I took Andy Pugh's suggestion and made my own .comp for the tool turret. Next I have the Huangyang VFD using the hy_gt_vfd hal component. Yesterday I installed the spindle encoder and added the hal spindle component for the 3 speed geared head. I have some suggestions for some small changes to the documentation that might make understanding how to use this comp much better. I know Andy just took my last corrections to the docs and updated them. Is that the best process? I think I should do something soon before it is forgotten.
Here is a video of the second time using the machine now with a working turret and spindle encoder. I will have to try threading soon. Clausing NC 1550 <https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipNboAXexCb1uiiVkiEeRmsYLOU6aZIV9Z2QUZXT/photo/AF1QipPH20Yw9N_pP6DQiM7r15A83rDe0wpiAqJnbJoL> Yet to do: 1) Add a braking resistor to the VFD so I can stop faster. 2) Get a proper E-Stop mounted on the machine and some other important buttons like program pause and run. Maybe on the panel below the speed selector I will add things like the VFD faceplate, E-stop. Start and Stop buttons, MPG etc. 3) Figure out how to index the head so I can cut some splines. Maybe I will mount a disk with holes like an index plate on the back of the chuck. But what about using the spindle orient g codes and then some kind of holding brake? John Figie _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
