Re: [Emc-users] emco compact 5pc lathe and linuxcnc (no mods to original control) (Now - hal is awesome)

2013-08-05 Thread sam sokolik
, Belli Button wrote: > Hi Sam, > > Did you post your newest .hal and .ini? > > > -Original Message- > From: sam sokolik [mailto:sa...@empirescreen.com] > Sent: 05 August 2013 04:13 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] emco comp

Re: [Emc-users] emco compact 5pc lathe and linuxcnc (no mods to original control) (Now - hal is awesome)

2013-08-05 Thread Belli Button
Hi Sam, Did you post your newest .hal and .ini? -Original Message- From: sam sokolik [mailto:sa...@empirescreen.com] Sent: 05 August 2013 04:13 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] emco compact 5pc lathe and linuxcnc (no mods to original control) (Now - hal

Re: [Emc-users] emco compact 5pc lathe and linuxcnc (no mods to original control) (Now - hal is awesome)

2013-08-05 Thread sam sokolik
Fun with linuxcnc... I stole the program from jmk here http://jmkasunich.dyndns.org/cgi-bin/blosxom/shoptask/fusee-1.html Variable pitch/diameter threading... http://electronicsam.com/images/emco/fusee3.JPG sam On 7/20/2013 10:21 AM, sam sokolik wrote: > No problem.. When we got these - It

Re: [Emc-users] emco compact 5pc lathe and linuxcnc (no mods to original control) (Now - hal is awesome)

2013-07-20 Thread sam sokolik
No problem.. When we got these - It took a couple of days to figure out what the old pc software did (between actual circuit tracing and the internet) I don't know how many of the compact 5pc lathes are still out there - unmolested... but this really does allow them to try linuxcnc without a

Re: [Emc-users] emco compact 5pc lathe and linuxcnc (no mods to original control) (Now - hal is awesome)

2013-07-19 Thread John Alexander Stewart
Sam - well done. Thanks for posting here, and on the homeshopmachinist.net bbs (and wherever else you are posting) I've got an Emco Compact-8 to CNC-ize this winter - have everything except for the ball screws, so seeing your Compact-5, with the old electronics/steppers working away is really nic

Re: [Emc-users] emco compact 5pc lathe and linuxcnc (no mods to original control) (Now - hal is awesome)

2013-07-19 Thread sam sokolik
One more - de-accelerating... http://electronicsam.com/images/emco/betterstep_de-accelerating.png (full step on left - half step on right) On 7/19/2013 8:34 AM, sam sokolik wrote: > A little tweaking - better alignment I think. (not that it was causing > issues - so far so good) > > http://ww

Re: [Emc-users] emco compact 5pc lathe and linuxcnc (no mods to original control) (Now - hal is awesome)

2013-07-19 Thread sam sokolik
A little tweaking - better alignment I think. (not that it was causing issues - so far so good) http://www.electronicsam.com/images/emco/betterstep.png left side half step - right side full step. (triggered by a velocity threshold.. - xswitch) On 7/18/2013 4:49 PM, Marcus Bowman wrote: > On

Re: [Emc-users] emco compact 5pc lathe and linuxcnc (no mods to original control) (Now - hal is awesome)

2013-07-18 Thread Marcus Bowman
On 18 Jul 2013, at 22:15, sam sokolik wrote: > So - as far as I can tell - the original control did 1/2 stepping up to > about 19ipm - then full stepping from there to 30ipm. Now the lathe > runs fine on full stepping from 0 to 40 (maybe 45)ipm. Half stepping > only works well up to 20ipm-i

Re: [Emc-users] emco compact 5pc lathe and linuxcnc (no mods to original control) (Now - hal is awesome)

2013-07-18 Thread sam sokolik
So - as far as I can tell - the original control did 1/2 stepping up to about 19ipm - then full stepping from there to 30ipm. Now the lathe runs fine on full stepping from 0 to 40 (maybe 45)ipm. Half stepping only works well up to 20ipm-ish. (stalls above that) But why stop there.. I starte

Re: [Emc-users] emco compact 5pc lathe and linuxcnc (no mods to original control)

2013-07-18 Thread Mark Wendt
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 7:55 AM, sam sokolik wrote: > one last - I swear.. ;) > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_LxyosF2yc > > sam > Cool! Nice to see real metal chips flying rather than plastic strings... ;-) Mark --

Re: [Emc-users] emco compact 5pc lathe and linuxcnc (no mods to original control)

2013-07-18 Thread sam sokolik
one last - I swear.. ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_LxyosF2yc sam On 7/15/2013 5:42 PM, sam sokolik wrote: > one more.. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7skJhKzU7Y > > Dad is having too much fun... > > sam > > On 07/11/2013 08:43 PM, sam sokolik wrote: >> quick threading video.. (yes

Re: [Emc-users] emco compact 5pc lathe and linuxcnc (no mods to original control)

2013-07-16 Thread Gregg Eshelman
Where can I find a surplus one of these Emco Compact 5 PC lathes cheap? ;-) -- See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate

Re: [Emc-users] emco compact 5pc lathe and linuxcnc (no mods to original control)

2013-07-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 15 July 2013 20:18:48 sam sokolik did opine: > one more.. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7skJhKzU7Y > > Dad is having too much fun... > > sam > Looks kewl Sam, and quieter than my steppers by quite a bit when doing a similar job. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be u

Re: [Emc-users] emco compact 5pc lathe and linuxcnc (no mods to original control)

2013-07-15 Thread sam sokolik
one more.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7skJhKzU7Y Dad is having too much fun... sam On 07/11/2013 08:43 PM, sam sokolik wrote: > quick threading video.. (yes - not the correct cutter - and the exit > move is a bit shallow.. but shows the spindle sync is right on...) > > https://www.youtu

Re: [Emc-users] emco compact 5pc lathe and linuxcnc (no mods to original control)

2013-07-12 Thread John Thornton
looking good! I see you use the same g code programmer I do... pen and paper. JT On 7/11/2013 8:43 PM, sam sokolik wrote: > quick threading video.. (yes - not the correct cutter - and the exit > move is a bit shallow.. but shows the spindle sync is right on...) > > https://www.youtube.com/watc

Re: [Emc-users] emco compact 5pc lathe and linuxcnc (no mods to original control)

2013-07-11 Thread sam sokolik
quick threading video.. (yes - not the correct cutter - and the exit move is a bit shallow.. but shows the spindle sync is right on...) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERMizV-yy8U sam On 07/11/2013 02:56 PM, sam sokolik wrote: > Seems to run nice at 40ipm > > http://electronicsam.com/images/e

Re: [Emc-users] emco compact 5pc lathe and linuxcnc (no mods to original control)

2013-07-11 Thread sam sokolik
Seems to run nice at 40ipm http://electronicsam.com/images/emco/EMCOThreading.JPG video soon... On 7/9/2013 11:34 AM, sam sokolik wrote: > ok - some cool news I think. So - with the switch on the interface > board set to off (non step/dir mode) the control signals are 4 phase > drive. (seems

Re: [Emc-users] emco compact 5pc lathe and linuxcnc (no mods to original control)

2013-07-09 Thread sam sokolik
ok - some cool news I think. So - with the switch on the interface board set to off (non step/dir mode) the control signals are 4 phase drive. (seems to be unipolar). pins 2 through 5 control one axis - 6 through 9 control the other. I hacked a hal file to setup stepgen to output 4 phase (