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... Hello, Fred is right. Just want to add a bit about those "capabilities": Of the three he mentions, only the G27 is really a "home-ING" command. Because it...
Take a look at www.stepperstuff.com. D. ... From: "Roy J. Tellason" <rtellason@...> To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, January 31,...
... lights ... to ... whenever ... I get the feeling that everyone who is participating in this thread is not talking about the same thing when they mention...
The only problem with using diodes to protect the chip is that if the chip power is off, all the signals are loaded by the chip, which the diodes are trying to...
Building a power supply for my B/Port CNC Planning to run the 3 motors now on the machine and one more for the 4th axis ? How big a bridge rectifer do I need? ...
... Eddie: I use an IOR 1000V 35Amp bridge rectifier (Digikey GBPC3510A-ND) in both my monster-capacitor/bridge mini-kits, and my 1KW power supply kits (both ...
... with ... G28 is a return to machine reference position. REFERENCE on your machine. Many machines require that this be done manually at startup through the...
I'll ask again. Does anyone know anything about the Anorad (IDAC) model 5216 four axis controller? I have several questions about this unit. Fred Fulmer...
... I like Guiness... ;-) Seriously, over the past year I (and others) have been working on it. We have come up with something we call a Hardware Abstraction...
As these could be something people here may have had a look at, I will ask. Does anybody have access to data on HP ink jet plotters? I see two interesting...
Ok I downloaded the mach2 software(and several others)....Configured it to my machine....The X and Y stuff works great but nowehere do i find a pen or quill...
Dear Users, Any body can tell me about G-codes in detail as (G16, G53, G54-G59, G90, G91, G92)and how I can use these codes in g-code file. Best regards, Irfan...
Doug, Again I agree with Fred. (I added the "zero in G53" to my post so that any confusion would have a "home"<G>) FWIW, I've always thought of HOME as the...
Charles Raskin's book is called "Designing with Motion Handbook"; I second the suggestion that it is an excellent book. Madhu ... worked for, Galil,...
... The error is not +/- 1 step but +/- 1/2 step in a full step system. Consider first the static case. Say stepper set up to give .001 axis movement/step The...
I am in the process of building a large router out of oak as I already have the material. Some on this list felt that expansion and contraction would be a...
... Yeah, 17 cents a page for a 200 page book. The parts aren't likely to be anything I don't have already, for the most part. I've also got some of the ...
Hello all, Can someone tell me is there a limit to how tall (or how thick) a part may be and be cut by a wire EDM machine? I would like to cut small slots...
... No, Mach 2 is designed for 3-axis NC milling (lathe, too). I suspect there are ways to use such a program for what you want to do, though. There is a...
I just got a Smithy Granite 1324 with the Shooting Star 3 axis DRO set up. Shortly after I bought it, and before I'd even set it up, I lucked into a gig...
I have a Granite 1324 bought with the expectations from Smithy that a CNC conversion was available. Since I live in Michigan I have been to their place of...
Ron, It has a lot to do with the size capacity of the machine and the flushing features. Otherwise, if it's metal, even hardened, it will be cut. RichD...
Ron, What you want to do is no problem. What you ask about how tall, no one KNOWS, they may think but haven't tried the 'max' height. I've seen 20" on old...
A reminder to the EDM guys, same list rules apply. Talk about how to make a machine, but take you operation questions, and discussions off list. . Plearse...
