Re: [Emc-users] Emc-users Digest, Vol 38, Issue 50

2009-06-14 Thread rick shoop
Our Father would be so proud. (Eli Whitney) Some of you younger guys, (less than 65) might find reading his book on the theory of tolerancing parts very useful. I agree that the application of CAD drawing has put a lot of the actual design stuff in the box, out of sight, like tolerancing. Just

[Emc-users] Plasma Torch selection

2008-12-25 Thread rick shoop
I helped a neighbor get his cnc plasma cutter running, he got his from Torchmate. I addition to the power supply, and torch itself, you need an opto isolated control box to turn the torch on and off, and a height adjuster that maintains the proper height based on voltage between the work and the

[Emc-users] 8255 based I/O board

2008-10-06 Thread rick shoop
I am trying to use an 8255 based I/O board for the EMC2 interface and am trying to find out where I need to place the initialization byte in which configuration file? I want to be able to use separate switches for each limit, axis home, and machine I/O (spindle on, coolant, vacuum clamping, E