Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders. (Peter Blodow)

2012-01-08 Thread gene heskett
On Sunday, January 08, 2012 02:49:34 PM andy pugh did opine: > On 8 January 2012 14:02, gene heskett wrote: > > Because the coupling is replacing the > > handwheel, its placement controls the end play of the worm too > > I still am not sure which rotary he was on about, but as the title > refers

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders. (Peter Blodow)

2012-01-08 Thread andy pugh
On 8 January 2012 14:02, gene heskett wrote: > Because the coupling is replacing the > handwheel, its placement controls the end play of the worm too I still am not sure which rotary he was on about, but as the title refers to encoders, and I started that thread with a video of my rotary drawing

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders. (Peter Blodow)

2012-01-08 Thread gene heskett
On Sunday, January 08, 2012 08:39:42 AM Lester Caine did opine: > Peter Blodow wrote: > > I don't know how my name came into the header of this thread. I do > > have a rotary table, sure, but I never mentioned it on this list. I > > made it mainly as an exercise in aluminum casting. On the long r

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders. (Peter Blodow)

2012-01-08 Thread Lester Caine
Peter Blodow wrote: > I don't know how my name came into the header of this thread. I do have > a rotary table, sure, but I never mentioned it on this list. I made it > mainly as an exercise in aluminum casting. On the long run, I want to > attach a stepper motor to the worm shaft, but that will t

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders. (Peter Blodow)

2012-01-08 Thread Peter Blodow
Hello gemtlemen, I don't know how my name came into the header of this thread. I do have a rotary table, sure, but I never mentioned it on this list. I made it mainly as an exercise in aluminum casting. On the long run, I want to attach a stepper motor to the worm shaft, but that will take time

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders. (Peter Blodow)

2012-01-07 Thread gene heskett
On Saturday, January 07, 2012 08:49:54 PM Martin Patton did opine: > What rotary table is that on your mill? Did you make the adapter for > the stepper? I want one of those. > Thanks, > Marty Are you asking me Marty? Or Peter Blodow? If it's me, its a $100, 4" Grizzly. Except for the motor

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders. (Peter Blodow)

2012-01-07 Thread andy pugh
On 8 January 2012 01:33, Martin Patton wrote: > What rotary table is that on your mill?  Did you make the adapter for the > stepper?  I want one of those. The table is one of these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RDGTOOLS-LATEST-HV4-ROTARY-TABLE-4-100MM-/290630172909 Though it isn't the greatest tool.

Re: [Emc-users] An alternative way to make encoders. (Peter Blodow)

2012-01-07 Thread Martin Patton
What rotary table is that on your mill? Did you make the adapter for the stepper? I want one of those. Thanks, Marty -- Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT r