Re: [Emc-users] Following Error with Steppers

2013-10-05 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Sat, 5 Oct 2013 04:54:44 +, you wrote: >Thanks for that. Some times I think PNCconf is linuxcnc's red hair stepchild. >I think most Devs underestimate the importance of what it is trying to achieve. >But just about when I'm ready to remove it from linuxcnc someone mentions >it was very hel

Re: [Emc-users] Following Error with Steppers

2013-10-05 Thread andy pugh
On 5 October 2013 05:54, Chris Morley wrote: > Thanks for that. Some times I think PNCconf is linuxcnc's red hair stepchild. > I think most Devs underestimate the importance of what it is trying to > achieve. I think that folk tend to under-estimate just how difficult it is to do the job it tri

Re: [Emc-users] Following Error with Steppers

2013-10-05 Thread Belli Button
Hey no! We love PNCconf, for an initial setup it the fastest method to get about 90% done. Life would be miserable without it (really). -Original Message- From: Marius Liebenberg [mailto:mar...@mastercut.co.za] Sent: 05 October 2013 08:24 AM To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject

Re: [Emc-users] Following Error with Steppers

2013-10-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 05 October 2013 12:04:59 Belli Button did opine: > Hey no! We love PNCconf, for an initial setup it the fastest method to > get about 90% done. Life would be miserable without it (really). I hereby nominate that for the understatement of the year. I hope also that I have headed off

Re: [Emc-users] Yet another board possibly suitable for LCNC.

2013-10-05 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 10/4/2013 7:03 PM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > The Intel Galileo, with Mini PCIe slot and Arduino shield pin headers. > 400Mhz Quark SoC with 256MB RAM etc. Programmable with the standard > Arduino IDE, is running Yocto Linux so that should be changeable. > > http://hackaday.com/2013/10/03/the-intel

[Emc-users] Automatic spindle gear detection

2013-10-05 Thread andy pugh
My Mill has an 80 speed gearboxes to give speeds from a slow 1000rpm to a _really_ slow 45rpm. The VFD lets me up those speeds by 50%, luckily. I was thinking of fitting switches to the levers so that the system knows which gear is selected, but then I had an idea. Cars typically detect which gea

Re: [Emc-users] Automatic spindle gear detection

2013-10-05 Thread andy pugh
On 5 October 2013 17:46, andy pugh wrote: > My Mill has an 80 speed gearboxes to give speeds from a slow 1000rpm > to a _really_ slow 45rpm. Err _8_ speed gearbox. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto

Re: [Emc-users] Automatic spindle gear detection

2013-10-05 Thread jeremy youngs
what an excellent solution Andy. when i two speed my mill i will keep this in mind . also anote theball screw conversion i embarked on last month worked well , as did the melted delrin for the x axis now im on to converting the quill. i attempted to just drive the existing rack but resolution and b

Re: [Emc-users] Automatic spindle gear detection

2013-10-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 05 October 2013 14:08:18 andy pugh did opine: > On 5 October 2013 17:46, andy pugh wrote: > > My Mill has an 80 speed gearboxes to give speeds from a slow 1000rpm > > to a _really_ slow 45rpm. > > Err _8_ speed gearbox. Either way Andy, this is the seed for me to see if I can figure

Re: [Emc-users] Yet another board possibly suitable for LCNC.

2013-10-05 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On 10/5/2013 10:42 AM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > A much better description can be found at > http://www.anandtech.com/show/7387/intel-announces-galileo-quark-based-arduino-compatible-developer-board > I'd be standing in line for one of these boards if it had one or more > SATA ports so I could use it

Re: [Emc-users] Automatic spindle gear detection

2013-10-05 Thread Jon Elson
andy pugh wrote: > On 5 October 2013 17:46, andy pugh wrote: > >> My Mill has an 80 speed gearboxes to give speeds from a slow 1000rpm >> to a _really_ slow 45rpm. >> > > Err _8_ speed gearbox. > Ahh, my Sheldon lathe has an 80-speed threading gearbox, but I wondered about 80 speeds on