Hi John Ray Henry pointed out this problem over christmass - After much testing, it was found that only certain ranges of diameters would be skipped when doing...
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Apr 1, 2002 10:18 am
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Hi David This sounds like a very good candidate for an open source project. There are several sources of information G-code, steppers (and drivers), CNC ...
Paul
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Apr 1, 2002 10:18 am
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... Using I-LPT you can drive it thru printer cards on parallel. I use that driver and it has been very good for me. You can either do what I did, which was to...
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Apr 1, 2002 11:24 am
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... Ahem. Actually it's easy to learn the basics, extremely flexible, and extremely powerful. One thing I'd love to see more of on-list is discussions of...
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Apr 1, 2002 12:55 pm
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... attached ... the ... ratio". On these gearboxes the reduction ratio is the number before the KA on the gearbox. 7.5KA = 7.5:1 reduction. And yes the PH266...
... Sorry for the late reply, but I've been unable to follow the group for a while. From what I understand, the A3977 uses a slightly different chopping scheme...
Hi Folks It has now been a whole year since the Brain Dead Install for EMC has been available. Several bugs have been identified, tracked down and fixed thanks...
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I still can't get the aux I/O to work. Using bridgeportio and IO_Show I can see the e-stop bit toggle but can't get any response to spindle start, coolant,...
hello david & paul; i would have to agree with paul, leave c++ out of the list. the reason i say that is based on the below quote by stroustrup, the person who...
I just bought a keyboard emulator from the following http://www.hagstromelectronics.com/modules.html I think this is the key to a stand alone "puck" pulse...
hello paul; that is the part i have been working on. linux/gnu cad/cam. i am still working on it, but it is difficult to attract programming help for it. it is...
Hi Lee: I've read your posts with interest, and I think you make some excellent points. The accuracy you can expect from a "cobbled together" solution such as...
... Ken, Same topic, different question. The longest strip US Digital provides is around a meter. I've never got a good answer on how to join two strips to...
An extended discussion on the virtues of C++ (or the lack thereof), might just be O.T. Or just plain b-o-o-r-r-r-i-n-g. There must be a different Yahoo Group...
The standard table travel for a 9x42 bridgeport is 30 inches. The 48 inch table travel is 36 inches. Knee mills larger aren't as common. 1 meter strip should...
Hi Lee, there are a more than a few circuit designs in the files section on the group. If you are planning on getting pretty exact movements to a part, using a...
Hi all, I am baffled at finding a capacitor. I am setting up to run a few (3) NEMA23 steppers, 5v/1.5 A and 6.5V/0.85A at between 70 and 80 VDC. I was figuring...
Yes, just a few thousands ,I was thinking about a device where you could dial up a set amount of pulses to correspond to a narrow range of movement of the...
Hi, I am a new member. I am from a conventional machining background, presently working in computer programming field. Machining being my first love, I want to...
I would say to start with the group FAQ at http://www.ktmarketing.com/faq.html There is a link towards the bottom that will give you a huge resource list of...
An extended discussion on the virtues of C++ (or the lack thereof), might just be O.T. This would be definitely Off Topic for this list. So please don't start...
Hi Russ, Not using them for anything right now. Picked up 4 sets, thinking I could use them! I've done robotics in the past, and they would be quite nice for...
Hi Jon, Yes, it seems reasonable not to do that anymore! Your interface would be tantamount to disconnecting the drive while the system is up! My PCMCIA...
I don't know anything about IGES. Most recently I've been using STL. Accutran and Rhino both can do STL to IGES conversions. I'm trying to understand what this...
... Hi Roger, One thing I have seen from using Rhino is that there are several flavors of IGES. Each is a little different in what and how the drawing entities...
Stl is a polygon mesh. I just tried to convert an .stl file to .iges, and .stp using Rhino... Neither worked. My understanding is that you can save almost any...
Hi Mike, Sounds like you've got as much info as I got with my motors/boxes. I was guessing that the ratio was probably 7.5:1 from the part #, and from playing...
