Re: [Emc-users] How to test brush type DC servo motors?

2013-08-14 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On Tue, 8/13/13, TJoseph Powderly wrote: Subject: Re: [Emc-users] How to test brush type DC servo motors? To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 11:35 PM On 08/14/2013 12:26 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > I want to see if my motors will run. How do I identif

Re: [Emc-users] How to test brush type DC servo motors?

2013-08-14 Thread andy pugh
On 14 August 2013 10:29, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > > That's why I snagged that one motor for $299, because it matched the > other table motor and was at a sane price instead of being priced as if it > was a rare antique vase. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Two-SEM-MT-Servo-Motors-CNC-axis-motors-/121

Re: [Emc-users] Help IDing this chip (off topic)

2013-08-14 Thread andy pugh
On 14 August 2013 04:54, Todd Zuercher wrote: > > It is the main chip on a large dimmer board, it is used for some of the > sanctuary lighting at my church. > Who made the dimmer? I know a chap who used to be a service engineer for Polaron... -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http:

Re: [Emc-users] Tapping G code

2013-08-14 Thread Marius Liebenberg
JT What is the correct way to calculate the drill sizes please. I will do the metric table but I just need to know what is the right way. On 2013/08/13 04:30 PM, John Thornton wrote: > Oh I forgot to mention I converted the first line of each type of tap as > an example. > > JT > > On 8/13/2013 9

Re: [Emc-users] Tapping G code

2013-08-14 Thread John Thornton
Thanks, but Rob did the conversion last night and now I'm adding metric fine and metric coarse to it. The metric side will need to be checked for accuracy as soon as I'm done. JT On 8/14/2013 5:34 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: > JT > What is the correct way to calculate the drill sizes please. I

Re: [Emc-users] Tapping G code

2013-08-14 Thread Marius Liebenberg
Ok, good. I will help with checking once you are done. On 2013/08/14 12:47 PM, John Thornton wrote: > Thanks, but Rob did the conversion last night and now I'm adding metric > fine and metric coarse to it. > > The metric side will need to be checked for accuracy as soon as I'm done. > > JT > > On

Re: [Emc-users] Help IDing this chip (off topic)

2013-08-14 Thread andy pugh
On 14 August 2013 10:49, andy pugh wrote: > Who made the dimmer? I know a chap who used to be a service engineer for > Polaron... He thinks it is probably an alternistor triac, and that something from here would be a substitute. http://www.littelfuse.com/data/en/Data_Sheets/E4AlternistorTriac.pd

Re: [Emc-users] Help IDing this chip (off topic)

2013-08-14 Thread andy pugh
On 14 August 2013 12:18, andy pugh wrote: > http://www.littelfuse.com/data/en/Data_Sheets/E4AlternistorTriac.pdf I guess it makes sense to go for the biggest? http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/Q4040K7TP/Q4040K7TP-ND/216027 -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.

Re: [Emc-users] Help IDing this chip (off topic)

2013-08-14 Thread andy pugh
On 14 August 2013 12:24, andy pugh wrote: > On 14 August 2013 12:18, andy pugh wrote: > >> http://www.littelfuse.com/data/en/Data_Sheets/E4AlternistorTriac.pdf > > I guess it makes sense to go for the biggest? > http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/Q4040K7TP/Q4040K7TP-ND/216027 > > -- > atp >

Re: [Emc-users] Help IDing this chip (off topic)

2013-08-14 Thread Florian Rist
Hi > I guess it makes sense to go for the biggest? > http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/Q4040K7TP/Q4040K7TP-ND/216027 Not necessarily. TRIACs require a minimum latching current to flow through it, otherwise they will switch off to early after triggering. For the types in question this curr

Re: [Emc-users] Machine zero, fixture offsets.

2013-08-14 Thread John Alexander Stewart
Marcus; Thinking about it, and reading about the G92 command, I think that the G92 might be a better solution for what I want to do, (which is just machine a bunch of identical parts on a sheet of brass). I had thought that setting up an array of "fixtures" would be the solution, but I think the

Re: [Emc-users] How to test brush type DC servo motors?

2013-08-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 14 August 2013 11:52:41 Gregg Eshelman did opine: > On Tue, 8/13/13, TJoseph Powderly wrote: > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] How to test brush type DC servo motors? > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 11:35 > PM > > On 08/14/2013 12:26 AM, G

Re: [Emc-users] Help IDing this chip (off topic)

2013-08-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 14 August 2013 12:14:20 andy pugh did opine: > On 14 August 2013 12:18, andy pugh wrote: > > http://www.littelfuse.com/data/en/Data_Sheets/E4AlternistorTriac.pdf > > I guess it makes sense to go for the biggest? > http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/Q4040K7TP/Q4040K7TP-ND/21602

Re: [Emc-users] Help IDing this chip (off topic)

2013-08-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 14 August 2013 12:22:50 andy pugh did opine: > On 14 August 2013 12:24, andy pugh wrote: > > On 14 August 2013 12:18, andy pugh wrote: > >> http://www.littelfuse.com/data/en/Data_Sheets/E4AlternistorTriac.pdf > > > > I guess it makes sense to go for the biggest? > > http://www.digi

[Emc-users] Servo drive question

2013-08-14 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Hello! I have a question about motor position feedback to this servo drive: http://www.zappautomation.co.uk/en/cd-range/322-cd420-0075-0039-aa-000.html Its manual is available here: http://www.zappautomation.co.uk/en/attachment.php?id_attachment=57 The thing is that page 20 lists pin names on the

Re: [Emc-users] How to test brush type DC servo motors?

2013-08-14 Thread Jon Elson
Gregg Eshelman wrote: > I want to see if my motors will run. How do I identify the motor wires VS the > tachometer wires so I can hook up to a DC power supply just to see if they'll > run? > Does it have brush caps? Take a brush out, then the one that is open-circuit is the one with the missi

Re: [Emc-users] Machine zero, fixture offsets.

2013-08-14 Thread Jon Elson
John Alexander Stewart wrote: > Marcus; > > Thinking about it, and reading about the G92 command, I think that the G92 > might be a better solution for what I want to do, (which is just machine a > bunch of identical parts on a sheet of brass). > > I had thought that setting up an array of "fixture

Re: [Emc-users] Will these servo amps work with my motors?

2013-08-14 Thread Jon Elson
Gregg Eshelman wrote: > > The existing servo amps are Fenner SDF1525-12 I've found some things on the > web where those have been used with modern control hardware. Could be that > finding just one of those will cost less than three new(er) ones and having > to change the power supply too. > > C

Re: [Emc-users] Machine zero, fixture offsets.

2013-08-14 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2013/8/14 Jon Elson > John Alexander Stewart wrote: > > Marcus; > > > > Thinking about it, and reading about the G92 command, I think that the > G92 > > might be a better solution for what I want to do, (which is just machine > a > > bunch of identical parts on a sheet of brass). > > > > I had th

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive question

2013-08-14 Thread andy pugh
On 14 August 2013 17:43, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > I would appreciate any reasonable suggestions, what are those U,V and W > signals from encoders! :) Almost certainly commutation signals for the drive. There are quite a few 6-channel encoders out there (often called "commutation encoders") They

Re: [Emc-users] Machine zero, fixture offsets.

2013-08-14 Thread John Alexander Stewart
Viesturs; > Jon, docs do not say anything about L word in G92 command. Is that just a > small typo? > pre-coffee typo. Essentially what I want to do is to make 9 copies of a shape, and, thought "if I make 9 imaginary fixtures, I can simply change to the next fixture and machine the part again"

Re: [Emc-users] Machine zero, fixture offsets.

2013-08-14 Thread Kenneth Lerman
Of course, if you think like a programmer and don't want to know anything about G92 or stuff like that, you just write a gcode subroutine to make the part. The subroutine takes two arguments, the X and Y coordinates of the (center, edge, whatever) the part. Then call the subroutine once for ea

Re: [Emc-users] Machine zero, fixture offsets.

2013-08-14 Thread andy pugh
On 14 August 2013 19:16, Kenneth Lerman wrote: > Of course, if you think like a programmer and don't want to know > anything about G92 or stuff like that, you just write a gcode subroutine > to make the part. The subroutine takes two arguments, the X and Y > coordinates of the (center, edge, what

Re: [Emc-users] Machine zero, fixture offsets.

2013-08-14 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2013/8/14 andy pugh > > The first thing that the sub does is G92 the as-called position to > zero, then it cuts the shape, then it clears the G92 offset. Thank you! I do not know, why I did not think about clearing that offset right in subroutine, so that all the coordinates remain untouched in

Re: [Emc-users] Machine zero, fixture offsets.

2013-08-14 Thread John Thornton
I do the same thing on my plasma cutter, jog to the start point and use the G92 magic. JT On 8/14/2013 1:45 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 14 August 2013 19:16, Kenneth Lerman wrote: > >> Of course, if you think like a programmer and don't want to know >> anything about G92 or stuff like that, you ju

Re: [Emc-users] How to test brush type DC servo motors?

2013-08-14 Thread dave
The SEM MT30H44's motors I have use a white terminal under the rear end cap. To answer you previous question on the tach leads .. they typically go back to the tach inputs on the amp. Ah! Drive terminals are marked A1 & A2 and tach terminals are marked T1 & T2. :-) On the mazak I just put a 12

Re: [Emc-users] Will these servo amps work with my motors?

2013-08-14 Thread dave
On Wed, 2013-08-14 at 12:02 -0500, Jon Elson wrote: > Gregg Eshelman wrote: > > > > The existing servo amps are Fenner SDF1525-12 I've found some things on the > > web where those have been used with modern control hardware. Could be that > > finding just one of those will cost less than three ne

[Emc-users] Alessio and align.zip

2013-08-14 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; I just got back from Staples, where I picked up off the shelf, a microsoft LifeCam that claimed to do true hidef, marked $99 on the shelf, rang up for $40.29 at the register. On getting it home and the packaging demolished, I plugged it into a usb hub and lo, and behold even hot

Re: [Emc-users] Tapping G code

2013-08-14 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On Wed, 8/14/13, Marius Liebenberg wrote: Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Tapping G code To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 4:34 AM JT What is the correct way to calculate the drill sizes please. I will do the metric table but I just need to know what is the ri

Re: [Emc-users] Machine zero, fixture offsets.

2013-08-14 Thread BRIAN GLACKIN
There I'd a oword subroutine in the wiki that jepler wrote for me several years back. Basically a rectangular array that you spec rows, columns, offset distance s and finally the code. I tweaked a copy to read a gcode part file. Used numerous times to cut out Xmas ornaments several years in a row

Re: [Emc-users] Tapping G code

2013-08-14 Thread andy pugh
On 15 August 2013 02:02, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > How about just going to Google and searching for a metric tap drill chart? It's actually very easy. For a metric thread the tapping drill is the nominal thread diameter - pitch. M6 x 1 ? 5mm tapping drill. M10 x 1.75? 8.2mm tapping drill. -- a

Re: [Emc-users] Help IDing this chip (off topic)

2013-08-14 Thread Todd Zuercher
The dimmer was made by Precolite Controls - Original Message - From: "andy pugh" To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 5:49:12 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Help IDing this chip (off topic) On 14 August 2013 04:54, Todd Zuercher wrote: > > It is the ma

Re: [Emc-users] Machine zero, fixture offsets.

2013-08-14 Thread Jon Elson
John Alexander Stewart wrote: > Viesturs; > > > >> Jon, docs do not say anything about L word in G92 command. Is that just a >> small typo? >> Yup, I got G92 and G10 mixed up. Jon -- Get 100% visibility into Java/

Re: [Emc-users] Help IDing this chip (off topic)

2013-08-14 Thread Todd Zuercher
Thanks a lot to everyone who has tried to help me. I think I am going to try to get one of these, and see if it works. http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=Q4025J6virtualkey5761virtualkey576-Q4025J6 It at least looks like the old one. I am kind of guessing on every thing else.

Re: [Emc-users] Tapping G code

2013-08-14 Thread Marius Liebenberg
@ Greg I need to know how to do it. Otherwise I have learned nothing here. And if I have learned nothing I can teach nothing. :) On 2013/08/15 03:02 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > On Wed, 8/14/13, Marius Liebenberg wrote: > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Tapping G code > To: emc-users@lists.sourcef

Re: [Emc-users] Tapping G code

2013-08-14 Thread Marius Liebenberg
Now would that be a 50% or 75% thread. JT's tables needs both. One for softer metals and the other for the harder stuff. On 2013/08/15 03:19 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 15 August 2013 02:02, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > >> How about just going to Google and searching for a metric tap drill chart? > It'