Re: [Emc-users] Emc-users Digest, Vol 47, Issue 4

2010-03-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 02 March 2010, Kent A. Reed wrote: >On Monday Gene wrote: >> On Monday 01 March 2010, Kent A. Reed wrote: [...] >Kent > >PS - getting further off topic, I got goosebumps when I saw "4CX5000s". >There was a time in my life when Eimac was my favorite brand. We real >men used to read by the

Re: [Emc-users] Magnetic Encoder

2010-03-02 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Tue, 2010-03-02 at 12:57 -0500, Kent A. Reed wrote: > Andy: > > Before anyone makes too much of my email, I haven't tried to buy > anything from Avnet since I retired from a federal R&D lab, so it's > entirely possible that it is still arrogant toward hobbyists and small > businesses. Hope i

[Emc-users] Strange MDI.

2010-03-02 Thread Slavko Kocjancic
Hello... I wrote same question on linuxcnc forum bit got no replies. Maybe is just wrong place to ask. So here is again problem. Hello.. I write hole center probe subroutine and works nice if it's called from main program. in test.ngc I have ;--- o call M02 ;-

Re: [Emc-users] Emc-users Digest, Vol 47, Issue 4

2010-03-02 Thread Kent A. Reed
On Monday Gene wrote: > On Monday 01 March 2010, Kent A. Reed wrote: >> >Sunday, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >>> >> For motor dampers, there are several designs extant. Mine are big fender >>> >> washers with sheet rubber between them in loose stacks, others have used >>> >> weighted skate wheels

Re: [Emc-users] Magnetic Encoder

2010-03-02 Thread Kent A. Reed
Andy: Before anyone makes too much of my email, I haven't tried to buy anything from Avnet since I retired from a federal R&D lab, so it's entirely possible that it is still arrogant toward hobbyists and small businesses. Hope it works out for you. Regards, Kent -

Re: [Emc-users] Advice on Servo Tuning

2010-03-02 Thread Flying Electron Inc
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 6:40 AM, John Kasunich wrote: > > > On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:10 -0800, "Flying Electron Inc" > wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Hoping some people that have tuned their servos with EMC2 might > > be able to share some of their insights that they learned during > > their tuning with

Re: [Emc-users] Advice on Servo Tuning

2010-03-02 Thread Flying Electron Inc
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 6:24 AM, Dave wrote: > At first glance I would say that you are getting too aggressive with the > gain. Back Pgain off to 8 and dial in some D to kill the oscillations. > Dave > Thanks for the advice. I did some more experiments with a Pgain of 1 to 7. I'll add in the

Re: [Emc-users] Advice on Servo Tuning

2010-03-02 Thread John Kasunich
On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:10 -0800, "Flying Electron Inc" wrote: > Hi all, > > Hoping some people that have tuned their servos with EMC2 might > be able to share some of their insights that they learned during > their tuning with me. > I built a pick and place machine with a servo on the X axis a

Re: [Emc-users] Advice on Servo Tuning

2010-03-02 Thread Dave
At first glance I would say that you are getting too aggressive with the gain. Back Pgain off to 8 and dial in some D to kill the oscillations. Dave On 3/1/2010 10:10 PM, Flying Electron Inc wrote: > Hi all, > > Hoping some people that have tuned their servos with EMC2 might be able to > share

Re: [Emc-users] Protecting motor drives

2010-03-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 02 March 2010, Erik Christiansen wrote: >On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 02:22:06PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: >> But probably right at the motor supply terminals of the board, not 3 feet >> away in the psu. > >I'm with you on the "stop interference at the source" approach, but >having the trans

Re: [Emc-users] Touch off in gcode

2010-03-02 Thread Frank Tkalcevic
Thanks for the reply. Not quite what I was looking for though (I think). I do use G43 when I change tools. I was looking for a more automated way of measuring the tool offsets for lathe tools. I use an AXA quick change tool holder that is subject to rotating each time a smash the tool into the

Re: [Emc-users] Touch off in gcode

2010-03-02 Thread Frank Tkalcevic
Excellent. G28 was what I was looking for. At least that allows me to remeasure the z offsets for the lathe tools pretty quickly - z travel into a touch plate. Any suggestions on how to do this with the x axis? Currently, I mount some stock and machine a bit away and measure the diameter. Th

[Emc-users] Protecting motor drives

2010-03-02 Thread Erik Christiansen
On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 02:22:06PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > But probably right at the motor supply terminals of the board, not 3 feet > away in the psu. I'm with you on the "stop interference at the source" approach, but having the transorb on the board will catch fast spikes induced in t

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] motor dampers

2010-03-02 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
At 10:30 AM 3/1/2010, you wrote: >Sunday, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > For motor dampers, there are several designs extant. Mine are big fender > > washers with sheet rubber between them in loose stacks, others > have used weighted skate wheels and such effectively too. > > >I've been avoiding the i