Re: [Emc-users] Missing Features in LCNC for FFF/FDM Printers

2021-08-20 Thread Sven Wesley
Den mån 26 juli 2021 kl 01:35 skrev : > There are addins now that post process gcode to convert line segments to > G2/G3. > > Yes! ArcWelder is extremely good at this! Can be used as a console app or as a plugin directly in OctoPrint if you fancy that. I use it all the time and not only will you g

Re: [Emc-users] Maybe a minimally printed harmonic drive?

2021-01-26 Thread Sven Wesley
Den tis 26 jan. 2021 kl 05:47 skrev Sam Sokolik : > I am sure the torque is limited - but I feel it might have possibility... > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlpkmEEhFqc > > I can totally see that drive on my home made trunnion table! ___ Emc-users

Re: [Emc-users] hi guys

2021-01-22 Thread Sven Wesley
Den tors 14 jan. 2021 kl 23:28 skrev andrew beck : > I have some proxy switches on my cnc lathe I am retrofitting and have a few > questions > > the switches are omron 10-40v dc and NPN NO > basically opposite to what i need I think lol. > I think the mesa cards prefer PNP NC proxy switches > anyw

Re: [Emc-users] Rpi Pico

2021-01-21 Thread Sven Wesley
Den tors 21 jan. 2021 kl 17:51 skrev John Dammeyer : > No CAN bus port. No USB port. > > I guess it depends on how deep one wants to go into C programming as to > what you might choose for independently controlled things like a tool > changer. I have PIC32 development boards and processors that

[Emc-users] Rpi Pico

2021-01-21 Thread Sven Wesley
For you people out there who use an Arduino or RPi to communicate with parts of the machine (tool changers, doors etc). Here's a cute and really low priced alternative. https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-pico/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Em

Re: [Emc-users] GUI Feature Request

2021-01-08 Thread Sven Wesley
Den tis 5 jan. 2021 kl 15:36 skrev Todd Zuercher : > I've noticed what appears to be a lot of new development of new GUIs for > Linuxcnc lately. Here is an idea that I would love to see implemented in a > new GUI, but I do not have the programming skills to implement it. For our > production mac

Re: [Emc-users] Interesting GUI

2021-01-02 Thread Sven Wesley
Den lör 2 jan. 2021 22:11andy pugh skrev: > On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 at 20:17, Sven Wesley wrote: > > > Going back to original post from Andy, Mazak has some pretty funky GUIs > > nowadays too. > > > https://mazakfiles.blob.core.windows.net/web-site/image/403f2

Re: [Emc-users] Interesting GUI

2021-01-02 Thread Sven Wesley
6 sep. 2020 kl 22:16 skrev Kurt Jacobson : > Aaron Dargel has been working on some pretty neat conversation widgets for > QtPyVCP based ProbeBasic GUI. > So far his just don't basic things like hole circles and facing ops, but > they have excellent sanity checking that makes them almost foolproof

Re: [Emc-users] 3D Printed L Type Timing Pulleys

2021-01-02 Thread Sven Wesley
Den lör 2 jan. 2021 kl 20:27 skrev John Dammeyer : > > From: Chris Albertson [mailto:albertson.ch...@gmail.com] > > I've seen CAD models of the complete Bridgeport machine on GrabCad. It > > really is helpful to have a good model so you can test-fit parts before > you > > make them. > > > > I fo

Re: [Emc-users] 7i96 multi wire input

2020-12-17 Thread Sven Wesley
Den tors 17 dec. 2020 01:22Gene Heskett skrev: > On Wednesday 16 December 2020 17:42:58 Sven Wesley wrote: > > > Den tors 10 dec. 2020 kl 15:31 skrev Gene Heskett > : > > > But, I'll also state that my way is not the only way, There are > > > (N-1)! ways to

Re: [Emc-users] 7i96 multi wire input

2020-12-16 Thread Sven Wesley
Den tors 10 dec. 2020 kl 15:31 skrev Gene Heskett : > But, I'll also state that my way is not the only way, There are (N-1)! > ways to do it where N is the number of inputs you need to smunch into > one wire to stop LCNC, and ! is the factorial symbol. And could be > expanded to handle more fault

Re: [Emc-users] 7i96 multi wire input

2020-12-10 Thread Sven Wesley
Den tors 10 dec. 2020 kl 14:30 skrev andy pugh : > On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 at 12:52, Sven Wesley wrote: > > > All will ground if one fails and then all will fail. I mean, it would be > OK > > but less optimal. > > Can you definitely not afford one io per drive? > >

Re: [Emc-users] 7i96 multi wire input

2020-12-10 Thread Sven Wesley
Den ons 9 dec. 2020 kl 17:41 skrev Sven Wesley : > > Maybe my intentions have been unclear and now I'm a bit confused. The > drives provide a high signal on one pin when they are working. If they fail > the pin goes low. My initial thought was to connect all four pins to one &g

Re: [Emc-users] 7i96 multi wire input

2020-12-09 Thread Sven Wesley
Den ons 9 dec. 2020 kl 13:33 skrev Gene Heskett : > On Wednesday 09 December 2020 03:52:16 Sven Wesley wrote: > > > Den ons 9 dec. 2020 kl 02:27 skrev Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users < > > > > emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>: > > > The way to wire an emerg

Re: [Emc-users] 7i96 multi wire input

2020-12-09 Thread Sven Wesley
ks, the circuit goes open and the machine stops. If a wire breaks in a > NO circuit then the E-Stop button or sensor the broken wire goes to cannot > initiate a stop. > On Tuesday, December 8, 2020, 04:19:16 PM MST, Sven Wesley < > svenne.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Friend

Re: [Emc-users] 7i96 multi wire input

2020-12-09 Thread Sven Wesley
Den ons 9 dec. 2020 kl 01:39 skrev Gene Heskett : > On Tuesday 08 December 2020 18:17:11 Sven Wesley wrote: > > > Am I totally off the chart if I wire all the drives' pin number 6 > > together and connect them to one of the inputs on the 7i96 and get it > > to stop

Re: [Emc-users] 7i96 multi wire input

2020-12-08 Thread Sven Wesley
Den ons 9 dec. 2020 kl 00:37 skrev Peter C. Wallace : > On Wed, 9 Dec 2020, Sven Wesley wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 00:17:11 +0100 > > Friends, > > > I am in the process of refreshing a CNC that has been running in > "temporary > > state"

[Emc-users] 7i96 multi wire input

2020-12-08 Thread Sven Wesley
Friends, I am in the process of refreshing a CNC that has been running in "temporary state" the last 12 years, time to give it an overhaul. I've found the magic little piece we all call 7i96. It will do magic. The servo drives have been running flawlessly and the plan is to keep them. They have a

Re: [Emc-users] Cutting fluid

2020-10-26 Thread Sven Wesley
Many moons ago, but sure we did experience some bad allergy reactions from cutting fluid. Some fluids are prone bacteria growth and if the system isn't cleaned regularly you may end up with a biohazard de luxe. Don't ask me how I know, but the sanitation of 25 machines sized workshop took a while..

Re: [Emc-users] hexapod

2018-07-28 Thread Sven Wesley
I am pretty sure Dave's hexapod is a six axis milling setup. Not a walking spider robot. Like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_UmhUjZhNo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nebJ59TcYlQ On Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 4:54 AM Chris Albertson wrote: > What kind of hexapod are you building? I've ha

Re: [Emc-users] CAD for LinuxCNC

2018-07-24 Thread Sven Wesley
On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 10:26 PM John Dammeyer wrote: > And are you running on Windows, MAC or Linux for Rhino? > > > Glad to hear it is stable nowadays. Gotta test it. > > For all my work I only work in Rhino 3D and > all > > CAM is made inside Rhino with the MadCam <

Re: [Emc-users] CAD for LinuxCNC

2018-07-24 Thread Sven Wesley
On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 9:07 PM Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > The version 0.16 is good, I did not find errors on debian again > drawings can be exported to STL and given in input to PyCAM > Glad to hear it is stable nowadays. Gotta test it. For all my work I only work in Rhino 3D

Re: [Emc-users] frank hermann xatc extremely simple automatic tool changer

2018-07-24 Thread Sven Wesley
Den tis 17 juli 2018 16:00Gene Heskett > > > > This link from one of the comments shows a considerably better idea, but > their demo video is obviously being done by hand as all the intermittent > motion could well be converted to gco

[Emc-users] THANK YOU German Meetup 2018!

2018-07-23 Thread Sven Wesley
To all who helped me get the servo running with this hybrid setup of Mesa and Benezan hardware, I bow deep and move slowly backwards. You are wizards without a beard (except for Andy though, but it is too short). A special thank you to Marius, Rene, Andy and Andy, Bene himself and of course Peter W

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc meeting Stuttgart, Germany 2018

2018-07-16 Thread Sven Wesley
I hopefully convinced https://www.x-carbon.de/ to come to the meetup, he makes a LCNC controlled filament winder. He might have a complete machine that he will bring. /S On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 6:56 PM Sven Wesley wrote: > Ah shoots, Maybe too tight. Will try to join, would be fun to m

Re: [Emc-users] So, how's Ethernet?

2018-07-14 Thread Sven Wesley
Thanks Peter and Andy for your input. I don't put much trust in the internal hardware, no documentation what so ever except for the spindle VFD. There is a retrofitted machine on eBay, but too many differences. The servos looks the same and is specified as "GR80x80 Asto 24V von Dunkermotoren". My c

Re: [Emc-users] So, how's Ethernet?

2018-07-13 Thread Sven Wesley
need another breakout board as far as I understand. If I make it to the Stuttgart meeting next weekend we might have a German solution to my problem. Who knows... On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:25 PM Sven Wesley wrote: > These little babies. I have a few of them already and my kids have the

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc meeting Stuttgart, Germany 2018

2018-07-13 Thread Sven Wesley
Ah shoots, Maybe too tight. Will try to join, would be fun to meet everyone again! /S On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 5:02 PM Rene Hopf via Emc-users < emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > On 13. Jul 2018, at 15:14, Sven Wesley wrote: > > > > Did this happen or wi

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc meeting Stuttgart, Germany 2018

2018-07-13 Thread Sven Wesley
Did this happen or will it happen? Would be nice to go to Stuttgart again! /S On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 6:41 PM andy pugh wrote: > On 2 May 2018 at 17:14, Nicklas Karlsson > wrote: > > I can't see the date, me be blind? > > At this point it is a survey to choose a date. > > -- > atp > "A motorc

Re: [Emc-users] So, how's Ethernet?

2018-07-12 Thread Sven Wesley
> rather than to the list. > > > > > > Les > > > > > > On 10/07/2018 13:38, andy pugh wrote: > > > > On 10 July 2018 at 11:47, Sven Wesley wrote: > > > >> You too late, Andy. ;) > > > > Too late in the sense that you have

Re: [Emc-users] So, how's Ethernet?

2018-07-11 Thread Sven Wesley
o Sven, rather than to the list. For some reason when I reply > to this list the replies usually end up going direct to the sender > rather than to the list. > > Les > > On 10/07/2018 13:38, andy pugh wrote: > > On 10 July 2018 at 11:47, Sven Wesley wrote: > >> You

Re: [Emc-users] So, how's Ethernet?

2018-07-10 Thread Sven Wesley
You too late, Andy. ;) On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 1:06 AM andy pugh wrote: > On 9 July 2018 at 16:56, Sven Wesley wrote: > > > http://cncdrive.com/UC400ETH.html > > http://cncdrive.com/UC300ETH.html > > > > Or should I go with the old school LPT port solution? > &

[Emc-users] So, how's Ethernet?

2018-07-09 Thread Sven Wesley
Dear Friends, Been away from the EMC arena for a while, but my machines are running as usual. Now I have to take care of that Körner engraver I was talking about more than a year ago. I've decided that the easiest way to make this happen is to rip out the old controller and make new stuff. So, my

Re: [Emc-users] LCNC TED Talk style

2017-06-16 Thread Sven Wesley
2017-06-15 19:07 GMT+02:00 Jon Elson : > On 06/15/2017 09:15 AM, dave wrote: > >> Can someone find a video of the guy from Finland (vistuers ???) and his >> mig welding of pipe T's? >> It has been a while and I can't even find an email address. >> >> > Viesturs Lacis : > https://www.youtube.com/wa

Re: [Emc-users] LCNC TED Talk style

2017-06-16 Thread Sven Wesley
2017-06-16 3:30 GMT+02:00 Jon Elson : > On 06/15/2017 06:10 PM, Ralph Stirling wrote: > >> I don't believe Robert Ellenberg's PhD thesis was related to >> his LinuxCNC motion planner work. His thesis title is: >> "A Stability-Estimator to Unify Humanoid Locomotion: Walking, >> Stair-Climbing and

Re: [Emc-users] LCNC TED Talk style

2017-06-15 Thread Sven Wesley
2017-06-15 3:21 GMT+02:00 Jon Elson : > On 06/14/2017 11:25 AM, Sven Wesley wrote: > >> RUGBOT!!! :D That is so nerdy I must show it! >> And of course Chris' jukebox for the finale. :) >> Anyone with a Raspberry or a Beagle? Would be perfect to show the wide >>

Re: [Emc-users] LCNC TED Talk style

2017-06-14 Thread Sven Wesley
RUGBOT!!! :D That is so nerdy I must show it! And of course Chris' jukebox for the finale. :) Anyone with a Raspberry or a Beagle? Would be perfect to show the wide range. Think Raspberry CNC and the Stuart's monster. What is the most complex code in the code base. I want to point out that this re

[Emc-users] LCNC TED Talk style

2017-06-14 Thread Sven Wesley
Friends! I've been asked to do a 25 min catchy speech for approx 100 super skilled developers on a tech conference. They want to break the standard What-you-can-do-with-this-cool-framework lectures and show something completely different. I'm thinking, I should have a few really awesome LinuxCNC

Re: [Emc-users] OT - R&P Drive AntiBacklash

2017-02-27 Thread Sven Wesley
2017-02-25 21:17 GMT+01:00 Tomaz T. : > I'm in doing a little research on replacing "low pitch" slow ballscrews > with faster R&P and found this anti backlash system: > > > https://www.damencnc.com/en/components/mechanical-parts/rack---pinion/320 > > > > Does anyone here use it, and is it worth of

Re: [Emc-users] Koerner retrofit

2017-02-20 Thread Sven Wesley
But. I. Don't. Want. Windows! 2017-02-20 13:50 GMT+01:00 andy pugh : > On 20 February 2017 at 09:48, Florian Rist wrote: > > That's exactly what a hot wire cutter from Stepfour that we have here is > > doing. It start windows 95, than quits Windows, returns to DOS and > > starts the CNC control

Re: [Emc-users] Koerner retrofit

2017-02-20 Thread Sven Wesley
Oooh... Didn't know that! That's a feature I really want in LCNC! Problem is it's outdated. I can only feed it with a floppy disc. @Peter Blodow, I will try to get in touch with them. The hardware is well designed and tidy so it's worth keeping for sure. /S 2017-02-18 21:42 GMT+01:00 Florian Ris

Re: [Emc-users] Koerner retrofit

2017-02-18 Thread Sven Wesley
They are servos, pretty big for the machine size too. Thanks for the link! The machine is the same as the one they discuss (Körner 532S). The computer is still working so I will see if I can dig out any config from it. In worst case I'll rip the hardware out and buy some new drivers and a breakout

Re: [Emc-users] Happy 82nd to me, and the latest version of my G76 tweaker for you

2016-10-05 Thread Sven Wesley
2016-10-05 7:11 GMT+02:00 Gene Heskett : > On Tuesday 04 October 2016 23:09:47 Jack Coats wrote: > > > Hope you have had a great anniversary of full revolutions around Sol! > > .. .In short, Happy Birthday Gene! > > > Not too bad Jack, once all the other factors are stirred in, I think it > was pr

Re: [Emc-users] A lot of input/output. Cheap

2015-09-23 Thread Sven Wesley
2015-09-22 22:06 GMT+02:00 Dave Cole : > > > I would avoid putting the machine vertical unless you have no choice. > The machine likely is setup for ejectors that push the molded parts out > so they can drop down. > > It will also mess with your mold heat control since you will have one > above the

Re: [Emc-users] R: R: A lot of input/output. Cheap

2015-09-22 Thread Sven Wesley
It is either throw out the door or retrofit it to run a couple of more years. I might even rip it in pieces and use some of the parts to make a smaller vertical machine. 2015-09-22 19:37 GMT+02:00 Alex Chiosso : > If you would like a 'personal" usage machine you can try what ever > Solution sho

[Emc-users] Roboting vid

2015-09-22 Thread Sven Wesley
This guy just posted over at cnczone. Good work I say. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH1eaS56UvI -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.

Re: [Emc-users] A lot of input/output. Cheap

2015-09-22 Thread Sven Wesley
2015-09-21 9:24 GMT+02:00 alex chiosso : > Hi Sven. > Can you send a picture of the machine you have to retrofit ? > Is it an injection moulding machine ? > If yes how many tons is the closing clamp force and how many heating zones > have the injection barrel/chamber ? > > Regards. > > Alex > > He

Re: [Emc-users] A lot of input/output. Cheap

2015-09-15 Thread Sven Wesley
2015-09-15 14:16 GMT+02:00 andy pugh : > On 15 September 2015 at 13:03, Carsten Presser wrote: > > > the big advantage of the mesa-boards is that they are well suited to > > drive relays and other kinds of devices. > > An Arduino or similar board only has TTL or CMOS IOs which need to get > > ada

Re: [Emc-users] A lot of input/output. Cheap

2015-09-15 Thread Sven Wesley
Arduino and relay boards. But my plan was to use the Classic Ladder and use a GUI panel for timer settings, showing states etc. 2015-09-15 11:26 GMT+02:00 andy pugh : > On 15 September 2015 at 07:53, Sven Wesley wrote: > > > What cheap solution do I have to play with? > > W

[Emc-users] A lot of input/output. Cheap

2015-09-14 Thread Sven Wesley
Yo! I have this old injection moulder and the electric mayhem has degraded to a point were I need to either throw out the machine or rebuild. The machine is mechanically in good shape so I lean towards the latter. There are a billion of limit switches and the hydraulic system is managed by electr

Re: [Emc-users] mailing list vs forum

2015-09-14 Thread Sven Wesley
2015-09-14 12:49 GMT+02:00 andy pugh : > > At the other end of the spectrum, Gmail also does this very well. > > Gmail also makes it easy to do do selective quoting, just click "in" > the message you want to reply to, select the text you want to quote, > and press the "reply" button or the A-key (

Re: [Emc-users] mailing list vs forum

2015-09-14 Thread Sven Wesley
2015-09-14 12:28 GMT+02:00 Erik Christiansen : > > > This over-the-hill contributor doesn't do fora <> > With mutt, mail threads can be initially displayed collapsed, with any > you've contributed to shown in a different colour. I salute you for tool of choice! :)

Re: [Emc-users] mailing list vs forum

2015-09-14 Thread Sven Wesley
2015-09-13 21:41 GMT+02:00 andy pugh : > On 13 September 2015 at 20:31, Jim Craig > wrote: > > I use both the forum and the mailing list. > > So do I. But I personally prefer mailing lists. > > I've seen a few pretty funny arguments IMO about mailing lists recently. A few questions at cnczone hav

[Emc-users] Even smaller things are running G code now

2015-06-15 Thread Sven Wesley
I replied on a forum about G Code and I had to check up what the heck he was using for his machine. An arduino. And a Java program... https://github.com/winder/Universal-G-Code-Sender There's even a Youtube video with a demo and all you need listed in the description. https://www.youtube.com/watc

Re: [Emc-users] Sandy box

2015-06-05 Thread Sven Wesley
2015-06-05 21:58 GMT+02:00 Przemek Klosowski : > > So I took an Android 7" tablet (Azpen A700) that I got for $35 from > MicroCenter, installed X11 server from the Play Store: > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=x.org.server&hl=en > > and ran a test program (attached) talking to the

Re: [Emc-users] Classic Ladder running motor x mm.

2015-06-01 Thread Sven Wesley
2015-06-01 16:49 GMT+02:00 Kirk Wallace : > On 06/01/2015 04:50 AM, andy pugh wrote: > > > > Yes, this is fairly easy. The stepgen and PID components don't care > > where their setpoints come from. > > > > Rather than CL I would consider making a simple Glade UI to supply the > > setpoints .

[Emc-users] Classic Ladder running motor x mm.

2015-05-31 Thread Sven Wesley
Hi all, Trying to figure out if there's any way to run a motor, either a stepper or servo, a given distance with classic ladder _without_ having a XYZ configuration. I have a a sequence of things that will happen in a row in a machine running today, it's all mechanical and relay/timer driven, all

Re: [Emc-users] Converting straight lines to arcs?

2015-03-27 Thread Sven Wesley
We've had this discussion within MadCAM users, the guys running older machines (non converted or with old drivers) loses speed and sometimes the G-code comes out too big for the machine memory. So there's a need for it, Frank Tkalcevic, that's the guy who made the g1ToG23 script. Really clever lit

[Emc-users] Smart little device for zeroing

2015-03-27 Thread Sven Wesley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZLW7knSICk -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel so

Re: [Emc-users] What was the name of that board?

2015-01-12 Thread Sven Wesley
2015-01-09 13:35 GMT+01:00 Viesturs Lācis : > 2015-01-09 6:58 GMT+02:00 Sven Wesley : > > Found it! > > In the mail thread with the subject "I'm going to build something small, > > need a cheap stepper driver", answer by Kerry Lynn. > > It'

Re: [Emc-users] What was the name of that board?

2015-01-08 Thread Sven Wesley
2015-01-08 23:47 GMT+01:00 Sven Wesley : > >> > Thanks Viesturs but that's not the one. There is another one complete with > display and everything that is fully compliant with our G-code. Gotta find > it... > > Found it! In the mail thread with the subject "

Re: [Emc-users] Using washing machine motor

2015-01-08 Thread Sven Wesley
2014-12-19 6:22 GMT+01:00 : > Our Sears washing machine got replaced and I got the motor. Says 820W 3 > phase, 195V, 320 hz, 17,000 rpm. Anyone messed with one of these with a vfd > or a vector drive? It's tiny, seems to be well built, shame to put it in > the bin without seeing what can be done w

Re: [Emc-users] What was the name of that board?

2015-01-08 Thread Sven Wesley
2015-01-08 20:14 GMT+01:00 Viesturs Lācis : > Sven, I also had some difficulty to find, but finally managed: the guy > is Alexander Rössler, the company is The Cool Tool and the device is > Sandy Box. > It is not only compatible with LinuxCNC g-code, it is actually > [almost] running it - it has B

[Emc-users] What was the name of that board?

2015-01-08 Thread Sven Wesley
Not long ago someone posted the name and a link to a complete controller that is compatible with LxCNC G-code. What was the name again? -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by I

Re: [Emc-users] Notes on PWM and FETs

2014-11-28 Thread Sven Wesley
2014-11-28 19:56 GMT+01:00 Kirk Wallace : > On 11/28/2014 10:17 AM, John Kasunich wrote: > > May I make a suggestion? > > I post my work in order to get feedback. Thank you very much for your help. > > My next step, which I have yet to post, added a TC4422 after the > opto-isolator. That is what i

Re: [Emc-users] OT: US member doing injection molding?

2014-11-20 Thread Sven Wesley
e you building the injection molder from scratch or retrofitting an > existing one? > > thanks, > John > > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Sven Wesley > wrote: > > I'm located in the far far West. Hawaii. > > > > @John: > > I have a 50 ton inje

Re: [Emc-users] OT: US member doing injection molding?

2014-11-20 Thread Sven Wesley
Hawaii. But that doesn't really matter, I'm interested in a US-branded product. 2014-11-20 5:19 GMT+01:00 jrmitchellj . : > Where are you located? > > Ray > > -- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIR

Re: [Emc-users] OT: US member doing injection molding?

2014-11-19 Thread Sven Wesley
I'm located in the far far West. Hawaii. @John: I have a 50 ton injection molder and I started making a new one but smaller that I was going to control with an Arduino. The CNC machines are one bug steel frame router table and a retrofitted operation center. Both are servo driven. I would love to

Re: [Emc-users] OT: US member doing injection molding?

2014-11-19 Thread Sven Wesley
gt; be able to be built in other ways as well but it sounds like you have a > good bit of knowledge in that arena. I see you have several MadCam videos > online that looks interesting have not seen or heard much about it. Peace > > Pete > > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 4:34 PM, Sve

Re: [Emc-users] OT: US member doing injection molding?

2014-11-19 Thread Sven Wesley
(2.5D cnc, manual milling and turning, > sinker EDM). He uses a lot of aluminum molds. > > -- Ralph > ____ > From: Sven Wesley [svenne.d...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 12:06 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) >

[Emc-users] OT: US member doing injection molding?

2014-11-19 Thread Sven Wesley
Anyone of our members making plastic parts? I have a small piece I want to make a few hundreds of, but since I moved to the US I have no access to a workshop and my own workshop is shut down and closed until I decide to move back. It's an end cap to a mirror mount, transparent, not big but a littl

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc web site got hacked

2014-11-03 Thread Sven Wesley
Seems Chrome decided to pickup a language cookie, might be some link I followed to the site that changed the language. 2014-11-03 21:36 GMT+01:00 Jeff Epler : > The linuxcnc.org CMS software (joomla) is simplistic in the way it > handles language. If you arrive (for instance by search) at a pag

[Emc-users] linuxcnc web site got hacked

2014-11-03 Thread Sven Wesley
It's all Russian to me. -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users

Re: [Emc-users] Houston LinuxCNC Fest

2014-10-31 Thread Sven Wesley
Even though I'm a fellow Citizen of Amerruca nowadays, it's pretty darn far away. 2014-10-30 4:54 GMT+01:00 Jon Elson : > On 10/29/2014 01:19 PM, Mark Johnsen wrote: > > I had a great time in Houston at TX/RX labs as well. Thanks to Chris and > > Roland for hosting and breakfast on Sunday! > > >

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Meeting Stuttgart, Germany 2014

2014-10-31 Thread Sven Wesley
Did you solve the infinity problems you found last year? 2014-10-29 22:11 GMT+01:00 Christian Stöveken : > On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 9:50 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky > wrote: > > > > > Are you using genserkins for the R15? > > > yes. > > --

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Meeting Stuttgart, Germany 2014

2014-10-29 Thread Sven Wesley
PICS OR IT DID NOT HAPPEN! 2014-10-24 19:16 GMT+02:00 Christian Stöveken : > If you still need a place to crash or any help ring me up > 0176 975 99 253 > > > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Rene Hopf wrote: > > > I do not know if there is anything happening on Friday. If not I will > > spen

Re: [Emc-users] Rubber Keyboard

2014-10-22 Thread Sven Wesley
I have been using several rubber style keyboards in both light and heavy industrial environments and unfortunately they fail pretty fast even though they claim to be superiour. We've found a Logitech keyboard too

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Meeting Stuttgart, Germany 2014

2014-08-14 Thread Sven Wesley
Oh nooo! I can't go this year, I am moving to the other side of the US for a year. This was the best weekend of the entire 2013 so you guys that are thinking about it. Damn it stop thinking and go!!! I really, really want to go... Den 11 aug 2014 19:48 skrev "Niemand Sonst" : > Am 11.08.2014 um 1

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.6.0 is out!

2014-08-14 Thread Sven Wesley
Nice! I was on the pre-release and a major mess AKA RTAI version conflict occured. Nevermind, the computer isn't hooked up to a machine yet so I might as well reinstall. /Sven 2014-07-31 22:51 GMT+02:00 Leonardo Marsaglia : > Thanks as always to the developers and users that get involved in th

Re: [Emc-users] Little OT, but...

2014-03-10 Thread Sven Wesley
2014-03-08 19:49 GMT+01:00 Todd Zuercher : > Here in the Wayne/Holmes Co. part of Ohio we have a huge Amish population. > With a whole spectrum of different kinds, Ranging from higher order Amish > that have phones, electric and drive cars all the way to the lowest of the > low orders of Swartzen

Re: [Emc-users] Little OT, but...

2014-03-02 Thread Sven Wesley
2014-03-02 16:42 GMT+01:00 Michael Haberler : > > > > In my other recent reply I mentioned my security concerns. These small, > > light weight web servers just don't seem to have much security built into > > Ah, the great security debate ;) that opens a rich subject for exchange. > You're opening

Re: [Emc-users] Little OT, but...

2014-03-01 Thread Sven Wesley
2014-03-01 21:04 GMT+01:00 Michael Haberler : > > Am 01.03.2014 um 18:19 schrieb W. Martinjak : > > > It seems the thrill of joy has gone ;) > > not for me - in fact I think it as reassuring to see we to converge on the > same concept: Web UI interaction will happen over Websockets, and with J

Re: [Emc-users] Little OT, but...

2014-02-25 Thread Sven Wesley
It would be pretty awesome to read the DRO data from LinuxCNC... :) 2014-02-25 15:27 GMT+01:00 Mark Wendt : > Yeah, I thought it was a pretty slick little idea. > > Mark > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 9:20 AM, Dave Cole > wrote: > > > Very cool! > > > > Android and the pocket computers/phones/tabl

Re: [Emc-users] Preferred sensors for Mesa cards, NPN or PNP?

2014-02-23 Thread Sven Wesley
2014-02-23 21:49 GMT+01:00 Peter C. Wallace : > > > You can use NPN Proximity switches with the 7I77 but it requires external > pullup resistors (say 2K 1W) > I know, but the sensors are too cheap to make a special design for the cards that are fine with PNP's. I rather take the cost and make a s

Re: [Emc-users] Preferred sensors for Mesa cards, NPN or PNP?

2014-02-23 Thread Sven Wesley
2014-02-22 15:52 GMT+01:00 Peter C. Wallace : > > > for sinking inputs (like 7I70,7I76,7i77,7I84 field inputs) The best is NC > PNP > type. These will fail open (= limit) with short to ground or open wire > faults > > Peter Wallace > Mesa Electronics > Dammit, I've already ordered NPN NC, should h

Re: [Emc-users] Preferred sensors for Mesa cards, NPN or PNP?

2014-02-22 Thread Sven Wesley
2014-02-22 10:27 GMT+01:00 Marius Liebenberg : > You want to use NPN NC switches. This means that the circuit is > energized when in normal condition. If the switch is made the circuit > will open or if the power fails or if the wire breaks, the circuit will > be open and hence you will detect the

[Emc-users] Preferred sensors for Mesa cards, NPN or PNP?

2014-02-22 Thread Sven Wesley
I am going to shopaholic a bunch of proximity sensors to replace mechanical homing and limit switches for two machines with Mesa cards (5i25/7i77) and then it struck me, what is the best option? NPN or PNP? How do they behave if there's no power to them or if they fail? For example a PNP NO, is it

Re: [Emc-users] Pncconf does not include 5i25

2014-01-12 Thread Sven Wesley
2014/1/12 Sven Wesley > I tried that yesterday (the update.zip with the copy script) but it > blanked out and disabled the select boxes in Pncconf and then I went to > bed. :) > Couldn't the xml files be added to the source tree instead? > > Found another source of the X

Re: [Emc-users] The d525 performance tweak

2014-01-12 Thread Sven Wesley
point us to some information regarding the boot options or could > you give some pointers as to what to do. I would like to look at some > performance improvements as I use the D525 board a lot. > > On 2014-01-11 19:43, Sven Wesley wrote: > > You might remember that I made tests

Re: [Emc-users] Pncconf does not include 5i25

2014-01-11 Thread Sven Wesley
firmware from the LinuxCNC forum under the > subcategory Pncconf and it is in one of the stickies in there. Then you > can install it into your system and run it for the 5i25. Peace > > Pete > > > > On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 8:07 PM, Sven Wesley > wrote: > > > I

[Emc-users] Pncconf does not include 5i25

2014-01-11 Thread Sven Wesley
I had a moment of brightness and decided to test Pncconf in 2.6.0 pre, and got surprised to see that 5i25 was not selectable. How come? On this particular machine there is only a 5i25, no extra cards, so it is probably a simple manual config. It seems (to me at least) a bit strange to not find the

[Emc-users] The d525 performance tweak

2014-01-11 Thread Sven Wesley
You might remember that I made tests with the Atom boards and they didn't work as expected. Back then we came to the conclusion that different versions of the board where performing differently. When the European Integrator's meeting were held one off the German guys told me he had a lot of experi

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC on Ubuntu Precise 12.04 with RTAI

2014-01-05 Thread Sven Wesley
Installed Xubuntu and ran through the guide. Step four threw some errors about bad permissions on key file, but next step worked just fine anyway. Rebooted and got rtai kernel directly, but couldn't start latency-test without sudo (not enough permissions for rtai module, que?!). Rebooted after new

Re: [Emc-users] OT (very much indeed): German titles

2013-11-18 Thread Sven Wesley
2013/11/18 Michael Haberler > > Am 18.11.2013 um 14:47 schrieb Sven Wesley : > > > Um meine deutschen Freunde... > > > > My wife is a doctor in medicine. That makes her Dr. Wesley. > > I've heard, that if I am in Germany I would then be "Frau Dr. Wesle

[Emc-users] OT (very much indeed): German titles

2013-11-18 Thread Sven Wesley
Um meine deutschen Freunde... My wife is a doctor in medicine. That makes her Dr. Wesley. I've heard, that if I am in Germany I would then be "Frau Dr. Wesley". Is this just a funny rumor or is it actually correct? /Sven

Re: [Emc-users] USB Camera for edge finder?

2013-11-08 Thread Sven Wesley
2013/11/8 Russell Brown > > Quoth Russell Brown. (yes it's bad form following up my own post. > Sorry) > > > >But quite what you do with convert_crop.so once it's copied to > >/usr/lib/camunits I don't know. > > Aha! You stick it in the chain directly after the V4l2 bit and in > camview (the

Re: [Emc-users] Way to control 6 axis robot, jerk limitation. Araisrobo?

2013-11-08 Thread Sven Wesley
2013/11/8 Viesturs Lācis > 2013/11/8 Marius Alksnys > > > Sven, how can I find him? Do you have his e-mail? > > > Sebastian (in Stuttgart) addressed some kinematic problems as well, > like > > > the "Gimbal lock". I don't know if he proceeded to fix that himself. > You > > > should e-mail him an

Re: [Emc-users] Way to control 6 axis robot, jerk limitation. Araisrobo?

2013-11-05 Thread Sven Wesley
2013/11/6 Marius Alksnys > I am using master branch. > > On 11/05/2013 11:29 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > > What branch are you using? I believe the joints_axes4 branch may have > > some of these issues fixed. > > Sebastian (in Stuttgart) addressed some kinematic problems as well, like the "

Re: [Emc-users] Touchy with 1024x600 resolution display?

2013-10-29 Thread Sven Wesley
> On 10/29/2013 1:39 PM, Thomas Kaiser wrote: > > On 10/29/2013 01:33 AM, andy pugh wrote: > >> On 28 October 2013 22:59, Thomas Kaiser wrote: > >> > >>> Touchy is too big for this screen! (LinuxCNC 2.5.3 on Ubuntu 10.04.4 > LTS) > >> IIRC the trick is to fiddle with the font DPI until the width w

Re: [Emc-users] Unsubscribe from EMC Listserve

2013-10-28 Thread Sven Wesley
2013/10/28 seth wiley > To Whom It May Concern, > > Please UNSUBSCRIBE me from the EMC Listserve. > > My email is sethwi...@gmail.com > > Thank you kindly. > > It's a kind of self service: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Regards, Sven --

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