On 19.02.12 00:29, Kent A. Reed wrote:
> I see that I last participated on the first of February. I was diagnosed
> with pneumonia the next day and have been out of it since.
And the antibiotics leave you like a wrung-out dishrag too, ISTR. It's
great to hear that you have most of that behind you
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:28:47 -0800, you wrote:
>I've seen Briggs and Stratton and other machine decals on eBay made on
>blank decal paper, using an inkjet printer for the graphics. I suppose
>one needs water resistant ink, but this should be another DIYable
>method.
No need - you just seal the pr
The vises with machined sides are a different model vise designed to be
mounted on it's side if needed.
http://www.glacern.com/gpv_615
John
On 2/18/2012 9:45 AM, John figie wrote:
> One difference that I see between the Glacern and the Kurt is that the Kurt
> has machined side rails. Also chec
In that case you "need" the swivel...
John
On 2/18/2012 11:24 AM, Mark Cason wrote:
> On 02/18/2012 08:24 AM, charles green wrote:
>> swivel base = ballast
>>
> I don't want the swivel, but my Dad does. He likes to "Borrow" my
> tools, and most of what he does doesn't really need much accu
In the board's original announcement of the rebranding of the
project as LinuxCNC, we mentioned a future renaming of the
SourceForge project, so that our mailing lists would be under the
LinuxCNC name. However, the board has not yet filed this renaming
request with sourceforge.net. Instead, we ar
I'm in favor of option 2 for several reasons:
I hate the ads
I hate the ads
Having to register again is a small price to pay to gain control over
our mailing list and improve the bug tracker.
bugzilla seems easy to navigate and I like the advanced search function.
John
On 2/19/2012 7:23 AM,
On Sunday, February 19, 2012 08:35:34 AM Jeff Epler did opine:
> In the board's original announcement of the rebranding of the
> project as LinuxCNC, we mentioned a future renaming of the
> SourceForge project, so that our mailing lists would be under the
> LinuxCNC name. However, the board has n
On Feb 19, 2012 6:48 AM, "John Thornton" wrote:
>
> The vises with machined sides are a different model vise designed to be
> mounted on it's side if needed.
>
> http://www.glacern.com/gpv_615
>
> John
>
> On 2/18/2012 9:45 AM, John figie wrote:
> > One difference that I see between the Glacern an
On 19.02.12 07:37, John Thornton wrote:
> I'm in favor of option 2 for several reasons:
>
> I hate the ads
>
> I hate the ads
+1
(Well, more in principle than being really put out by them, but I'm
archiving quite a few of them in my lurker's stash. Horrors!)
What surprises me is that some of us
Thanks for the ideas; I *believe*, though that:
1) the old dry-transfer "lettraset" white letters you used to purchase are no
longer being produced;
2) decal paper for laser/inkjet printers - you can get it clear or white, but
printing white on clear (white lines and old script lettering) is no
On 2/19/2012 8:23 AM, Jeff Epler wrote:
> In the board's original announcement of the rebranding of the
> project as LinuxCNC, we mentioned a future renaming of the
> SourceForge project, so that our mailing lists would be under the
> LinuxCNC name. However, the board has not yet filed this renami
Gentlemen,
I hope my comments on this subject were not understood as discouraging
the development of the 'language'. I am in favor of any and all exploration
directions.
My thoughts were expressed as an example of the worst case scenario. If
some type of verification of the calculated code is n
While I am sure that you guys are more than capable of running the
server outside of Sourceforge, what always concerns me in situations
like this
is the dependency on certain people to do certain things without a solid
backup plan.
If plan A is to have person X run and administer the server, wh
oh;)
Am 19.02.2012 um 14:23 schrieb Jeff Epler:
> * Administer our own mailing lists and bug tracker, eventually
> closing the sourceforge project. Advantages of this choice
> include a more powerful bug tracker (probably bugzilla), ad-free
My vote goes to option 2
re: bugtracker - my vot
On Sun, 2012-02-19 at 07:23 -0600, Jeff Epler wrote:
> In the board's original announcement of the rebranding of the
> project as LinuxCNC, we mentioned a future renaming of the
> SourceForge project, so that our mailing lists would be under the
> LinuxCNC name.
... snip
I don't mind either option
2012/2/19 Dave :
> While I am sure that you guys are more than capable of running the
> server outside of Sourceforge, what always concerns me in situations
> like this
> is the dependency on certain people to do certain things without a solid
> backup plan.
>
> If plan A is to have person X run an
In looking at the wiki APT page:
http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?AptProgrammingForEMC
there is a link:
http://www.nfrpartners.com/nfraptlang.htm
What comes to mind is that APT may not be easier for simple g-code
tasks, but if one had a part where features are connected, such as the
exa
I'm in the beginning stages of planning a DIY CNC machine using Ubuntu and
LinuxCNC. The Problematic Hardware section of the doc says that onboard video
is problematic. And it says that the nVidia video card with native drivers is
problematic as well. The doc says to try the nv or vesa drivers,
2012/2/19 Alan Browning :
> I'm in the beginning stages of planning a DIY CNC machine using Ubuntu and
> LinuxCNC. The Problematic Hardware section of the doc says that onboard video
> is problematic.
I think that the statement about onboard video cards being problematic
is either obsolete or is
Thanks for the quick response. So you build your machines from the ground up
with new componenets? Due to budget limitations I have to build things on the
cheap. So I was thinking of obtaining a refurbished machine and adding a video
card. I think the mainboards that you name are likely to be mu
On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:29:29 -0800
Kirk Wallace wrote:
> In looking at the wiki APT page:
> http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?AptProgrammingForEMC
>
> there is a link:
> http://www.nfrpartners.com/nfraptlang.htm
>
> What comes to mind is that APT may not be easier for simple g-code
> t
On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 08:58:32 -0800
Kirk Wallace wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-02-19 at 07:23 -0600, Jeff Epler wrote:
> > In the board's original announcement of the rebranding of the
> > project as LinuxCNC, we mentioned a future renaming of the
> > SourceForge project, so that our mailing lists would b
2012/2/19 Alan Browning :
> Thanks for the quick response. So you build your machines from the ground up
> with new componenets? Due to budget limitations I have to build things on the
> cheap.
2 of those machines were completely new builds, 2 were retrofits, one
of the retrofits is my own machi
Jeff Epler wrote:
> a future renaming of the
> SourceForge project, so that our mailing lists would be under the
> LinuxCNC name.
> Ideally, this discussion will result in a clear consensus of the
> community. If there is not a clear consensus, the board will take
> into account community comment
For what it's worth, I have had good luck with older Dell Optiplex P4 machines.
But I think I will go for one of the mini-itx motherboards in the future given
that they are relatively inexpensive and small enough that I could squeeze one
into my controller box and free up some real estate in my
Alan Browning wrote:
> I'm in the beginning stages of planning a DIY CNC machine using Ubuntu and
> LinuxCNC. The Problematic Hardware section of the doc says that onboard video
> is problematic. And it says that the nVidia video card with native drivers is
> problematic as well. The doc says to
It is difficult to generalize, but on many existing older PCs you can
remove the existing motherboard and replace it with a D525MW.
The D525MW does not have an IDE drive interface so if you want to reuse
the hard drive and CD rom etc, you need to make sure the existing PC
has a SATA hard drive an
A quick question, does latency matter for servo drives?
Dropout.
On 2/19/2012 1:36 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote:
> 2012/2/19 Alan Browning:
>> Thanks for the quick response. So you build your machines from the ground up
>> with new componenets? Due to budget limitations I have to build things on
>>
I'll take your advice. I can afford investments of my time more than
investments of my money at this point.
Alan
From: Viesturs Lācis
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Which video card/driv
On Sun, 19 Feb 2012, Dropout wrote:
> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:45:41 -0500
> From: Dropout
> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
>
> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
> Subject: [Emc-users] Latency - was Re: Which video card/driver for LinuxCNC?
>
> A quick question, does
Thanks.
On 2/19/2012 2:51 PM, Peter C. Wallace wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Feb 2012, Dropout wrote:
>
>> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:45:41 -0500
>> From: Dropout
>> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
>>
>> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
>> Subject: [Emc-users] Latency - was Re: Whi
On 2/19/2012 12:51 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote:
> 2012/2/19 Alan Browning:
>> I'm in the beginning stages of planning a DIY CNC machine using Ubuntu and
>> LinuxCNC. The Problematic Hardware section of the doc says that onboard
>> video is problematic.
> I think that the statement about onboard vide
On 2/19/2012 9:57 AM, John Stewart wrote:
> Thanks for the ideas; I *believe*, though that:
>
> 1) the old dry-transfer "lettraset" white letters you used to purchase are no
> longer being produced;
>
> 2) decal paper for laser/inkjet printers - you can get it clear or white, but
> printing white
>
> I've never used it and I see from the website that the cost could mount
> up (maybe you could amortize the cost over a group of like-minded
> enthusiasts?), but the DecalProfx product from PulsarProfx
> (www.pulsarfx.com) explicitly states
>
> "Make REAL dry-transfer (eg. "rub down") decal
On Sun, 2012-02-19 at 09:41 -0800, Alan Browning wrote:
... snip
> What do people do for card/driver combinations?
I recently blew up a couple of my LinuxCNC PC's and and to rummage
through my pile of old PC stuff in order to get LinuxCNC running in my
office again.
It seems at one time, LinuxCN
Gentle persons:
Eric said of my recent bout of pneumonia, "[A]nd the antibiotics leave
you like a wrung-out dishrag too, ISTR."
Truer words were never spoken.
While lazing about, I visited www.camzone.org for the first time. As I
understand it, the site was created by and most of the blog entr
On 2/19/2012 4:34 PM, John Prentice wrote:
>> I've never used it and I see from the website that the cost could mount
>> up (maybe you could amortize the cost over a group of like-minded
>> enthusiasts?), but the DecalProfx product from PulsarProfx
>> (www.pulsarfx.com) explicitly states
>>
>> "Mak
On Sun, 2012-02-19 at 14:14 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote:
...snip
> $55 and free shipping. It's an FIC 845GV:
> http://www.fic.com.tw/product/motherboard/intel/P4I-845GV.aspx
Oops, that's the wrong motherboard. This link is better:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mobile/display/fic-samba1845.html
Gentlemen,
Postprocessors are written for specific controls. The post generator is
the key. The post generator can be a person or a combination of an
application and a person.
In CAM (any CAM) there are separate processes.
The NC programmer uses the CAM application to generate a cutter location
On 2/19/2012 5:31 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote:
> Gentle persons:
>
> Eric said of my recent bout of pneumonia, "[A]nd the antibiotics leave
> you like a wrung-out dishrag too, ISTR."
>
> Truer words were never spoken.
>
> While lazing about, I visited www.camzone.org for the first time. As I
> understan
Dropout wrote:
> A quick question, does latency matter for servo drives?
>
Yes, absolutely. But, it is not as critical. For software stepping,
the base
thread is typically around 20 us, and so a jitter of even 5 us is more than
noticeable. But, on a typical servo system (or a stepper with ex
Greg Bernard wrote:
> For what it's worth, I have had good luck with older Dell Optiplex P4
> machines.
Yup, I agree, the older ones were quite good. Such units as GX110 up to
the GX260 have
worked quite well with the on-board video. You probably want at least a
1 GHz CPU
and 256 MB of memory,
Dave wrote:
> It is difficult to generalize, but on many existing older PCs you can
> remove the existing motherboard and replace it with a D525MW.
> The D525MW does not have an IDE drive interface so if you want to reuse
> the hard drive and CD rom etc, you need to make sure the existing PC
> ha
I'm not qualified to comment here, but;
With the continual difficulty with video drivers and other bits affecting
latency, who not split the the functionality. I don't mean a headless
system, just extending the neck. A partial mitosis.
This way, the motion controller part will work on almost any
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