Re: [Emc-users] internal cleaning a BS-1

2020-05-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 17 May 2020 12:31:48 Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > It looks like I am going to have to dis this $600 piece of junk and > take it to the car wash to clean out the manufacturing debris. > > Which brings up a need to re-lube it as I put it back together. > > It has oil ports,

Re: [Emc-users] internal cleaning a BS-1

2020-05-18 Thread Andy Pugh
> On 18 May 2020, at 10:38, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Has anyone else's experience been > any better? No. I imagine that the original design from the original maker was probably prettty good, but they have been cost-reduced to heck with a concomitant reduction in quality. The “BS”

Re: [Emc-users] internal cleaning a BS-1

2020-05-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 18 May 2020 14:12:21 dave engvall wrote: > Years ago I would have said Lubriplate but today there are lots of Li > greases and lubricants in general have improved a lot. My judgement matches. Todays chassis grease in tubes to fit a small grease gun is easily 100x better stuff that we

Re: [Emc-users] internal cleaning a BS-1

2020-05-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 18 May 2020 11:50:06 Chris Albertson wrote: > On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 5:38 AM Gene Heskett > wrote: > > . I found an ultra > > > compact nema23 motor mount, from Germany but they can't ship to the > > US because of covid-19 & refunded my card. > > You are buying an NEMA23 motor mount

Re: [Emc-users] internal cleaning a BS-1

2020-05-18 Thread dave engvall
Years ago I would have said Lubriplate but today there are lots of Li greases and lubricants in general have improved a lot. Any NLGIG 2 should do. At the speeds it is  going to turn you should not have to worry about over packing the lube. Have fun getting it in place. I use a 3/4 T lever hoist 

Re: [Emc-users] internal cleaning a BS-1

2020-05-18 Thread Chris Albertson
On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 5:38 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > . I found an ultra > compact nema23 motor mount, from Germany but they can't ship to the US > because of covid-19 & refunded my card. You are buying an NEMA23 motor mount when you have a full machine shop in the garage? I found that motor

Re: [Emc-users] internal cleaning a BS-1

2020-05-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 18 May 2020 07:01:07 Andy Pugh wrote: > > On 18 May 2020, at 10:38, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > Has anyone else's experience been > > any better? > > No. > > I imagine that the original design from the original maker was > probably prettty good, but they have been cost-reduced to heck

[Emc-users] timestamp ethernet hardware

2020-05-18 Thread Thomas J Powderly
I think timestamping was a benefit, esp for PPMC. I just read about the new Teensy4.1 having ethernet hardware with PTP. Then I checked to see if there were off the shelf ethernet cards with PTP ( there are ). Is harwdare generated, timestamped packets of use to linuxcnc? Can/Would syncing

Re: [Emc-users] timestamp ethernet hardware

2020-05-18 Thread N
> I think timestamping was a benefit, esp for PPMC. > > I just read about the new Teensy4.1 having ethernet hardware with PTP. > > Then I checked to see if there were off the shelf ethernet cards with > PTP ( there are ). > > Is harwdare generated, timestamped packets of use to linuxcnc? If I