[Emc-users] I'm back to a sseriel failure that can only be fixed with a full powerdown of the whole system.

2020-01-18 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; If then. While shaving the side of the BXA's foot, swarf built up on the top of the y axis home switch, and when I went to brush it off, some of it went below the switch and shorted the 12 volts to ground. Lit the swarf strands up like a light bulb, which I don't quite understand

[Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-18 Thread andrew beck
Hi guys I was just wondering who here has retrofitted any big commercial machines with linuxcnc and who actually uses there machine to make parts everyday. I work in machine shops and am using fagor/ siemens/ controllers all the time. and I am retrofitting a cnc mill myself as a project and so I

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-18 Thread bari
You could start by looking here: http://linuxcnc.org/showcase/ On 1/18/20 1:14 PM, andrew beck wrote: > Hi guys > > I was just wondering who here has retrofitted any big commercial machines > with linuxcnc and who actually uses there machine to make parts everyday. > I work in machine shops and a

Re: [Emc-users] I'm back to a sseriel failure that can only be fixed with a full powerdown of the whole system.

2020-01-18 Thread John Dammeyer
Hi Gene, I've run into similar problems with my system as I try and make it intrinsically safe. The issues I've run into involve the various levels of intelligence in the hardware. I don't know if your 7i76 can solve your problem since I'm not familiar with it. As I've said before I'm using

Re: [Emc-users] I'm back to a sseriel failure that can only be fixed with a full powerdown of the whole system.

2020-01-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 18 January 2020 13:39:23 Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > If then. While shaving the side of the BXA's foot, swarf built up on > the top of the y axis home switch, and when I went to brush it off, > some of it went below the switch and shorted the 12 volts to ground. > Lit the

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 18 January 2020 14:14:54 andrew beck wrote: > Hi guys > > I was just wondering who here has retrofitted any big commercial > machines with linuxcnc and who actually uses there machine to make > parts everyday. I work in machine shops and am using fagor/ siemens/ > controllers all the

Re: [Emc-users] I'm back to a sseriel failure that can only be fixed with a full powerdown of the whole system.

2020-01-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 18 January 2020 15:07:35 John Dammeyer wrote: > Hi Gene, > > I've run into similar problems with my system as I try and make it > intrinsically safe. The issues I've run into involve the various > levels of intelligence in the hardware. I don't know if your 7i76 can > solve your prob

Re: [Emc-users] I'm back to a sseriel failure that can only be fixed with a full powerdown of the whole system.

2020-01-18 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sat, 18 Jan 2020, Gene Heskett wrote: Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 15:58:23 -0500 From: Gene Heskett Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] I'm back to a sseriel failure that can only be fixed with a full powerdown of the

Re: [Emc-users] I'm back to a sseriel failure that can only be fixed with a full powerdown of the whole system.

2020-01-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 18 January 2020 16:09:38 Peter C. Wallace wrote: > On Sat, 18 Jan 2020, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 15:58:23 -0500 > > From: Gene Heskett > > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > > > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users]

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-18 Thread Stuart Stevenson
go to youtube and search for sws1253 you will find a few videos that is my (such as it is) channel - I haven't added anything for a long time but you may find it interesting mpm no longer has this machine - it went to a shop in Tulsa - I have been in contact with the shop in Tulsa a few times - th

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-18 Thread Andy Pugh
> On 18 Jan 2020, at 19:16, andrew beck wrote: > > > I was just wondering who here has retrofitted any big commercial machines > with linuxcnc Well, there is Stuart’s little toy :-) https://youtu.be/mxxdq6y8z8M ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-user

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-18 Thread andrew beck
Yes I know about that. It needs updating I think. Not to put down the work people have done on it! I definitely appreciate it. Just think it could be updated with some new retros. There are only a couple of examples on there that are decently sized that I can see Really thinking about it. If

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-18 Thread Jon Elson
On 01/18/2020 01:14 PM, andrew beck wrote: Hi guys I was just wondering who here has retrofitted any big commercial machines with linuxcnc and who actually uses there machine to make parts everyday. I work in machine shops and am using fagor/ siemens/ controllers all the time. and I am retrofi

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 18 January 2020 23:48:59 Jon Elson wrote: > On 01/18/2020 01:14 PM, andrew beck wrote: > > Hi guys > > > > I was just wondering who here has retrofitted any big commercial > > machines with linuxcnc and who actually uses there machine to make > > parts everyday. I work in machine shop