Re: [Emc-users] Linux Program for Wiring Diagrams

2015-01-23 Thread Evan Foss
I use geda. http://www.geda-project.org/ On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 11:25 PM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > On 1/23/2015 8:34 PM, linden wrote: >> I need to consolidate all my scribe notes and scraps of paper for my >> linux cnc XYZ table and need to plan out the conversion of my tree 325. >> Dose

Re: [Emc-users] 3x Servo-To-Go 4 axis isa cards for a bottle of wine, if anybody still needs them

2015-01-23 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On 1/23/2015 3:29 AM, MH wrote: > > Hello, > > if any Linuxcnc user needs a Servo-to-go 4 axis isa card > (http://www.servotogo.com/), I got three of them, one model 1 and two > model 2 cards. All were working reliably for years until the day when I > decommissioned the controllers they were used i

Re: [Emc-users] Linux Program for Wiring Diagrams

2015-01-23 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
On 1/23/2015 8:34 PM, linden wrote: > I need to consolidate all my scribe notes and scraps of paper for my > linux cnc XYZ table and need to plan out the conversion of my tree 325. > Dose any one have any suggestions for making wireing diagrams. I have > found lots of programs for pcb design but

Re: [Emc-users] Linux Program for Wiring Diagrams

2015-01-23 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 24.01.15 10:34, linden wrote: > I need to consolidate all my scribe notes and scraps of paper for my > linux cnc XYZ table and need to plan out the conversion of my tree 325. > Dose any one have any suggestions for making wireing diagrams. I have > found lots of programs for pcb design but I

Re: [Emc-users] 3x Servo-To-Go 4 axis isa cards for a bottle of wine, if anybody still needs them

2015-01-23 Thread Peter Blodow
Max, from the servotogo site, I can't quite see how the cards are used. There are a keyboard and an ethernet jack plus 4 ISA slots. What fits into these, and how are the cards used? What else is neded to put thew things to work? The servotogo site gives me lots of error messages when I try to r

Re: [Emc-users] Linux Program for Wiring Diagrams

2015-01-23 Thread rick
Have a look at EZ Schematics from Wade Electronics. We bought a seat of this, and I think it's pretty good stuff for as cheap as it is. And it makes some pretty nice electrical prints. Thanks Rick Original Message Subject: [Emc-users] Linux Program for Wiring Diagrams From:

Re: [Emc-users] OT: PCB Cleaner

2015-01-23 Thread Jon Elson
On 01/23/2015 01:17 PM, Rick wrote: > Any thoughts on what the best thing is to clean the printed circuit > board on a Fanuc servo drive. The VTL I am installing right now has the > two drives in the control cabinet, and the one is covered with a nasty > brown oily residue, and I would like to get

[Emc-users] Linux Program for Wiring Diagrams

2015-01-23 Thread linden
I need to consolidate all my scribe notes and scraps of paper for my linux cnc XYZ table and need to plan out the conversion of my tree 325. Dose any one have any suggestions for making wireing diagrams. I have found lots of programs for pcb design but I am looking to produce block diagrams and

Re: [Emc-users] OT: PCB Cleaner

2015-01-23 Thread Gary Fiber
Years ago I was a tech at a marine electronics store. Sitex made a recording fish finder that recorded on paper using a heat stylus. On opening the fish finder the entire inside was coved in a nice carbon dust from burning the image onto the recording paper. I used mr. clean to soften the water

Re: [Emc-users] Manual Mill Setup Question

2015-01-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 23 January 2015 14:11:44 Todd Zuercher did opine And Gene did reply: > Would it be possible to build a pyvcp panel that can control the > spindle as you need it while Linuxcnc is in the "off" mode? I have "cheated" since almost day one on my toy mill. I bought the deluxe, all hand contr

[Emc-users] OT: PCB Cleaner

2015-01-23 Thread Rick
Any thoughts on what the best thing is to clean the printed circuit board on a Fanuc servo drive. The VTL I am installing right now has the two drives in the control cabinet, and the one is covered with a nasty brown oily residue, and I would like to get it cleaned off before I put power to it.

Re: [Emc-users] Manual Mill Setup Question

2015-01-23 Thread Todd Zuercher
Would it be possible to build a pyvcp panel that can control the spindle as you need it while Linuxcnc is in the "off" mode? - Original Message - From: "andy pugh" To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 12:27:58 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Manual Mill Set

Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge CHNC

2015-01-23 Thread Todd Zuercher
Too true! Not being able to do what you need it to, is a control issue, whether or not it works as originally intended. - Original Message - From: "John Murphy" To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 1:56:19 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge CHNC I'v

Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge CHNC

2015-01-23 Thread John Murphy
I've found that a lot of the old CNC's are actually in good shape mechanically, but lack the features to make them worth the floor space, or have blown controls not worth the trouble. I bought a boss5 for scrap price, with a working control, because the floor space and the cost to pay someone to r

Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge CHNC

2015-01-23 Thread Pete Matos
Rick, man that is awesome... So nice to hear you are able to reinvent that monster machine and make it workable again.. You give me hope for my meager machines. Way to go that is a BEAST lathe LOL... Peace Pete On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Rick wrote: > > On 1/23/2015 11:58 AM, Tod

Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge CHNC

2015-01-23 Thread Rick
On 1/23/2015 11:58 AM, Todd Zuercher wrote: > I know nothing of that machine, but I think industrial CNCs are often sold at > scrap prices if they are 20+ years old and have controller issues, regardless > of mechanical condition. > > That is very true, 2 years ago we bought a Cincinnati Milacr

Re: [Emc-users] Manual Mill Setup Question

2015-01-23 Thread andy pugh
On 21 January 2015 at 07:39, Mark Johnsen wrote: > Chris - You proposed simply leaving LinuxCNC in 'machine off' mode going to > the GS2 VFD and operating it manually. That's probably how I'll do it when > I get started, I think this is by far the best way, I had a "Well Doh!" moment when Chris

Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge CHNC

2015-01-23 Thread Todd Zuercher
I know nothing of that machine, but I think industrial CNCs are often sold at scrap prices if they are 20+ years old and have controller issues, regardless of mechanical condition. - Original Message - From: "Gene Heskett" To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, January 23, 20

Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge CHNC

2015-01-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 23 January 2015 09:22:22 John Kasunich did opine And Gene did reply: > On Thu, Jan 22, 2015, at 11:59 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Thursday 22 January 2015 16:56:03 Kirk Wallace did opine > > > > And Gene did reply: > > > In case someone on the East coast (USA) might be interested: > >

Re: [Emc-users] Hardinge CHNC

2015-01-23 Thread John Kasunich
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015, at 11:59 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 22 January 2015 16:56:03 Kirk Wallace did opine > And Gene did reply: > > In case someone on the East coast (USA) might be interested: > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/121549533052 > > I am not familiar enough with that. Whats the be

Re: [Emc-users] Wheezy and Nvidia

2015-01-23 Thread John Thornton
Just for S&G I downloaded the Wheezy Gnome 3 live cd and booted from that. I got this Gnome error: Gnome 3 Failed to Load Unfortunately GNOME 3 failed to start properly and started in the fallback mode. This most likely means your system (graphics hardware or driver is not capable of delivering

[Emc-users] Stg documentation, opamp error on the servo-to-go stg card with switch mode dc dc converters in modern atx power supplies

2015-01-23 Thread MH
Hello, could somebody include a sidenote in the servo-to-go stg documentation here http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/html/drivers/servo_to_go.html that the opamps on the stg card do not work with all newer atx power supplies that use modern switch mode DC-DC converters? It took me a while to figure

[Emc-users] 3x Servo-To-Go 4 axis isa cards for a bottle of wine, if anybody still needs them

2015-01-23 Thread MH
Hello, if any Linuxcnc user needs a Servo-to-go 4 axis isa card (http://www.servotogo.com/), I got three of them, one model 1 and two model 2 cards. All were working reliably for years until the day when I decommissioned the controllers they were used in and all should still be working. I do