Re: [Emc-users] makefile question

2012-10-19 Thread Chris Radek
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 08:42:15PM -0400, lloyd wilson wrote: > > make: Failed to remake makefile `Makefile'. You can ask make to elaborate on this error; see http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?FailedToRemakeMakefile

[Emc-users] makefile question

2012-10-19 Thread lloyd wilson
I'm starting to work on a user interface program for a physical control panel for my hurco mill & can't get the makefile to cooperate. The program will essentially provide a subset of the NML messages as defined in halui, but with modbus communication rather that HAL. To verify the build enviro

Re: [Emc-users] OT - CNC Workshop not to be hosted by Digital

2012-10-19 Thread Dave
On 10/19/2012 9:58 PM, Kenneth Lerman wrote: > On 10/19/2012 9:23 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > >> ed wrote: >> >>> I talked to a vendor there in the mid 90's and he said it was $60K for >>> the show. His booth was a 20 by 20 in the basement behind the stairwell >>> in the old South building, th

Re: [Emc-users] VFD parameter question

2012-10-19 Thread andy pugh
On 20 October 2012 02:37, Jon Elson wrote: > I figured out how to adapt > a spindle encoder even to a machine that made a traditional approach pretty > much impossible. See http://pico-systems.com/bridge_spindle.html > for some pics and description. Me too: https://picasaweb.google.com/10816450

Re: [Emc-users] OT - CNC Workshop not to be hosted by Digital

2012-10-19 Thread Kenneth Lerman
On 10/19/2012 9:23 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > ed wrote: >> I talked to a vendor there in the mid 90's and he said it was $60K for >> the show. His booth was a 20 by 20 in the basement behind the stairwell >> in the old South building, the least prime spot you could find in the >> whole show. He could n

Re: [Emc-users] VFD parameter question

2012-10-19 Thread Jon Elson
Greg Bentzinger wrote: > > My problem is this - with site 3phase power you can throw a motor running > forward into reverse and it just does it. I'm sure the control has a ever so > slight delay between relay actions to allow for mechanical times to prevent > switching "shoot through" but I have

Re: [Emc-users] OT - CNC Workshop not to be hosted by Digital

2012-10-19 Thread Jon Elson
Stuart Stevenson wrote: > I still have people in > my shop ask me 'Does EMC have cutter comp?' or 'Does EMC have backlash > compensation?'. So far, I graciously answer yes to both questions without > questioning the intelligence of the asker. :) We have run LinuxCNC for > years and people still th

Re: [Emc-users] OT - CNC Workshop not to be hosted by Digital

2012-10-19 Thread Jon Elson
ed wrote: > > I talked to a vendor there in the mid 90's and he said it was $60K for > the show. His booth was a 20 by 20 in the basement behind the stairwell > in the old South building, the least prime spot you could find in the > whole show. He could not even plug in his own equipment, had to

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Week in Wichita

2012-10-19 Thread Jon Elson
Stuart Stevenson wrote: > Jon, > > I have more than one project to do. > Well, NAME them, so we can start drooling about them! I'll have to tell you about what I'm working on with Fanuc red cap serial encoders, too! Jon --

Re: [Emc-users] VFD parameter question

2012-10-19 Thread Igor Chudov
You can reverse with a VFD, no problem. You need to have correct ramping parameters set and probably brake resistors also. i On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Greg Bentzinger wrote: > > > I am converting a cnc knee mill from 3 phase to single phase. > > The spindle is 3hp (2.2kw) and I am fitti

[Emc-users] VFD parameter question

2012-10-19 Thread Greg Bentzinger
I am converting a cnc knee mill from 3 phase to single phase. The spindle is 3hp (2.2kw) and I am fitting a VFD in place of the HD relays that just turned the power on in FWD or REV. Speed will not be controlled directly by the VFD, only direction. The mill (Hurco KM3P) uses the common Bridge

Re: [Emc-users] OT - CNC Workshop not to be hosted by Digital

2012-10-19 Thread Thomas J Powderly
IMTS vendor trick the unions handle everything ( plugging in cord, taping crepe-paper to tables, unfolding tables ) a lot of people tried to bribe them so the people could do it themselves doesnt work, theres just too many bribes we dragged in coolers full of beer thats something they could NOT ge

Re: [Emc-users] OT - CNC Workshop not to be hosted by Digital

2012-10-19 Thread Stuart Stevenson
I used to go every two years. I would return with the deer in the headlights look and dream the rest of the two years until the next one. LinuxCNC ruined the show for me. I can do everything I see and more. I have gone twice since getting involved with LinuxCNC and have been disappointed both times

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Week in Wichita

2012-10-19 Thread Terry Christophersen
Count me in   Terry - Original Message - From: Stuart Stevenson To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Cc: Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 2:06 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Week in Wichita Jon, I have more than one project to do. thanks Stuart -- dos centavos --

Re: [Emc-users] OT - CNC Workshop not to be hosted by Digital

2012-10-19 Thread ed
Jon Elson wrote: > Stuart Stevenson wrote: > >> tongue in cheek/ >> if you want exposure think IMTS >> /tongue in cheek >> >> > Some of the guys in our shop at work go there every couple years. They have > that "deer in the headlights" look for a few weeks after. Probably cost > my e

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Week in Wichita

2012-10-19 Thread Stuart Stevenson
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Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Week in Wichita

2012-10-19 Thread Jon Elson
Stuart, Oh, and Stuart, THANK YOU for stepping up and setting a date (not to mention providing the place, too)! That's what a bunch of us "hmmm, well, it would sure be nice if somebody would organize something, err, well, ahhh" needed to get this going! Jon -

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Week in Wichita

2012-10-19 Thread Jon Elson
Stuart Stevenson wrote: > Gentlemen, > MPM www.mpm1.com in Wichita is always open for a visit from anyone. We > now have another place - Specialty Fabrication www.specialtfab.com is also > open for a visit. I will have both places set up for LinuxCNC related > development and play during the week

Re: [Emc-users] OT - CNC Workshop not to be hosted by Digital

2012-10-19 Thread Jon Elson
Stuart Stevenson wrote: > tongue in cheek/ > if you want exposure think IMTS > /tongue in cheek > Some of the guys in our shop at work go there every couple years. They have that "deer in the headlights" look for a few weeks after. Probably cost my entire income for the whole year to set up

Re: [Emc-users] (OT) - Crowdsourced mass CNC produced private weapons

2012-10-19 Thread jeremy youngs
well then I guess there are 4 groups, i like to refer to the fourth as the 3 percenters, 3 percent of the population started the american adventure in the face of adversity and the spirit of freedom. This is the innovative non stop juggernaut that keeps the world running, these people are true lead

Re: [Emc-users] (OT) - Crowdsourced mass CNC produced private weapons

2012-10-19 Thread MC Cason
On 10/19/2012 02:31 AM, Bruce Layne wrote: > On 10/18/2012 10:28 PM, Jon Elson wrote: >> jeremy youngs wrote: >>> so make the file yourself >>> >> No, that's the idea. Unless the file has some kind of encrypted code >> authorized by the manufacturer of the printer in collaboration with the CA

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Week in Wichita

2012-10-19 Thread Dave
On 10/19/2012 10:15 AM, Dave Caroline wrote: > On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 3:02 PM, andy pugh wrote: > >> On 19 October 2012 13:16, Stuart Stevenson wrote: >> >> >>>MPM www.mpm1.com in Wichita is always open for a visit from anyone. We >>> now have another place - Specialty Fabrication

Re: [Emc-users] OT - CNC Workshop not to be hosted by Digital

2012-10-19 Thread Dave
The north side. She has an apartment on Wisconsin Ave in Chevy Chase, MD. Technically, a block or two outside of DC. It is a nice area, but a little crowded. You can waste a lot of time sitting in traffic if you are not careful. Dave On 10/19/2012 8:26 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: > On Thu, Oct 18

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Week in Wichita

2012-10-19 Thread sam sokolik
don't you have access to one and a crew? ;) I went to one of the previous linuxcnc get-togethers at mpm. Very cool! Lots of eye candy. Stuart is awesome! sam On 10/19/2012 9:02 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 19 October 2012 13:16, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > >>MPM www.mpm1.com in Wichita is a

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Week in Wichita

2012-10-19 Thread Dave Caroline
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 3:02 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 19 October 2012 13:16, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > >> MPM www.mpm1.com in Wichita is always open for a visit from anyone. We >> now have another place - Specialty Fabrication www.specialtfab.com is also >> open for a visit. I will have both p

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Week in Wichita

2012-10-19 Thread andy pugh
On 19 October 2012 13:16, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > MPM www.mpm1.com in Wichita is always open for a visit from anyone. We > now have another place - Specialty Fabrication www.specialtfab.com is also > open for a visit. I will have both places set up for LinuxCNC related > development and play

Re: [Emc-users] Crowdsourced mass CNC produced private weapons

2012-10-19 Thread andy pugh
On 18 October 2012 19:07, Mark Cason wrote: > http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2012/10/patent-could-shackle-3d-printers-drm.html In principle I am not against the underlying idea here. We may well move to a situation in the future where rather than shipping objects we ship the files

Re: [Emc-users] OT - CNC Workshop not to be hosted by Digital

2012-10-19 Thread Mark Wendt
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Dave wrote: > I agree that the fairground building in York is almost perfect for that > show, but like Ron said it really lacks rooms for classes. The other > buildings on the grounds are some distance from the main venue building. > > I recently drove across the

[Emc-users] LinuxCNC Week in Wichita

2012-10-19 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Gentlemen, MPM www.mpm1.com in Wichita is always open for a visit from anyone. We now have another place - Specialty Fabrication www.specialtfab.com is also open for a visit. I will have both places set up for LinuxCNC related development and play during the week of June 17, 2013. Set aside Monda

Re: [Emc-users] Crowdsourced mass CNC produced private weapons

2012-10-19 Thread Bruce Layne
On 10/18/2012 10:28 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > jeremy youngs wrote: >> so make the file yourself >> > No, that's the idea. Unless the file has some kind of encrypted code > authorized by the manufacturer of the printer in collaboration with the CAM > system, the > printer will refuse to print it