Re: [Emc-users] OT: Need some guidance on high temp/pressure water circuit

How about using self-closing quick release connectors? They're used in hydraulic piping, especially on things like farm and construction equipment with attachments that are swapped often. The amount of fluid loss with each disconnect would be small. Wear nitrile gloves and use lint free cloths

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Need some guidance on high temp/pressure water circuit

If the looks of the parts are important, you need to keep injection pressure applied until the PVC is cool enough to eject from the mold. Otherwise you'll get sink marks from it contracting. From: Leonardo Marsaglia To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)

Re: [Emc-users] EDM Small Hole Drilling

Some googling turned up info on first drilling through with an undersize tool then making a grinding pass to finished size. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12541-012-0123-2 -- Check out the vibrant tech

Re: [Emc-users] EDM Small Hole Drilling

Small  hole  EDM  (electrical  discharge  machining)  drilling,  also  known  as  fast  hole EDM drilling, hole popper, and start hole EDM drilling, was once relegated to a “last resort” method of drilling holes. Now, small hole EDM drilling is used for production work. Drilling speeds have

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Need some guidance on high temp/pressure water circuit

A liquid system has a safety advantage over a system filled with a gas, or a liquid that will easily flash to vapor if there's a leak. A hot liquid that stays liquid when pressure is let off will only spurt through a leak for a short time as the pressure drops. It may spray into a mist but it

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Need some guidance on high temp/pressure water circuit

Injection molding thermoplastic, thermoset plastic or RTV silicone? Each requires a different approach to mold heating and cooling. Thermoplastics get shot into hot molds. Then the mold is cooled just enough so that the parts won't distort when they're ejected. Thermoset plastics need different

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc on raspberry pi 3

This company has a 4 axis "hat" board for the Raspberry Pi. It uses Pololu style stepper drivers or you can get jumper boards for those sockets to use it with external drivers. The ebay listing for the external driver jumper boards shows how to use pieces of wire in the sockets if you don't

Re: [Emc-users] WYSE update, can LCNC run on this Linux?

The WYSE Sx0 thin clients can boot off a server, but then there would be no point in trying to use one as a CNC controller.Running a Linux not provided by the manufacturer can be a bit tricky.http://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/wyse/s10/Linux.shtml But that was written a couple of years ago, or

[Emc-users] Non-PAE RTAI kernel for Wheezy or Precise?

I'm looking at small Linux distros based on Debian Wheezy and Lubuntu Precise. Lubuntu 12.04 has a non-PAE kernel available, but is there a non-PAE RTAI kernel? If not, then I guess that nixes putting LCNC on a WYSE Sx0 thin client, or most any of the x86 thin clients from the 2010's and older.

[Emc-users] WYSE update, can LCNC run on this Linux?

I decided to check the part numbers on the Apacer IDE flash disks in my 3 WYSE S30 thin clients, after flashing the last Windows CE 6.0 update on the newest one shrunk its storage space from 128 meg to 64, and resetting the other two to factory defaults so Dekstop mode could be used *increased*

Re: [Emc-users] Fwd: Re: Eagle mill retro fit

If you have a Crusader M, I have a 42 meg zip file of various documentation I can put on Dropbox. From: Dan Bloomquist To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2017 5:57 PM Subject: [Emc-users] Fwd: Re:

Re: [Emc-users] Eagle mill retro fit

Get a video of it running, moving everything. Then when you sell off the parts you won't be keeping you'll be able to get a better price. From: Dan Bloomquist To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2017

[Emc-users] Wyse S30 terminal as a CNC computer?

Just got three Wyse S30 thin client terminals with Windows Embedded CE 6 Pro on them. They have four USB ports, one RS232 DE9, one Ethernet, one VGA, speaker and microphone jacks. Geode GX 366 MHz CPU. For RAM they have a 128 meg PC2700 SODIMM and use some sort of removable Flash ROM, 128 meg

Re: [Emc-users] Tida_TD-1336_lathe

If you can figure out what Grizzly called that one when they sold it (they seem to have at some point sold every design of Chinese and Taiwan made mill and lathe) you may be able to get some parts, or at least download a manual. I know JET sold that lathe during their "green period" before they

[Emc-users] Will a PCI serial / parallel card cure port issues?

If a PCs built in ports are too iffy to use with LCNC or other CNC software, will a PCI port card work? I finally managed to give away all but one of my stack of Optiplex GX520 boxes. I have 4 gig RAM and a pair of 80 gig drives in it along with an old PCI Radeon 7000. That leaves one free PCI

[Emc-users] Broken tool detection.

This looks somewhat useful. Doesn't do a thing for when a tool breaks while in the middle of being used, so depending on what's to come before the next tool change a machine could still FUBAR itself. http://hackaday.com/2017/01/26/add-broken-tool-detection-to-your-cnc-mill/

Re: [Emc-users] Eagle mill retro fit

Wasn't but 2 or 3 days ago I saw something online for a brand new single board computer with PC104, and it wasn't insanely expensive. IIRC under $200. Of course I can't find it now. :P From: Przemek Klosowski To: z...@lakeweb.net; Enhanced Machine

Re: [Emc-users] Forum Down?

And it's up. Some servers go up and down so much they're like that Venga Boys song from 1999. From: andy pugh To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Sent: Monday, January 16, 2017 12:15 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Forum Down?

[Emc-users] wctho...@chartertn.net

What controller are you using? I need one able to handle a 110 volt DC, 1.5HP treadmill motor. My 9x20 CNC conversion is on hold due to a lack of motor controller. For running the saddle I picked up a ball screw linear actuator exactly the right length. It's pitch is 16mm per turn so I have a

Re: [Emc-users] To BJT & PCW

For crimping IDC's onto ribbon cables, even 50 wire for narrow SCSI, I just use my bench vise with a careful hand on the handle. -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites,

Re: [Emc-users] To BJT & PCW

Got my HMDI to DVI+audio splitter box from China yesterday, far earlier than the seller said. Would've tried it out on a DVI monitor except I had to crawl around under a house for a few hours helping to install some heating ductwork. Will do that tomorrow and try various other systems besides

Re: [Emc-users] armbian vs raspian Q

If you're going to toss it, care to toss it over here? :) From: Gene Heskett To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] armbian vs raspian Q I in turn thought you were talking about the r-pi.  The

Re: [Emc-users] ATS667 help plz --> Chinese invention

--> Chinese invention > On 11/12/2016 02:45 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > > Some university in China has invented eyedrops that get rid of cataracts. > > There's an enzyme that depletes and its loss is a cause of cataracts. It's > > worked in animal tests. > HOLY S**T!

Re: [Emc-users] ATS667 help plz

Some university in China has invented eyedrops that get rid of cataracts. There's an enzyme that depletes and its loss is a cause of cataracts. It's worked in animal tests. Another outfit, not in China, has been able to remove old lenses and regenerate new ones in-situ by getting the stem cells

Re: [Emc-users] X on pi-3?

Can Damn Small Linux run on the Pi? There are several quite small Linux distros. -- Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of

Re: [Emc-users] An observation on digital calipers

Or how about some company making a digital caliper with a display on both sides, so it can be read no matter which way around you have to use it to get at what you need to measure? -- Developer Access Program for Intel

Re: [Emc-users] An observation on digital calipers

I'd like to find some left handed digital calipers as low priced as the ones Harbor Freight sells. They're plenty good enough, especially the latest one they have which reads in inches, millimeters and inch fractions to 1/128th. Surprising that left handed calipers aren't as common as the right

Re: [Emc-users] Firmware files for 7i90HD? Where?

Checked for ground continuity from the switches to the door and cab? I had a 1995 Buick Century where the front windows didn't work. Turned out to be a broken ground... somewhere.I fixed it by tapping into the ground wire at the switch, crimping a ring terminal onto a short chunk of wire and

Re: [Emc-users] update from 2.8 pre ja9 to latest on ubuntu 10.04 ... pyton3 problem??

An industrial PC board may work. A quick google for newest motherboard with ISA slot turned up ones like a IEI IMBA-G412ISA-R20 G41 which takes an LGA775 Core 2 (1 to 4 core) CPU and has one ISA, one ISA/PCI, four PCI and one PCIe x16 slot. Another option is the MB-P4BWA. One less PCI slot,

Re: [Emc-users] More Useful Than Yoda?

There are flexible materials for 3D printing. From: "albertson.ch...@gmail.com" To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] More Useful Than Yoda? The

Re: [Emc-users] More Useful Than Yoda?

Yup. 3D Printed Speaker | | | | || | | | || 3D Printed Speaker Speaker printed from PLA on an Afinia H479. As you can hear, there is a significant amount of voice coil rub. It... | | | | From: Kirk Wallace To:

[Emc-users] Cheap BOB hacks. Re: Machinekit? --> LinuxCNC computer

How about some pics of that modification? From: Gene Heskett PIMA, but the electronics are good, no laggy opto's to distort a pwm signal, and they give a rail to rail output, sourceing or sinking 24 milliamps. Opto's on the bob are a waste of protection with

Re: [Emc-users] Machinekit? --> LinuxCNC computer

Search for Raspberry Pi CNC hat. The Up Board has a Raspberry Pi compatible header so the Pi "hats" (as the daughterboards for the Pi are called) will plug onto it. I assume any of those that can be used with Linux on the R-Pi should work with Linux on the Up Board. Other SBCs are adopting the

Re: [Emc-users] Machinekit? --> LinuxCNC computer

Looks like 4 or 5 models on the website. If one can handle a touchscreen, and can somehow be interfaced to the thermostats etc. in a cooktop and oven, I'd be interested in modifying and old GE P7 range to replace the mechanical clock/timer on the front with an LCD. I'd also replace the burner

Re: [Emc-users] glue question?

A nifty feature of hot glue is 91% isopropyl alcohol will nearly instantly release its bond. It'll even get it off fabric. Soak the fabric then pick and rub off the glue. 70% will also work but not as quickly. From: "albertson.ch...@gmail.com" To: Enhanced

Re: [Emc-users] glue question?

A google for HDPE glue shows several options, at non-crazy prices. A few years ago I looked for glues for various slick 'poly' plastics and the options were few, hideously expensive and generally came with a suggestion to not put a lot of stress on the bond. From: Bruce Layne

Re: [Emc-users] Wat OT: Question about injection molding of PVC

Shear the pieces off a sheet then have a shop that does custom vinyl windows miter and weld the corners. -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org!

Re: [Emc-users] Using CNC mill to hack a gantry Crane

Some weld metal is very hard. Try a hand file on a weld bead to see how easy it cuts. If you can't shave off a decent amount with moderate hand pressure you'll have a heck of a time milling the weld. How thick is the tubing wall? One solution could be to cut the end off, leaving a short stub,

Re: [Emc-users] Wat OT: Question about injection molding of PVC

Look up how PVC house window frames are made. They use extrusions, cut the corners at 45 degrees then melt them together. Here's a video on a portable corner welding machine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cni6XdgOTj0 From: John Kasunich To:

Re: [Emc-users] Problem upgrading from 2.7.4

The gcode file for the universe is larger than the universe... From: andy pugh To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 3:10 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Problem upgrading from 2.7.4 On 12 October

Re: [Emc-users] Haas thoughts

Look on the back of the keyboard for microchips, or on a board that the keyboard connects to. Google the numbers to see what they are. I'd thought about hoking up the keyboard from the Anilam Crusader 2 system that was on my big mill. Shouldn't have been too difficult since a cable went from

Re: [Emc-users] pressure equalizer method around ball nut

Galvanic corrosion from different metals in contact with any amount of moisture. Running electricity through the contact makes it worse. The only way aluminum wiring meets code is with a copper pigtail between it and any screwed down or push in connection. There are special crimp sleeves and

Re: [Emc-users] pressure equalizer method around ball nut

Pretty simple. There's a vertical dial indicator on top, which doesn't rotate. The rods fit into the bottom part that does rotate. If the ID or OD it's touching isn't precisely centered, the rod wiggles back and forth, causing another part to move up and down as the rod spins around. Sort of

Re: [Emc-users] pressure equalizer method around ball nut

Or you could get a coaxial indicator like this.http://www.ebay.com/itm/262647994320 From: Gene Heskett To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, October 7, 2016 7:33 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] pressure equalizer method around ball nut Film at 11,

Re: [Emc-users] pressure equalizer method around ball nut

On the steering racks Ford used on the Pinto and Mustang II, the big ends of the bellows/boots had the ID off center with a vent hole for a metal pipe (around 1/4" ID) to push in so that air could flow back and forth as the rack moved. Whatever you do, it shouldn't require a really large vent

Re: [Emc-users] CNC little hobber

Replacing all the gearing that interconnects the various axes with encoders and motors on each bit that spins. From: "richsh...@comcast.net" To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Saturday, October 1, 2016 3:49 PM Subject: [Emc-users] CNC little hobber

Re: [Emc-users] Rotary table indexer project

You want your order to be the final one on the final pallet going into the shipment, not the first order on the first pallet. From: Chris Albertson To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Sent: Monday, September 26, 2016 4:09

Re: [Emc-users] output sink of the 667 hall effect?

o: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 9:25 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] output sink of the 667 hall effect? On Monday 12 September 2016 23:08:53 Gregg Eshelman wrote: > Why not use twisted pair ethernet cable? > Because its single strand solid and suppos

Re: [Emc-users] output sink of the 667 hall effect?

Why not use twisted pair ethernet cable? From: Gene Heskett To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 11:43 AM Subject: [Emc-users] output sink of the 667 hall effect? Greetings all; I see by the spec sheet that the allegro 667 gear

Re: [Emc-users] Need unlocked copy of a pdf for a breakout board I just bought two of.

Anything you can't move with programming, make an adapter cable to physically re-wire connections. From: Ralph Stirling To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 7:32 AM Subject: Re:

Re: [Emc-users] Need unlocked copy of a pdf for a breakout

I designed a 3D printed case for it, with a solid lid and one with slots so the screw terminals can be turned with the lid on. The solid lid would be for a permanent install where you don't want easy access for people to fiddle with it. Mounting tabs would be easy to add with any 3D software

Re: [Emc-users] Need unlocked copy of a pdf for a breakout board I just bought two of.

If this shows up a bunch of times, it's Yahoo Mail's fault. Here it is, even has the pinout for the pendant/remote port. The LED displays are available direct from some places in China. Have not found anyoi

Re: [Emc-users] Need unlocked copy of a pdf for a breakout board I just bought two of.

Here it is, even has the pinout for the pendant/remote port. The LED displays are available direct from some places in China. Have not found anyone importing them to the USA. http://www.savebase.com/infobase/downloads/breakout_board_stepper_driver/user_manual_5_axis_breakout_board.pdf

Re: [Emc-users] Need unlocked copy of a pdf for a breakout board I just bought two of.

Here it is, even has the pinout for the pendant/remote port. The LED displays are available direct from some places in China. Have not found anyone importing them to the USA. http://www.savebase.com/infobase/downloads/breakout_board_stepper_driver/user_manual_5_axis_breakout_board.pdf

Re: [Emc-users] Need unlocked copy of a pdf for a breakout board I just bought two of.

The link goes nowhere. Got the eBay item number? -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users

Re: [Emc-users] Nice old iron

I sold a circa 1935 B No. 2 surface grinder that had sat outside for who knows how long, but the slideways on the table looked factory new with all the original scraping marks, despite the paint all peeling off and rust all over. Lube is life to machine tools. :) From: Dave Caroline

Re: [Emc-users] What does "CNC" really mean?

That joke is 16 years old. :P From: Gene Heskett To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, September 2, 2016 3:57 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] What does "CNC" really mean? On Friday 02 September 2016 13:42:09 Dave Cole wrote: > And what about hanging

[Emc-users] Logan parts Re: Upset old fart

Ask Scott Logan at lathe.com He has new old stock and new parts for Logan lathes, dunno about their shapers. From: rayj To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Sent: Friday, September 2, 2016 6:54 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users]

Re: [Emc-users] What does "CNC" really mean?

Surprising that just for the fun of doing it, someone hasn't built a punched tape reader for a 3D printer. Would be much less complicated that the old machines, just encode G-code to hole patterns and have a reader for the tape send the code to an Arduino with a RAMPS board. From: Dave

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC officially rocks

What size chuck on the 4th axis? PARAKKEL PORT whomever typed up that label didn't proofread :-) From: Ron Ginger To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 2:48 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC officially rocks On 8/28/2016

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC officially rocks

I've been gathering parts and pieces for a 3D printer for a while. Then I saw a review on Hackaday of the Monoprice Select Mini 3D printer. Inexpensive but quite well built. A few weeks later, I decided just for the heck of it to see if jet.com had anything for 3D printers and they had that

Re: [Emc-users] I designed printable boxes for Chinese breakout boards.

:47 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] I designed printable boxes for Chinese breakout boards. On Tuesday 23 August 2016 00:31:09 Gregg Eshelman wrote: > 3D printable, download STL files from Thingiverse. > For the really cheap Chinese BOB http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1732451 I am regret

[Emc-users] I designed printable boxes for Chinese breakout boards.

3D printable, download STL files from Thingiverse. For the really cheap Chinese BOBhttp://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1732451 For the somewhat less cheap Chinese BOB with more features. Printing this one right now in UV fluorescent bright green PLA. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1732470

Re: [Emc-users] A question on relays.

Standard "automotive" relay, also used for various other things. I'd expect there to be some number-letter designation stuck on it by one of the many electrical standards agencies and committees. If you want relay hell, get a 1990 Chrysler Lebaron coupe or convertible. It has a relay panel way

Re: [Emc-users] Sale prices

You can post it for sale in the antique section of the forum at Practical Machinist, Vintage Machinery also allows sale ads on their forum. From: Gene Heskett To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2016 3:42 PM Subject: [Emc-users] Sale

[Emc-users] A question on relays.

Is there an industry standard designation for the contact arrangement on the common 12 volt DC relay that has five spade lugs like this one? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0010ADJIE/ I want to find a 12 volt relay for that style socket with the highest amp and heat rating available, but without

Re: [Emc-users] More news & ? from WV.

Have a look at this. Wouldn't be surprised to see foundries doing this for low volumes of castings. If PLA can be injection, blow or roto molded to make the shells, it could be used for high volume production with fewer rejected castings since there's no chance of wrecking the sand molds

Re: [Emc-users] snagged touch probe on eBay - anybody know how to interface ?

With all those lights, it may be an alien probe. ;) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (6/8) Movie CLIP - Communicating with the Mothership (1977) HD | | | | || | | | || Close Encounters of the Third Kind (6/8) Movie CLIP - Communicating with th... Close

Re: [Emc-users] More news & ? from WV.

The latest thing in metal casting is lost PLA sand casting. Have a model 3D printed in polylacticacid (PLA) plastic as a thin shell without any infill. All the sprues and vents are printed as part of the pattern. The pattern can be rammed up in a single piece mold. No need to remove the

Re: [Emc-users] OT Seating Tire Bead

Well then, you'll just have to get a pair of bolt on wheels and machine some hubs to adapt to them so you'll never have to fight with the rubber covers and snap rings ever again. ;-) From: Gene Heskett To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, July

Re: [Emc-users] OT Seating Tire Bead

In his much younger years, my father worked in the tire shop at a Montgomery Ward store. He really hated doing split rim truck tires. The mounting machine had a cage to flip down when air was pumped in to seat the beads. The rule was, anyone caught not using the cage would be fired on the spot.

Re: [Emc-users] OT Seating Tire Bead

Also post hole digger in an episode of Firefly. Clamshell digger must be a regional thing. From: andy pugh To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 5:31 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] OT Seating Tire Bead

Re: [Emc-users] O.T.: Machining paper stack

Paper can be amazingly abrasive so you'll need to use tooling like you'd use for cutting FR4 PCB material or carbon fiber. To clamp the stack your ring will need to go right up to the edge of where you're making the hole to avoid ripping up the top sheets. If you're doing a large number of

Re: [Emc-users] O.T.: Machining paper stack

Water jet. I'm serious. Google water jet cutting paper -- What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are consuming

Re: [Emc-users] Semi OT: Can't measure Index pulse on encoder

Copper melted with induction heating then cast into thin shelled 3D printed PLA form embedded in wet casting sand.Metal Casting With Single Shelled PLA Masters | | | | || | | | | | Metal Casting With Single Shelled PLA Masters [3DTOPO] does a lot of metal casting

Re: [Emc-users] Anyone heard of EBZ Engineering from the mid 90's?

DA-15. DB is the size of a PC parallel port. 9 pin serial ports and Atari 2600 or old SEGA game ports are DE. The letter references the size of D-Subminiature connectors. Apple's 19 pin floppy connector is a bastard size, used in very few applications - something on NeXT and Atari in addition

Re: [Emc-users] Anyone heard of EBZ Engineering from the mid 90's?

No. The magic smoke tends to escape electronics when physically yet electrically incompatible things are plugged together. An extreme case I saw was the leftovers when someone plugged an old Macintosh monitor into a PC game port on a multi-IO card - after I'd told the owner it wasn't a

[Emc-users] Anyone heard of EBZ Engineering from the mid 90's?

Looking at a small 3-axis CNC unit from 1995. All gold/orange anodized aluminum bridge style frame with the spindle moving in X and Z on it while the table on the bed moves in Y. The label says it's a Kaba-Keycut, date is from 1995. Has a funky lever action vise with special jaws and a V

[Emc-users] LCNC with a Flashcut 401A?

I just spent a fruitless half hour trying to dig up the cost for a license for Flashcut software to work with one of their RS232 401A - 3020 signal generator and stepper driver box combos. Seems nobody wants to put a price on a website. :P Can Linux CNC work with this hardware?

Re: [Emc-users] OT: X Axis twitch on turning center

Ah, hydraulics... After you get the leak(s) fixed, look up a Caterpillar dealer and buy some of their anti-chatter additive for hydraulic fluid. I found out about that when working on my in ground lift. Found a forum post where a heavy equipment dealer had a problem with hydraulics on some new

Re: [Emc-users] Any Interest or Ideas for a Linuxcnc Fest 2016 ?

Something that reads in a G-code file then outputs a G-code file that is mirror imaged along either the X or Y axis. Then when one wants to cut the mirror image of the original, simply load that file. It would need to handle cut direction changes if needed. From: Jon Elson

Re: [Emc-users] Coffecup EDM

Send that to Hackaday.com From: Nicklas Karlsson To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2016 3:08 PM Subject: [Emc-users] Coffecup EDM I have real machine but coffecup is more handy during

Re: [Emc-users] A friend bought an old Monarch lathe

If it's a 10EE then parts are readily available due to Monarch having made so darn many of them and theoretically the model is still available. They'll even upgrade old ones to the newest electrics. If it's any other model of Monarch lathe, good luck finding replacements for missing parts.

Re: [Emc-users] Quiet?

54'40" Or Fight! :) The USA needs two cities named Vancouver. Google maple syrup theft for some interesting reading. As a protest against the Canadian Maple Syrup Cartel, the strategic maple syrup reserve was robbed a few years ago. Hundreds of plastic barrels were pumped dry, some were

Re: [Emc-users] drive belt for 7x12 NOT OEM

r 7x12 NOT OEM On Wednesday 01 June 2016 16:08:27 Gregg Eshelman wrote: > Might be too small? I think so Gregg. They don't have suitable sprockets with big enough hubs to move the torque I need to move, and there is do data on the tensil strength of the chain itself. So while its cute, its

Re: [Emc-users] drive belt for 7x12 NOT OEM

Might be too small? Power animated displays, robotics, model trains and other miniature mechanisms. Tough, durable, self-lubricating acetal resin chain links snap apart for easy adjustment. Chain pitch: .1227 inch; width .162 inch; thickness .082 inch. (Note: Chain sold only in increments of

Re: [Emc-users] drive belt for 7x12 NOT OEM

Replace both cogs and the belt with the stronger GT style, and also choose a wider belt. (Nevermind that I went with XL on my 9x20 leadscrew drive mainly because I already had a 22 tooth cog that fit the motor, and found a dirt cheap 44 tooth cog on jet.com ) Somewhere on the web are

[Emc-users] Affordable DC treadmill motor PWM power supply?

Is there a sub $100 PWM DC motor power supply suitable for treadmill motors, with a rheostat control for manual speed setting plus a CNC control input, with a switch connection to select between them? I tried one of those wee little $20 Chinese ones with a 1+ HP, 110+ volt treadmill motor.

Re: [Emc-users] Tool Marks?

If I was that hard up for a vacuum nozzle reducer... lathe + random bits of PVC pipe and other stuff laying about the place. ;) We know you have a lathe... From: Gene Heskett To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 3:00 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [Emc-users] Multi-spindle machines

Old multi-spindle mills were used to cut multiple identical copies, usually with a hydraulic tracer running on a pattern. For that kind of use the code wouldn't need to be any different. Just load your 2+ workpieces then run the machine. Another multi spindle machine that was used before CNC

Re: [Emc-users] Tool Marks?

85 revolutions per inch, times the number of flutes = cuts per inch. A two flute cutter would be chomping off 0.005882 per flute per cut. A single flute would be 0.011765 Using a down spiral cutter, where does the waste go? Even with a super strong vacuum system it could carry around and pack

Re: [Emc-users] Tool Marks?

Feed rate, RPM, depth of cut, not enough rigidity in your router frame. All those can cause chatter marks like that. Could be flex in the table or the MDF isn't secured well enough. How is it held down? What is the recommended chip load per tooth for the cutter you are using? Its manufacturer

Re: [Emc-users] Plasma Mistake

It would be easier to put a large sign below the control computer's screen, and signs on/around the table. CHECK GROUND CLAMP! From: Jim Craig To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 10:26 AM

Re: [Emc-users] Need some advice

Advice? Don't carry cash when driving through Arkansas to buy anything expensive, like a metal lathe or a truck. Arkansas Trooper Steals $20,000, Because Nobody Innocent Carries That Much Cash | | | | || | | | | | Arkansas Trooper Steals $20,000, Because Nobody

Re: [Emc-users] USB flash drive issue

More like a dumb generic operating system irritation that nobody has bothered to fix. When you run a program then open a file from within the program, the file is properly protected from being written to by other programs. But when you close the file within the program, the operating system

Re: [Emc-users] USB flash drive issue

With a GUI, that is what right clicking then clicking eject or safely remove etc *should do*.1. Check for open files. No open files, skip to 5.2. Check to see if the programs with the open file handle *are actually running*.3a. If programs with 'open' files are NOT actually running, CLOSE THE

[Emc-users] Did anyone download the PLM2000 software and information?

Just wanting to know if anyone did. https://www.dropbox.com/s/8o87wzopl4yyjae/CD5XX6.zip?dl=0 -- Mobile security can be enabling, not merely restricting. Employees who bring their own devices (BYOD) to work are irked by

Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they?

If they have a metric screws by the pound sign, take a picture of it. :) From: Dave Cole To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Monday, May 9, 2016 7:06 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 7mmx1.0 decently hard cap screw, how scarce are they? Gene, Do you have

Re: [Emc-users] Appropriate PCs

The white PCIe x16 slot is only hooked up as an x4. 16 gig max RAM is good. http://www.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01549447.pdf From: Andrew To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Sent: Saturday, May 7, 2016 1:08 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users]

Re: [Emc-users] Appropriate PCs

I have several Optiplex GX520's. They are the "large" towers but also stripped down. Only two RAM slots installed and the PCIe x16 slot was left out. They were in the end of the availability of XP where buyers had a choice between XP or Vista. What cuts the value of these Optiplex boxes is the

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