Re: [Emc-users] Inspiration please......

2009-05-31 Thread Ian Wright
Thanks for these links guys - I'll follow them up.. Best wishes, Ian --- Ian W Wright Sheffield UK -- Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-s

Re: [Emc-users] Inspiration please......

2009-05-31 Thread Jon Elson
Ed wrote: > > > > And this dovetails with my thought of reusing the DC spindle motor on my > CHNC Hardinge. Sam and Jon could this be done and not have to worry > about a sag in the spindle speed at load? Reuse means not having to buy > a VFD or change the motor mounts. > I have no idea wha

[Emc-users] how to install driver pci to lpt card in ubuntu 6.06

2009-05-31 Thread An Pham Duc
I have just bought a pci to lpt card. I intended to insert more I/O ports for emc2. But I could not install the card in Ubuntu 6.06. I did as the following instructions *(1)install <1>-copy install_p_80x86.o to /usr/sbin <2>-Add /usr/sbin/install_p_80x86 at the end of the /etc/rc.d/rc.local. <3>-r

Re: [Emc-users] VMC retrofit candidate in ohio

2009-05-31 Thread Jim Coleman
yeah its like that one, but has plexiglass guards around the front and a bed to catch chips. The machine is in Mansfield, Ohio 44902. Few minutes south of I-30, maybe 20 minutes north of I-71. Sorry it took me a few days, just started packing the house up for a move. Also, I dont think that I m

Re: [Emc-users] Inspiration please......

2009-05-31 Thread Ed
Jon Elson wrote: > sam sokolik wrote: > >>The cnczone link tom posted is what I have been working on. The >>current schem/pictures are here >>http://www.electronicsam.com/images/KandT/servostart/schem/latestcurrentlimit/ >>use at your own risk :) >> >>It might be overkill for your application b

Re: [Emc-users] Inspiration please......

2009-05-31 Thread Jon Elson
sam sokolik wrote: > The cnczone link tom posted is what I have been working on. The > current schem/pictures are here > http://www.electronicsam.com/images/KandT/servostart/schem/latestcurrentlimit/ > use at your own risk :) > > It might be overkill for your application but might give you some

Re: [Emc-users] Inspiration please......

2009-05-31 Thread sam sokolik
I switched to igbt's because I got a good deal on them and they are 51A at 900v. (yes they seem to be running a bunch cooler than the mosfets I was trying. - like it is hard for me to tell if they are getting warm at 20a.) The inital mosfets I was using had a Rds that was way to high. You ju

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot 2 servo

2009-05-31 Thread Terry
I found maybe an answer to the indexing problem I am having These lines are in the m5i20_motion.hal file: # Connect index enables to motion controller, for homing. net Xindex-enable m5i20.0.enc-00-index-enable <=> axis.0.index-enable net Yindex-enable m5i20.0.enc-01-index-enable <=> axis.1.index-

Re: [Emc-users] Inspiration please......

2009-05-31 Thread Tom
>sam sokolik writes: > > The cnczone link tom posted is what I have been working on. The > current schem/pictures are here > http://www.electronicsam.com/images/KandT/servostart/schem/latestcurrentlimit/ > use at your own risk :) > snip... Good to hear from you Sam! Thanks for the recent

Re: [Emc-users] Inspiration please......

2009-05-31 Thread Brian Pitt
On Saturday 30 May 2009 13:12, Ian Wright wrote: > I'm looking for inspiration as to how I can use a 12 volt > 6-8 Amp motor thats right in the size range of the larger hobby robotics motor controllers this one takes serial port commands for two motors http://www.active-robots.com/products/moto

Re: [Emc-users] Inspiration please......

2009-05-31 Thread sam sokolik
The cnczone link tom posted is what I have been working on. The current schem/pictures are here http://www.electronicsam.com/images/KandT/servostart/schem/latestcurrentlimit/ use at your own risk :) It might be overkill for your application but might give you some ideas. The input is PWM/PWM

Re: [Emc-users] Inspiration please......

2009-05-31 Thread Tom
Ian Wright writes: > > Hi, > > I'm looking for inspiration as to how I can use a 12 volt > 6-8 Amp motor > to drive my mini-mill spindle. I'm currently using an old > mains voltage > teleprinter motor which, although it does the job admirably, > is as noisy > as hell and I have to leave the

[Emc-users] [OT] large format milling

2009-05-31 Thread Roland Jollivet
Hi Some-one was wanting to build a large format milling machine a few months back. now I can't find where the link came from (maybe this group), but here's a neat machine. http://www.eew-maschinenbau.com/2.0.html?&L=1 look at the videos (bottom right) Regards Roland ---

[Emc-users] Hostmot 2 servo

2009-05-31 Thread Terry
Hi all, I have a couple more issues with Hm2 The PID parameters are very different than Hm4 Heres what worked on 4: P = 110 I = 2 D = 0.5 FF0 = 0 FF1 = 1.05 FF2 = 0.008 BIAS =