Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

2017-04-03 Thread Gregg Eshelman
I wonder if they've heard about lost PLA casting? One off and short runs without needing to make expensive, reusable patterns, plus the ability to do casting shapes impossible with patterns that must be removable from a sand mold, could be a money maker for the foundry. 'Course they'd have to ge

Re: [Emc-users] Near function not working as expected

2017-04-03 Thread andy pugh
On 4 April 2017 at 01:33, Jan Bos wrote: > Thanks, surprises me each time how something so simple can be overlooked. That is also why my coolant pump wasn't working this evening. Guessing your problem let me find my problem immediately. :-) -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium a

Re: [Emc-users] Near function not working as expected

2017-04-03 Thread Jan Bos
Hello Andy, THAT'S IT! Darn, don't know how I missed this but I forgot to add it to the servo thread, this is what I needed: addf near.0 servo-thread Thanks, surprises me each time how something so simple can be overlooked. Must have been too late, around 3 am when I threw in

Re: [Emc-users] Thing with a square hole

2017-04-03 Thread andy pugh
On 3 April 2017 at 22:06, hubert wrote: > Thank you for the the 3D-model of a split D1-5 model spindle nose. > What was your source of the D1-5 dimensions? I have a copy of the ISO standard. > Since I am doing this for an FHA-40C my PCD is 112MM right under the > CAMS. In this case > I think I

Re: [Emc-users] Thing with a square hole

2017-04-03 Thread hubert
On 3/23/17 10:01 AM, andy pugh wrote: > > I have modelled the D1-5 nose and attempted to fit the 74mm PCD holes > in. It's not pretty. two of the holes are impossible, I think, and the > others need to be counterbored so deep that the heads are lower than > the D1 cams (or they have to go through

Re: [Emc-users] Near function not working as expected

2017-04-03 Thread andy pugh
On 3 April 2017 at 20:24, Jan Bos wrote: > For whatever reason, the output 'near.0.out' never goes true. I changed the > scale to 1.5 and the difference to 50 and still it stays false. Is the near component actually added to a thread? -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachm

[Emc-users] Near function not working as expected

2017-04-03 Thread Jan Bos
Hello everybody, I am having a problem with my spindle at speed signal. I have the encoder working and the spindle runs at 6000 rpm and I get the values below which seem correct since these are RPS and not RPM. Here is what I am using in my HAL: net spindle-vel-cmd-rps=> near.0.in1 net spin

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

2017-04-03 Thread sam sokolik
Hehehe... works great here - even tool paths. http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/Screenshot-60.png sam On 04/03/2017 01:24 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 3 April 2017 at 18:13, Gene Heskett wrote: >> link crashes firefox. Expected? > On your computer? Yes. > --

Re: [Emc-users] Axis Title Bar?

2017-04-03 Thread Todd Zuercher
Thanks guys, I did happen to find it a few seconds after I posted the question. - Original Message - From: "Gene Heskett" To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Monday, April 3, 2017 1:20:33 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Axis Title Bar? On Monday 03 April 2017 12:24:51 Todd Zuercher wr

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

2017-04-03 Thread andy pugh
On 3 April 2017 at 18:13, Gene Heskett wrote: > link crashes firefox. Expected? On your computer? Yes. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution New

Re: [Emc-users] Axis Title Bar?

2017-04-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 03 April 2017 12:24:51 Todd Zuercher wrote: > Where exactly is the text that is stuck in the title bare of the Axis > window harvested from? My window shows the "ngc filename" - Axis > (ver#) on ... Specifically where does the on ... come from? What is > shown on one of my machines is ve

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

2017-04-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 03 April 2017 11:37:54 andy pugh wrote: > I am making a 4th-axis out of an FHA Harmonic drive. This is an > integrated system of harmonic drive, crossed-roller bearing and servo > motor. > > Specs here. I am working with the 25-sized part: > http://www.harmonicdrive.net/products/rotary-a

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

2017-04-03 Thread andy pugh
On 3 April 2017 at 17:30, Peter Blodow wrote: > Sorry, I just get a white screen after a lot of downloading. Must be an > autocad-specific file format!? It should be an online 3D viewer. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mech

Re: [Emc-users] Axis Title Bar?

2017-04-03 Thread Kurt Jacobson
Todd, It comes from [EMC] MACHINE in the ini file l am pretty sure. Kurt Jacobson 505-303-1933 Sent from Mobile On Apr 3, 2017 12:28 PM, "Todd Zuercher" wrote: > Where exactly is the text that is stuck in the title bare of the Axis > window harvested from? My window shows the "ngc filename" - A

Re: [Emc-users] Axis Title Bar?

2017-04-03 Thread John Thornton
The machine name is in the ini file. JT On 4/3/2017 11:24 AM, Todd Zuercher wrote: > Where exactly is the text that is stuck in the title bare of the Axis window > harvested from? My window shows the "ngc filename" - Axis (ver#) on ... > Specifically where does the on ... come from? What is sho

Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

2017-04-03 Thread Peter Blodow
Sorry, I just get a white screen after a lot of downloading. Must be an autocad-specific file format!? Peter Am 03.04.2017 17:37, schrieb andy pugh: > I have just handed over the pattern to the foundry for a right-angle housing. > http://a360.co/2oQX7Ct > is the 3D model of the pattern. The inner

[Emc-users] Axis Title Bar?

2017-04-03 Thread Todd Zuercher
Where exactly is the text that is stuck in the title bare of the Axis window harvested from? My window shows the "ngc filename" - Axis (ver#) on ... Specifically where does the on ... come from? What is shown on one of my machines is very wrong for me. I may have modified an existing config from

Re: [Emc-users] I bought a Unimat SL1000

2017-04-03 Thread John Alexander Stewart
Hi Greg; I'm going to attempt to CNC it using 3D printed mounts for NEMA 17 stepper > motors. The plan is to make them with channels I can fill with urethane > resin and perhaps some pieces of metal if they don't prove sturdy enough. > I'll also be embedding Rivnuts to provide solid threads where

Re: [Emc-users] [SPAM] Gladevcp Problem?

2017-04-03 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
> On 3 April 2017 at 16:04, Gene Heskett wrote: > > It is on both wheezy and jessie, no gtk2 stuffs are available in the > > repo's. > > I have Glade on Wheezy. It's just a case of sudo apt-get install glade-gtk2. And you have to run .rip-environment before running glade otherwise you will not

Re: [Emc-users] [SPAM] Gladevcp Problem?

2017-04-03 Thread andy pugh
On 3 April 2017 at 16:26, Gene Heskett wrote: > pi@raspberrypi I forgot that part. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 ---

[Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator.

2017-04-03 Thread andy pugh
I am making a 4th-axis out of an FHA Harmonic drive. This is an integrated system of harmonic drive, crossed-roller bearing and servo motor. Specs here. I am working with the 25-sized part: http://www.harmonicdrive.net/products/rotary-actuators/hollow-shaft-actuators/fha-c (Note that the -C varian

Re: [Emc-users] [SPAM] Gladevcp Problem?

2017-04-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 03 April 2017 11:20:01 andy pugh wrote: > On 3 April 2017 at 16:04, Gene Heskett wrote: > > It is on both wheezy and jessie, no gtk2 stuffs are available in the > > repo's. > > I have Glade on Wheezy. It's just a case of sudo apt-get install > glade-gtk2. On the pi: pi@raspberrypi:~/l

Re: [Emc-users] [SPAM] Gladevcp Problem?

2017-04-03 Thread andy pugh
On 3 April 2017 at 16:04, Gene Heskett wrote: > It is on both wheezy and jessie, no gtk2 stuffs are available in the > repo's. I have Glade on Wheezy. It's just a case of sudo apt-get install glade-gtk2. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the esp

Re: [Emc-users] [SPAM] Gladevcp Problem?

2017-04-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 03 April 2017 09:06:08 Todd Zuercher wrote: > Thanks Gene, > > i had switched from Pyvcp to Gladevcp a little while ago because I > could do a couple of things with Gladevcp that I couldn't make work > with Pyvcp. > > The problem apparently was because of a fix that was made for > Native

Re: [Emc-users] [SPAM] Gladevcp Problem?

2017-04-03 Thread Todd Zuercher
Thanks Gene, i had switched from Pyvcp to Gladevcp a little while ago because I could do a couple of things with Gladevcp that I couldn't make work with Pyvcp. The problem apparently was because of a fix that was made for NativeCAM, but broke Gladevcp for Lucid. Dewy Garret was kind enough to

Re: [Emc-users] Ball nut catch and release

2017-04-03 Thread andy pugh
On 3 April 2017 at 05:43, Cecil Thomas wrote: > I succeeded in contriving a "ball nut catcher" which lets me attach > the ball nut to the apron by simply moving the carriage to the right > where the nut slides into the "catcher" and moving a lever. > When I finish with the cnc operation I just mov