On Fri, 24 Feb 2012, Kirk Wallace wrote: > Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:16:55 -0800 > From: Kirk Wallace <kwall...@wallacecompany.com> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > To: LinuxCNC Users List <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: [Emc-users] Film Emulsion for Encoder Wheels? > > I wonder if one could make an encoder wheel with a thin glass disk, coat > it with a film emulsion, expose it to an image of an encoder wheel, and > develop it like regular film? > > Or, use a thin sheet metal disk with photoresist and etch the slots? > > I know these techniques are use commercially, I'm just wondering if one > of us shed based folks might be able to pull it off.
I've done it with high contrast film, the type they use in PCB fabrication, (6 mil mylar backing) many years ago to repair a encoder in a plotter. There used to be places that would laser plot a 8X10 sheet of this for $10-20 > -- > Kirk Wallace > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ > http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html > California, USA > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > Peter Wallace Mesa Electronics (\__/) (='.'=) This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your (")_(") signature to help him gain world domination. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
