all you need is a quadature encoder + index installed on your spindle. (and some way to get it into emc.)
I don't know if you have the same mill as jonE - but he used an existing gear in his mill as an encoder. http://pico-systems.com/bridge_spindle.html sam emc w On 9/27/2010 11:21 AM, Igor Chudov wrote: > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Jon Anderson<janders1...@comcast.net> > wrote: >> On 9/27/2010 7:32 AM, Igor Chudov wrote: >>> I have a possible job to do to drill and tap 200 holes. The more I >>> think, the more it seems that I would be served well if I get rigid >>> tapping to work. >> Thought just occurred to me, EMC will thread mill, right? Given the >> number of holes, you might consider popping for a Thriller made by Emuge. >> Properly programmed, it will drill, thread, and chamfer the hole. Emuge >> has details of how to program the thread milling, use that data in a >> subroutine. >> I'm not familiar with subroutine calls with repeats, but done properly, >> I think you could get away with a sub call for one row, a sub call >> repeating that row call in the other axis, and the subroutine itself. >> >> A potential job several years ago would have involved huge amounts of >> drilling and tapping 1/4-20 blind holes. Had the job come through I >> would have quickly gotten into a machining center. I contacted Emuge for >> some details on cycle time. Given a 10K spindle and proper coolant, an >> engineer told me to expect a cycle time of a few seconds per hole. You >> don't have that RPM or high volume coolant, but it should give you an >> idea. Of course, being mostly hobby, gotta weigh time vs money... > I have high enough volume coolant for this application. My top RPM for > a long job is 2,600 RPM. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances > and start using them to simplify application deployment and > accelerate your shift to cloud computing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
