On 06/03/2012 11:39 AM, gene heskett wrote:
snippage
As for the various methods of blackening brass, discussed here previously,
most were butt ugly, giving all the colors of a good skin bruise rather
than a nice flat black. I believe that was because of my inability to get
all the cutting
On 03.06.12 15:53, gene heskett wrote:
Eagle is bing a pita about upgrading, I have several copies of
libpng14.so.14 on the system, but the installer can't find them even
when added to ld.so.config.d. Grump!
Based on that limited information, Gene, I can only offer a couple of
rounds from the
On Monday, June 04, 2012 06:31:34 AM Mark Wendt did opine:
On 06/03/2012 11:39 AM, gene heskett wrote:
snippage
As for the various methods of blackening brass, discussed here
previously, most were butt ugly, giving all the colors of a good skin
bruise rather than a nice flat black. I
Yesterday I made some parts and had a giant fan on the drive to see if
it is a cooling problem. After about an hour or so the drive tripped
out. I forgot to mention that the only thing moving during these faults
is the Z axis and it is moving up ie the most loaded direction. Of
course I can
On 06/04/2012 06:39 AM, gene heskett wrote:
On Monday, June 04, 2012 06:31:34 AM Mark Wendt did opine:
On 06/03/2012 11:39 AM, gene heskett wrote:
snippage
As for the various methods of blackening brass, discussed here
previously, most were butt ugly, giving all the colors of a
On 4 June 2012 07:26, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
It is extremely sensitive to this bit of timing variation caused
by a nominally 5 thou non concentricity in the way it is mounted (I believe
because the center hole in the disk is slightly undersized, forcing one
side of the hole to
On Sun, 2012-06-03 at 21:08 -0400, Dave wrote:
buy one or two PID controllers.
The slicing software can produce different extrusion temperatures for
different layers (or classes of layers), so the printer needs
programmatic control over *everything*. You may as well integrate all
that in
On Monday, June 04, 2012 06:41:27 AM Erik Christiansen did opine:
On 03.06.12 15:53, gene heskett wrote:
Eagle is bing a pita about upgrading, I have several copies of
libpng14.so.14 on the system, but the installer can't find them even
when added to ld.so.config.d. Grump!
Based on
On Monday, June 04, 2012 08:01:51 AM andy pugh did opine:
On 4 June 2012 07:26, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
It is extremely sensitive to this bit of timing variation caused
by a nominally 5 thou non concentricity in the way it is mounted (I
believe because the center hole in the
If you can, pull off the bus covers and attach some wires to the bus and
alligator clip to those wires with a good multimeter and leave it set on
Volts DC while you run the machine. Be careful though as cheap jumper
leads are probably not good for 600 volts.
But most machine tool wire ( the
On 6/4/2012 7:20 AM, Ed Nisley wrote:
Methinks anyone working on such a contraption would receive a visit from
a nattily attired lawyer who would explain his employer's view of the US
patent system...
Who hold the patents?
Dave
On 06/04/2012 08:00 AM, gene heskett wrote:
Dawn is a much better degreaser. Fella talked me into using it a few
years back to wash down the surface of my cane rods before varnishing,
and it worked great. I started using it on the metal stuff I was bluing
and got more consistent blues of the
On 6/4/2012 7:20 AM, Ed Nisley wrote:
The slicing software can produce different extrusion temperatures for
different layers (or classes of layers), so the printer needs
programmatic control over*everything*.
I did not know that. Some PID controllers (maybe some cheap ones??)
have Modbus
On 6/4/2012 8:46 AM, Mark Wendt wrote:
It's getting much harder to get 200 proof pure ethyl alcohol anymore
though. Our wondrous ATF has regulated it so much. I have about 1/2
pint of it sitting here at work on my shelf.
Yep, they are certain that you are going to guzzle it down at any
After the trip yesterday the only lights on the infeed unit that was on
was 3 external enable not present and 4 DC link charged. The spindle
drive lcd was 6 iirc and the Z was 3. I could not find anything on what
the drive lcd's mean.
I'm not having any luck in borrowing an isolation
My DMM leads have alligator clips so that is not a problem to watch the
DC buss while running. At least when the Z move to clear position is
about to fault out I have a second or two notice with the tone change to
try and focus on the DMM readout.
John
On 6/4/2012 7:41 AM, Dave wrote:
If you
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Dave e...@dc9.tzo.com wrote:
If anyone has a cheap way to do effective - accurate temperature
measurement - on the cheap, I'd like to know about it. :-)
cheap=thermistors. Who cares they are non-linear if you're using a digital
controller? ;) Linearize them
On 06/04/2012 09:02 AM, Dave wrote:
On 6/4/2012 8:46 AM, Mark Wendt wrote:
It's getting much harder to get 200 proof pure ethyl alcohol anymore
though. Our wondrous ATF has regulated it so much. I have about 1/2
pint of it sitting here at work on my shelf.
Yep, they are
On Monday, June 04, 2012 08:58:57 AM Dave did opine:
If you can, pull off the bus covers and attach some wires to the bus and
alligator clip to those wires with a good multimeter and leave it set on
Volts DC while you run the machine. Be careful though as cheap jumper
leads are probably not
On Monday, June 04, 2012 09:24:51 AM Mark Wendt did opine:
On 06/04/2012 08:00 AM, gene heskett wrote:
Dawn is a much better degreaser. Fella talked me into using it a few
years back to wash down the surface of my cane rods before
varnishing, and it worked great. I started using it on
On 06/04/2012 09:28 AM, gene heskett wrote:
It's getting much harder to get 200 proof pure ethyl alcohol anymore
though. Our wondrous ATF has regulated it so much. I have about 1/2
pint of it sitting here at work on my shelf.
Phillips I assume? AKA Kentucky spring water...
Hi John,
Too bad you can't connect your machine to a solid 3-ph line to see if the same
issue happens regardless of the power source. I had a handful of issues with
my '86 VMC like loose PC boards, oxidized connectors, etc. Now that it gets
more use it seems to be doing better. Keeping the
On Monday, June 04, 2012 09:45:18 AM Mark Wendt did opine:
On 06/04/2012 09:28 AM, gene heskett wrote:
It's getting much harder to get 200 proof pure ethyl alcohol anymore
though. Our wondrous ATF has regulated it so much. I have about
1/2 pint of it sitting here at work on my shelf.
You just need yet another manual! ;-) Its all there, on the web,
someplace. The trick is finding it. :-)
http://www.automation.siemens.com/doconweb/pdf/840C_1101_E/611a_iaa.pdf?p=1
Page 8/48 says that a 3 on the drive module display is a motor overheat
situation. I'm not sure if this
On 06/04/2012 09:52 AM, gene heskett wrote:
If we can get non-DNA, non-isopropyl alcohol from Ace, I'll stop by
there on the way home from work today. ;-)
Mark
I'll let you know before the day is over. It also seems to make good
shellac, but a funny thing, I needed some 4lb thinned
You need a shop cat! Unfortunately shop cats are not effective
deterrents to raccoons and possums.
But I don't have any mice... ;-)
Dave
On 6/4/2012 9:52 AM, ceen...@in-front.com wrote:
Hi John,
Too bad you can't connect your machine to a solid 3-ph line to see if the
same issue
On Mon, 2012-06-04 at 08:44 -0400, Dave wrote:
Who hold the patents?
The big players that have been doing 3D extrusion since the mid 80s, the
ones with positive cash flow and actual engineering teams. The Wikipedia
article has a list:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing#Industrial_uses
On Mon, 4 Jun 2012 06:39:50 -0400
gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
On Monday, June 04, 2012 06:31:34 AM Mark Wendt did opine:
On 06/03/2012 11:39 AM, gene heskett wrote:
snippage
As for the various methods of blackening brass, discussed here
previously, most were butt
On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 09:40:51 -0400
Mark Wendt mark.we...@nrl.navy.mil wrote:
On 06/04/2012 09:28 AM, gene heskett wrote:
It's getting much harder to get 200 proof pure ethyl alcohol
anymore though. Our wondrous ATF has regulated it so much. I
have about 1/2 pint of it sitting here at
On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 09:59:02 -0400
Mark Wendt mark.we...@nrl.navy.mil wrote:
On 06/04/2012 09:52 AM, gene heskett wrote:
If we can get non-DNA, non-isopropyl alcohol from Ace, I'll stop by
there on the way home from work today. ;-)
Mark
I'll let you know before the day is
You from eastern KY?
On 6/4/2012 11:40 AM, dave wrote:
Naturally, all of us keep a still with ground glass joints and a pound
of sodium around just so we can make 200 proof.;-)
170 proof alcohol is a little hard to be around, the vapor can pretty
much knock you over if you open a hatch
My meter is a Fluke 75 rated at 1000vdc and 750vac so I should be ok...
I've had it connected to the 600vdc buss before for quite some time when
messing about with the RPC a few weeks ago.
John
On 6/4/2012 8:23 AM, gene heskett wrote:
On Monday, June 04, 2012 08:58:57 AM Dave did opine:
If
I use a Fluke 77 for the same thing and I have never had any problems
yet also.
Dave
On 6/4/2012 11:59 AM, John Thornton wrote:
My meter is a Fluke 75 rated at 1000vdc and 750vac so I should be ok...
I've had it connected to the 600vdc buss before for quite some time when
messing about with
On 06/04/2012 11:40 AM, dave wrote:
Nope, the label on this one sez Ethyl Alcohol, U.S.P
200 proof
Anhydrous
For industrial use only
Bottled by The Warner-Graham Company in Cockeysville, MD, just down
the road a bit from me here at work.
200 proof is anhydrous only until you open the
On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:18:47 -0400
Mark Wendt mark.we...@nrl.navy.mil wrote:
On 06/04/2012 11:40 AM, dave wrote:
Nope, the label on this one sez Ethyl Alcohol, U.S.P
200 proof
Anhydrous
For industrial use only
Bottled by The Warner-Graham Company in Cockeysville, MD, just down
the
On Jun 4, 2012, at 7:14 AM, Stephen Dubovsky wrote:
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Dave e...@dc9.tzo.com wrote:
If anyone has a cheap way to do effective - accurate temperature
measurement - on the cheap, I'd like to know about it. :-)
cheap=thermistors. Who cares they are
On Monday, June 04, 2012 02:01:38 PM Mark Wendt did opine:
On 06/04/2012 09:52 AM, gene heskett wrote:
If we can get non-DNA, non-isopropyl alcohol from Ace, I'll stop by
there on the way home from work today. ;-)
Mark
I'll let you know before the day is over. It also seems to
ceen...@in-front.com wrote:
Hi John,
Too bad you can't connect your machine to a solid 3-ph line to see if the
same issue happens regardless of the power source.
He ran it on a Diesel generator, and it did NOT trip. So, it is
SOMTHING about
the power source.
Jon
On 6/4/2012 1:51 PM, Jeshua Lacock wrote:
On Jun 4, 2012, at 7:14 AM, Stephen Dubovsky wrote:
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Davee...@dc9.tzo.com wrote:
If anyone has a cheap way to do effective - accurate temperature
measurement - on the cheap, I'd like to know about it. :-)
On Monday, June 04, 2012 02:09:42 PM Dave did opine:
You need a shop cat! Unfortunately shop cats are not effective
deterrents to raccoons and possums.
That depends on the cat. I met my first maine coon in about '61. My dog
at the time, an 85 lb German Shepherd bitch, had a hate for
On Monday, June 04, 2012 02:37:59 PM Dave did opine:
You from eastern KY?
On 6/4/2012 11:40 AM, dave wrote:
Naturally, all of us keep a still with ground glass joints and a pound
of sodium around just so we can make 200 proof.;-)
170 proof alcohol is a little hard to be around, the
On Monday, June 04, 2012 02:42:15 PM John Thornton did opine:
My meter is a Fluke 75 rated at 1000vdc and 750vac so I should be ok...
I've had it connected to the 600vdc buss before for quite some time when
messing about with the RPC a few weeks ago.
John
[...]
That should be ok, but many
Did John run it for an hour or longer to be able to repeat the only one hour
run time situation? I forgot what the capacity of the borrowed generator was
to compare it to a 15HP weak leg system. Even if the generator varied in speed
and voltage when loaded, one thing should be fairly certain
On 6/4/2012 2:41 PM, gene heskett wrote:
On Monday, June 04, 2012 02:37:59 PM Dave did opine:
You from eastern KY?
On 6/4/2012 11:40 AM, dave wrote:
Naturally, all of us keep a still with ground glass joints and a pound
of sodium around just so we can make 200 proof.;-)
On Monday 04 June 2012 19:53:48 Jeshua Lacock wrote:
... and I am all for doing things the right way,
I agree.
do you think it makes sense if we all collaboratively work towards a common
goal?
Yes.
It just seems that several people are going in several directions, and we
might all
On Mon, 2012-06-04 at 11:53 -0600, Jeshua Lacock wrote:
you are basing this on what?
Rumor, supposition, hearsay, random tales, and watching the slow-motion
destruction of mobile phone innovation through internecine IP warfare.
The fact that a judge had to rule that APIs can't be copyrighted
I might be missing something obvious, but how do I add a second gladevcp
tab in the axis window.
I have in my ini file:
GLADEVCP=-u hitcounter.py right_panel.ui
EMBED_TAB_NAME=offsets
EMBED_TAB_COMMAND=halcmd loadusr -Wn gladevcpoffsets gladevcp -c
gladevcpoffsets -u hitcounter.py -x {XID}
On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 15:25:15 -0400
Dave e...@dc9.tzo.com wrote:
On 6/4/2012 2:41 PM, gene heskett wrote:
On Monday, June 04, 2012 02:37:59 PM Dave did opine:
You from eastern KY?
On 6/4/2012 11:40 AM, dave wrote:
Naturally, all of us keep a still with ground glass
On Mon, 4 Jun 2012 14:34:20 -0400
gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
On Monday, June 04, 2012 02:09:42 PM Dave did opine:
You need a shop cat! Unfortunately shop cats are not effective
deterrents to raccoons and possums.
That depends on the cat. I met my first maine coon in
I shopvacced all the PCI ports and reseated it. Now it comes up! Thanks
Peter!
On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 11:05 PM, Bryce Johnson sie...@gmail.com wrote:
That might make sense. Inside of case was dusty. I'll clean it out and
give it another try tomorrow.
On Jun 3, 2012 9:45 PM, Peter C.
You should have seen that redneck circus... that was funny trying to
keep the power unit running anything near 1800 RPM with no frequency
feedback.
John
On 6/4/2012 1:12 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
ceen...@in-front.com wrote:
Hi John,
Too bad you can't connect your machine to a solid 3-ph line to
On Mon, 4 Jun 2012, Bryce Johnson wrote:
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 17:14:15 -0500
From: Bryce Johnson sie...@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]
On 6/4/2012 5:47 PM, dave wrote:
There was a story about the former head of the lab I worked for. He
came in one morning with a rip-roaring sore throat and asked one of the
technicians what would help it; this was back when we had 190 proof or
better around the lab for parathion analysis. The
On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:05:40 -0400
Ed Nisley ed.08.nis...@pobox.com wrote:
On Mon, 2012-06-04 at 11:53 -0600, Jeshua Lacock wrote:
you are basing this on what?
Rumor, supposition, hearsay, random tales, and watching the
slow-motion destruction of mobile phone innovation through
On Mon, 4 Jun 2012 15:52:44 -0700 (PDT)
Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com wrote:
On Mon, 4 Jun 2012, Bryce Johnson wrote:
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 17:14:15 -0500
From: Bryce Johnson sie...@gmail.com
Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
To:
On Jun 4, 2012, at 2:47 PM, Joachim Franek wrote:
do you think it makes sense if we all collaboratively work towards a common
goal?
Yes.
Excellent.
It just seems that several people are going in several directions, and we
might all benefit from a shared strategy.
It is time to tell,
On Jun 4, 2012, at 5:41 PM, dave wrote:
It has always been my understanding that you can make a patented
device; you just can't sell it. I don't think this precludes using that
patented device to make things which you sell.
Good point.
Also, as far as I know, Makerbot et al have not had
On Monday, June 04, 2012 09:06:32 PM Dave did opine:
On 6/4/2012 2:41 PM, gene heskett wrote:
On Monday, June 04, 2012 02:37:59 PM Dave did opine:
You from eastern KY?
On 6/4/2012 11:40 AM, dave wrote:
Naturally, all of us keep a still with ground glass joints and a
pound of sodium
Brian,
I suggest to use just a single gladevcp application, and use a notebook widget
which gives you named tabs to select the desired panel.
- Michael
Am 04.06.2012 um 22:59 schrieb Brian May:
I might be missing something obvious, but how do I add a second gladevcp
tab in the axis window.
On Monday, June 04, 2012 09:13:21 PM Ed Nisley did opine:
On Mon, 2012-06-04 at 11:53 -0600, Jeshua Lacock wrote:
you are basing this on what?
Rumor, supposition, hearsay, random tales, and watching the slow-motion
destruction of mobile phone innovation through internecine IP warfare.
The
I am using 2.5.0 and I have a panel on the right hand side plus two tabs
using the following:
GLADEVCP= -u ./gladevcp/mdi.py ./gladevcp/mdi.ui
EMBED_TAB_NAME = Probing
EMBED_TAB_COMMAND = halcmd loadusr -Wn probe gladevcp -c probe -x {XID} -u
./gladevcp/probe.py -H ./gladevcp/probe.hal
On Mon, 2012-06-04 at 18:31 -0600, Jeshua Lacock wrote:
Also, as far as I know, Makerbot et al have not had
much of a legal battle so far.
True, but now that they're doing something over $5 M/yr with substantial
funding, they look more like a target. Again, I know nothing other than
the
On 06/04/2012 08:31 PM, Jeshua Lacock wrote:
On Jun 4, 2012, at 5:41 PM, dave wrote:
It has always been my understanding that you can make a patented
device; you just can't sell it. I don't think this precludes using that
patented device to make things which you sell.
IANAL and I don't play
ceen...@in-front.com wrote:
Did John run it for an hour or longer to be able to repeat the only one hour
run time situation? I forgot what the capacity of the borrowed generator
was to compare it to a 15HP weak leg system. Even if the generator varied in
speed and voltage when loaded, one
dave wrote:
It has always been my understanding that you can make a patented
device; you just can't sell it. I don't think this precludes using that
patented device to make things which you sell.
This has been gone over a number of times on other lists, if you use it
in commerce,
the
On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:05:06 -0500
Jon Elson el...@pico-systems.com wrote:
dave wrote:
It has always been my understanding that you can make a patented
device; you just can't sell it. I don't think this precludes using
that patented device to make things which you sell.
This has
Distilleries that make grain alcohol for consumption usually don't make
anything that is 100%/200 proof.
There's a physical limit on distillation of ethanol from water---you
can only get 95.6% (191 proof). If you want better than that you have
to add benzene and distill that, but then the
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