Re: [Emc-users] OT: novel 3+ n axes

2023-11-23 Thread gene heskett
On 11/23/23 22:16, gene heskett wrote: On 11/23/23 17:22, marcus.bow...@visible.eclipse.co.uk wrote: On 2023-11-23 21:18, Chris Albertson wrote: Yes, a magnet and a steel disk is the simplest possible design.  If you don’t need indexing.  Nothing would move.  The disk could slide over the magn

Re: [Emc-users] OT: novel 3+ n axes

2023-11-23 Thread gene heskett
On 11/23/23 17:22, marcus.bow...@visible.eclipse.co.uk wrote: On 2023-11-23 21:18, Chris Albertson wrote: Yes, a magnet and a steel disk is the simplest possible design.  If you don’t need indexing.  Nothing would move.  The disk could slide over the magnet and then when energized the sliding w

Re: [Emc-users] OT: novel 3+ n axes

2023-11-23 Thread gene heskett
On 11/23/23 16:19, Chris Albertson wrote: Yes, a magnet and a steel disk is the simplest possible design. If you don’t need indexing. Nothing would move. The disk could slide over the magnet and then when energized the sliding would stop. The slop issue is normally solved by always rotating

Re: [Emc-users] OT: novel 3+ n axes

2023-11-23 Thread gene heskett
On 11/23/23 15:40, Ryan McIntosh wrote: If you are going to clamp a metal disc with anything, use an electromagnet... But if it's a worm drive with that much slop, I guarantee there's some improvement to be found by controlling the thrust movement of the pinion gear. Inserting a shim (could be

Re: [Emc-users] OT: novel 3+ n axes

2023-11-23 Thread gene heskett
On 11/23/23 14:26, Chris Albertson wrote: On Nov 22, 2023, at 1:06 PM, gene heskett wrote: I'd have to agree Andy. I need to design a disk brake for my A axis as there's half a degree of slop in the worm drive which if it gets to the motor will be held, but the slop in the worm makes fo

Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory planning

2023-11-23 Thread John Dammeyer
> From: Peter Wallace [mailto:p...@mesanet.com] > On Thu, 23 Nov 2023, John Dammeyer wrote: > > > Quick question here. The HAL file has two time intervals I believe in > nanoseconds? > > BASE_PERIOD = 24000 > > SERVO_PERIOD = 100 > > > > So BASE_PERIOD is about 41.67kHz and SERVO_PERIOD is 1

Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory planning

2023-11-23 Thread Peter Wallace
On Thu, 23 Nov 2023, John Dammeyer wrote: Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2023 17:07:57 -0800 From: John Dammeyer Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: "'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)'" Subject: [Emc-users] Trajectory planning Quick question here. The HAL file has two time intervals

[Emc-users] Trajectory planning

2023-11-23 Thread John Dammeyer
Quick question here. The HAL file has two time intervals I believe in nanoseconds? BASE_PERIOD = 24000 SERVO_PERIOD = 100 So BASE_PERIOD is about 41.67kHz and SERVO_PERIOD is 1kHz? I'm guessing the encoder edges are counted between BASE_PERIOD Ticks to determine spindle velocity? Is th

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2023-11-23 Thread John Ackland
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Re: [Emc-users] OT: novel 3+ n axes

2023-11-23 Thread andy pugh
On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 at 20:42, Ryan McIntosh wrote: > > If you are going to clamp a metal disc with anything, use an > electromagnet. Maybe re-purpose parts of a car air-conditioning clutch. (I am sure that these have loads of applications, as they can clamp and release while rotating, though tha

Re: [Emc-users] OT: novel 3+ n axes

2023-11-23 Thread marcus . bowman
On 2023-11-23 21:18, Chris Albertson wrote: Yes, a magnet and a steel disk is the simplest possible design. If you don’t need indexing. Nothing would move. The disk could slide over the magnet and then when energized the sliding would stop. The slop issue is normally solved by always rotatin

Re: [Emc-users] OT: novel 3+ n axes

2023-11-23 Thread Chris Albertson
Yes, a magnet and a steel disk is the simplest possible design. If you don’t need indexing. Nothing would move. The disk could slide over the magnet and then when energized the sliding would stop. The slop issue is normally solved by always rotating in one direction so maybe it could be con

Re: [Emc-users] OT: novel 3+ n axes

2023-11-23 Thread gene heskett
On 11/23/23 14:26, Chris Albertson wrote: On Nov 22, 2023, at 1:06 PM, gene heskett wrote: I'd have to agree Andy. I need to design a disk brake for my A axis as there's half a degree of slop in the worm drive which if it gets to the motor will be held, but the slop in the worm makes fo

Re: [Emc-users] OT: novel 3+ n axes

2023-11-23 Thread Ryan McIntosh
If you are going to clamp a metal disc with anything, use an electromagnet... But if it's a worm drive with that much slop, I guarantee there's some improvement to be found by controlling the thrust movement of the pinion gear. Inserting a shim (could be punched out of an old set of feeler guages

Re: [Emc-users] OT: novel 3+ n axes

2023-11-23 Thread Chris Albertson
> On Nov 22, 2023, at 1:06 PM, gene heskett wrote: >> > I'd have to agree Andy. I need to design a disk brake for my A axis as > there's half a degree of slop in the worm drive which if it gets to the motor > will be held, but the slop in the worm makes for sloppy looking holes, but > the a

Re: [Emc-users] OT: novel 3+ n axes

2023-11-23 Thread Thomas J Powderly
I remember a customer bumping a geneva gear tool changer using the side of the platen that held the electrode bumpint would index the tool he used gcode on a Fanuc/Elox sink edm. yeah i suppose a machine tool _is_ an expensive motor but shows people are clever tomp On 11/23/23 04:06, gene h