Re: [Emc-users] Recall: new docs

2018-11-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 19 November 2018 20:03:51 andy pugh wrote: > On Tue, 20 Nov 2018 at 00:47, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Is there something wrong with saying thank you? Someone obviously > > put in some fairly serious time doing that. > > I had a look through the commits to the docs and I am not sure what

Re: [Emc-users] Recall: new docs

2018-11-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 19 November 2018 09:36:35 Todd Zuercher wrote: > Todd Zuercher would like to recall the message, "[Emc-users] new > docs". > Is there something wrong with saying thank you? Someone obviously put in some fairly serious time doing that. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes

Re: [Emc-users] Recall: new docs

2018-11-19 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 20 Nov 2018 at 00:47, Gene Heskett wrote: > Is there something wrong with saying thank you? Someone obviously put in > some fairly serious time doing that. I had a look through the commits to the docs and I am not sure what changes you are talking about. I don't think that the remap

Re: [Emc-users] Surface grinder vertical axis servo motor and controller recommendation

2018-11-19 Thread Jon Elson
On 11/19/2018 10:20 PM, Jon Elson wrote: On 11/19/2018 09:38 PM, Tom Easterday wrote: A friend is fixing up a 70s vintage surface grinder that has a ball screw on the vertical axis and a non functioning drive. He wants to replace what is there with a servo motor and driver and have a simple

Re: [Emc-users] Surface grinder vertical axis servo motor and controller recommendation

2018-11-19 Thread Bruce Layne
While LinuxCNC does seem like overkill for such a simple CNC project, it would still be my first choice. It's inexpensive and easy to toss together a LinuxCNC control system, and this minimal system will be even simpler than most. LinuxCNC offers a lot of potential for expansion if that

Re: [Emc-users] Surface grinder vertical axis servo motor and controller recommendation

2018-11-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 19 November 2018 22:38:05 Tom Easterday wrote: > A friend is fixing up a 70s vintage surface grinder that has a ball > screw on the vertical axis and a non functioning drive. What is wrong with the drive? It might be repairable with some fresh capacitors. > He wants to > replace

Re: [Emc-users] question on progress of addf survey tool.

2018-11-19 Thread Jon Elson
On 11/19/2018 04:38 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Monday 19 November 2018 05:06:29 Nicklas SB Karlsson wrote: What did you want to discuss with the addf function? I used it and think it works but what's more? We need a utility that detects out of order addf's, each of which then causes a

Re: [Emc-users] question on progress of addf survey tool.

2018-11-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 19 November 2018 22:05:03 Jon Elson wrote: > On 11/19/2018 04:38 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 19 November 2018 05:06:29 Nicklas SB Karlsson > > > > wrote: > >> What did you want to discuss with the addf function? > >> > >> I used it and think it works but what's more? > > > >

Re: [Emc-users] Surface grinder vertical axis servo motor and controller recommendation

2018-11-19 Thread Ken Strauss
> -Original Message- > From: Tom Easterday [mailto:tom-...@bgp.nu] > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2018 10:38 PM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Emc-users] Surface grinder vertical axis servo motor and > controller > recommendation > > A friend is fixing up a 70s vintage

[Emc-users] Surface grinder vertical axis servo motor and controller recommendation

2018-11-19 Thread Tom Easterday
A friend is fixing up a 70s vintage surface grinder that has a ball screw on the vertical axis and a non functioning drive. He wants to replace what is there with a servo motor and driver and have a simple control that lets him select several ranges, say 100, .010, .001, .0001 & .5

Re: [Emc-users] new docs

2018-11-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 19 November 2018 08:45:32 Les Newell wrote: > > I don't have any spares that are 100% functional. I blew the probe > > input on one while doing EDM on that machine, and a loose ground on > > the frame of the G0704 did the probe input on another. > > If it's just one input you could just

[Emc-users] Recall: new docs

2018-11-19 Thread Todd Zuercher
Todd Zuercher would like to recall the message, "[Emc-users] new docs". ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users

Re: [Emc-users] Recall: new docs

2018-11-19 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
? He want to keep the new docs for himself? > Todd Zuercher would like to recall the message, "[Emc-users] new docs". > > ___ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users

Re: [Emc-users] turning cycle

2018-11-19 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 19 Nov 2018 at 17:44, Tage Johansson wrote: > I have read something on the web, and I understood that I should put > something in the RS274NG section and some python files at some location > to get it to work. Can you just explain better? Look at the sample config here:

Re: [Emc-users] question on progress of addf survey tool.

2018-11-19 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
> On Monday 19 November 2018 05:06:29 Nicklas SB Karlsson wrote: > > > What did you want to discuss with the addf function? > > > > I used it and think it works but what's more? > > > We need a utility that detects out of order addf's, each of which then > causes a one thread execution delay in

Re: [Emc-users] question on progress of addf survey tool.

2018-11-19 Thread Nicklas SB Karlsson
What did you want to discuss with the addf function? I used it and think it works but what's more? On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 21:47:12 -0500 Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > I expressed an interest in such a survey tool/utility 2 or 3 months back. > > Has there been any progress in writing

Re: [Emc-users] new docs

2018-11-19 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 19 Nov 2018 at 02:40, Gene Heskett wrote: > > This is a stepper machine? > > Yes. But a pdm spindle setup on the 5i25's p3. > What firmware should I program the 5i25 with? > > The pdf I've pulled and printed doesn't say what the D version is, but > I'm assuming it means differential

Re: [Emc-users] question on progress of addf survey tool.

2018-11-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 19 November 2018 05:06:29 Nicklas SB Karlsson wrote: > What did you want to discuss with the addf function? > > I used it and think it works but what's more? > We need a utility that detects out of order addf's, each of which then causes a one thread execution delay in the data

Re: [Emc-users] new docs

2018-11-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 19 November 2018 05:21:42 andy pugh wrote: > On Mon, 19 Nov 2018 at 02:40, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > This is a stepper machine? > > > > Yes. But a pdm spindle setup on the 5i25's p3. > > What firmware should I program the 5i25 with? > > > > The pdf I've pulled and printed doesn't say

Re: [Emc-users] new docs

2018-11-19 Thread Les Newell
Hi Gene, I have taken to using an impact screwdriver tool on the drawbar, and means to rack it up and down must be devised just to engage it with the drawbar. I have a commercially made drawbar that works like this. The impact driver is simply pushed down by a pneumatic ram which is driven at

Re: [Emc-users] new docs

2018-11-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 19 November 2018 07:31:09 Les Newell wrote: > Hi Gene, > > > I have taken to using an impact screwdriver tool on the > > drawbar, and means to rack it up and down must be devised just to > > engage it with the drawbar. > This drawbar has a 5/16 square tip, so its driven by an 8 point

Re: [Emc-users] new docs

2018-11-19 Thread Les Newell
I don't have any spares that are 100% functional. I blew the probe input on one while doing EDM on that machine, and a loose ground on the frame of the G0704 did the probe input on another. If it's just one input you could just not use that input. I've seen something similar, bring about

Re: [Emc-users] new docs

2018-11-19 Thread Todd Zuercher
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Re: [Emc-users] turning cycle

2018-11-19 Thread Tage Johansson
I've some experience in tool path programming, and also some experience in c. So I wonder if I can help you with this? If you want to, that would be great. You would need to check with mozmck if this would be acceptable for introduction in to 2.8 at this point. (I think probably it would, a