On Wed, 11 Feb 2015, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > On 2/10/2015 3:48 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> Has anyone tried something like an encoder on the lead screw of a lathe, a >> stepper on the cross feed, and LinuxCNC to synchronize them. Could be used >> for tapers, curves, etc. > > It's called Electronic Lead Screw. http://autoartisans.com/ELS/ It > drives one stepper on the lead screw and uses a single point rotation > sensor on the spindle. > > It does have the ability to connect an external stepper driver to run a > motor on the cross slide to do tapers and other non-linear cuts. > > The main point of this setup is to use instead of a quick change gearbox > for threading and power feeds, thus it doesn't need a powered cross > slide to do threads and straight cuts. >
I have looked at ELS. What I am thinking is only a stepper on the cross feed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
