Re: [Emc-users] Tuning a spindle servo

2014-09-20 Thread Jon Elson
On 09/20/2014 06:39 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > So, could we at some point, have a gearchange that works like the man page > says it does, or an accurate man page? > > Please report to John Thornton, or file a bug report with the LinuxCNC group. They will have to decide if it is an actual bug, or

[Emc-users] Tuning a spindle servo

2014-09-20 Thread Gene Heskett
Hi all; Today has been a major fight, about a 3 rounder, but I lost 2 of them due to less than useful man pages. Take limit3 for instance, has features that make it usable IF you can understand the docs. min, max, and maxv are moderately explained, IF one is cogniszant of the lingo, but what

Re: [Emc-users] some small progress

2014-09-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 20 September 2014 10:57:12 Andy Pugh did opine And Gene did reply: > > On 19 Sep 2014, at 22:22, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > > > s5000 = 1407 > > s1300 = 1366 > > s1200 = 1267 > > s1100 = 1164 > > and it follows a reasonable straight line down to > > s100 = 112 > > s50 = 60 > >

Re: [Emc-users] Offsets in Python

2014-09-20 Thread Kip Shaffer
Chris, Thank you so much for your help! It worked like a charm. For the next person looking to obtain relative work coordinates in python, here is the routine I derived from code in touchy's emc_interface. Note, self.s = linuxcnc.stat() def absolute_to_relative(self,p): self.s.poll()

Re: [Emc-users] Hey Gene! Still looking for a pocket O'scope?

2014-09-20 Thread Mark Wendt
On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 1:31 PM, John Kasunich wrote: > On Sat, Sep 20, 2014, at 12:54 PM, Mark Wendt wrote: > > > > > > > Huh. According to their website, they carry computers, games, software, > > networking gear, TV's, cameras, home theater systems and such. Not > saying > > they are a bad t

Re: [Emc-users] Hey Gene! Still looking for a pocket O'scope?

2014-09-20 Thread John Kasunich
On Sat, Sep 20, 2014, at 12:54 PM, Mark Wendt wrote: > > > Huh. According to their website, they carry computers, games, software, > networking gear, TV's, cameras, home theater systems and such. Not saying > they are a bad thing, or defending Best Buy, they just have slightly > different emph

Re: [Emc-users] Offsets in Python

2014-09-20 Thread Chris Radek
On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 12:28:46PM -0400, Kip Shaffer wrote: > When rotation_xy is 0 (and tool_offset is all zeros) the following is true: > > Work position = actual_position - g92_offset - g5x_offset > > However, when rotation_xy is not zero, a rotation has to be applied. The > que

[Emc-users] Offsets in Python

2014-09-20 Thread Kip Shaffer
Greetings! In my GladeVCP am trying to calculate the relative position (displayed in in the working coordinate system when there is a rotational offset in effect. The python interface provides the following information in the status attributes: self.s.actual_position (current position in machin

Re: [Emc-users] Hey Gene! Still looking for a pocket O'scope?

2014-09-20 Thread Mark Wendt
On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 12:44 PM, John Kasunich wrote: > Microcenter isn't the same as Best Buy by a long shot. No cell phones, > no video games, no music/movie disks, no appliances. Just computers > and associated stuff, and thus a lot more selection in those areas. Lots > of computer parts,

Re: [Emc-users] Hey Gene! Still looking for a pocket O'scope?

2014-09-20 Thread John Kasunich
Microcenter isn't the same as Best Buy by a long shot. No cell phones, no video games, no music/movie disks, no appliances. Just computers and associated stuff, and thus a lot more selection in those areas. Lots of computer parts, motherboards, cases, disks, etc. Much deeper selection than Best

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.6.3 Getting Started Manual correction

2014-09-20 Thread Joe Hildreth
Thanks Sebastian. Joe - On Sep 19, 2014, at 8:04 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky s...@highlab.com wrote: > On September 19, 2014 9:07:32 AM MDT, Sebastian Kuzminsky > wrote: >>On 9/17/14 1:58 PM, Joe Hildreth wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I was reading through the Getting Started V2.6.3-19-g06655d0, >>

Re: [Emc-users] some small progress

2014-09-20 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 09/20/2014 05:12 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: ... snip >> Can't help diagnose gedit, can only say that in nigh on a quarter >> century's use of vi/vim, I've never lost (or doubled up on) a byte >> through unreliability. There is though, some extra use of undo while >> getting used to it, as with most u

Re: [Emc-users] some small progress

2014-09-20 Thread Andy Pugh
> On 19 Sep 2014, at 22:22, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > s5000 = 1407 > s1300 = 1366 > s1200 = 1267 > s1100 = 1164 > and it follows a reasonable straight line down to > s100 = 112 > s50 = 60 > s30 = 40 Are you sure that the pod is working? You should get the number you ask for. I am a

Re: [Emc-users] Hey Gene! Still looking for a pocket O'scope?

2014-09-20 Thread Mark Wendt
On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 10:19 AM, wrote: > I'd rather see Fry's and/or Microcenter expand. > No Fry's anywhere nearby, seems most of them are west of the Mississippi River. Microcenter looks to be about the same as Best Buy, which I have one local in town. I'm in Maryland. Mark --

Re: [Emc-users] Hey Gene! Still looking for a pocket O'scope?

2014-09-20 Thread pc
I'd rather see Fry's and/or Microcenter expand. --Original Mail-- From: "Mark Wendt" To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Sent: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 10:08:57 -0400 Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Hey Gene! Still looking for a pocket O'scope? Yeah, I've heard the rumors of bankruptcy too. It

Re: [Emc-users] Hey Gene! Still looking for a pocket O'scope?

2014-09-20 Thread Mark Wendt
On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 20 September 2014 08:02:35 Mark Wendt did opine > And Gene did reply: > > > Yeah, it ain't cheap, but a little squirt goes a long way. I think you > > can still get it at Radio Smack too. And it it really good stuff. > > > > Mar

Re: [Emc-users] Hey Gene! Still looking for a pocket O'scope?

2014-09-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 20 September 2014 08:02:35 Mark Wendt did opine And Gene did reply: > On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 19 September 2014 11:20:04 Mark Wendt did opine > > > > And Gene did reply: > > > Depends on which DeOxit you are using. The DeOxit D5 cleans _and_

Re: [Emc-users] some small progress

2014-09-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 20 September 2014 00:50:35 Jon Elson did opine And Gene did reply: > On 09/19/2014 10:58 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > It has been run, for a day & a half, dead clean but not exactly > > recently. If geany ever does it, yup on the memtest86 session, > > instantly. So far, geany has not h

Re: [Emc-users] some small progress

2014-09-20 Thread Mark Wendt
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 11:14 PM, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 19.09.14 17:22, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Has anyone else had a similar problem with gedit? Its a PIMA when it > > happens, to have to do all that edit, restart lcnc to get the next > error's > > line number so you can re-edit and fix

Re: [Emc-users] Hey Gene! Still looking for a pocket O'scope?

2014-09-20 Thread Mark Wendt
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 19 September 2014 11:20:04 Mark Wendt did opine > And Gene did reply: > > > > > > Depends on which DeOxit you are using. The DeOxit D5 cleans _and_ > > lubricates. > > > > http://www.caig.com/ > > > > Checkout the D5 under "Lubrica

Re: [Emc-users] brushless motor coil winder

2014-09-20 Thread Mark Wendt
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Dave Caroline wrote: > I do have one relevant picture already though, this shows they are > wound before placing on the armature and field for tis particular > design > > http://www.collection.archivist.info/archive/Lucas/PS/PA11/ps1636.jpg > > Dave > Is that Lu

Re: [Emc-users] some small progress

2014-09-20 Thread David Armstrong
yea iv'e just seen gedit mucking with the files , i wondered where it was coming from iv'e started using KATE instead ,, it's also usefull for xml editing too On 19 September 2014 22:22, Gene Heskett wrote: > Hi have made a wee bit of progress with the spindle controls on the lathe, > but lower

Re: [Emc-users] brushless motor coil winder

2014-09-20 Thread David Armstrong
all interesting guys now to make the perfect coil winder ! haha On 20 September 2014 08:25, Roland Jollivet wrote: > Don't use a needle.. You can't get any tension without damaging the wire > and making it kinky. Rather look at the method of sewing machines. They > tension the string, and use sm

Re: [Emc-users] [on topic] Yahoo Mail is tossing about 90% of messages from this list into SPAM.

2014-09-20 Thread Lester Caine
On 20/09/14 00:25, Gregg Eshelman wrote: >> yahoo is aware of the problem, but caused it deliberately as an antispam >> > measure. >> > http://yahoomail.tumblr.com/post/82426900353/yahoo-dmarc-policy-change-what-should-senders-do > But it's backfiring big time due to it tossing huge amounts of mail

Re: [Emc-users] brushless motor coil winder

2014-09-20 Thread Dave Caroline
On 20/09/2014, Roland Jollivet wrote: > Don't use a needle.. You can't get any tension without damaging the wire > and making it kinky. Rather look at the method of sewing machines. They > tension the string, and use smooth eyelets. > > You want the wire to exit a large radius'ed flare. The wire s

[Emc-users] brushless motor coil winder

2014-09-20 Thread Roland Jollivet
Don't use a needle.. You can't get any tension without damaging the wire and making it kinky. Rather look at the method of sewing machines. They tension the string, and use smooth eyelets. You want the wire to exit a large radius'ed flare. The wire should be restricted before the nozzle/flare. You