Re: [Emc-users] OT made a new milling enclosure

2011-04-08 Thread Mark Wendt
On 04/07/2011 01:43 PM, Roland Jollivet wrote: > AFAIK Lexan is specifically designed for tough impact conditions, like a > window on a machining centre, so no, it wont shatter. > > Roland Ayup. That's what they use for bullet-resistant windows. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexan Mark

Re: [Emc-users] OT made a new milling enclosure

2011-04-08 Thread Erik Christiansen
On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 10:19:16AM -0500, Igor Chudov wrote: > I did an experiment. I took a 1/4" thick piece of junk Lexan, and beat it > with a steel bar. The Lexan piece would not shatter. It is supposed to be > bendable cold, but I do not have the facilities to do this. > > I bend mine with a

Re: [Emc-users] OT made a new milling enclosure

2011-04-08 Thread Stuart Stevenson
also airplane windshields On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 4:19 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: > On 04/07/2011 01:43 PM, Roland Jollivet wrote: > > AFAIK Lexan is specifically designed for tough impact conditions, like a > > window on a machining centre, so no, it wont shatter. > > > > Roland > > Ayup. That's wha

Re: [Emc-users] OT made a new milling enclosure

2011-04-08 Thread Mark Wendt
On 04/08/2011 07:40 AM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > also airplane windshields And new milling enclosures... ;-) Mark -- Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliab

Re: [Emc-users] OT made a new milling enclosure

2011-04-08 Thread andy pugh
On 8 April 2011 12:40, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > also airplane windshields http://killerhurtz.co.uk/ (I never saw it get broken) -- atp "Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" -- X

Re: [Emc-users] OT made a new milling enclosure

2011-04-08 Thread Igor Chudov
It is good stuff, but as for bending it cold, one needs a big brake. I do not personally have that. So, to bend it I heat it up. i On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 6:40 AM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > also airplane windshields > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 4:19 AM, Mark Wendt > wrote: > > > On 04/07/2011 01:

Re: [Emc-users] Parker OEM650X Step/Dir mod

2011-04-08 Thread Jim
Here's a link to the OEM650 manual I uploaded to my website: http://prototype-design.com/ftp/oem650.pdf I'll leave it there a while in case anyone else is interested in a copy. Thanks Jon , thats decent of you. I ended up not having thin enough jumpers for the job, but I think I've found a DIL he

Re: [Emc-users] Job time

2011-04-08 Thread Doug
Any one have experience in displaying job run time.? I would like the gui to display the total time for the job and current time remaining. Arch Fitters Doug McCurtain (C.Ped) President -Original Message- From: dave [mailto:dengv...@charter.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 9:57 AM To

Re: [Emc-users] Job time

2011-04-08 Thread Igor Chudov
seconded On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Doug wrote: > > Any one have experience in displaying job run time.? I would like the gui > to > display the total time for the job and current time remaining. > > Arch Fitters > Doug McCurtain (C.Ped) > President > > -Original Message- > From: da

Re: [Emc-users] Job time

2011-04-08 Thread andy pugh
On 8 April 2011 15:24, Doug wrote: > > Any one have experience in displaying job run time.? I would like the gui to > display the total time for the job and current time remaining. http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?SimpleCycleTimer (I think there is a better one somewhere too) -- atp

Re: [Emc-users] Job time

2011-04-08 Thread Igor Chudov
Andy, forgive me if I am mistaken, but your example does not show "remaining" time? This is what I mostly care about, is to know how long will the job run until the end, the remaining time. i On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 9:29 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 8 April 2011 15:24, Doug wrote: > > > > Any one

Re: [Emc-users] Job time

2011-04-08 Thread andy pugh
On 8 April 2011 15:33, Igor Chudov wrote: > Andy, forgive me if I am mistaken, but your example does not show > "remaining" time? Only (indirectly) on the second part ;-) -- atp "Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" --

Re: [Emc-users] OT made a new milling enclosure

2011-04-08 Thread cogoman
On 04/08/2011 10:30 AM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 06:54:27 -0500 > From: Igor Chudov > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] OT made a new milling enclosure > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; char

[Emc-users] Using index pulse for homing

2011-04-08 Thread Farzin Kamangar
Dear EMC users, I am using a servo-motor which has a Z pulse output and I used a software counter module and connected this signal to the phase-Z of this module. My problem is that I am seeing weird behaviour when I ask the axis to go home. Would you please let me know what I need for the .hal