability. they have mentioned that they can make short run tooling quickly. ron ginger On 11/19/2014 7:25 PM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: Anyone of our members

Re: [Emc-users] OT: US member doing injection molding?

2014-11-19 Thread Pete Matos
Sven, Thanks for the well thought out explanation I have not seen much of MadCam maybe I need to investigate further. Good luck in your search. If you had needed the part machined from solid stock I may have been able to help but I do not have plastic injection molding capabilities her. Good

Re: [Emc-users] Running Mitsubishi Meldas DC servo motors with LinuxCNC

2014-11-19 Thread robert - Innovative-RC
hi looks the same servos as on the M0 which is a machine i retrofitted, its a Mill but the same deal check the linuxcnc forum i put alot of info on the drives on there when we did our retrofit with the old DC servo drives... if you need to know anything else let me know ill try and help

Re: [Emc-users] OT: US member doing injection molding?

2014-11-19 Thread Tux Lab
Hi Sven, Where are you located? What kind of milling machine were you controlling with LinuxCNC? I am sort of meandering my way toward setting up a domestic manufacturing cooperative and am contemplating building a LinuxCNC control milling machine.We are also sort of working our way

Re: [Emc-users] Running Mitsubishi Meldas DC servo motors with LinuxCNC

2014-11-19 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
2014-11-19 21:44 GMT-03:00 robert - Innovative-RC rob...@innovative-rc.com : hi looks the same servos as on the M0 which is a machine i retrofitted, its a Mill but the same deal check the linuxcnc forum i put alot of info on the drives on there when we did our retrofit with the old DC

Re: [Emc-users] OT: US member doing injection molding?

2014-11-19 Thread Sven Wesley
I'm located in the far far West. Hawaii. @John: I have a 50 ton injection molder and I started making a new one but smaller that I was going to control with an Arduino. The CNC machines are one bug steel frame router table and a retrofitted operation center. Both are servo driven. I would love to

Re: [Emc-users] OT: US member doing injection molding?

2014-11-19 Thread jrmitchellj .
Where are you located? Ray --J. Ray Mitchell Jr. jrmitche...@gmail.com (818)324-7573 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,

Re: [Emc-users] OT: US member doing injection molding?

2014-11-19 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On Wednesday, November 19, 2014 1:10 PM, Sven Wesley svenne.d...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone of our members making plastic parts? I have a small piece I want to make a few hundreds of, but since I moved to the US I have no access to a workshop and my own workshop is shut down and closed until