Re: [Emc-users] Auto center finding?
On Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:44:57 +0100, you wrote: On 31 March 2013 16:11, Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net wrote: I also have an auto changer but never managed to get that to work under Linux. What type of changer is it? (and when did you last try?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dvLbb-HNsE It works similar to the Denford or Enco changers, rotates past a pawl then backs on to it. It's stepper driven. The gearbox has a 40:1 worm and pinion. It's a couple of years since I tried it, but with the other missing features and poor CV performance in LinuxCNC I still prefer to use an old version of Mach. Steve Blackmore -- -- Own the Future-Intelreg; Level Up Game Demo Contest 2013 Rise to greatness in Intel's independent game demo contest. Compete for recognition, cash, and the chance to get your game on Steam. $5K grand prize plus 10 genre and skill prizes. Submit your demo by 6/6/13. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel_levelupd2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Auto center finding?
On Sun, 31 Mar 2013 18:21:00 -0400, you wrote: I have tried that too, but was never able to make it work, seems my offset that I was entering by reading the diameter, was always being taken as a radius correction. Switch to radius mode, then have to run the mic reading thru the calculator. Its a PIMA Steve, offsets entered should be taken as diameter, not radius. Totally counter-intuitive to me. Offsets are always absolute. If you switch to radius mode the DRO should give you the reading you need to enter. Having said that, some other controls do the calc for you in diameter mode. See http://imagebin.org/252371 a screen I did for Mach. The lack of wear offsets is the big killer for me, one of the jobs I do reasonably regularly needs an adjustment every 50 parts or so, I need to be able to pause, enter them, and continue easily without destroying my initial setup measurements or resorting to a calculator! Steve Blackmore -- -- Own the Future-Intelreg; Level Up Game Demo Contest 2013 Rise to greatness in Intel's independent game demo contest. Compete for recognition, cash, and the chance to get your game on Steam. $5K grand prize plus 10 genre and skill prizes. Submit your demo by 6/6/13. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel_levelupd2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Auto center finding?
On 1 April 2013 09:21, Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net wrote: It works similar to the Denford or Enco changers, rotates past a pawl then backs on to it. It's stepper driven. The gearbox has a 40:1 worm and pinion. One of these three components ought to do the job: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ContributedComponents#Boxford_Lathe_ATC_toolchanger_component -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- Own the Future-Intelreg; Level Up Game Demo Contest 2013 Rise to greatness in Intel's independent game demo contest. Compete for recognition, cash, and the chance to get your game on Steam. $5K grand prize plus 10 genre and skill prizes. Submit your demo by 6/6/13. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel_levelupd2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Auto center finding?
You are running a lathe on Mach3? I thought you gave up on Mach3 for lathe work. No threading or CSS? CV isn't very useful on a lathe. Dave On 4/1/2013 3:21 AM, Steve Blackmore wrote: On Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:44:57 +0100, you wrote: On 31 March 2013 16:11, Steve Blackmorest...@pilotltd.net wrote: I also have an auto changer but never managed to get that to work under Linux. What type of changer is it? (and when did you last try?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dvLbb-HNsE It works similar to the Denford or Enco changers, rotates past a pawl then backs on to it. It's stepper driven. The gearbox has a 40:1 worm and pinion. It's a couple of years since I tried it, but with the other missing features and poor CV performance in LinuxCNC I still prefer to use an old version of Mach. Steve Blackmore -- -- Own the Future-Intelreg; Level Up Game Demo Contest 2013 Rise to greatness in Intel's independent game demo contest. Compete for recognition, cash, and the chance to get your game on Steam. $5K grand prize plus 10 genre and skill prizes. Submit your demo by 6/6/13. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel_levelupd2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Own the Future-Intelreg; Level Up Game Demo Contest 2013 Rise to greatness in Intel's independent game demo contest. Compete for recognition, cash, and the chance to get your game on Steam. $5K grand prize plus 10 genre and skill prizes. Submit your demo by 6/6/13. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel_levelupd2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Auto center finding?
On Mon, 1 Apr 2013 11:11:26 +0100, you wrote: On 1 April 2013 09:21, Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net wrote: It works similar to the Denford or Enco changers, rotates past a pawl then backs on to it. It's stepper driven. The gearbox has a 40:1 worm and pinion. One of these three components ought to do the job: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ContributedComponents#Boxford_Lathe_ATC_toolchanger_component Thanks Andy - I'll have a look. Steve Blackmore -- -- Own the Future-Intelreg; Level Up Game Demo Contest 2013 Rise to greatness in Intel's independent game demo contest. Compete for recognition, cash, and the chance to get your game on Steam. $5K grand prize plus 10 genre and skill prizes. Submit your demo by 6/6/13. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel_levelupd2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Auto center finding?
On Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:48:00 +0100, Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net wrote: On Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:46:35 -0500, you wrote: You are running a lathe on Mach3? I thought you gave up on Mach3 for lathe work. No, still use it about 90% unless I have long threads to do, then I use Linuxcnc. Still missing a few essential features for me to take seriously. No threading or CSS? CV isn't very useful on a lathe. CSS works well enough on early Mach versions prior to V3.040 or so, altering the spindle speed rather than varying the feed. Spindle on my new lathe has a good enough response to work OK with that. Steve Blackmore -- -- Own the Future-Intelreg; Level Up Game Demo Contest 2013 Rise to greatness in Intel's independent game demo contest. Compete for recognition, cash, and the chance to get your game on Steam. $5K grand prize plus 10 genre and skill prizes. Submit your demo by 6/6/13. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel_levelupd2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Seasons Greetings
On Sun, 2013-03-31 at 15:38 -0500, Dave wrote: Air source heat pumps are common in Indiana and we are colder than Missouri! I have a ground water heat pump - open loop. Dumps into a pond in my front yard. I'd go with two wells and draw from one and pump into the other if I was to do it from scratch. Permits are no big deal in Indiana. In fact I could probably drill a well without one here. Heating my house is really cheap.. Dave OK so I'm green with envy. When I built my house 25 years ago I went with propane. Propane and electricity are a toss up now depending on what price you can get your propane for. I still do hot water with propane. There just ain't no free lunchbut I keep looking. ;-) Dave On 3/31/2013 1:19 PM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: --- On Sun, 3/31/13, Jon Elsonel...@pico-systems.com wrote: From: Jon Elsonel...@pico-systems.com An air-source heat pump, in IDAHO??? Are you NUTS? ground-source is good, but even in Missouri, air-sourced heat pumps don't do so well. Jon Wanted a closed loop water to air but the permitting process is insane. Even more insane is the open loop type that wastes water requires no special permit. So went with a 16 SEER Trane air to air. It'll work down to 20 degrees F. -- Own the Future-Intel(R) Level Up Game Demo Contest 2013 Rise to greatness in Intel's independent game demo contest. Compete for recognition, cash, and the chance to get your game on Steam. $5K grand prize plus 10 genre and skill prizes. Submit your demo by 6/6/13. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/12124-176961-30367-2 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Own the Future-Intel(R) Level Up Game Demo Contest 2013 Rise to greatness in Intel's independent game demo contest. Compete for recognition, cash, and the chance to get your game on Steam. $5K grand prize plus 10 genre and skill prizes. Submit your demo by 6/6/13. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/12124-176961-30367-2 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Own the Future-Intelreg; Level Up Game Demo Contest 2013 Rise to greatness in Intel's independent game demo contest. Compete for recognition, cash, and the chance to get your game on Steam. $5K grand prize plus 10 genre and skill prizes. Submit your demo by 6/6/13. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel_levelupd2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Seasons Greetings
On Sun, 2013-03-31 at 18:10 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 31 March 2013 18:08:26 Erik Christiansen did opine: On 31.03.13 11:22, Peter Blodow wrote: Best wishes and happy Easter Holidays to all of you from snow-ridden Bavaria! Danke, gleichfalls! Happy Easter from down under, where the end of a week and a half between 30آ°C (86آ°F) and 36آ°C (99آ°F) here in the middle of the first month of autumn (fall) was pretty much welcome. (Easy for me to say. With 12 cubic metres of firewood stacked under cover, I'm even ready if some of that northern hemisphere snow finds its way down here. Though I'd race for the camera if it ever did snow here, even at 600 ft altitude.) Hoping that the extra chocolate rations help to stave off the cold up there. (Sorry, Gene - you're probably not allowed a lot of that.) I eat half a block (an ounce) of unsweetened a day. Chocolate, without the sugar, is actually good for a lot of things that can ail one. Box of Baker's sitting within reach right now. :) GI Periwinkel translated from a childrens book as Good idea Periwinkle I succumb to the extra dark from time to time. Dave Erik Cheers, Gene -- Own the Future-Intelreg; Level Up Game Demo Contest 2013 Rise to greatness in Intel's independent game demo contest. Compete for recognition, cash, and the chance to get your game on Steam. $5K grand prize plus 10 genre and skill prizes. Submit your demo by 6/6/13. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel_levelupd2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
