On Tuesday 10 November 2015 08:55:30 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:

> Am Dienstag, 10. November 2015 schrieb Gene Heskett:
> > On Tuesday 10 November 2015 07:34:46 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> > > Am Dienstag, 10. November 2015 schrieb Gene Heskett:
> > > > Good morning everybody;
> > > >
> > > > I am running TDE on this box, and am quite happy with it.
> > > >
> > > > [...]
> > > >
> > > > So on your machines with limited horsepower like the atoms, what
> > > > wm/gui family are you folks using?
> > >
> > > Hi Gene!
> > >
> > > As you might suspect, I'm running TDE on my mill, too :-)
> >
> > And its computer is a?
>
> The "old" one was a Dell Optiplex 755 (I think) from 2008 with 1G RAM
> and a 4GB CF-Card. The "new" one is a D945GCLF2 with 1G RAM and again
> a 4GB CF Card.
>
This one is a 745, 4Gb of ram & a new 2T sata drive since there is not a 
PATA interface on these mobo's.

> I added Slavecs repository to /etc/apt/sources:
>
> deb http://mirror.xcer.cz/trinity-sb wheezy deps-r14 main-r14
>
Done, install in progress but synaptic is fussing about the keys yet.

I'll let that finish, get the keys and install them as below, then 
refresh & start getting rid of xfce, starting with lightdm.

> then install Slavecs keys and TDE:
>
> # apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net
> --recv-key A04BE668 # aptitude install tde-trinity
>
Not a fan of aptitude, its not as intuitive as synaptic.  But it also 
doesn't need a wrapper to let it use what little gfx it uses.  As a #1 
user, you have to run synaptic-pkexec, which then asks for your pw and 
works on your x profile.  Sudo synaptic can't open a screen on your 
session of x.  Both seem to have the full power of apt-get at hand 
though.

> And then get rid of the stuff you don't like (xfce ...) :-)
>
> Nik

Thanks Nik.  What sort of a machine are you driving?  The one in question 
is a G0704 Grizzly mill,  fleabay ball screw kit & fleabay motor/psu's 
kit. 5i25 interface.  Needs more voltage on the Z as it can only do 
about 42 IPM.  Nema 34 motor only on Z, triple stack nema 23's on x/y, 
can do 70 ipm.

Configured for an A rotary table, but the table and motor kit hasn't been 
obtained yet.

I have a smaller 4" table (no center bore either) with a motor on it for 
the toy mill that I could, with a bit of tom-foolery, rig if I need one 
desperately. But its such a backlash ridden POS that I've cut a groove 
in the mating face, drawn the bolt up fairly tight, and I hit that 
groove with about 90 psi for air lube when I want to move it at any 
speed at all.  Even thats not enough to really control the backlash if 
the cut is more than 2 thou per pass.  I made some beautiful sprockets 
for #25 chain, teeth about 4 thou too wide to enter the chain, thanks to 
that backlash.  Had to file then narrower. But it was for a bandsaw 
fence drive, not a Cathedral.  It works, for sharpening tools etc. :)

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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