Re: [Emc-users] CNC Tube Bender

2012-06-06 Thread Adam Okon
This is taken from the list Open Manufacturing: begin of citation ___ From: Marco Perry mpe...@pensanyc.com Date: Thu, May 10, 2012 at 11:33 AM Subject: [OH Updates] Open source experience To: upda...@lists.openhardwaresummit.org Hi All, I am new

Re: [Emc-users] Work Coordinates

2012-06-06 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/6/6 Brian May bri...@diezorlich.com: How can I see, what the numbers for the work offsets are and which work offset I am using? For example, I can see the the tool offset values in HAL with motion.tooloffset.x, I would like to display on a Glade side panel - which work offset is being

Re: [Emc-users] OT: and Soapbox: 3D Printer Mods?

2012-06-06 Thread Joachim Franek
On Tuesday 05 June 2012 09:08:34 Joachim Franek wrote: My suggestion is to use a pcb board mechanically attached to the extruder with a cpu and eth/rs232. I have played with a FTDI 4232 mini modul. With libmpsse-1.1 I see spi clk and data changing with a write command. With libftdi-0.20

Re: [Emc-users] Work Coordinates

2012-06-06 Thread andy pugh
On 6 June 2012 01:16, Brian May bri...@diezorlich.com wrote: I would like to display on a Glade side panel - which work offset is being used and what the values are. Is this possible? I think it might be possible with extra Python code in your VCP (I am not sure where it would go) It looks

Re: [Emc-users] OT: and Soapbox: 3D Printer Mods?

2012-06-06 Thread andy pugh
On 4 June 2012 19:18, Dave e...@dc9.tzo.com wrote: Makes sense.  Thermocouples are the standard on all of the commercial plastic extruders I have worked on. By the time you do linearization of a TC and cold junction compensation, you might was well buy a cheap PID controller As an

Re: [Emc-users] Commutating Reactor

2012-06-06 Thread John Thornton
There was never any intentions on keeping the rigged up generator it was just for a short test to try and prove a point. The only thing the throttle man had was the DMM as the power unit didn't have a tachometer (had the cable hanging out). Both meters on the generator were broken as well...

Re: [Emc-users] OT: and Soapbox: 3D Printer Mods?

2012-06-06 Thread charles green
what's that smell? sniff sniff. smells like something taxable. --- On Tue, 6/5/12, Jack Coats j...@coats.org wrote: From: Jack Coats j...@coats.org Subject: Re: [Emc-users] OT: and Soapbox: 3D Printer Mods? To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date:

Re: [Emc-users] OT: and Soapbox: 3D Printer Mods?

2012-06-06 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Wed, 6 Jun 2012, andy pugh wrote: Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 11:01:46 +0100 From: andy pugh bodge...@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] OT: and

Re: [Emc-users] OT: and Soapbox: 3D Printer Mods?

2012-06-06 Thread charles green
what are 'FDN-ers'? --- On Wed, 6/6/12, Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com wrote: From: Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] OT: and Soapbox: 3D Printer Mods? To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 5:51 AM

Re: [Emc-users] OT: and Soapbox: 3D Printer Mods?

2012-06-06 Thread andy pugh
On 6 June 2012 14:21, charles green xxzzb...@yahoo.com wrote: what are 'FDN-ers'? I can't type. FDM builders was what I was trying to convey. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto

Re: [Emc-users] OT: and Soapbox: 3D Printer Mods?

2012-06-06 Thread Dave
On 6/6/2012 6:01 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 4 June 2012 19:18, Davee...@dc9.tzo.com wrote: Makes sense. Thermocouples are the standard on all of the commercial plastic extruders I have worked on. By the time you do linearization of a TC and cold junction compensation, you might was well

Re: [Emc-users] OT: and Soapbox: 3D Printer Mods?

2012-06-06 Thread andy pugh
On 6 June 2012 14:40, Dave e...@dc9.tzo.com wrote: Still, that seems like a lot considering I can buy something like this Is there even really any need for PC control of the setpoint? If you can let the hardware control the temperature then things like http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180830006347 for

Re: [Emc-users] CNC Tube Bender

2012-06-06 Thread Jack Coats
That looks like a neat hack wirebender at http://blog.pensanyc.com/ for the DIWire Bender To me it looks like they are using aluminum wire, so it is pretty soft. The steppers seem to have gear boxes on them. The controller seems to be an arduino driving polu stepper drivers. I wonder what the

Re: [Emc-users] While/Do cammands

2012-06-06 Thread Cathrine Hribar
Hi Andy: have run into a problem trying to do a loop. when I use the sample in the manual of the While/Do command, the computer goes into a constant loop, I think. no flags appear, the machine just doesn't complete the command. can't make this work, HELP? Bill atp If you can't fix it, you

Re: [Emc-users] While/Do cammands

2012-06-06 Thread andy pugh
On 6 June 2012 16:38, Cathrine Hribar bhri...@bresnan.net wrote: have run into a problem trying to do a loop.  when I use the sample in the manual of the While/Do command, the computer goes into a constant loop, I think. If the WHILE condition never goes false, then the loop (and the preview)

[Emc-users] ngcgui?

2012-06-06 Thread gene heskett
Hi all; Someone on IRC mentioned ngcgui Monday, but my back was about fini by then so I didn't check it out. Then I did some much needed yard work yesterday and will try to finish getting even with it today. So I try to google it this morning since a locate ngcgui on those 2 boxes comes back

Re: [Emc-users] Work Coordinates

2012-06-06 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On Jun 5, 2012, at 18:16 , Brian May wrote: How can I see, what the numbers for the work offsets are and which work offset I am using? For example, I can see the the tool offset values in HAL with motion.tooloffset.x, I would like to display on a Glade side panel - which work offset is

Re: [Emc-users] ngcgui?

2012-06-06 Thread Ray Mitchell
It is in the samples directory. You will need to do some tweekeing of the ini file to get the sample config to work on your system. --J. Ray Mitchell Jr. jrmitche...@gmail.com (818)324-7573 A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth. - Einstein On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 9:02

Re: [Emc-users] Work Coordinates

2012-06-06 Thread Daniel Rogge
How can I see, what the numbers for the work offsets are and which work offset I am using? For example, I can see the the tool offset values in HAL with motion.tooloffset.x, I would like to display on a Glade side panel - which work offset is being used and what the values are. Is this

[Emc-users] Subject: Re: Commutating Reactor

2012-06-06 Thread David
Hi all, On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 11:24:16 -0400 gene heskett wrote As to being able to retrofit a good governor to a fleabay generator, I've no clue how co-operative the makers are when the unit is getting long in the tooth as I've never needed to try. Today, I'd be inclined to make it out of a

Re: [Emc-users] Work Coordinates

2012-06-06 Thread andy pugh
On 6 June 2012 17:18, Sebastian Kuzminsky s...@highlab.com wrote: But that doesn't help you much, because parameters are not accessible in HAL…. Though Michael has experimentally demonstrated that it is possible to get/set numbered and named parameters from GladeVCP. It would take a certain

Re: [Emc-users] Work Coordinates

2012-06-06 Thread Brian May
I think it is probably beyond my capabilities to get the parameters... I was just thinking about if I could make a more intuitive panel for doing offsets. With the information provided - I will work with that. Thanks for the help. On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 11:09 AM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com

Re: [Emc-users] Work Coordinates

2012-06-06 Thread andy pugh
On 6 June 2012 18:45, Brian May bri...@do-precision.com wrote: I think it is probably beyond my capabilities to get the parameters... I can think of one way to do it, if they are available as parameters. It is possible to run G-code when a GladeVCP button is pressed

Re: [Emc-users] ngcgui?

2012-06-06 Thread gene heskett
On Wednesday, June 06, 2012 02:10:14 PM Ray Mitchell did opine: It is in the samples directory. You will need to do some tweekeing of the ini file to get the sample config to work on your system. --J. Ray Mitchell Jr. jrmitche...@gmail.com (818)324-7573 Humm, on my systems, the

Re: [Emc-users] ngcgui?

2012-06-06 Thread andy pugh
On 6 June 2012 19:40, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Humm, on my systems, the /home/gene/linuxcnc/nc_files/samples doesn't exist, but examples is a link to /usr/share/linuxcnc/ncfiles.  So it _is_ there, but root:root owns EVERYTHING That's just where they are kept, not where you run

Re: [Emc-users] Subject: Re: Commutating Reactor

2012-06-06 Thread gene heskett
On Wednesday, June 06, 2012 02:42:53 PM David did opine: Hi all, On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 11:24:16 -0400 gene heskett wrote As to being able to retrofit a good governor to a fleabay generator, I've no clue how co-operative the makers are when the unit is getting long in the tooth as I've

Re: [Emc-users] Work Coordinates

2012-06-06 Thread Brian May
That seems like a good idea and something i can handle. Thanks Sent from my iPod On Jun 6, 2012, at 12:29 PM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 6 June 2012 18:45, Brian May bri...@do-precision.com wrote: I think it is probably beyond my capabilities to get the parameters... I can

[Emc-users] cylindrical coordinate kinematics

2012-06-06 Thread Ralph Stirling
I'm putting together a little 3-axis system with a horizontal rotary table (like a C axis), an X axis, and a Z axis. I'd like to program it as XYZ, though, so I need some kinematics to convert XYZ to XZC (or r, theta, Z if you prefer). Scarakins is a little bit like what I want, but it has three

Re: [Emc-users] cylindrical coordinate kinematics

2012-06-06 Thread dave
On Thu, 7 Jun 2012 04:11:13 + Ralph Stirling ralph.stirl...@wallawalla.edu wrote: I'm putting together a little 3-axis system with a horizontal rotary table (like a C axis), an X axis, and a Z axis. I'd like to program it as XYZ, though, so I need some kinematics to convert XYZ to XZC

Re: [Emc-users] cylindrical coordinate kinematics

2012-06-06 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/6/7 Ralph Stirling ralph.stirl...@wallawalla.edu: I'm putting together a little 3-axis system with a horizontal rotary table (like a C axis), an X axis, and a Z axis.  I'd like to program it as XYZ, though, so I need some kinematics to convert XYZ to XZC (or r, theta, Z if you prefer).