Kirk Wallace wrote: > On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 19:44 -0500, Thomas J Powderly wrote: > ... snip > >>THE ABCD on a turret makes me think the encoder is very coarse and the >>information ABCD is really just a 4 bit count of position. This is more >>credible if your turret has less than 17 positions. >>It is an encoder, just not the sort most people think of. >>The turret for the Mazak was just holes in a yard wide disk and prox >>sensors. after i unmasked it, it was pretty simple to understand. It may >>be like yours. > > > The CHNC should be like my HNC encoder here: > > http://www.wallacecompany.com/cnc_lathe/HNC/00025-1a.jpg
Yup, thats the baby! Mine is encapsulated in plastic and I can't quite make out the chip numbers. Ed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
