Re: [Emc-users] Question about Raspberry Pi 4 reliability

2021-06-15 Thread John Dammeyer
So it happened again this afternoon on the Pi4 1GB. Wifi is active as is Ethernet to the 7i92H. "Unexpected realtime delay on task 0 with period 100 This Message will only display once per session. Run the Latency Test and resolve before continuing."So just moving windows around and

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2021-06-15 Thread John Dammeyer
Kind of cool to do an M3 S10 and see the what would be the spindle turning at 10 RPM with STEP/DIR control. (all on my test bench with a smaller motor at the moment and Pi4/7i92H instead of PC/7i92H. Been working on that all afternoon. Moved controllers around. Moved motors. Nothing. And

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2021-06-15 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Tue, 15 Jun 2021, John Dammeyer wrote: Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 16:14:00 -0700 From: John Dammeyer Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: "'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)'" Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control Kind of cool to do an M3 S10 and see the what would be the

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2021-06-15 Thread John Dammeyer
> From: Peter C. Wallace [mailto:p...@mesanet.com] > On Tue, 15 Jun 2021, John Dammeyer wrote: > > > Kind of cool to do an M3 S10 and see the what would be the spindle turning > > at > > 10 RPM with STEP/DIR control. (all on my test bench with a smaller motor at > > the moment and Pi4/7i92H

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2021-06-15 Thread John Dammeyer
I believe this doc explains the spindle encoder feedback. http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.4/html/examples_spindle.html John > -Original Message- > From: John Dammeyer [mailto:jo...@autoartisans.com] > Sent: June-15-21 4:52 PM > To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' > Subject: Re:

Re: [Emc-users] Running 440V 3PH 2 speed motor off 220V 3PH or 1PH?

2021-06-15 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 at 03:07, Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote: > > Voltage doubling VFD, but they start at 5 horsepower. But there is nothing to prevent you making your own, starting with a used 3hp unit from eBay. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2021-06-15 Thread Feral Engineer
Lathe has vfd, router is running a superpid with a Hitachi m12vc, mill is using a servo motor I manually turned my Hitachi router on and off until the pandemic hit, then I started by adding a relay to control it, which then became my obsession with industrial electronics  Phil T. The Feral

Re: [Emc-users] auto gearbox component

2021-06-15 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 at 01:31, andrew beck wrote: > I have a two speed gearbox in my cnc lathe > > with hydraulic solenoids to change gear You have the same setup and the same requirements as me, so I expect that my HAL component will work for you. It uses a 3-position switch to select auto,

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2021-06-15 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users
Print in PLA with only one perimeter and as little infill as you can get by with, print all the sprues and vents as one part with the pattern too. Then all you have to do is pack the print tightly in sand then pour in the molten metal to burn out the plastic. Look up lost PLA casting. With

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2021-06-15 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 at 10:33, Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote: > > Look up lost PLA casting. Though the drawback with that is that you only get one shot at it. I have been tending to print conventional patterns. Things like supports and core boxes become really easy with 3D CAD and 3D

Re: [Emc-users] Master builds

2021-06-15 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 at 01:16, jrmitchellj wrote: > > Got home & checked the debian-version file, which states 7.11. As I recall > that is Wheezy. > That is only 5 years old. That's 5 years since the last update. Wheezy was first released in 2013 and went out of Long Term Support in 2018.

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2021-06-15 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 at 05:56, John Dammeyer wrote: > And even nicer all painted up. > http://www.autoartisans.com/mill/HarmonicDrive/PatternPrep-3.jpg It's the wrong colour! https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/CS/cs19-32.pdf In the US it is black for as-cast surfaces and red for "to be

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2021-06-15 Thread John Dammeyer
> From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com] > On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 at 05:56, John Dammeyer wrote: > > > And even nicer all painted up. > > http://www.autoartisans.com/mill/HarmonicDrive/PatternPrep-3.jpg > > It's the wrong colour! > https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/CS/cs19-32.pdf > In

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2021-06-15 Thread John Dammeyer
Hi Greg I've tried the lost foam method in dry sand. Outside. Can't stand the smell of the sand afterwards. Although PLA smell isn't that bad I've seen the castings produced by lost 3D printed lost PLA. They are ugly just as 3D printed parts are actually quite ugly too.If the goal is

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2021-06-15 Thread John Dammeyer
Before the extruded plastic 3D printing that was the type of 3D printer I was considering. The hobby approach was to use ink jet nozzles for printing a crazy glue type material onto starch layers. Material costs would not be cheap. Then came pla printing and I've not looked back. I've

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2021-06-15 Thread John Dammeyer
Oops. Forgot the link. http://www.autoartisans.com/cnc/Casting.jpg > -Original Message- > From: John Dammeyer [mailto:jo...@autoartisans.com] > Sent: June-15-21 9:24 AM > To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control > > > From: andy pugh

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2021-06-15 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 at 15:21, Roland Jollivet wrote: > Which often makes me wonder why guys aren't CNC machining the moulds rather. > You'd have a simple CNC mill where the tool sticks directly upwards, and > use a dremel as a spindle. > Now you just 'machine' away the green sand until done.

[Emc-users] Spindle Control

2021-06-15 Thread Roland Jollivet
On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 at 11:55, andy pugh wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 at 10:33, Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users > wrote: > > > > Look up lost PLA casting. > > Though the drawback with that is that you only get one shot at it. > Which often makes me wonder why guys aren't CNC machining the moulds

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2021-06-15 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
1- Lathe with 3 phase input/ 3 phase output VFD 2- LCNC has complete control over the vfd. But I also have override, direction and on/off buttons on the main panel. Leonardo Marsaglia El dom., 13 jun. 2021 16:52, John Dammeyer escribió: > Quick little survey on what everyone has on their

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2021-06-15 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
Forgot to say. The speed reference for the VFD is a pulsed signal. So basically I'm feeding a step generator to the VFD for that. I just had to play a little bit with step length and space to adjust the duty cycle and get it working right. Leonardo Marsaglia El mar., 15 jun. 2021 14:38, Leonardo

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2021-06-15 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 at 17:27, John Dammeyer wrote: > Of course since I am also my foundry I'd have to pay attention to the colour > in the first place. I take it the "to be machined" surfaces can have the > gates and runners attached while as-cast should be left as is? I think it is actually

Re: [Emc-users] all the MESA cards talk made me think

2021-06-15 Thread John Dammeyer
Just a short addendum. The 7i92 manual says the outputs are capable of sourcing 24mA. Putting a 330 ohm resistor to ground onto pin 1 of the Probotix BoB will sink 15mA when the 7i92 outputs a high level so it's within spec. When the 7i92 goes inactive which it seems to do when LinuxCNC

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2021-06-15 Thread John Dammeyer
I have a Hohman Designs Step to Voltage module that does that. It uses 0 to 25Khz for 0 to 10V. I couldn't use that with my ELS project because max step rate for that was 20kHz. But it would work with the Linux Installation instead of the cheapy 0-10V 1kHz PWM converter. I doubt the

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2021-06-15 Thread Chris Albertson
On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 9:41 AM John Dammeyer wrote: > Before the extruded plastic 3D printing that was the type of 3D printer I > was considering. The hobby approach was to use ink jet nozzles for > printing a crazy glue type material onto starch layers. > > Material costs would not be cheap.

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2021-06-15 Thread johnd
I don't disagree that for complex parts like your example 3D printing is an amazing way to do this. I'll bet though if you went out to buy say a drill press and had a choice between one that had been cast with ugly rough 3D printed castings and one that had smooth pattern created castings you'd