Re: [Emc-users] inches or metric

2010-12-19 Thread Erik Christiansen
On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 04:49:35PM -0500, Dave Christman wrote: > On 12/18/2010 4:05 PM, andy pugh wrote: > > On 18 December 2010 20:55, Kirk Wallace wrote: > > > >> A common problem with the install script is that the original Linux will > >> boot instead of real time Linux. > > It should be poss

Re: [Emc-users] Kearney and Trecker Milwaukeematic IIIb progress

2010-12-19 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Ok - I was going to volunteer to edm a 'box end' wrench to fit. On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 7:48 PM, sam sokolik wrote: > well - we heated it up mainly for ease of slipping it on. it almost > went on by hand. it will probably come off pretty easy. > > sam > > On 12/19/2010 10:19 AM, Stuart Stevens

Re: [Emc-users] Kearney and Trecker Milwaukeematic IIIb progress

2010-12-19 Thread sam sokolik
well - we heated it up mainly for ease of slipping it on. it almost went on by hand. it will probably come off pretty easy. sam On 12/19/2010 10:19 AM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > Sam, >Sweet - nice job >Now you need a socket to fit the gear teeth so you can remove that nut > when (not i

Re: [Emc-users] Kearney and Trecker Milwaukeematic IIIb progress

2010-12-19 Thread sam sokolik
well - we are not 100% sure. We started with a similar sized pair of gears but could not find a belt that fit them. So we found this pair in our parts bin (we call 2 pole buildings and a barn our parts bin.) They are XL and we know the we can get belts. :) We think they started life as a dri

Re: [Emc-users] Oword sub calling question (was: Spindle encoder, what scale to use for rigid tapping)

2010-12-19 Thread andy pugh
On 19 December 2010 23:33, Michael Haberler wrote: > the code replication strikes me as ugly - is there a better way to do this? I doubt it. Bear in mind that X, Y and Z are _commands_ not variables. Just think how ugly it would get in a G-code version without the O-words. -- atp "Torque wren

[Emc-users] Oword sub calling question (was: Spindle encoder, what scale to use for rigid tapping)

2010-12-19 Thread Michael Haberler
Hi Ken, semi-related: I'd like to properly do a sub which does probing in X,Y or Z direction depending on a parameter so far I've come up with this: http://git.mah.priv.at/gitweb/emc2-dev.git/blob/879a84f2b38ceb10ebf7dee14062e3a40061ba2f:/configs/gladevcp/probe/probe.ngc the code replication

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle encoder, what scale to use for rigid tapping

2010-12-19 Thread Igor Chudov
Yes, I do this all the time now, I call it "closure", which is what it is in programming. Here's my program to tap a grid of 3x5 holes (I wrote a subroutine apply_to_grid): (Rigid tapping with 1/32 tap) O100 sub G33.1 Z-0.6 K[1/32] O100 endsub S1 M3 M8 O call [0] [0] [0.5] [0.5] [5] [3] [0.01

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle encoder, what scale to use for rigid tapping

2010-12-19 Thread Kenneth Lerman
On 12/17/2010 09:04 AM, Igor Chudov wrote: > Yep, I am going to shoot a video. I want to write a subroutine that accepts > a closure and applies this closure to a rectangular grid of points. Do you know that you can pass a subroutine number as an argument to another subroutine and then invoke it?

Re: [Emc-users] CNC4PC Servo controllers

2010-12-19 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 12/18/2010 11:43 PM, cogoman wrote: > On 12/18/2010 08:35 AM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: >> I was wondering if u could tell me what this means: Setting PFD, "Adjustable, >> percent fast decay". The manual I got with my stepmaster stepper board says >> this should be adjusted

Re: [Emc-users] Expansion of EMC

2010-12-19 Thread Shaffin Bhanji
I have been in the open source arena for a number for years now in which investors come and go - some even successful based on the business plan and innovation. In my opinion the only way this kind of investment idea to make it a viable business is to fork the the project, re-brand it, and cont

Re: [Emc-users] Kearney and Trecker Milwaukeematic IIIb progress

2010-12-19 Thread Dave
I've never seen belt pulleys like that. Are the skipped teeth just to minimize machining or is there another purpose? Dave On 12/19/2010 10:56 AM, sam sokolik wrote: > Last major hardware mod (except for a control panel) > > This is the encoder for the spindle.. This will allow for rigid tapp

Re: [Emc-users] Kearney and Trecker Milwaukeematic IIIb progress

2010-12-19 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Sam, Sweet - nice job Now you need a socket to fit the gear teeth so you can remove that nut when (not if) is is necessary. Stuart -- dos centavos -- Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to co

Re: [Emc-users] Kearney and Trecker Milwaukeematic IIIb progress

2010-12-19 Thread Igor Chudov
Looks really great. You will love rigid tapping. i On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 9:56 AM, sam sokolik wrote: > Last major hardware mod (except for a control panel) > > This is the encoder for the spindle.. This will allow for rigid tapping. > > Heating up the timing gear > http://www.electronicsam.c

Re: [Emc-users] Kearney and Trecker Milwaukeematic IIIb progress

2010-12-19 Thread sam sokolik
Last major hardware mod (except for a control panel) This is the encoder for the spindle.. This will allow for rigid tapping. Heating up the timing gear http://www.electronicsam.com/images/KandT/conversion/spindle/timinggear.JPG installed http://www.electronicsam.com/images/KandT/conversion/spi