Re: Pre-wired drive unit
I've built a few for people have found it to be VERY time consuming
to wire up.
HOPING that there may be a market for such a thing and with some interest
from a few people already, I'm nearing
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Alan Rothenbush
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#51637
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(No subject)
hi all
what is g43/44 for?
JS
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Jens Swales
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#51636
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Re: Stepper motor speeds
It is not as easy as just looking at a particular metal and getting a
required speed and cutting force. As an example, if I cut a piece of
aluminum on my Bridgeport with a 1-1/2" 4 flute carbide
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Tim Goldstein
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#51635
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Flashcut
hi all
at last...im now playing with V.2.0 and i love it from the
beginning...
JS
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Jens Swales
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#51634
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Re: Stepper motor speeds
Dave,
Thanks for the information, and the reference to Mariss's message. I
can understand most of it, but his reference to "push" has me a little
confused. The formula for "push" is clear
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Marv Frankel <dcdziner@...>
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#51633
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Re: Polar Coordinates CNC?
Ken,
Here is one reason; it's called necessity :-) I wanted to make some
decorative wooden gears that appeared to be too big to do on the
Sherline. But, by mounting the blank on the rotary, I
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alenz2002
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#51632
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Refitting a Lynx
Guys,
I have a chance at getting a good deal on a burning table but am in need
of some help.
The rig is an Union Carbide CS-56 table with the original GE amps left
on it, and a Lynx Technologies
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hllrsr@...
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#51630
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tool download; steps to removing a virus
A few people on this list are infected with an email virus,
W32.Yaha.E@mm.
W32.Yaha.E@mm is a mass-mailing worm that sends itself to all email
addresses that exist in the Microsoft Windows Address
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robert charles weiss
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#51631
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Re: Has anyone built an SPC display for Digimatic scales?
Umm, well sort of. I have a partial schematic but it's not complete. I'm
using an Atmel ATMega8 MCU to decode the data stream and display the
numbers on an LCD. The type of switches doesn't really
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Chris Baugher <cbaugher_yahoo@...>
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#51629
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Re: Question Concerning API CMD-260 Drive Current Setting
Not sure of the exact motors you are using, but if it is the same
Powermax II motors I have on my Sherline than the 2.3 amps is the
setting without any additional reduction if you want the
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Tim Goldstein
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#51628
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Re: Polar Coordinates CNC?
approach
the
It's been done many times. It is referred to as a rotary axis. If a
rotary axis is oriented parallel to a spindle (Z), it is identified
as a C axis. The complete range of movement
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Fred Smith <imserv@...>
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#51626
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Re: Polar Coordinates CNC?
The application would be the same as any other - i.e. router/plasma
application (4'x8' as practical size for discussion purposes).
I would think that Linear moves in polar space would be roughly the
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Lee Wenger
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#51625
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Question Concerning API CMD-260 Drive Current Setting
I have a question about the appropriate current setting on my API
CMD-260 bipolar drive. I will be using a Powermax II Bipolar Stepper
motor which is rated at 2.3Amps per phase when the phases are
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netman4ds
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#51627
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OT: (was Re: FAQ pages relocated
Hi guys,
this is pretty far off topic, but I'll put in my two cents.
I prefer a page that offers a button to let the person go to the home
page. or to the main topic page if one is levels deep in
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turbulatordude <davemucha@...>
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#51624
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Re: Polar Coordinates CNC?
Interesting idea ... but why? It seems to me the particulars
of the math involved would not make arriving at the end use
coordinates any easier. Do you have a particular application
in mind? I'm just
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Ken Jenkins <kjenkins@...>
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#51623
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Re: Stepper motor speeds
Marv,
Now sure what you are saying by "I haven't heard any discussions about
speed ranges and how they're controlled.". Speed is controlled by how
fast you feed your drive pulses. The higher the
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Tim Goldstein
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#51622
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Re: Stepper motor speeds
Hi MArv,
check post 45509. I think that covers it pretty well.
The small section that may be direct is :
quote :
(2) Steppers have lots of torque at low speeds and very little torque
at high
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turbulatordude <davemucha@...>
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#51621
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Re: toolpath creation problem or wrong interpretor setup?
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Ian W. Wright <Ian@...>
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#51619
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Rodent DRO's
Hi,
Every so often the question of using the internals of a PC rodent as the basis of a DRO comes up onlist. For those who want to look into this subject there is an article in this months Model
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James Owens <wotisname@...>
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#51617
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Re: Polar Coordinate based CNC
Most Fanuc type controllers have a G code associated with polar
coordinates G15 polar system off,G16 Polar system on, this typically deals
with X=Radius and Y= Angle of hole from O (pivot point)
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galt1x <galt1x@...>
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#51618
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