Re: [Emc-users] Plasma

2012-06-29 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/6/28 Yishin Li y...@araisrobo.com: We were using Mesa's 7i34 as the pulse/encoder interface to servo drivers. It was okay in one workshop with Hypertherm 45A plasma cutter. But, it failed in another factory with 300A plasma cutter and large EMI noise around that field. Our USB/FPGA link

Re: [Emc-users] Status of Linux-emc and 3d printing?

2012-06-29 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Jun 28, 2012, at 9:54 AM, Ed Nisley wrote: On Thu, 2012-06-28 at 10:50 -0400, John Stewart wrote: I don't remember being that impressed with their x/y speeds They tend to produce better results below 30 mm/s, mostly because the stock firmware doesn't use any acceleration limiting at

Re: [Emc-users] Plasma

2012-06-29 Thread Mark Cason
On 06/28/2012 09:02 PM, BRIAN GLACKIN wrote: I don't have a downdraft table but I assume you will have to move huge amounts of air to capture the dust from the plasma. Quite a bit of the dust flies up from the cut point so to be efficient the table will need to be completely enclosed to

Re: [Emc-users] OT: linux serial driver question

2012-06-29 Thread Michael Haberler
this gives a good recipe for glueing in an udev rule: http://buzzdavidson.com/?p=45 -m Am 12.06.2012 um 18:05 schrieb Eric Keller: My apologies for this off topic post. I am currently stuck with a little bit older version of Fedora on a Beagleboard. We use a lot of usb to serial

Re: [Emc-users] Plasma

2012-06-29 Thread andy pugh
On 29 June 2012 07:05, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone have something to suggest? Have a full-size water table, but have lift-out slats and a routing/milling surface that drops in in their place. You would probably leave the machine configured 2/3 slats and 1/3

Re: [Emc-users] Plasma

2012-06-29 Thread Yishin Li
On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.comwrote: 2012/6/28 Yishin Li y...@araisrobo.com: We then developed AR02 in replace of 7i34, and it solves the EMI noise problem in that factory. You may refer to http://en.araisrobo.com/linuxcnc for the functional

Re: [Emc-users] Plasma

2012-06-29 Thread Les Newell
Hi Viesturs, If you are mainly planning on cutting aluminum I would suggest looking into oil mist cooling instead of flood coolant. You only need a trace of oil in the mist to act as a lubricant while the air clears the chips and cools the part. It works very well. You can get vegetable based

Re: [Emc-users] How to test original Bridgeport Series I CNC Mill

2012-06-29 Thread Matthew Herd
N.C., Some research I've done tells me that most people just set the varispeed head to ~3300 RPM and use the VFD for speed control, but I'm trying to go all out and have total control. They even run it to 5500 RPM, but I'm not sure I want to strain the spindle bearings that much. Let me give

Re: [Emc-users] Status of Linux-emc and 3d printing?

2012-06-29 Thread Ed Nisley
On Fri, 2012-06-29 at 00:59 -0600, Jeshua Lacock wrote: Ultimaker is currently the fastest (possibly highest quality too) hobby plastic extruder The Bowden extruder notion seems to have more trouble with ooze: half a meter of filament beyond the drive wheel prevents fast retraction. Reducing

[Emc-users] Boss 5 Conversion

2012-06-29 Thread Michael Panchula
I converted my Boss 5 to PC based, 220V single phase power. I kept the stock steppers. Here's a quick parts breakdown: *Power * Stepper Power Suppy: Antek 48V toroidal trasformer AN-10248 1000VA PMDX-135-8020 20A power prep module Relay Power Supply: El-Pac BFS-500 24V 20A Logic Power Supply:

Re: [Emc-users] Status of Linux-emc and 3d printing?

2012-06-29 Thread Jon Elson
Jeshua Lacock wrote: On Jun 29, 2012, at 12:59 AM, Jeshua Lacock wrote: Here it is printing at 300 mm/s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5SoEdRzKlA Still looks like 25 seconds/layer or thereabouts. Certainly a big improvement over earlier designs, though. Jon

Re: [Emc-users] Plasma

2012-06-29 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/6/29 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 29 June 2012 07:05, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone have something to suggest? Have a full-size water table, but have lift-out slats and a routing/milling surface that drops in in their place. You would probably leave the

Re: [Emc-users] Status of Linux-emc and 3d printing?

2012-06-29 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Jun 29, 2012, at 8:03 AM, Ed Nisley wrote: On Fri, 2012-06-29 at 00:59 -0600, Jeshua Lacock wrote: Ultimaker is currently the fastest (possibly highest quality too) hobby plastic extruder The Bowden extruder notion seems to have more trouble with ooze: half a meter of filament beyond

Re: [Emc-users] Boss 5 Conversion

2012-06-29 Thread N. Christopher Perry
Mike, Awesome. Thank you for the download. I'm considering using some surplus Parker OEM750 drives on mine, but will take a closer look at the Gecko hardware. N.C. On Jun 29, 2012, at 9:59, Michael Panchula panch...@umich.edu wrote: I converted my Boss 5 to PC based, 220V single phase

Re: [Emc-users] Boss 5 Conversion

2012-06-29 Thread John Murphy
I'd just add that I did this conversion, with the geckos, and the machine moves very nicely. On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 11:31 AM, N. Christopher Perry n_christopher_pe...@me.com wrote: Mike, Awesome.  Thank you for the download. I'm considering using some surplus Parker OEM750 drives on mine,