Re: [Emc-users] 3D Digitizer

2010-01-26 Thread a
hi thanks for info. it is very interesting. is there 3d digitizer that looks like articulated arm with 3-4 sections. i do not need high accuracy because i want to scan car's body surface. thanks aram http://www.vinland.com/Touch-Probe.html is a full set of pictures and plans to DIY. I also

Re: [Emc-users] home/limit question

2010-01-26 Thread Yi-Shin Li
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Dustin Monroe monroe.dus...@gmail.comwrote: Ok I got the z to recognize the limit switch as home but now I am having soft limit problems. I want to have the z search home in the positive direction ( can get that to work) then be able to travel between 0 and

Re: [Emc-users] 3D Digitizer

2010-01-26 Thread Andy Pugh
2010/1/26 a...@conceptmachinery.com: is there 3d digitizer that looks like articulated arm with 3-4 sections. i do not need high accuracy because i want to scan car's body surface. thanks Yes, they exist and are relatively cheap. We have an old one at work that simply outputs the x.y.z into

Re: [Emc-users] 3D Digitizer

2010-01-26 Thread Sven Wesley
2010/1/26 Andy Pugh a...@andypugh.fsnet.co.uk 2010/1/26 a...@conceptmachinery.com: is there 3d digitizer that looks like articulated arm with 3-4 sections. i do not need high accuracy because i want to scan car's body surface. thanks Yes, they exist and are relatively cheap. We have an

Re: [Emc-users] New tool table format and TLO improvements on master

2010-01-26 Thread MichaƂ Geszkiewicz
Hi, Another thing you must do to run your config on master after merge: If you have local copy of emc.nml file in your config directories you must copy it's new version from configs/common directory. More info about it will be at

Re: [Emc-users] Home/limit questions

2010-01-26 Thread rng3
Hello, Do you have the z axis limits set as -5 to 0? Rick -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose

Re: [Emc-users] oddity's galore

2010-01-26 Thread Jim Coleman
Gene, Did you have to address latency issues? Are you using a dual-core cpu and kernel? I've considered using this intel pentium-D 2.8ghz comp with an ATI X-1300 for my EMC machine, but I'm doubting any real gains over the 'old' comp, which is a P4 1.8 (non HT), 512 megs PC133 and 32 meg nvidia