I'm hooking up the encoder to parport circuit right now, decided to take a
break from that and check the email. the mill is going to be set even
farther back, until i can get my car fixed. i wrecked it tonight, a deer
jumped out and between the brakes and swerving, i lost it. so if anyone has
an
--- Jim Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I'd like to get the
> tool changer
> fixed, one of the problems with the machine, the Y axis either
> encoder or
> amp malfunctioned, and ran the spindle into the tool changer arm
> and bent it
> up. and I need to figure out if its the encoder o
Hi Jim,
This machine should make a fine conversion to emc.
Relevant material is on the emc wiki.
Just go to the 'Page Index' and look at the different listings under
Mazak.
also: http://webpages.charter.net/bengvall/emc/emcconversion.html
Your most difficult problem may be to decide what wi
i was gonna use pixies. and i have a scope, an old tektronix dual trace,
only problem is it was recently through a flood, and i havnt cleaned it out
and i'll probably have to replace a bunch of pots i think, hopefully the
varialbe caps will be alright. it hasnt been in calibration for 20 years,
s
Jim Coleman wrote:
>
> I recently purchased (actually still have to get the damn thing moved!)
> an older Hitachi Seiki VM-40 VMC, which has some damage and the computer
> is going senile as i like to put it. As you've probably already figured
> out, this is where EMC is coming into the pictur
Hello everyone on the emc users list! My name is Jim and I hope we'll be
getting to know each other pretty well. I'm a machinist, living in Ohio.
Straight out of high school (vocational school, 2 years of 'Precision
Machining Technologies') I'm working part time at a local machine shop
running 3
