Re: [Emc-users] Using washing machine motor

2015-01-08 Thread Sven Wesley
2014-12-19 6:22 GMT+01:00 richsh...@comcast.net: Our Sears washing machine got replaced and I got the motor. Says 820W 3 phase, 195V, 320 hz, 17,000 rpm. Anyone messed with one of these with a vfd or a vector drive? It's tiny, seems to be well built, shame to put it in the bin without seeing

Re: [Emc-users] Advanced bipod question

2015-01-08 Thread poormansairforce H
Thanks Andy. 3D geometry is possible, I just don't know how to put it into C code. I'll have to look at more Kinematic files. On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 5:22 AM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 January 2015 at 02:36, poormansairforce H poormansairfo...@gmail.com wrote: My gift is in

Re: [Emc-users] Hurco KM3 to retrofit - now what do I need?

2015-01-08 Thread Greg Bentzinger
Quoting: Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 11:58:49 -0500 From: Dave Cole linuxcncro...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Hurco KM3 to retrofit - now what do I need? To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: 54aeb749.2020...@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed

Re: [Emc-users] What was the name of that board?

2015-01-08 Thread Sven Wesley
2015-01-08 23:47 GMT+01:00 Sven Wesley svenne.d...@gmail.com: Thanks Viesturs but that's not the one. There is another one complete with display and everything that is fully compliant with our G-code. Gotta find it... Found it! In the mail thread with the subject I'm going to build

Re: [Emc-users] What was the name of that board?

2015-01-08 Thread Sven Wesley
2015-01-08 20:14 GMT+01:00 Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com: Sven, I also had some difficulty to find, but finally managed: the guy is Alexander Rössler, the company is The Cool Tool and the device is Sandy Box. It is not only compatible with LinuxCNC g-code, it is actually [almost]

Re: [Emc-users] Gearchange comp

2015-01-08 Thread John Thornton
I still have the vari-speed belt on my BP so I just run the inverter at 1800 hz for every op and dial in the speed. I guess when I get around to putting a timing belt drive on the spindle I'll have to get a bit more fancy. I'm the tool changer (Kwik Switch spindle) so I have to be there to

Re: [Emc-users] Hurco KM3 to retrofit - now what do I need?

2015-01-08 Thread andy pugh
On 8 January 2015 at 05:09, linden l...@island.net wrote: I am also interested as I have an old Tree325 that I would like t do a similar conversion too. As sone as time and Geography allows. On 15-01-08 12:53 PM, Greg Bentzinger wrote: It might have been less confusing to start a new email

[Emc-users] What was the name of that board?

2015-01-08 Thread Sven Wesley
Not long ago someone posted the name and a link to a complete controller that is compatible with LxCNC G-code. What was the name again? -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by

Re: [Emc-users] Advanced bipod question

2015-01-08 Thread andy pugh
On 8 January 2015 at 02:36, poormansairforce H poormansairfo...@gmail.com wrote: My gift is in mechanics, not programming!:-( How is your 3D geometry? That is what this is all about. Once you have the equations it is (relatively) straightforward to convert them to C-code for the kinematics

Re: [Emc-users] Hurco KM3 to retrofit - now what do I need?

2015-01-08 Thread andy pugh
On 8 January 2015 at 10:25, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: It might have been less confusing to start a new email conversation than to reply to a 7 year old message. Ignore me. The original was lost in the spam folder (Yahoo problem) and I miss-interpreted the date format used. -- atp

Re: [Emc-users] 3 phase washing machine motor

2015-01-08 Thread andy pugh
On 25 December 2014 at 04:47, Gregg Eshelman g_ala...@yahoo.com wrote: Andy's version is here: https://plus.google.com/photos/108164504656404380542?pid=5832689638364145858oid=108164504656404380542 Large diameter stepper motor. It isn't actually a stepper motor, it is a 3-phase multi-pole

Re: [Emc-users] Hurco KM3 to retrofit - now what do I need?

2015-01-08 Thread Dave Cole
Backing up a bit. Do you know if the servo motors and drives are good? That is always my number one concern.If you have drive/servo motor issues that can be big $$ compared to everything else. If you have the prints, wire up the machine and enable the servos (one at a time) and carefully

Re: [Emc-users] What was the name of that board?

2015-01-08 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Sven, I also had some difficulty to find, but finally managed: the guy is Alexander Rössler, the company is The Cool Tool and the device is Sandy Box. It is not only compatible with LinuxCNC g-code, it is actually [almost] running it - it has BeagleBone Black and Machinekit under the hood: