Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc stepper mill configuration

2014-03-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 06 March 2014 22:56:56 Bill did opine: New first, we would rather not have to sort the order of reading a message, so we discourage top posting. > Hi Gene > > I building a DIY desktop mill (moving table) 420x300mm bed 3 axis Nice size, could do, if its level enough, pcb etching nic

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc stepper mill configuration

2014-03-06 Thread Bill
Hi Gene I building a DIY desktop mill (moving table) 420x300mm bed 3 axis I have minebea 17PM-M201-02 6wire HYbrid stepper motors driven by ULN2003a 2 wire drivers unipolar. I am using a HY-JK02-m breakout board My Computer is a HP thinkcentre Pentium iv Running Linux 10.04 only. The machine h

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc stepper mill configuration

2014-03-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 06 March 2014 19:54:11 Bill did opine: > Hi Everyone > My Name is Bill, I'm an aged pensioner and new to cnc > > When I open the linuxcnc configuration wizard and click "modify a > Configuration" I am sent to a "Modify Existing configuration" window. > > I select the machine I wish t

[Emc-users] Linuxcnc stepper mill configuration

2014-03-06 Thread Bill
Hi Everyone My Name is Bill, I'm an aged pensioner and new to cnc When I open the linuxcnc configuration wizard and click "modify a Configuration" I am sent to a "Modify Existing configuration" window. I select the machine I wish to use and click "open" but nothing happens. What am I doing wrong

Re: [Emc-users] Confusion over INI vs. GUI MAX_VELOCITY.

2014-03-06 Thread Marius Liebenberg
Andrew Not knowing what your settings are, I am guessing that you might have the TRAJ settings the same as the AXIS settings for velocity. Something to bear in mind is that the settings in the TRAJ section are units per second whereas the others are units per minute. On 2014-03-06 20:56, Andrew

[Emc-users] The sparkfun opto kit

2014-03-06 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; It is not quite as I expected it to be, it seems both leds are on a common substrate so they cannot be treated in the totem pole config I had in mind for active drive in both directions. Ditto the output side, supply and + source voltages are apparently hitting the same cell substra

[Emc-users] Confusion over INI vs. GUI MAX_VELOCITY.

2014-03-06 Thread Andrew Back
Hello, I've been experiencing problems with the Z axis stalling on a Denford Novamill with a SmartStep/3 controller. I can stop this from happening by reducing the Maximum Velocity setting on the Manual tab in the GUI. However, I'm confused as to why this would override -- and thus seemingly rende

Re: [Emc-users] Little OT, but...

2014-03-06 Thread Jon Elson
On 03/06/2014 10:40 AM, Dave Cole wrote: > I'm not sure they are all that busy any longer. > The price of diesel has to really hurt. > $4.30 / gal has been common around here recently. They could easily go > through 10 gallons per hours. Could they actually run the engine on waste oil/cooking oil

Re: [Emc-users] Little OT, but...

2014-03-06 Thread Dave Cole
Isn't most of the difference tax? Your mass transit systems are very good in comparison to the US. I can catch a bus to get me around town but the bus stop is 12 miles away which defeats the purpose of using a bus in the first place. If I want to catch a passenger train, I need to drive 40 miles

Re: [Emc-users] Little OT, but...

2014-03-06 Thread Peter Blodow
Never mind that price, we pay 65% more for diesel over here, and it's still cheaper than gasoline! Peter Blodow Bavaria, Germany Am 06.03.2014 17:40, schrieb Dave Cole: > I'm not sure they are all that busy any longer. > The price of diesel has to really hurt. > $4.30 / gal has been common aroun

Re: [Emc-users] Little OT, but...

2014-03-06 Thread Dave Cole
Around here it is about the same price for farm or road use by the time you roll in the delivery costs. Dave On 3/6/2014 11:46 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Dave Cole wrote: > >> I'm not sure they are all that busy any longer. >> The price of diesel has to really hurt

Re: [Emc-users] Little OT, but...

2014-03-06 Thread Mark Wendt
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Dave Cole wrote: > I'm not sure they are all that busy any longer. > The price of diesel has to really hurt. > $4.30 / gal has been common around here recently. They could easily go > through 10 gallons per hours. > > Dave > Yeah, I can see that getting expensi

Re: [Emc-users] Little OT, but...

2014-03-06 Thread Dave Cole
I'm not sure they are all that busy any longer. The price of diesel has to really hurt. $4.30 / gal has been common around here recently. They could easily go through 10 gallons per hours. Dave On 3/6/2014 5:09 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Dave Cole wrote: > >> The

Re: [Emc-users] Little OT, but...

2014-03-06 Thread Mark Wendt
On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Dave Cole wrote: > There is an Amish machine shop on the north side of Portland, IN that is > all driven by hydraulics. There is a large diesel outback (semi truck > size) that drives a large hydraulic pump > that pressurizes an extensive piping system in the pro