Re: [Emc-users] SCARA robot arm 3D printer

2012-06-19 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno mar, 19/06/2012 alle 09.46 -0500, transis...@transistor-man.com ha scritto: > Hi o > > I just went through integrating EMC2 for a 3d ABS/PLA printer > > Its detailed here: > transistor-man.com/3dprintbot.html > > The control boards have their source files and pcbs listed, i;m working

Re: [Emc-users] Brushless Servo Selection?

2012-06-19 Thread dave
On 06/16/2012 03:21 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 16 June 2012 21:25, Peter Blodow wrote: > >>> Except that hecto and centi are _not_ prefixes in the SI system. >> Yes they are. Hekto-, deka-, deci- and centi- (100, 10, 1/10, 1/100 >> rsp.) are the only ones with the decimal exponents not being multip

[Emc-users] CO2 Laser Control

2012-06-19 Thread Jeshua Lacock
Greetings, I am thinking about making a laser attachment for my CNC machine with something like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/80W-CO2-Laser-Tube-Power-Supply-Engraver-Cutter-New-/150552923492?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item230da74d64 I am tempted to go with the 130W: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1

Re: [Emc-users] Brushless Servo Selection?

2012-06-19 Thread dave
On 06/16/2012 12:52 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > On 6/16/2012 2:54 PM, andy pugh wrote: >> On 16 June 2012 18:48, Dave wrote: > I suspect real estate was also to be a holdout, hell, nobody around here >>> has a clue what a hectar is, not even me.<< >>> >>> I think that Hectars are english also, a

Re: [Emc-users] Installing an MPG Pendant

2012-06-19 Thread N. Christopher Perry
Snip: > On 19 June 2012 12:27, N. Christopher Perry > wrote: > > What is the syntax for doing that? > > http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html/hal/parallel_port.html > > Suggests that > loadrt hal_parport cfg="0 1 in" > Ought to work. > > -- > atp Atp, Thank you for the info and pointer. Read

Re: [Emc-users] Brushless Servo Selection?

2012-06-19 Thread dave
On 06/16/2012 09:41 AM, gene heskett wrote: > On Saturday, June 16, 2012 12:31:47 PM Peter Blodow did opine: > >> Dave, >> funny thing is that European lathes in those days you were describing, >> many still working today, were equipped with inch lead screws, so that >> in order to cut mm threads

Re: [Emc-users] SCARA robot arm 3D printer

2012-06-19 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/6/19 : > Hi o > > I just went through integrating EMC2 for a 3d ABS/PLA printer > > Its detailed here: > transistor-man.com/3dprintbot.html > Wonderful build and excellent documentation of it. Thank You very much for sharing it!!! Viesturs > The control boards have their source f

Re: [Emc-users] SCARA robot arm 3D printer

2012-06-19 Thread transistor
On 2012-06-19 10:49, Kent A. Reed wrote: > On 6/19/2012 10:46 AM, transis...@transistor-man.com wrote: >> Hi o >> >> I just went through integrating EMC2 for a 3d ABS/PLA printer >> >> Its detailed here: >> transistor-man.com/3dprintbot.html >> >> The control boards have their source files and pcbs

Re: [Emc-users] SCARA robot arm 3D printer

2012-06-19 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 6/19/2012 10:46 AM, transis...@transistor-man.com wrote: > Hi o > > I just went through integrating EMC2 for a 3d ABS/PLA printer > > Its detailed here: > transistor-man.com/3dprintbot.html > > The control boards have their source files and pcbs listed, i;m working > on pushing the schematics up

Re: [Emc-users] SCARA robot arm 3D printer

2012-06-19 Thread andy pugh
On 19 June 2012 15:46, wrote: > As the printer is a SCARA arm This is an interesting development, as it has more printable components than a conventional RepRap. You could (in theory) print the arms, whereas printing linear slides is more tricky. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it.

[Emc-users] SCARA robot arm 3D printer

2012-06-19 Thread transistor
Hi o I just went through integrating EMC2 for a 3d ABS/PLA printer Its detailed here: transistor-man.com/3dprintbot.html The control boards have their source files and pcbs listed, i;m working on pushing the schematics up this week. I ended up doing exactly what was suggested earlier in a prev

Re: [Emc-users] Installing an MPG Pendant

2012-06-19 Thread andy pugh
On 19 June 2012 12:27, N. Christopher Perry wrote: > What is the syntax for doing that? http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html/hal/parallel_port.html Suggests that loadrt hal_parport cfg="0 1 in" Ought to work. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto --

Re: [Emc-users] Installing an MPG Pendant

2012-06-19 Thread N. Christopher Perry
I did reboot the system and recheck the address reported by lspci, which was the same. That may not be very definitive, but at least serves as a data point. Unfortunately the card doesn't appear to show up in the bios setup. I'll check again. N. Christopher Perry On Jun 19, 2012, at 1:19, An

Re: [Emc-users] Installing an MPG Pendant

2012-06-19 Thread N. Christopher Perry
What is the syntax for doing that? N. Christopher Perry On Jun 19, 2012, at 6:26, andy pugh wrote: > On 19 June 2012 06:19, Anders Wallin wrote: > >> some googling suggests that PCIe parallel ports don't have any >> standard address, and the address may even change at each bootup, > > If tha

Re: [Emc-users] Installing an MPG Pendant

2012-06-19 Thread andy pugh
On 19 June 2012 06:19, Anders Wallin wrote: > some googling suggests that PCIe parallel ports don't have any > standard address, and the address may even change at each bootup, If that is the case, then referring to the parports as "0" and "1" rather than by address in the loadrt hal_parport lin