Re: [Emc-users] Index pulse on 5i25 with 7i76

2015-07-06 Thread andy pugh
On 6 July 2015 at 10:31, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: I have looked at some of the ready-made ones, and all I can see is a cobble job to drive it, and a shaft bearing to be worn out in time. In my mind, the non-contact slot opto's, watching a slotted disk right on the turning shaft

Re: [Emc-users] Index pulse on 5i25 with 7i76

2015-07-06 Thread andy pugh
On 6 July 2015 at 11:06, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Well, you _could_ spend much longer hand-winding your own large-bore resolver to get an even better and tougher transducer :-) Yes, I could, but I know zip about how those work. URL for a decent tut? It wasn't a particularly

Re: [Emc-users] Index pulse on 5i25 with 7i76

2015-07-06 Thread Rick Lair
Haven't been following his thread, but saw this about the resolvers, we use the R11 form factor, with 1/8 input shaft, from AMCI, and they are $249.00 all day long, and in stock. Not too sure about the hollow resolvers that would mount on a motor shaft though. We have those on some Kollmorgen

Re: [Emc-users] Index pulse on 5i25 with 7i76

2015-07-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 06 July 2015 05:42:59 andy pugh wrote: On 6 July 2015 at 10:31, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: I have looked at some of the ready-made ones, and all I can see is a cobble job to drive it, and a shaft bearing to be worn out in time. In my mind, the non-contact slot

Re: [Emc-users] Index pulse on 5i25 with 7i76

2015-07-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 06 July 2015 02:32:32 Marius Liebenberg wrote: On Sunday 05 July 2015 13:05:27 Marius Liebenberg wrote: [...] So I apologize for jumping the gun with that comment, Marius, it was out of line and not consistent with what you wrote about your checking. No apology required Gene. I

Re: [Emc-users] Index pulse on 5i25 with 7i76

2015-07-06 Thread andy pugh
On 6 July 2015 at 12:09, Rick Lair r...@superiorroll.com wrote: Haven't been following his thread, but saw this about the resolvers, we use the R11 form factor, with 1/8 input shaft, from AMCI, and they are $249.00 all day long, and in stock. Not too sure about the hollow resolvers that would

Re: [Emc-users] Index pulse on 5i25 with 7i76

2015-07-06 Thread Linden
Thanks that is a very good decription. I have wondered for a long time how a resolver worked and never realy got a clear answer. On July 6, 2015 4:00:00 AM PDT, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 6 July 2015 at 11:06, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Well, you _could_ spend much

Re: [Emc-users] Index pulse on 5i25 with 7i76

2015-07-06 Thread Tom Easterday
Ah, I found this thread which explains Chris’ message and that we are not the only ones who have this issue… http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/forum/38-general-linuxcnc-questions/29281-threading-g76-with-spindle-in-reverse

Re: [Emc-users] encoder opto update

2015-07-06 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On 7/6/2015 11:13 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 6 July 2015 at 18:02, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: I need a vacuum plate to hold this stuff flat, Double-sided tape works. Or hot-melt glue (on the stove), then re-melt to remove. The trick to removing hot or cool melt glue is isopropyl

[Emc-users] One servo drive for multiple axes

2015-07-06 Thread Marius Alksnys
I am retrofitting old drilling and tapping machine. I decided to use one and only original servo driver for all three axes, which seemed quite interesting task for me. I am almost done with it, but there are some troubles disturbing my mind. I created new hal component, called onedrive, which

Re: [Emc-users] encoder opto update

2015-07-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 06 July 2015 13:13:39 andy pugh wrote: On 6 July 2015 at 18:02, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: I need a vacuum plate to hold this stuff flat, Double-sided tape works. Or hot-melt glue (on the stove), then re-melt to remove. In my experience, double sided tape will creep.

Re: [Emc-users] encoder opto update

2015-07-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 05 July 2015 23:07:21 Gene Heskett wrote: I have a new disk under construction, but it will be most of the day due to the fragility of a .03125 end mill even though its just barely long enough to reach thru a .03125 brass sheet. Door kickplate TBE. Broke one instantly at 5 ipm

Re: [Emc-users] encoder opto update

2015-07-06 Thread andy pugh
On 6 July 2015 at 18:02, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: I need a vacuum plate to hold this stuff flat, Double-sided tape works. Or hot-melt glue (on the stove), then re-melt to remove. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto

Re: [Emc-users] encoder opto update

2015-07-06 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; I appear to have a math problem. Simply stated, the slot interrupters being mounted on .1 centers, almost exactly matches the slot spacing of a 50 cycle wheel at this diameter. IOW, A and B will be so close to inphase as to be about as useful as those small appendages on the belly

[Emc-users] Motherboard?

2015-07-06 Thread andy pugh
Can anyone suggest a Mini-ITX motherboard with decent latency and a full-size PCI slot? 12V power input would be nice but not essential. Passively cooled too, if possible. Not being a GA-J1800N-D2P is also important. Those have a BIOS so poor that it won't boot DOS to flash a BIOS update --

Re: [Emc-users] Index pulse on 5i25 with 7i76

2015-07-06 Thread Marius Liebenberg
On Sunday 05 July 2015 13:05:27 Marius Liebenberg wrote: -- Original Message -- From: Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: 2015-07-05 18:48:03 Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Index pulse on 5i25 with 7i76 On Sunday 05 July 2015 07:28:07 Marius

Re: [Emc-users] Index pulse on 5i25 with 7i76

2015-07-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 06 July 2015 07:00:00 andy pugh wrote: On 6 July 2015 at 11:06, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Well, you _could_ spend much longer hand-winding your own large-bore resolver to get an even better and tougher transducer :-) Yes, I could, but I know zip about how those