Has anyone done a CNC conversion on a Hardinge TM or UM?
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On 2/19/2014 9:58 AM, Jon Elson wrote:
> On 02/19/2014 08:51 AM, Dave Cole wrote:
>> What system does Dishnetwork use for internet via satellite?
>>
>>
> I believe dish is one-way download only. So, you command
> what you
> want to load via a phone modem, and they send everybody's
> downloads on o
On 2/17/2014 3:47 PM, Steve Blackmore wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Feb 2014 16:51:06 -0600, you wrote:
>> Sorry, but I don't consider changing the machine to fit the tool to be
>> an acceptable solution.
>
> Then your stuck with a known problematic design. I wish I had a pound
> for each complaint/query/mo
On 2/16/2014 4:01 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Generally Tony, its pure cuss & cry, with the occasional wrecked part or
> broken $15 chip. I am with you, we need a gauge we can use with ANY tool
> simple by placing it and clicking "Home all", and my design is not it. Its
> a step in the right direc
On 2/15/2014 9:13 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> I had about 10" on the unshoveled back deck last night, closer to a 16"
> this morning and its still coming down about 1/2" an hour. I'm ready to
> buy some warmer real estate.
>
> Cheers, Gene
I used to see magazine ads for this stuff called Bare Grou
On 2/12/2014 10:49 AM, Mark Tucker wrote:
> Just a link to some videos of machinekit running on my cnc.
> Well impressed.
> http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFuYU7a-JOago0itGJzMkmQ
It's looking more and more as if a BBB will be what I should use to run
my big knee mill. Finally got the bad bearing
On 2/12/2014 7:17 AM, Ralph Stirling wrote:
> Why couldn't the main linuxcnc (axis?) program take multiple ini files
> on the command line? Just string them in the order you want them
> processed. That wouldn't require any syntax change to the file itself.
Here's an idea. Create a file in your o
On 2/12/2014 5:55 AM, Daniel Duesentrieb wrote:
> I just tried. it works like a charm.
>
> from the 80VAC transformer into a "flow straightener" (is this the right
> word for the part who converts AC to DC?) and straight to the motor.
Sounds about right. :) Translated from what language?
The Engl
On 2/2/2014 5:50 PM, a k wrote:
> Hi
> i found that this and many other companies manufacture 3D printer
> http://indimension3.com/our-3d-printers
> They also manufacture head that attached to basically 3d CNC 3 axis mill.
> So, question is why not just manufacture head as a another tool to CNC mil
Is the Tormach mill a design unique to that company or do they take some
off the shelf Chinese mill and wrap it up all fancy with added parts?
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On 1/27/2014 7:06 AM, John Prentice (FS) wrote:
> Charles, Philipp, Mark- greetings
>
>
>>> http://www.tormach.com/store/index.php?app=ecom&ns=prodshow&ref=30616
>>>
>>> It is configured with a geometric speed law on the spring-loaded ring.
>>> You can jog at full rapid speed slowing to a crawl all
On 1/26/2014 10:20 AM, Jon Elson wrote:
> I just don't worry about this "idiot" problem. If you've
> seen the picture of the $600 million NOAA weather
> satellite that fell over and got smashed in 2003, I
> just know that no matter HOW stupid a mistake I
> ever make, it will NEVER come close to th
On 1/10/2014 3:14 AM, Mark Wendt wrote:
> Yep. Water doesn't hurt most electronics (as long as no power is
> applied). A lot of the folks mention they use deionized water too. As
> long as it's completely dry by the time you fire it up, it should hurt.
> Watch out for paper based caps though, t
On 1/9/2014 3:26 AM, Mark Wendt wrote:
> Tektronix had a rather nifty wash booth they used to clean up cruddy old
> scopes and other test equipment brought in for repair and/or cal.
>
> http://www.radiomuseum.org/forum/tektronix_washing_your_instrument.html
"Motors--Apply 1-2 drops of thin oil. (
On 1/8/2014 9:09 AM, Peter Blodow wrote:
> The
> sensors were well covered with grease and sticky. I cleaned all three
> carefully with alcohol but it made no difference exept that I get no
> greasy fingers any more. The electronics unit seems to be ok, too,
> probably no noise affair or so. All t
On 1/5/2014 7:40 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Sunday 05 January 2014 09:39:19 Mark Wendt did opine:
>
>> On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 3:19 AM, Gregg Eshelman
> wrote:
>>> Here's some pics of mine.
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/27748767@N08/sets/72157635938510255
On 1/5/2014 6:00 AM, andy pugh wrote:
> Normally I would prefer a lathe with a separate power shaft, a geared
> headstock and an underdrive with roller bearings on the spindle.
That one does have a ball bearing spindle. The right bearing is a dual
row, angular contact, preloaded one. All nice an
In an eBay link You can delete everything between itm/ and the item
number, and the ? and everything after it, leaving a short link like this.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/131084063012
goes to the same page as this line of gibberish
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Metal-and-Wood-Lathe-Montgomery-Ward-Model-
On 1/4/2014 6:56 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> This looks a bit too good to be true, but...
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Metal-and-Wood-Lathe-Montgomery-Ward-Model-64TLC-2130-TN-29/131084063012
> I suspicion the motor is small, with questionable bushing in it and by
> now the bed is likely swaybacked, but
On 1/4/2014 4:42 AM, andy pugh wrote:
> This is likely to be very easy indeed for an electrical feeler, maybe
> more of a challenge if it was purely hydraulic.
That old Gorton is OLD. The only thing electric on it is the spindle
motor. ;-) Those all hydraulic True-Trace systems could move at the
A couple of examples. The knee and quill on a milling machine. The head
ram and table Y axis on an old Gorton mill.
Can LCNC combine the two motions that are in the same plane to provide a
greater range than either alone?
This would be especially useful on Bridgeport and clone knee mills that
On 1/3/2014 7:07 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> And that takes us full circle, back to the statement that standards are
> nice, there are so many to choose from. :)
>
> Cheers, Gene
Like with USB. The idea was to have only two types of connector, A for
the host end, B for the device end. Then they in
On 1/1/2014 4:52 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Got to the front page, but not anyplace else, noscript said nuh-huh, we
> ain't doing that no matter how many times I told it the site was ok. So
> basically all I could do was read the comments. But if its an arduino
> helper which it seems to be from
On 1/1/2014 3:43 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Wednesday 01 January 2014 05:42:16 Gregg Eshelman did opine:
>
>> I got one of these for free. www.xmox.com/startkit Any potential for CNC
>> use?
>
> No clue Greg, is an UNK domain from here.
www.xmos.com/startkit X
I got one of these for free. www.xmox.com/startkit Any potential for CNC
use?
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I got one of these for free, just because the company was giving them
away. It has a header to connect to a Raspberry Pi.
http://xmos.com/startkit
'Course it doesn't have pin headers soldered into any of the holes.
Costs less to make that way and makes it easier to permanently solder
connection
On 12/28/2013 12:23 PM, Paul Midgley wrote:
> Hello
>
> I have been trying to set up my home built cnc mill to run on linuxcnc,
> but with no success.
>
> I have a controller card that I bought of ebay a 3 axis TB6560 driver board.
>
> Has any one had any success setting up these controller cards,
I wonder if the pickup from a Pertronix Ignitor electronic ignition
retrofit for vehicles with breaker points ignition would work to read
pulses from a gear?
In the ignition kit it's used to read the very low amplitude breaker
points cam on the distributor shaft. Gear teeth ought to provide a m
On 12/16/2013 12:05 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Greetings all;
> Shorter, even only a 4 tap setup could be of help and might be worth
> exploring just for S&G, concept checking to see if I know what I'm going on
> about. ;-) It might even be worth doing a "digital sine squared" search on
> google f
On 12/12/2013 5:48 PM, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote:
> 2013/12/12 Gene Heskett
>
>> I expect you can, but the heat method, where the screw is clean & has a
>> coat of mineral oil on it prevent the acetal/delrin from sticking to a dry
>> surface, gives you a thread that is about 40x more precise a fit
On 12/12/2013 3:30 PM, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote:
> Greg and Gene (this is to avoid quoting a lot of text because you were
> talking about the same thing)
>
> I saw what the common process to make pieces out of a Delrin and Acetal is
> to mold them with heat. I'm not familiar with this kind of mater
On 12/12/2013 3:26 PM, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote:
> 2013/12/11 Dave Cole
>
>> It sounds like you are greatly simplifying the machine. An MG set
>> (motor generator set) is a very old technology to create DC power. That
>> was probably obsolete when it was installed.
>>
>> Yes indeed, I really don
On 12/11/2013 4:35 PM, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote:
> Yes, it would cost a lot and as you said keeping it clean requires some
> kind of telescopical cover to be made. So that idea is not convenient.
>
> I wasn't familiar with delrin, I was checking now that you mentioned and I
> have some sellers nea
On 12/10/2013 8:46 PM, tcninj...@yahoo.com wrote:
> This discussion reminded me That I have one of these if someone wants to try
> it
>
> http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y342/tcninja12/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps00648bad.jpg
What is the taper on those holders?
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On Tue, 12/10/13, Stephen Dubovsky wrote:
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Acra CNC refit progress.
To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 2:55 PM
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Dave
Cole
wrote:
> I've got an Erickson QC30 on my Bridgeport CNC mill.
> R8
On Tue, 12/10/13, Gene Heskett wrote:
Agreed Andy, my MT2 is a PIMA. And hell on spindle bearings
since you have
to seriously beat the drawbolt to loosen it.
Cheers, Gene
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On Tue, 12/10/13, Kirk Wallace wrote:
My random thoughts.
I have just started using the R8/Tormach toolholding system and find it
far more convenient than plain R8. Changes are as fast as grab a wrench,
loosen draw bar enough to slide tool holder out, put next holder in,
tighten, done.
I made a 600+ mile round trip last week to pick up a load of NMTB 30
tooling for $1,000. A very nice surprise was the lot included a
Kennametal Erickson quick change spindle from a Bridgeport. The guy had
swapped it for an R8 spindle so he no longer needed all the 30 taper
stuff. Didn't mention
On 12/9/2013 7:40 AM, Chris Radek wrote:
> In the general case of compensating for a non-square non-orthogonal
> machine (whose geometry changes randomly from one day to the next?)
> and running fully-featured gcode, it's inadequate, and a full kins
> solution that runs at every servo cycle is mor
On 12/9/2013 6:38 AM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
> Yes, "Leveling" the bed on the Simpson is easy...what I expect will be
> hard is getting the plane of the physical bed to exactly match up with
> the XY plane of the arm movement. I have yet to see how well the homing
> switches will work for Si
On 12/9/2013 5:47 AM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
> BTW: I'm currently working on a Wally, but this applies also to the GUS
> Simpson I'm starting on next:
>
> http://www.conceptforge.org/
Looks like they could use shims under the build plate corners. Get it
level and it should stay level.
The
On 12/8/2013 10:21 AM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
> I'm simply surprised a simple 3D
> transform is apparently beyond was provided for in the gcode language. :-/
It's a product of the early electronic era, made for machines built to a
certain level of precision and rigidity. G Code has its roo
On 12/8/2013 9:47 AM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
> I'm working on a non-Cartesian 3D printer controlled with LinuxCNC, and
> rather than level the print bed mechanically, I would like to measure a
> few points and transform the G-Code in roll/pitch/yaw to compensate for
> the real-world plane of t
Here's just the thing for adding CNC to things like old pattern torches.
http://hackaday.com/2013/12/08/four-cable-drawing-machine-pulls-our-strings
What it needs now is optimized for X/Y and don't bother with Z, just
keep all four cables tight.
-
On 12/4/2013 6:53 AM, bigengineer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am interested in this too. I have been silent here for a long time,
> (and was never really active either). But this is something where I
> might, semi-intelligently, help. :-)
>
> Long ago I tried what openscad could do with substracting a cylin
On 11/28/2013 3:29 AM, andy pugh wrote:
> How about free?
> http://www.123dapp.com/catch
>
> (note, I haven't actually got this to work on my phone)
Still no Android version.
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On 11/27/2013 8:28 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Wednesday 27 November 2013 22:24:46 a k did opine:
>
>> hi
>> i found new 3d scanner http://cubify.com/sense/
>> problem is that file output STL from that scanner.
>
> That is not its only problem, very low resolution, 240 wide by 320 high is
> the re
I like the idea of a 3D simulation of a CNC machine to verify there
won't be any surprises when it comes to real milling.
Vericut looks good, but I bet the price is also of matching quality.
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On 11/17/2013 1:42 PM, Philipp Burch wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> for some time now, I'm using LinuxCNC to control a dispenser to treat
> PCB panels (applying glue or globtop to electronic dies). Because not
> all of these panels are exactly aligned in the machine, a webcam sits on
> the Z joint us
On 11/14/2013 6:09 PM, Maximiliano Fermín Córdoba wrote:
> All of the above is working great, but the user interface is not as
> friendly as the one that linuxcnc offers. So we are trying to use the
> beagle to basically replace the first board. But when I saw that everybody
> was using it directl
On 11/8/2013 7:58 AM, Duesentrieb Yahoo wrote:
> Thank youu Marius,
>
> Right now I am going with option 2 and Jon. The driver is in the way. I
> ordered 1 for now to see if it works.
>
> I agree with your opinion that 2.2kw should be enough. I do not plan to di
> heavy lifting - I want to mill w
On 11/6/2013 12:47 PM, Marshland Engineering wrote:
> I'm looking to make a new CNC table for both Plasma and possibly Plastic and
> Aluminum cutting. It will be about 1.8m x 1.2m.
> I was wondering if anyone has a similar configuration that is run with
> toothed belts instead of ballscrews? Obvous
"A 608 label from the very early years of the 29th century"
What? Buck Rogers' several times great grandson's lathe?
On 11/6/2013 9:44 AM, Dave Cole wrote:
> You gotta warn us when you send us machine tool porn..;-)
>
> The one at the bottom of the web page would look great in my family
> roo
On 11/5/2013 11:44 PM, Sven Wesley wrote:
> 2013/11/6 Marius Alksnys
>
>> I am using master branch.
>>
>> On 11/05/2013 11:29 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote:
>>> What branch are you using? I believe the joints_axes4 branch may have
>>> some of these issues fixed.
>>
>>
> Sebastian (in Stuttgart) a
On 11/4/2013 6:12 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Monday 04 November 2013 20:10:50 Gregg Eshelman did opine:
>
>> On 11/4/2013 7:53 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>> Hell, I'd pay
>>> another $200 for a Drill Doctor that could do a 1/16" bit RIGHT. But
>>>
On 11/4/2013 7:53 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Hell, I'd pay
> another $200 for a Drill Doctor that could do a 1/16" bit RIGHT. But that
> beast isn't made, the drill bits, sloppy as they are, are too cheap to be a
> target for the DD. Dammit.
Buy one of the sharpeners from Darex, the company that
On 11/3/2013 2:39 PM, andy pugh wrote:
> On 3 November 2013 19:31, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> And maybe I'm just in a bad mood, its looking more & more as if I'll have
>> to find about 35 large for a new knee if I want to walk well again.
>
> 35k would buy you nicer set of machine tools. How hard can
On 11/2/2013 1:32 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> That I suppose could be, there is something funkity in the cable if its
> hanging precisely so where it comes out from under the change gear cover,
> bothers me very occasionally, and I thought about that, but the pulses from
> the encoder are present an
On 11/1/2013 9:22 AM, dave wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've often wondered how well a rotary table would work if driven by a
> reasonably stiff timing belt. Say 1" urethane with steel fibers.
> Gearing would be approx 5:1 and then a reducer if necessary to couple to
> the servo motor. Encoder would be mou
On 10/30/2013 7:06 AM, Bertho Stultiens wrote:
> The loops and conditionals provided by G-code are, well, archaic. The
> format is context-sensitive and uses line numbers to keep track. Moving
> things around in a G-code program is a pain.
>
> The reason for a context-free grammar is to make codin
On 10/29/2013 8:23 AM, TJoseph Powderly wrote:
> some of the mill parts companies may be able to identify it or aid
> in dissasembly/getting manuals.
> like this
>
> http://www.advancedmachinery.com/category/112-head-assembly-knee-mill-parts.aspx
>
> Remember the name on the label is just some sal
On 10/29/2013 7:51 AM, Kent A. Reed wrote:
> On 10/29/2013 6:44 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote:
>> That top one looks exactly like the Acra.
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/27748767@N08/sets/72157637075510895/
>
> Andy:
>
> Did you notice the roll-over message in the header
That top one looks exactly like the Acra.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27748767@N08/sets/72157637075510895/
On 10/29/2013 3:24 AM, andy pugh wrote:
> On 29 October 2013 04:02, Gregg Eshelman wrote:
>
>> Have had no luck finding manuals for Sharp mills either, or even
>> pictur
I've not been able to find a manual for my Acra WS-18VH mill, made in
1990. Acra doesn't have one. They only have manuals for their current
products, which aren't from the company they were buying from in the
early 90's.
I know some mills sold by Acra were actually made by Sharp, remove the
Ac
Look up double enveloping (AKA double throated) worm gear. I'd like to
see the machines made to cut those before any kind of NC or CNC was
available.
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On 10/24/2013 7:25 AM, John Alexander Stewart wrote:
> I know with mine, when soft-stepping, when the "Update Manager" started up,
> the mill would get a "following error".
>
> Sometimes moving the mouse across a screen boundary would also give one.
>
> Saying that, had my little unimat lathe runni
On 10/20/2013 2:46 PM, Erik Friesen wrote:
> This is an interesting project -
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/19659206/cnc-bt15-iso15-atc-spindles-cartridge-and-spindle
"Some of you are already familiar with my BT30 spindle cartridges..."
Count me among those not familiar. If that could be
On 10/18/2013 10:35 PM, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> Which CDC study?
> The one that says salt is bad
>
> http://www.cdc.gov/salt/
>
>
> or the many that says salt is not bad?
>
> http://hotair.com/archives/2013/07/11/cdc-oops-salt-is-not-actually-dangerous-and-cutting-it-may-be-harmful/-
> this one a
On 10/18/2013 8:59 AM, jrmitchellj . wrote:
> It just bothers me to no end that Insurance companies have managed
> (finagled) themselves into the position of "gate keeper" to health care.
> In doing so have pushed the cost of said health care to the moon.
> I wish I could negotiate similar rates to
Anyone with knee problems from damaged or worn cartilage, ask your doc
about hyaluronic acid injections. Once a week for six weeks, right into
the joint.
Works on most people as long as things aren't so far gone there's no
cartilage and it's down to bone on bone.
Hyaluronic acid is what's natu
On 10/17/2013 11:53 AM, Dave Cole wrote:
> The Intel 2500, 2700 and 2800 boards have the PowerVR video core on
> board that is not compatible with anything other than Windows 7 32 bit
> and maybe Windows 8.
>
> http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intelgma3600/sb/CS-033597.htm
>
> Intel screwed up
On 10/8/2013 12:18 PM, sam sokolik wrote:
> so - they want something like this? (thanks cmorley - (even if it was
> just a proof of concept)... :) )
>
> http://linuxcnc.org/media/kunena/attachments/482/mapped.png
>
> http://linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/forum/41-guis/26174-screen-shots-of-gui-de
On 10/8/2013 11:04 AM, John Alexander Stewart wrote:
> Hi all;
>
> Over at http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=88623#1507866
>
> (Model Engineer forums, a thread about reworking a Warco Lathe) are some
> interesting and honest feedback postings.
>
> LinuxCNC works wonderfully, bu
I'd like to see pin configurations added for the common Chinese BOBs and
all in one driver boards.
Right now there's 4 or 5 common ones that come with kits. Some of them
likely have the same pin configurations.
There's the green 6 axis one that is pretty bare bones with just
step/dir outputs a
On 10/5/2013 10:42 AM, Kent A. Reed wrote:
> A much better description can be found at
> http://www.anandtech.com/show/7387/intel-announces-galileo-quark-based-arduino-compatible-developer-board
> I'd be standing in line for one of these boards if it had one or more
> SATA ports so I could use it
The Intel Galileo, with Mini PCIe slot and Arduino shield pin headers.
400Mhz Quark SoC with 256MB RAM etc. Programmable with the standard
Arduino IDE, is running Yocto Linux so that should be changeable.
http://hackaday.com/2013/10/03/the-intel-powered-arduino/
On 10/3/2013 10:41 AM, David Armstrong wrote:
> On 03/10/13 17:29, Kirk Wallace wrote:
>> I'm thinking about completing some work I did with AVRs and Modbus by
>> making an adapter that has a Modbus port for a PC connection, with
>> digital and analog IO for VFD control. This could allow one to add
One of these, the 3HP version. $232.14 plus $8.95 shipping.
http://www.wolfautomation.com/products/28926/compact-micro-ac-drivebr14-to-3hp-single-or-3-phase-brteco-evjnev-series
Should be able to connect up the spindle control on the BOB to an input on this
unit and say buh-bye to most or all of
How about trying a different resin? Call Smooth-On and see if they have
any recommendations that may fit your needs.
Or perhaps an epoxy might work better? There are many manufacturers of
those. One that looks like they have some interesting products is West
Systems.
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On 9/28/2013 11:42 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote:
> On 09/28/2013 10:03 PM, Gregg Eshelman wrote:
>
> ... snip
>> To sorta on-topic this, one of the tasks I plan to put my mill to is
>> making prototypes of things in metal to use as masters for RTV molds to
>> make plastic cas
On 9/28/2013 1:13 PM, Erik Friesen wrote:
> Did a vacuum pour test. Complete failure as far as I am concerned. The
> small amount of air introduced in the connection, as well as the small
> amount of air in the mix becomes an instant mini volcano.
>
> One option that could work for me is a double
On 9/28/2013 5:43 AM, Erik Friesen wrote:
> The current resin I use has a 50 second gel time. Its a little like flying
> rc, if it gets ahead of you you are in trouble.
>
> I wonder if a person could make a inlet control valve with a piece of
> tubing and clamp, or special clamp? Something that w
On 9/28/2013 5:16 AM, Erik Friesen wrote:
> For the high speed vacuum, why not just use an external tank, with plumbing
> valve or equivalent to switch to whichever has highest vacuum?
That's fine if you have the space and funds for a big tank, and a good
vacuum pump. I bought an old but excellen
On 9/27/2013 8:03 AM, Jon Elson wrote:
> On 09/27/2013 12:53 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote:
>> What hardware do I need to use those so LCNC can read the data? They worked
>> fine with (I presume) acceptable accuracy when new, no reason they won't now.
> Just to read them
On 9/27/2013 6:29 PM, Erik Friesen wrote:
> Do you think vacuum alone would pull into every nook and cranny? I have
> looked for other people that have tried something similar, but didn't find
> much. By vacuum, my idea is to in some way place the mold under vacuum,
> and fill it using atmospheri
Some things to try.
1. Better keying of the mold halves. I cut an angle on the outer edge of
the first half, often with notches placed as needed to prevent any
misalignment lengthwise with the edges.
2. Clamping the mold together. Use two pieces of MDF, coated with clear
lacquer to seal them,
On 9/27/2013 9:27 AM, Erik Friesen wrote:
> Has anyone here done much polyurethane resin pouring? I have been trying
> to fine tune the process. Current process uses silicon moulds.
>
> #1. Does it work to use aluminum moulds?
>
> #2. Could it work to use high vacuum to eliminate air bubbles?
On 9/27/2013 8:03 AM, Jon Elson wrote:
> On 09/27/2013 12:53 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote:
>> What hardware do I need to use those so LCNC can read the data? They worked
>> fine with (I presume) acceptable accuracy when new, no reason they won't now.
> Just to read them
On 9/27/2013 7:38 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote:
> Cheap yes until you loose a limb. There is no cost to high when it come
> to safety guy.
>
> What happens if you are busy with a cleaning or changing a tool and the
> pc falls over turning the spindle on. I have seen it happen.
Won't be falling over
On 9/26/2013 4:48 PM, Peter C. Wallace wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Sep 2013, Thomas Kaiser wrote:
>
>> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 23:33:53 +0200
>> From: Thomas Kaiser
>> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
>>
>> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
>> Subject: [Emc-users] Homebrew BOB
>>
The Z axis on my mill has a BEI rotary encoder on its ballscrew, the table has
two Anilam System A-10 linear scales. All of them have a 5 wire connection,
conveniently still having wires run through conduit to the big box, and X and Y
connectors labeled. (Should be able to figure out which of th
On Mon, 9/23/13, andy pugh wrote:
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] hydraulic servo system
To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
Date: Monday, September 23, 2013, 9:53 AM
On 23 September 2013 15:24, Dave Cole
wrote:
> I'd keep an eye on Ebay for servo
valves. Most people don't know what
On Sun, 9/22/13, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
Gentlemen,
I want to control a hydraulic cylinder (extension and
retraction) with
LinuxCNC.
I want to use an axial piston swash plate pump.
I want to control the swash plate with a servo motor.
I will install a linear scale for position feedback.
On Sun, 9/22/13, Ralph Stirling wrote:
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] advice needed
To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
Date: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 7:03 PM
I have routed many stencils out of
very thin (.005") FR4 unclad pcb material.
Unfortunately, I can't get any more (Isola Laminat
On Sun, 9/22/13, Marshland Engineering wrote:
I have a A3 HP plotter and was wondering if this be adapted
to use a knife for making plastic stencils ?
-
Yes, lots of people have done that. There are knife holders made to fit in
place of the pen. You may have to tie the cl
As a test, I connected up the other Dell and installed the Mach3 demo. After
poking around until I found the pin settings and the calibration, the motor ran
nice and smooth.
Then I booted off the LCNC CD and with the default settings it runs rough, but
with a faster harmonic than the slower Del
On Sun, 9/22/13, Gene Heskett wrote:
1. Which ever way it runs both directions is probably the
correct enable line status.
*That would be completely disconnected and unused.
3. What are you using for motor power?
*The 60 volt DC switching supply that came with the kit. (Got three of them
On Sun, 9/22/13, Steve Stallings wrote:
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Very weird thing with my stepper motors. They
don'tlike to be moved while running.
To: "'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)'"
Date: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 4:06 PM
Greg,
The regular thumping noise, about twice a second
On Sun, 9/22/13, andy pugh wrote:
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Very weird thing with my stepper motors. They don't
like to be moved while running.
To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
Date: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 4:05 PM
On 22 September 2013 22:50, Gregg
E
On Sun, 9/22/13, Claude Froidevaux wrote:
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Very weird thing with my stepper motors. They don't
like to be moved while running.
To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
Date: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 6:20 AM
Le 22.09.2013 06:54, Gregg E
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