On 14 November 2012 03:30, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > Be aware the timing belt must be tight. Any slack/slop in the coupling > will eat your lunch when tuning it for stability
Maybe with a servo, but probably not a huge issue for measuring spindle position. There is a lot to be said for picking a handy gear and using gear-tooth-sensors: http://www.ebay.com/itm/160642364232 http://pico-systems.com/bridge_spindle.html (And also my own version of the same: https://picasaweb.google.com/108164504656404380542/CNCUnsorted#5770736261517681954 et. seq. ) -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users