Re: [Emc-users] sim still broken

2018-12-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 23 December 2018 21:39:07 TJoseph Powderly wrote: > and you can get all the parts for Little Giant Pumps. > ( rotors, seals, brushes, motors.) > That makes any investment easier to swallow. > tomp tjtr33 > Merry Merry! Happy Happy! > Hey Tomp, been too quiet out your way, hope you and

Re: [Emc-users] Fiddling with home in gcode

2018-12-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 23 December 2018 21:03:34 Jon Elson wrote: > On 12/23/2018 03:33 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > The way I'm reading it Jon,starting at page184 in ht mater dov pll ; > > and the max estimated correction being less than 50 thou, g92 > > corrects all maps, where as the G1 L2 P# only effects a

Re: [Emc-users] sim still broken

2018-12-23 Thread TJoseph Powderly
and you can get all the parts for Little Giant Pumps. ( rotors, seals, brushes, motors.) That makes any investment easier to swallow. tomp tjtr33 Merry Merry! Happy Happy! On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 1:28 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 23 December 2018 09:10:50 Bruce Layne wrote: > > > On Sat,

Re: [Emc-users] Fiddling with home in gcode

2018-12-23 Thread Jon Elson
On 12/23/2018 03:33 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: The way I'm reading it Jon,starting at page184 in ht mater dov pll ; and the max estimated correction being less than 50 thou, g92 corrects all maps, where as the G1 L2 P# only effects a single map at a time. Am I mistaken? This is master, not a

Re: [Emc-users] sim still broken

2018-12-23 Thread Jon Elson
On 12/23/2018 03:16 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 23 December 2018 16:00:01 Jon Elson wrote: On 12/23/2018 01:26 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: I sort of like that, 23 ft of head would let me put the tank below the machine, but it appears the motor may not be cooled by the coolant, does that

Re: [Emc-users] Fiddling with home in gcode

2018-12-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 23 December 2018 16:08:08 Jon Elson wrote: > On 12/23/2018 01:41 PM, Marcus Bowman wrote: > > G92.1 cancels all G92 offsets, so that always goes in the > > initialisation block in all my programs. If I am cutting rows of > > holes, with simple or complex outlines, I always go the the

Re: [Emc-users] sim still broken

2018-12-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 23 December 2018 16:00:01 Jon Elson wrote: > On 12/23/2018 01:26 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I sort of like that, 23 ft of head would let me put the tank below > > the machine, but it appears the motor may not be cooled by the > > coolant, does that have any effect on its life? And its

Re: [Emc-users] Fiddling with home in gcode

2018-12-23 Thread Jon Elson
On 12/23/2018 01:41 PM, Marcus Bowman wrote: G92.1 cancels all G92 offsets, so that always goes in the initialisation block in all my programs. If I am cutting rows of holes, with simple or complex outlines, I always go the the hole position, then use a subroutine to cut the hole. The

Re: [Emc-users] Fiddling with home in gcode

2018-12-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 23 December 2018 14:41:49 Marcus Bowman wrote: > I' m not entirely sure I have the correct picture of what you are > trying to do, but I have cut lots of panels covered in holes for > D-subs and audio connectors (for sound studios) and a series of mould > plates for plastic moulding

Re: [Emc-users] sim still broken

2018-12-23 Thread Jon Elson
On 12/23/2018 01:26 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: I sort of like that, 23 ft of head would let me put the tank below the machine, but it appears the motor may not be cooled by the coolant, does that have any effect on its life? And its 9" tall. But that would let me mount it below the machine and

Re: [Emc-users] Fiddling with home in gcode

2018-12-23 Thread Marcus Bowman
I' m not entirely sure I have the correct picture of what you are trying to do, but I have cut lots of panels covered in holes for D-subs and audio connectors (for sound studios) and a series of mould plates for plastic moulding which consist of rows of identical recesses. G92.1 cancels all G92

Re: [Emc-users] sim still broken

2018-12-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 23 December 2018 13:34:16 Jon Elson wrote: > On 12/23/2018 08:10 AM, Bruce Layne wrote: > > You don't need a big pump regardless of the size of the > > spindle motor. I use a small Little Giant pump that's > > often sold for fountains, hydroponics, etc. I get the > > best version they

Re: [Emc-users] sim still broken

2018-12-23 Thread Jon Elson
On 12/23/2018 08:10 AM, Bruce Layne wrote: You don't need a big pump regardless of the size of the spindle motor. I use a small Little Giant pump that's often sold for fountains, hydroponics, etc. I get the best version they make and it's still inexpensive. Good brands include Superior

Re: [Emc-users] sim still broken

2018-12-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 23 December 2018 09:10:50 Bruce Layne wrote: > On Sat, 22 Dec 2018 at 23:50, Gene Heskett wrote: > > The only thing I could not find with any > > search terms was a 1/2 to 1 gallon water tank to bury the water pump > > in. > > I have a Chinese water cooled spindle on two different

Re: [Emc-users] sim still broken

2018-12-23 Thread Bruce Layne
On Sat, 22 Dec 2018 at 23:50, Gene Heskett wrote: The only thing I could not find with any search terms was a 1/2 to 1 gallon water tank to bury the water pump in. I have a Chinese water cooled spindle on two different home built CNC routers.  I used a 5 gallon plastic bucket for the

Re: [Emc-users] sim still broken

2018-12-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 23 December 2018 05:32:02 andy pugh wrote: > On Sat, 22 Dec 2018 at 23:50, Gene Heskett wrote: > > The only thing I could not find with any > > search terms was a 1/2 to 1 gallon water tank to bury the water pump > > in. > > The only water-cooled installation I have seen used

[Emc-users] Fiddling with home in gcode

2018-12-23 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; It will still be a while before I'm ready to cut this panel on the new machine. Can't sleep, and had the idea to use the existing holes to automaticly establish both home, and the panels length. I've measured the panels width, and established a center line for Y at half that.

Re: [Emc-users] sim still broken

2018-12-23 Thread andy pugh
On Sat, 22 Dec 2018 at 23:50, Gene Heskett wrote: > The only thing I could not find with any > search terms was a 1/2 to 1 gallon water tank to bury the water pump in. The only water-cooled installation I have seen used something that seemed to be similar to a CPU cooler setup: