Re: [Emc-users] cutting thin alu panels problems, was 6040 problems

2019-01-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 29 January 2019 21:34:57 Jon Elson wrote: > On 01/29/2019 03:27 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > I just found the only way to cut this panel alu is to keep the tool > > cold with a blast of air at around 125 psi blowing on the nut and > > tool. > > > > Anything less

[Emc-users] Taming docx files. [Was: Re: 1.5 kw vfd in 6040 problems

2019-01-29 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 28.01.19 11:49, Gene Heskett wrote: > The guy is still dragging his feet on english docs in a pdf format for > this thing though. Docx is damned sure a looser IMNSHO. Even the latest > 6.1.4 version of LibreOffice can't render it in a usable format. Dunno how 'orrible a plain text rendition

Re: [Emc-users] Nice manual lathe in WA (assume WA USA not WA AU)

2019-01-29 Thread Jon Elson
On 01/29/2019 08:46 PM, andy pugh wrote: On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 at 16:16, Jon Elson wrote: The spindle is driven by triple matched belts, to keep gear vibration out of the headstock. The input pulley is coaxial to the spindle, but does not run ON the spindle, Another, new today on

Re: [Emc-users] Nice manual lathe in WA (assume WA USA not WA AU)

2019-01-29 Thread andy pugh
On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 at 16:16, Jon Elson wrote: > The spindle is > driven by triple matched belts, to keep gear vibration out > of the headstock. The input pulley is coaxial to the > spindle, but does not run ON the spindle, Another, new today on lathes.co.uk with a similar idea

Re: [Emc-users] cutting thin alu panels problems, was 6040 problems

2019-01-29 Thread Jon Elson
On 01/29/2019 03:27 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings all; I just found the only way to cut this panel alu is to keep the tool cold with a blast of air at around 125 psi blowing on the nut and tool. Anything less and the heat telegraphing down the tool from the motors front bearing, combined

Re: [Emc-users] cutting thin alu panels problems, was 6040 problems

2019-01-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 29 January 2019 20:16:50 Stuart Stevenson wrote: > 4 flute or 2 flute? 3, with a very aggressive spiral. 4mm. > On Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 7:14 PM andy pugh > On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 at 01:01, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > So I think the > > > > > > word for this is coolant. Slowly pouring

Re: [Emc-users] cutting thin alu panels problems, was 6040 problems

2019-01-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 29 January 2019 20:11:47 andy pugh wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 at 01:01, Gene Heskett wrote: > > So I think the > > > > word for this is coolant. Slowly pouring right on the tool. > > Possibly, you don't seem to see production shops workignwith anything > other than massive amounts

[Emc-users] For PCW

2019-01-29 Thread Gene Heskett
Peter; I got one of the panels cut, stuck a line cord gland and a line cord feeding a 5 volt and a 12 volt supply for field power, hooked it up. But I see no hints of the 7i76 in the dmesg or halmeter menu's. So I poked at it with mesaflash, again w/o finding much. Asking for --serial, I get:

Re: [Emc-users] cutting thin alu panels problems, was 6040 problems

2019-01-29 Thread Stuart Stevenson
4 flute or 2 flute? On Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 7:14 PM andy pugh On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 at 01:01, Gene Heskett wrote: > > So I think the > > > word for this is coolant. Slowly pouring right on the tool. > > > > Possibly, you don't seem to see production shops workignwith anything > other than massive

Re: [Emc-users] cutting thin alu panels problems, was 6040 problems

2019-01-29 Thread andy pugh
On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 at 01:01, Gene Heskett wrote: > So I think the > word for this is coolant. Slowly pouring right on the tool. > Possibly, you don't seem to see production shops workignwith anything other than massive amounts of flood coolant. But there might be something to be gained from

Re: [Emc-users] cutting thin alu panels problems, was 6040 problems

2019-01-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 29 January 2019 18:50:59 Ed wrote: > On 1/29/19 3:44 PM, andy pugh wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 at 21:29, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> Greetings all; > >> > >> I just found the only way to cut this panel alu is to keep the tool > >> cold with a blast of air at around 125 psi blowing on

Re: [Emc-users] cutting thin alu panels problems, was 6040 problems

2019-01-29 Thread Ed
On 1/29/19 3:44 PM, andy pugh wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 at 21:29, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings all; I just found the only way to cut this panel alu is to keep the tool cold with a blast of air at around 125 psi blowing on the nut and tool. Sounds like a job for an MQL system (Minimal

Re: [Emc-users] cutting thin alu panels problems, was 6040 problems

2019-01-29 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 at 21:29, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > I just found the only way to cut this panel alu is to keep the tool cold > with a blast of air at around 125 psi blowing on the nut and tool. Sounds like a job for an MQL system (Minimal Quantity Lubrication, air-blast and

Re: [Emc-users] cutting thin alu panels problems, was 6040 problems

2019-01-29 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; I just found the only way to cut this panel alu is to keep the tool cold with a blast of air at around 125 psi blowing on the nut and tool. Anything less and the heat telegraphing down the tool from the motors front bearing, combined with the alox formation and friction gets the

Re: [Emc-users] VFS-11 modbus driver

2019-01-29 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 at 01:39, Thaddeus Waldner wrote: As I understand it, I need a RS485 port. Is it reasonably possible to add a > second serial port on some of the unused I/O pins to the MESA card? Would I > be better served buying a usb-RS485 adapter? The vfs11 driver runs in user-space so