[Emc-users] Is a 750 Mhz Athlon enough for LinuxCNC?

2013-04-25 Thread Gregg Eshelman
750 Mhz Slot A Athlon http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K7/AMD-Athlon 750 - AMD-K7750MTR52B A.html AOpen AK72 motherboard http://www.motherboard.cz/mb/aopen/ak72.htm 768 meg PC133 SDRAM and a nVidia 5200 AGP card with 128 meg Is that good enough to run LinuxCNC for a small 2 axis gantry? It was

Re: [Emc-users] off topic opinions

2013-04-25 Thread Peter Blodow
All these all in one machines have the problem of unproductive times. I own a small table top machine (google for Hommel UWG2) which is capable of 1/100 mm precision easiliy, maybe better, but it takes hours (literally!) to convert it from turning to milling, tapping etc. and vice versa, so I

Re: [Emc-users] Reis servo drives (year 1993) and LinuxCNC

2013-04-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 April 2013 06:19, propcoder marius.alks...@gmail.com wrote: My newest project - old robot Reis RV 6. Would like to run it using LinuxCNC. 6 axes. Servo motors are Baumüller synchronous AC, 0.48kW, 0.94kW and the biggest one - 3.6kW. Litton Servotechnik resolvers. Is there joint feedback

Re: [Emc-users] off topic opinions

2013-04-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 April 2013 07:37, Peter Blodow p.blo...@dreki.de wrote: All these all in one machines have the problem of unproductive times. I own a small table top machine (google for Hommel UWG2) I would really like one of those, having read http://www.lathes.co.uk/hommel/ But I can't imagine using it

Re: [Emc-users] Is a 750 Mhz Athlon enough for LinuxCNC?

2013-04-25 Thread ed
Gregg Eshelman wrote: 750 Mhz Slot A Athlon http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K7/AMD-Athlon 750 - AMD-K7750MTR52B A.html AOpen AK72 motherboard http://www.motherboard.cz/mb/aopen/ak72.htm 768 meg PC133 SDRAM and a nVidia 5200 AGP card with 128 meg Is that good enough to run LinuxCNC for a small

Re: [Emc-users] Reis servo drives (year 1993) and LinuxCNC

2013-04-25 Thread propcoder
I found that resolver connector goes directly to servo drive. And that there is resolver analog to digital converter chip on it. The resolvers are mounted on motor shafts directly. AFAIK there are no other resolvers. I took two more photos of servo driver board:

Re: [Emc-users] Reis servo drives (year 1993) and LinuxCNC

2013-04-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 April 2013 13:09, propcoder marius.alks...@gmail.com wrote: I found that resolver connector goes directly to servo drive. And that there is resolver analog to digital converter chip on it. This looks like it might be complicated. Do you relish a challenge? Assuming that the Xilinx is an

Re: [Emc-users] off topic opinions

2013-04-25 Thread kqt4at5v
On Thu, 25 Apr 2013, Peter Blodow wrote: All these all in one machines have the problem of unproductive times. I own a small table top machine (google for Hommel UWG2) which is capable of 1/100 mm precision easiliy, maybe better, but it takes hours (literally!) to convert it from turning to

Re: [Emc-users] off topic opinions

2013-04-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 April 2013 14:39, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the many good opinions but I am going to be squeezed to fit in something with a footprint as small as the smithy I have looked several times at the X2/X3's but I have no room for a separate lathe Is there a better 3-in-1 than

Re: [Emc-users] Reis servo drives (year 1993) and LinuxCNC

2013-04-25 Thread propcoder
Word digital does not scare me. I like digital signals while I know them. But this is not the case. At least yet. There are three ways I am thinking of: 1. buy and use another servo drives. Mesa 8i20 (2200W 3 Phase Amplifier) seems ok except for 3.6kW motor. Will it be enough, just not at full

Re: [Emc-users] off topic opinions

2013-04-25 Thread Peter Blodow
Andy, don't get me wrong- once I made a setup for gear cutting and made a whole drawer full of change gears for the machine itself, from 24 to 240 teeth, in two days or so. Once the setup is done (gasp!) and the machine running, it has tremendous precision, no play in any spindle or screw and

Re: [Emc-users] off topic opinions

2013-04-25 Thread Ron Bean
There was one of these on eBay (UK) recently. http://www.lathes.co.uk/meyerburger/index.html I'd like to see the Chinese copy *that* one! -- Try New Relic Now We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.

2013-04-25 Thread Matt Shaver
On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:14:51 +0100 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: Personally I don't see any real incentive to stop using generic PCs. The incentives are: 1. Cost cutting - $25-$45 total for the host computer. Compare this to a MiniITX board + RAM +CPU (if not soldered on) + power supply

Re: [Emc-users] Siig parallel port cards ?

2013-04-25 Thread Jon Elson
Jon Elson wrote: But, he also had a Siig parallel port card, and I could not get this to do anything at all. I can't even get signals to wiggle when observing with a scope. Well, I must have locked it up with an EPP timeout or something. This morning I fired it up and the Siig card

Re: [Emc-users] Reis servo drives (year 1993) and LinuxCNC

2013-04-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 April 2013 15:20, propcoder marius.alks...@gmail.com wrote: 1. buy and use another servo drives. Mesa 8i20 (2200W 3 Phase Amplifier) 5i23 + 7i49 + 7i44 + 6 x 8i20 would work (and is very much like my setup) but that's $1628 (plus, i suspect, tax and import duties) Not a cheap option

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.

2013-04-25 Thread Ralph Stirling
Exactly! I have an application which will be using eight 3 or 4 axis pick and place heads in a one square meter area, which will require eight LinuxCNC controllers. Beagle Board Black's would make this vastly cheaper and more space efficient. -- Ralph

Re: [Emc-users] Reis servo drives (year 1993) and LinuxCNC

2013-04-25 Thread propcoder
On 2013.04.25 19:55, andy pugh wrote: On 25 April 2013 15:20, propcoder marius.alks...@gmail.com wrote: 1. buy and use another servo drives. Mesa 8i20 (2200W 3 Phase Amplifier) 5i23 + 7i49 + 7i44 + 6 x 8i20 would work (and is very much like my setup) but that's $1628 (plus, i suspect, tax

Re: [Emc-users] off topic opinions

2013-04-25 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- On Thu, 4/25/13, kqt4a...@gmail.com kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the many good opinions but I am going to be squeezed to fit in something with a footprint as small as the smithy I have looked several times at the X2/X3's but I have no room for a separate lathe Is there a better

Re: [Emc-users] off topic opinions

2013-04-25 Thread BRIAN GLACKIN
I recall that there is one guy that set up a very well written blog/website discussing his shop and the purchase, initial set up, and various uses of his own 3 in 1 tool. Perhaps someone here will recall the site I mention. For the life of me I cannot recall the website and its long lost to my

Re: [Emc-users] Reis servo drives (year 1993) and LinuxCNC

2013-04-25 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Thu, 25 Apr 2013, propcoder wrote: Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:17:07 +0300 From: propcoder marius.alks...@gmail.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Reis servo drives (year 1993) and

Re: [Emc-users] off topic opinions

2013-04-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 April 2013 20:23, Gregg Eshelman g_ala...@yahoo.com wrote: Look at the ones with the mill column attached to the middle rear of the bed. I have one of those. Given the choice I would swap it for the Smithy. The Sieg lathe bed/saddle is a horrible milling table, and the column twists

Re: [Emc-users] Reis servo drives (year 1993) and LinuxCNC

2013-04-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 April 2013 20:17, propcoder marius.alks...@gmail.com wrote: I think this will not be too much for my customer. Shipping and import duties will add up, but that's ok. OK, if you have a customer, stop messing about and go for the new, documented, supported solution. Just be sure you know

Re: [Emc-users] off topic opinions

2013-04-25 Thread kqt4at5v
On Thu, 25 Apr 2013, andy pugh wrote: On 25 April 2013 20:23, Gregg Eshelman g_ala...@yahoo.com wrote: Look at the ones with the mill column attached to the middle rear of the bed. I have one of those. Given the choice I would swap it for the Smithy. The Sieg lathe bed/saddle is a horrible

Re: [Emc-users] off topic opinions

2013-04-25 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:00:21 +0100, you wrote: I am not convinced that _any_ new machine tools at the $2000 level are worth buying. I would always prefer to spend the same money on something second-hand that has lived an easy life. There was one of these on eBay (UK) recently.

Re: [Emc-users] off topic opinions

2013-04-25 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:27:13 +0100, you wrote: On 25 April 2013 20:23, Gregg Eshelman g_ala...@yahoo.com wrote: Look at the ones with the mill column attached to the middle rear of the bed. I have one of those. Given the choice I would swap it for the Smithy. The Sieg lathe bed/saddle is a

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC would be very nice on the UDOO board.

2013-04-25 Thread Michael Haberler
Ken, Am 25.04.2013 um 01:11 schrieb Kenneth Lerman kenneth.ler...@se-ltd.com: I'm only addressing this question here: -- How can we distribute HAL (and should we) among multiple components? Just noting that the work on RTAPI/HAL has brought with it two capabilities which relate to the theme;