Re: [Emc-users] Plasma I/O

2008-01-05 Thread John Thornton
On 4 Jan 2008 at 19:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kirk, I don't know about the Miller but the Hypertherm is used a lot for cnc plasma cutters. The Hypertherm Powermax1250 has 3 I/O built in. Start Arc, Arc Stable and Arc Voltage. Start Arc is and input from your controller. Arc Stable is an

[Emc-users] spring loaded engraving tool

2008-01-05 Thread Ian Wright
Hi Dean, If you go to Freepatentsonline.com and register there you can do a search for 'spring loaded engraving toolholder' which will give you a couple of pdf files of the patents for a tool like the one you linked to with drawings etc - I believe you can make a copy of any patented

Re: [Emc-users] Pendant and tool zeroing...

2008-01-05 Thread FraT
Thank you very much, your blog are very interesting... My weekend will be a full immersion to understand all infos !!! Great work with EMC Francesco Tommasini Vinci Florence Italy - Original Message - From: Anders Wallin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced

Re: [Emc-users] spring loaded engraving tool

2008-01-05 Thread William Scalione
Jim Coleman wrote: I'm curious how well the compression / extension tap holders would compare. and isnt the nature of springs to require more force to compress farther? wouldnt that result in more pressure being applied to the cutter on Z? or could it be gravity fed to overcome this? I

Re: [Emc-users] spring loaded engraving tool

2008-01-05 Thread William Scalione
Here is a link to my spindle photos. Click the icon above the photo for all sizes to make it bigger. You can see a control panel I made for a customer, so if anyone needs some made, email me. This is a little off topic, so maybe we should take it off line if you have questions email me at

Re: [Emc-users] spring loaded engraving tool

2008-01-05 Thread William Scalione
OOPS, forgot the link http://www.flickr.com/photos/11236729%40N08/ Bill - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005.

[Emc-users] mini-io card

2008-01-05 Thread Luke Cardinal
New this just many and like evreyone we have problems setup so here's the scoop. Dose any anyone here have a system with a mini-io card from http://www.candcnc.com/ installed and working. The big picture is a bridgeport mill to be installed on but would to setup on a bench first so. First

Re: [Emc-users] Dahlih with EMC2

2008-01-05 Thread Stuart Stevenson
-- Message: 4 Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:26:02 -0800 From: Kirk Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Dahlih with EMC2 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type:

[Emc-users] CNC4PC C11 board with emc

2008-01-05 Thread Geert De Pecker
Arturo, As promised, I tried to use stepgen to control the analog voltage. Below are the changes I did to the hal file. This seems to work ok, the spindle speeds indicated by emc are quite equal to the speeds indicated by the sherline DRO speed indicator. I quit my tests to use the solid state

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle speed control with cnc4pc board

2008-01-05 Thread Geert De Pecker
Lester, I first tried to get the required 12V from the kbic, but as this is only provided for with a zener (according to the schematics), it dropped to 6V as soon as the C11 board was connected. So bad option. As in the meantime the 5V-12V dc converter arrived (indeed from Farnell), I used that

Re: [Emc-users] Plasma I/O (John Thorton)

2008-01-05 Thread Ing . Milan Ptáček
For plasma cutting is necessary secure a optional distance between the torch (cutting nozle) and cutted steel plate. The direction of this movement is around axis Z. The voltage, which is sourced from plasma source is voltage between cutted material and electrode (cathode) and he is variable

Re: [Emc-users] Microkinetics MN400

2008-01-05 Thread Kirk Wallace
I may be wrong, but I don't think it has been done yet. EMC already does what this card dose, and for the cost of ~$500, you could buy two PC's and get EMC for free. If you wanted to bypass the motion control in EMC, you could use EMC as a GUI and G-code interpreter, but you would then need to

Re: [Emc-users] spring loaded engraving tool

2008-01-05 Thread Jim Coleman
On Jan 5, 2008 1:20 PM, John Thornton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you keep the nose cone from marking up the work? i was wondering the same thing. at a few k rpm, seems like anything would leave some nasties, unless the coolant keeps everything lubricated enough to just slide over it

Re: [Emc-users] spring loaded engraving tool

2008-01-05 Thread John Kasunich
Jim Coleman wrote: On Jan 5, 2008 1:20 PM, John Thornton [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you keep the nose cone from marking up the work? i was wondering the same thing. at a few k rpm, seems like anything would leave some nasties, unless the

Re: [Emc-users] spring loaded engraving tool

2008-01-05 Thread William Scalione
John Kasunich wrote: Jim Coleman wrote: On Jan 5, 2008 1:20 PM, John Thornton [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you keep the nose cone from marking up the work? i was wondering the same thing. at a few k rpm, seems like anything would leave some nasties,

Re: [Emc-users] spring loaded engraving tool

2008-01-05 Thread Tony Bussan
Have you guys seen the Spring Loaded Engraver Tool article in the Fall 2007 issue of Digital Machinist? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:emc-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Scalione Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 8:21 PM To: Enhanced Machine