Well in respect for John that i have a dialog with i think i toned it
down quite a bit and did not
engage in a full on flame war - which i could have. ;)
One could be alot of more aggressive in this regard and contact a couple
of organisations
that goes after companies that does this in the
On 2/17/2015 7:12 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
Well, the program compiles easily on Linux, or I could just
give you an
executable. But, if you don't have a photoplotter to run it
on, the program
is pretty useless. This is a 1000 x 1000 DPI raster
photoplotter, and
it is great for making circuit
I'm more curious about the hardware, do you think they are using 5i25 from
Mesa or is it something of their own?
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That should PCW be able to answer.. If there been a buyup of MESA cards,
that would be big buisness i imagine. ;)
// A
Belli Button skrev den 2015-02-18 11:34:
I'm more curious about the hardware, do you think they are using 5i25 from
Mesa or is it something of their own?
On 18 February 2015 at 10:50, Andrew pkm...@gmail.com wrote:
It's MESA.
Look at http://www.tormach.com/document_direct_download.html?doc_id=893 ,
Figure 6
LinuxCNC _and_ hardware stepping. The customers won't know what has hit
them :-)
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If you can't fix it, you don't own it.
2015-02-18 12:34 GMT+02:00 Belli Button be...@iafrica.com:
I'm more curious about the hardware, do you think they are using 5i25 from
Mesa or is it something of their own?
It's MESA.
Look at http://www.tormach.com/document_direct_download.html?doc_id=893 ,
Figure 6
--
Andrew
Ah, 5i25, kewl! Does this mean we can 'borrow' their software for our own
machines??
-Original Message-
From: Andrew [mailto:pkm...@gmail.com]
Sent: 18 February 2015 12:51
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] PathPilot (what hardware?)
2015-02-18 12:34
Regarding plastic connectors, neutriks work well really well. And are
dead simple to connect.
But they arent as cheap as the aluminium cast ones with brass connectors.
And i have had plastic neutrik connectors that basicly melted when
exposed to coolant and Dexron 3 oil (as i use for lubricant
On 02/18/2015 02:18 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote:
Sounds like it would also work well for making screens for
screen printing on paper and fabric.
Sure, anything that needs a high-contrast artwork will work.
I have a board that can be swapped in to generate gray-scale
output, but that would need
On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 11:52:04 AM Andreas Pettersson wrote:
Regarding plastic connectors, neutriks work well really well. And are
dead simple to connect.
And as the CE at a tv station for the last 18 years I worked, I have
plenty of experience with the neutriks XLR style connector in
Hi Erik,
You, and at least one other person, are definitely missing my point.
I'll take the blame for not expressing myself properly. I'll try again.
I am not disparaging Tormach. At all. As I've said, I believe their
switch to LinuxCNC will be good for them and for their customers. In
2015-02-18 2:24 GMT+02:00 Sebastian Kuzminsky s...@highlab.com
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?view=cmfs=1tf=1to=s...@highlab.com:
Well, the new trajectory planner is huge. And it was done quietly,
without Tormach publicly taking credit for it, which has left people not
realizing the
I use a DB9 with shielded cable on pin 5 and the 4 drive lines each using an
upper and lower pin in parallel as redundant connections and less current
density. Cheap enough, readily available on short notice. Might try a DB15 with
dual wires for motor + encoder signals. (That would be a {2 row}
On 18 Feb 2015, at 18:48, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
I have
plenty of experience with the neutriks XLR style connector in 3 and 4 pin
varieties.
I was suggesting Speakon which has a bayonet latch. Very solid and breaks
contact before withdrawal.
On 19 February 2015 at 04:01, richsh...@comcast.net wrote:
Avoid those Molex connectors! Read the data sheet! Not guaranteed to work
after 25 mate/demate cycles!
If I am that indecisive about where my motors connect I deserve to fail :-)
--
atp
If you can't fix it, you don't own it.
I have used regular heat shrink and shaved small chips, almost filings,
of hot melt glue into them. I shrink 1 end, fill with fine shavings,
then work my way along and end up with a little melted glue being
squeezed the other end when closes.
Raymond Julian
Kettle River, MN
The things we
On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 10:15:03 PM andy pugh wrote:
On 19 February 2015 at 02:56, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
Neat stuff Andy. But I don't recall seeing it locally, like at Radio
Shack. Looks like I'll have to order it online. Does it keep well
unused?
As far as I
The way the upgrades were described, the hardware sounded very MESA-ish,
so I wasn't surprised to see that it was. However, Tormach does seem to
be interested in conveying the impression that the software and hardware
were created by Tormach.
http://www.tormach.com/blog/pathpilot-beta-testing
On 2/18/2015 6:44 AM, Bruce Layne wrote:
Does anyone know if they
created their nice looking graphical front end, or did they subcontract
that as well? It's fine by me either way, but I am curious.
There really is no difference between the two. I subcontract to other
companies who sell the
On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 08:58:20 AM kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote:
For those who build your own controls, what connectors do you use to
connect the motors to the control panel? I am talking steppers = 3
amps. The store bought ones I have looked at use a DIN connector.
Richard
I've tried
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2pcs-GX-16mm-8-Pin-Aviation-Male-Female-Plug-Panel-Power-Chassis-Metal-Connector-/261504110088?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item3ce2dc0e08
works quite well .. There is several other variations as well.
kqt4a...@gmail.com skrev den 2015-02-18 14:58:
For those who build your
I had/have been doing a lot of testing of the new trajectory planner of
Robs. (I didn't know or was told that he was working for Tormach - I
was upset for about 2 seconds.. :) ) I don't know how they found Rob
but wow - they sure picked the right guy to do it. The TP re-write was
huge and
For those who build your own controls, what connectors do you use to
connect the motors to the control panel? I am talking steppers = 3 amps.
The store bought ones I have looked at use a DIN connector.
Richard
--
Those connectors are cheap! But I would be hesitant to use them for
stepper connections on a machine that you need to trust. If you get a
bad connection it can take out your stepper driver.
Amphenol and others sells round plastic connectors for not that much.
Check out Digikey, Allied, etc
On 18 February 2015 at 13:58, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote:
For those who build your own controls, what connectors do you use to
connect the motors to the control panel? I am talking steppers = 3 amps.
I have used the connectors suggested by Andreas, but my preferred conectors
are
On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 03:00:31 AM Andreas Pettersson wrote:
Well in respect for John that i have a dialog with i think i toned it
down quite a bit and did not
engage in a full on flame war - which i could have. ;)
One could be alot of more aggressive in this regard and contact a
If their company is anything like most, the person who wrote the add you were
quoting, had nothing to do with putting together the controller package (and
probably knows little about it) and through miscommunications, and creative
license, some half truths, crept in. I am sure the errors in
Sam...
Remember the email list conversations that Rob and you had with the
Mach3 crew a while back?
That now puts those conversations in an entirely different light.
If you want a great discount on a slant back lathe or small mill, now
might be the right time to speak up! :-)
Dave
On
On 18.02.15 06:44, Bruce Layne wrote:
They do admit that LinuxCNC is the underlying software, but claim they
made substantial improvements, when they apparently paid for open source
code to be developed by someone else.
No, it makes no difference whether a contractor works on-site or off -
On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 09:29:13 AM Dave Cole wrote:
Those connectors are cheap!
As I was paying north of a $8 bill for the mating pair, I did not think
cheap, although one could call their construction less than Tiffany.
OTOH, they have been dead utterly dependable for me.
But I
On 18 February 2015 at 21:46, Greg Bentzinger skullwo...@yahoo.com wrote:
I use a DB9 with shielded cable on pin 5 and the 4 drive lines each using
an upper and lower pin in parallel as redundant connections and less
current density.
DB9 actually has a surprising current carrying capacity
On 18 February 2015 at 19:35, Bruce Layne linux...@thinkingdevices.com
wrote:
If someone in
the LinuxCNC community develops a case of PathPilot envy, someone will
write an open source version.
http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/forum/41-guis/26550-lathe-macros
:-)
--
atp
If you
On 18 February 2015 at 21:56, Andrew pkm...@gmail.com wrote:
The new TP wasn't so nesessary for a lathe, right?
Looks like Tormach is going to use LinuxCNC for their mills too.
The Tormach web-page and the video are both clearly showing mill configs.
I think that the lathe has been on
The lathe was linuxcnc from day one, it was shipped with it even.
andy pugh skrev den 2015-02-19 00:03:
On 18 February 2015 at 21:56, Andrew pkm...@gmail.com wrote:
The new TP wasn't so nesessary for a lathe, right?
Looks like Tormach is going to use LinuxCNC for their mills too.
The
On 19 February 2015 at 02:32, Bruce Layne linux...@thinkingdevices.com
wrote:
If I needed the soldered connections to survive coolant, I'd slide
the heat shrink over uncured five minute epoxy and shrink the tubing to
squeeze out the epoxy and accelerate the epoxy cure,
Why not use
Using acid free caulk I hope? If it smells like vinegar, it has acetic
acid in it that will corrode electronics.
The acetic acid in RTV silicone cures by evaporation, typically in a few
hours. Afterward, it's fairly inert. I don't use it for electronics,
but the only time I've seen it
On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 09:15:43 PM Gregg Eshelman wrote:
On 2/18/2015 7:48 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 08:58:20 AM kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote:
For those who build your own controls, what connectors do you use to
connect the motors to the control panel? I
On 2/18/2015 7:07 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
In any event, I still think you paint them (Tormach) with much too black a
brush.
The company that deserves that is Makerbot. Another one is RAMBUS, where
when Intel, Micron and some other companies went together to create a
new computer memory
On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 08:50:21 PM Gregg Eshelman wrote:
On 2/18/2015 7:07 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
In any event, I still think you paint them (Tormach) with much too
black a brush.
The company that deserves that is Makerbot. Another one is RAMBUS,
where when Intel, Micron and
Avoid those Molex connectors! Read the data sheet! Not guaranteed to work after
25 mate/demate cycles! The AMP CPC family of connectors have something of a
chance of surviving, and have contact sets that can handle the loads expected.
- Original Message -
From:
On 02/18/2015 07:38 AM, sam sokolik wrote:
I had/have been doing a lot of testing of the new trajectory planner of
Robs. (I didn't know or was told that he was working for Tormach - I
was upset for about 2 seconds.. :) ) I don't know how they found Rob
but wow - they sure picked the right
On 2/18/2015 7:48 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 08:58:20 AM kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote:
For those who build your own controls, what connectors do you use to
connect the motors to the control panel? I am talking steppers = 3
amps. The store bought ones I have looked at
On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 09:38:34 PM andy pugh wrote:
On 19 February 2015 at 02:32, Bruce Layne
linux...@thinkingdevices.com
wrote:
If I needed the soldered connections to survive coolant, I'd slide
the heat shrink over uncured five minute epoxy and shrink the tubing
to squeeze
On 19 February 2015 at 02:56, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
Neat stuff Andy. But I don't recall seeing it locally, like at Radio
Shack. Looks like I'll have to order it online. Does it keep well unused?
As far as I know it keeps indefinitely, and I can buy it at a choice of 3
Maplin
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