Re: [Emc-developers] 5 axis kinematics

2007-12-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 20 December 2007, Chris Radek wrote: >Tonight I got the fifth axis working on my desktop mill. >The kinematics work as planned. > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WCrqqoZkPg > That's sweet Chris, but I didn't buy the tilt post (yet). Whose table is the 4th? That's my next summers pro

Re: [Emc-developers] 5 axis kinematics

2007-12-20 Thread Chris Radek
Tonight I got the fifth axis working on my desktop mill. The kinematics work as planned. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WCrqqoZkPg - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Stud

[Emc-developers] installing for compile

2007-12-20 Thread Alan Condit
I got all of the pieces necessary to compile emc2 on Ubuntu installed. Where should you install the emc2 source? I installed it in the Desktop folder and compiled it but then "make install" doesn't work. Thanks, Alan --- Alan Condit 1085 Tierra Ct. Woodburn, OR 97071 Email -- [EMAIL PROT

Re: [Emc-developers] Stepper Controller

2007-12-20 Thread Mario .
One very nice point of encoder connected to a stepper motor (the encoder has much high resolution than the motor) is that you can guess the load and load change in the difference between the actual and commanded position. Of course this will be different for different speeds already and will wildly