Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-19 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Just for your information if you need it. There is an electric motor rebuild shop here in Wichita Kansas. They have a 2000hp dynamometer. I don't know the hp rating but if the motor goes over that number they have to coordinate a test the the hospital about 6 blocks away. The hospital and the

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 19 January 2020 19:20:12 R C wrote: > a 100HP motor, is about 75kW, so that's a little over 200kW for 3 of > them,  they might see a little blip.. especially near a 'larger' area > > I work in HPC, we deal with dozens of mW. I actually did get calls for > restarting "something"  being

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-19 Thread Jon Elson
On 01/19/2020 06:00 PM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: About a mile away is a few Cinci high speed 3 spindle 5 axis gantries. Each spindle has a 100 horse motor. I can imagine the power company could monitor and tell when they start. Yes, years ago at our university dorms, they had a 500 Hp electric

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-19 Thread R C
a 100HP motor, is about 75kW, so that's a little over 200kW for 3 of them,  they might see a little blip.. especially near a 'larger' area I work in HPC, we deal with dozens of mW. I actually did get calls for restarting "something"  being told...  please don't do that like that ... (me and

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-19 Thread Stuart Stevenson
About a mile away is a few Cinci high speed 3 spindle 5 axis gantries. Each spindle has a 100 horse motor. I can imagine the power company could monitor and tell when they start. On Sun, Jan 19, 2020, 4:57 PM Jon Elson wrote: > On 01/19/2020 12:38 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I heard rumors of

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-19 Thread R C
I run a seismograph, you can triangulate signals.  However, I don't know why they would see it (or be disturbed by it), the signals they'd be looking for  are < 10Hz (cheap geophones) or < 1Hz for anything real serious.  Also, since it is not a seismic signal (I am pretty sure)  they

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-19 Thread Jon Elson
On 01/19/2020 12:38 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: I heard rumors of the uni calling when it was oscillating as their seizmo stuff was registering it. At the weight being moved I can imagine that scenario. Were you present? It certainly was not vibrating to that level when I was working on it. It

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-19 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 at 18:09, Sam Sokolik wrote: > > That is what makes linuxcnc awesome. It will run your smallest desktop or > your largest machining center... > > https://youtu.be/39q6kvrSBSk I wonder if you have the oldest purpose-built CNC still running? -- atp "A motorcycle is a

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 19 January 2020 12:03:06 Jon Elson wrote: > On 01/18/2020 11:50 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > In watching the Cinci 5 axis move, the impressive thing to > > me is how slow it moves. > > It is the same thing with why people get hit by trains. > Their size fools you into thinking they are >

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-19 Thread Sam Sokolik
That is what makes linuxcnc awesome. It will run your smallest desktop or your largest machining center... https://youtu.be/39q6kvrSBSk On Sun, Jan 19, 2020, 11:05 AM Jon Elson wrote: > On 01/18/2020 11:50 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > In watching the Cinci 5 axis move, the impressive thing to

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-19 Thread Jon Elson
On 01/18/2020 11:50 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: In watching the Cinci 5 axis move, the impressive thing to me is how slow it moves. It is the same thing with why people get hit by trains. Their size fools you into thinking they are moving slowly, when they are actually moving faster than you

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-19 Thread Tomaz T .
Controller (EMC) Subject: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc Hi guys I was just wondering who here has retrofitted any big commercial machines with linuxcnc and who actually uses there machine to make parts everyday. I work in machine shops and am using fagor/ siemens

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 18 January 2020 23:48:59 Jon Elson wrote: > On 01/18/2020 01:14 PM, andrew beck wrote: > > Hi guys > > > > I was just wondering who here has retrofitted any big commercial > > machines with linuxcnc and who actually uses there machine to make > > parts everyday. I work in machine

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-18 Thread Jon Elson
On 01/18/2020 01:14 PM, andrew beck wrote: Hi guys I was just wondering who here has retrofitted any big commercial machines with linuxcnc and who actually uses there machine to make parts everyday. I work in machine shops and am using fagor/ siemens/ controllers all the time. and I am

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-18 Thread andrew beck
Yes I know about that. It needs updating I think. Not to put down the work people have done on it! I definitely appreciate it. Just think it could be updated with some new retros. There are only a couple of examples on there that are decently sized that I can see Really thinking about it.

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-18 Thread Andy Pugh
> On 18 Jan 2020, at 19:16, andrew beck wrote: > > > I was just wondering who here has retrofitted any big commercial machines > with linuxcnc Well, there is Stuart’s little toy :-) https://youtu.be/mxxdq6y8z8M ___ Emc-users mailing list

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-18 Thread Stuart Stevenson
go to youtube and search for sws1253 you will find a few videos that is my (such as it is) channel - I haven't added anything for a long time but you may find it interesting mpm no longer has this machine - it went to a shop in Tulsa - I have been in contact with the shop in Tulsa a few times -

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 18 January 2020 14:14:54 andrew beck wrote: > Hi guys > > I was just wondering who here has retrofitted any big commercial > machines with linuxcnc and who actually uses there machine to make > parts everyday. I work in machine shops and am using fagor/ siemens/ > controllers all the

Re: [Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-18 Thread bari
You could start by looking here: http://linuxcnc.org/showcase/ On 1/18/20 1:14 PM, andrew beck wrote: > Hi guys > > I was just wondering who here has retrofitted any big commercial machines > with linuxcnc and who actually uses there machine to make parts everyday. > I work in machine shops and

[Emc-users] who is building big cnc machines with linuxcnc

2020-01-18 Thread andrew beck
Hi guys I was just wondering who here has retrofitted any big commercial machines with linuxcnc and who actually uses there machine to make parts everyday. I work in machine shops and am using fagor/ siemens/ controllers all the time. and I am retrofitting a cnc mill myself as a project and so