it is based on open source, but do they oppose its use?
thanks
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rather
rural place, but the store has RS and several other lines.
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others can be used for output signals, like spindle control.
It does look link a nice board- I like having screw terminals and header
pins for connections, it gives better
The Logan company is still in business, and Scott Logan is often seen on
some of the hobby metalworking sites. He does have more support for the
lathes but might be able to help on a shaper.
http://www.loganact.com/
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> rayj
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users]
> To: "En
an obviously
self-selected group, and those with an interest in his product.
If I were investing in product development I would not base much on this
survey.
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so anything that acts like a parallel port will drive it. I still do not
have the pins sorted out for the spindle control, but I did find the
stepper connections. They supply a manual with it that shows all the
mach3 screens for config so you can pick off the necessary pins numbers
a
people installing and
using it have no clue that linuxcnc, or any other software even exists,
let alone will try to install it.
I am happy to be among the group that likes to play with my control
software, but I am sure that puts me, and most of the people reading
this,
noring
it. Videos made form the back of the room are always lousy and useless.
Not that I have strong feeling about it of course :)
We have no objection if someone wants to hold up their phone or iPad and
record the session.
ron ginger
On 5/2/2016 10:02 PM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge
lesburg IL several years ago where linux
had a huge presence.
ron ginger
On 5/2/2016 2:24 PM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
> On 05/02/2016 10:27 AM, bari wrote:
>
> I'd like that very much.
>
>
>> >Any ideas where to hold it? Are there any other
asses are still open. The Mach4 lathe
build is full, but a waiting list is open.
thanks
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without a hint of a smile he whipped back "40 years"
The KX1 was installed less then 50 feet from a row of screw machines
maybe as old as I am (73 years) and they were clanking away dropping
parts into a bin.
ron ginger
> Who wants to use and maintain (if it is possible) an orig
I believe Grizzly owns the South Bend brand name now. They were making
lathes under the name but I think they recently discontinued the line.
ron ginger
On 3/2/2016 5:04 AM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
> I'm very curious to see if the Southbend chuck lives up
Reverse the direction of one stepper motor. This is a common setup
problem where someone reports their machine makes mirror image parts.
ron ginger
On 10/15/2015 1:22 AM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
> Gregg Eshelman Subject: Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G
> code Genera
is possible.
I talked to Brian Barker about this and he said it was one of the base
design considerations on Mach4 and not likely to be something that could
be added under existing code.
ron ginger
> On 24 September 2015 at 17:05, Jerry Scharf wrote:
>
>> >Hi,
>>
not my job to estimate the linuxCNC market
share- I would not know how to do that with any useful accuracy.
ron ginger
> From: Bruce Layne
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] CAD/CAM for LinuxCNC
> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
>
> Message-ID: <55fc91a8
quick and easy.
ron ginger
On 9/18/2015 6:15 PM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
> From: "John Dammeyer"
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] CAD/CAM for LinuxCNC
> To: "'Enhanced Machine Controller \(EMC\)'"
>
> Message-ID:<03b201d0f25
The
hobby side is not the focus.
I am not trying to push Mach on this list, I simply want the facts to be
clear and to try to kill off rumors.
ron ginger
On 9/18/2015 3:39 PM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 14:22:27 -0400
> From: Dave Cole
>
way.
ron ginger
On 9/18/2015 7:19 AM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
> From: Karlsson & Wang Subject: Re:
> [Emc-users] CAD/CAM for LinuxCNC To: "Enhanced Machine Controller
> \(EMC\)" Message-ID:
> <20150918110703.28d7bd541e7bd7b97a4d2...@karlsson
sad, and sobering to those of us that often boat alone.
ron ginger
On 7/23/2015 10:19 AM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
> I sail solo oftentimes and tie into the boat via lifelines when I do so
> just in case I lose my footing and start to go overboard. There is no
> si
g and gui
stuff on a 'real computer' like a PC with an ethernet connection between
them.
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://TheCNCworkshop.com
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> From: John Alexander Stewart
> Ron;
>
> Thank you for this email - I had wondered about the "Mach4" focus of the
> seminars, and wondered about Tormach/MachineKit.io/LinuxCNC seminars to
> balance the sheet, so to
. I have classrooms ranging
from an auditorium for 150 to a conference room for about 20.
see http://TheCNCworkshop.com for all details and registration info.
ron ginger
> On 04/26/2015 09:52 PM, Bari wrote:
>> >Anyone hear of a Linuxcnc Fest for this year yet?
>> >
>&
The CNC workshop will return in June of 2015. This is the continuation
of the event started more than 10 years ago by Roland Friestad, then
later run by DIGITAL MACHINIST magazine.
This year the workshop will be held at the TechShop in Allen Park
Michigan, between Detroit and Ann Arbor. the loc
Are you trying to run 2 motors wired in parallel to one VFD? I dont
think that will work. Their rotors will never be in phase so any
feedback generated is going to be really strange to the VFD.
ron ginger
On 11/25/2014 10:30 PM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
>>I need to
Try John Oly at seemecnc.com. They sell 3D printers, but got into it
because they have a good injection molding ability. they have mentioned
that they can make short run tooling quickly.
ron ginger
On 11/19/2014 7:25 PM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
>>Anyone of our m
e lights do
have a noticeable turn on time, maybe a second or two.
I like the energy saving part, so I will likely replace more in my shop
as the old ones die.
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my list for a long time. Too many projects.
ron ginger
On 10/29/2014 3:42 PM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
> I posted some pics of the Houston fest at TX/RX as well:
> https://plus.goog
trols,
so it ought to be in linuxCNC, even if the now very old NIST effort to
create a standard did not include it? If this were a commercial product
some marketing person would write a product requirement, the programmers
would make it happen and the industrial users would be pleased.
ron ginger
Mach4 has GOTO in the industrial version. Here is a short snip of how it
works.
(IF INITIAL FEEDRATE IS OMITTED)
IF [#8 NE #0] GOTO20
#8 = #9
N20
seems pretty handy to me, and quite clear to read.
ron ginger
It was planned because of NAMES. I was hoping you would be interested, I
will let you know what happens.
Is it to late to plan an event for this June?
ron
> No, I really can't make a 500 mile trip just to discuss
> this, but
> I am quite interested, and want to hear what is planned.
> If such a
for LinuxCNC in such an event?
If it was run about the same as before- a 2 or 3 day event with speakers
and lots of open discussion and demos, and a registration fee of about
$100 would you be interested?
Thanks for any feedback, I will report what I receive to the meeting.
ron ginger
/~nmms/solar/
ron ginger
format=flowed Nice... and that is why they call it
> "space". :-) Dave On 3/16/2014 5:50 AM, W. Martinjak wrote:
>> >http://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html
>>
The Arduino has shields as the add-om board, so I guess a cape was sort
of the other side of the shield.
ron ginger
On 2/25/2014 9:19 AM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
> Dave Cole
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] beaglebone fpga with linuxcnc
> To:emc-users@lists.source
the level of
customization required, sales volume and many other factors.
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See www.gearotic.com for a great package to that and much more for gear
cutting.
It is windows based, and by Art Fenerty, but its still damn good software.
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> Gregg Eshelman
> I've seen videos of turbine wheels being cut with a ball nose straight end
> mill on a
e welcome.
> Maybe this message should be posted everywhere also.
> thanks
> Stuart
There are discussions underway by a few guys to resurrect the CNC
workshop in Detroit next June. A hacker space is involved to be the
site. It is early, but it is st
e devices where the hardware vendor created their own
plug-in to run with Mach, so it wont appear in the Mach docs.
However, I am not sure there is any hardware device that has both Mach
and LinuxCNC support. I have h
low decay of infrastructure, science research and the
space program began.
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we
organize a show.
What we still need is a driver- someone who takes on the job of making
this happen. Its easy to rattle off E-mail suggestions, it takes a lot
of work to stand up and make a show happen.
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s, and Im sure he wold be happy to have the entire
CNC workshop running in conjunction with CF.
I hope someone steps up to organize a CNC workshop, but I cannot think
of anyone with the right set of interests and the time and mon
t; A Smoothstepper is considerably more expensive than a cheap PC, and
> can only do one thing.
> As far as I know a Pokeys isn't a real-time motion control device at
> all, but a USB HID device?
Pokeys now has a motion contr
port with a smoothstepper and the problem was
solved- I put the stepper back and have never had a lost Z step.
With low cost motion devices like smoothstepper, pokeys, kflop,
centipede, etc it seems clear to me that fighting real time latency
iss
liar with screen sets that operate a brownie cutter in a bakery and
an OEM that sells many hundreds of quilting machines per year. Im sure
none of you have even seen those screen sets.
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lot of graphite into the epoxy, all it could take and
still be thin enough to run into the screw.
I didn't do any real scientific tests, but it has worked for several
years with no signs of a problem. At the bottom of
http://plsntcov.8m.com/sherline.htm
per with extensive cross platform
experience about a year ago. He has not been identified to the mach
world to enable him to stay focused on development not user support.
I dont mean to keep pushing mach here, but I will answer questions when
I know the answers.
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I am interested in the general area of CNC, specifically related to
hobby users.
I am finished with this topic, or further variations of the 'mines
bigger' variety.
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o be a problem. And one of the G540s major selling features is
that the breakout board is built-in.
Someone should get this info to Marriss. He is normally very responsive
to problems like this, and Im sure he can either suggest a fix, or
explain what
MES is April 21, 22 in Yak Arena, Wyandotte Michigan. There is limited
space there, but they did give EMC a space last year.
The CNC workshop is in June in Ann Arbor MI, and will of course be all CNC.
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just a drop of coolant right on the tool edge, and with a
simple knob you adjust the rate to get just enough coolant.
This one has been 'on my list' for a while, I think its the best
approach for a home shop. Someday Ill actually get around to it.
make a very tiny orifice put a tube into your lathe chuck. Make a
small female center for the tailstock and spin the tube into the center.
You can swedge the tube down to a very tiny hole- a friend did it for a
gas jet in a burner for a model engine- an orifice size of just .005- .007.
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big mistake and they really want to encourage
more CNC demos.
In the end, NAMES is a great show, I would never miss it. I enjoy
showing off my work and seeing what everyone else is doing. Ill be
there, with a new router Im building (if I get it d
ay to encourage more CNC
demos.
It would be great to see lots of CNC demos at the show.
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early retirement offer. I was in every state in the US, most of Europe,
Japan, Australia doing sales support or training. It was a hell of a
ride while it lasted.
ron g
lute mode, G91.1 sets to
incremental mode. Its valid to change it on the fly within a program.
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I doubt it is open. They are doing part of
the auction on Friday as a live ebay auction, so there must be some way
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together and you have a working machine. All the mechanical components I
will use are items you can buy and bolt together.
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recall Ive been beating this
drum for years, starting back at NAMES several years ago with my Win 3.1
VB code to mimic the Acurite control.
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> that are accessible to the typical user.
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> Jeff
Thanks for the info. I stopped at Borders yesterday and bought a Python
book, and I have saved your message. I'm going to dig around in this for
a while, it woul
can write login in VB that can interact with the
user and run any movement the machine can do.
It ought not be to hard to link Perl or TCL or any scripting language
into EMC.
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