On Tue, 2013-12-17 at 22:37 -0500, John Alexander Stewart wrote: > Hi Andy; > > Thank you for the response - I have seen your little 7x lathe cnc > conversion on a few places - well done. > > I'll readily admit to being a bit "newby" in encoders. > > The Compact-8 does have a 40 tooth gear on the spindle. Right now spindle > pulley is off, because was doing some measurements on it for someone in > Britain who specializes in threading clutches - he needed a Compact-8 to > measure. > > Was thinking that, while it was off, I could make up a large disk with > holes for the encoder. Would it be better to read off the 40 tooth gear on > the spindle?? To me, in my novice state, I'd think that was not as good, > but... > > With the ebay rotary encoder - I can mount that and drive it either via a > timing belt, or simple gear - I have a set or three of change wheels for > the lathe, and I'm sure one could be put into use. > > Hmmm - I'm going to look at these rotary encoders more. I'd think that I'd > still need a timing pulse though. > > Thank you - John A. Stewart.
You might want to take a look at what Jon Elson did on his BP, this of course assumes the gear is steel. Dave > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT > organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance > affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your > Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
