Re: Flashcut
Hey Tim. I am going to be retro'n my bench top unit. As you can tell by my
misinformed posts, I'm still learning my way around. I have no preference
for windows based or DOS, I've used both over the
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Owen Lloyd <sbw@...>
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#51701
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Gerber servo-control cards
HI
anyone know what cards Gerber used for their controllers
ie. Galil,Yaskawa,Delta-Tau or other ???
thanks
Carl
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carlcnc
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#51696
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Re: Stepper motor speeds
Hi Marv,
get on the webpage and check post 45509.
that is the best way to start with the engineering and math that will
let you arrive at your answer.
Steppers are much easier to use, and have a
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turbulatordude <davemucha@...>
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#51695
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Re: G-Code Examples
Hi Bruce,
check out your software vendor.
they should offer some guidelines as to what codes they offer.
I am still playing with a drill peck cycle and found there are at
least 4 codes to drill,
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turbulatordude <davemucha@...>
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#51694
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Stepper vs Servo ( was Re: Stepper motor speeds
Hi Tim,
I had thought Servo's had all you said, but that they were a LOT
harder to implement.
There is an interesting link here :
http://www.timgoldstein.com/cad_cam/servotopten.htm
top of the
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turbulatordude <davemucha@...>
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#51693
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Re: Polar Coordinates CNC?
A turntable with skate wheels around the OD sitting on a 1/4 thick, flat
rolled sheet would probably be flat enough for most CNC router work.
They usually are happy with a 6 inch Z travel. Remember
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IMService <imserv@...>
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#51692
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DRO Vendor feedback
For those of you considering a purchase of a commercial DRO:
I swallowed hard and about a year ago bought and installed a Shooting
Star 3 axis DRO on my full sized mill. I have been very pleased
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caudlet <tom@...>
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#51691
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Re: Three phase 50 V. Help wanted
Don: Whew!! 1941 bombsite parts...that's a REAL challenge. There
exists sufficent talent in this group to help you design a 3 phase
50HZ converter. It would be my advice to lurk in the shadows
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caudlet <tom@...>
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#51690
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Re: Polar Coordinates CNC?
Hi Fred.
Well, yea. I can see the device but it seems to me that by the time you
build C with center bearings, drive, and some sort of support for
cutting forces around the outside of the
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Ray Henry <rehenry@...>
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#51689
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Re: AutoCAD compatibility
wrote:
Qwerty,
It worked! Thanks for the advice! I was afraid that I would have to
either dump XP, or upgrade to AutoCAD 2002 (which is way out of my
budget)
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smc51900
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#51688
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Re: Stepper motor speeds
Brian -
I have a Taig mill that uses Taig's own unipolar/bi-level chopper drive - it seems to max out at about 0.3 IPS, which is about 2400 (half) steps/second. The motors are relatively low current,
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Tony Jeffree <tony@...>
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#51687
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Re: Digest Number 2679
Try running the autocad installation program with the compatibility mode set
on, it should run when set to Win9x or similar. Although it may not,
depends on whether compatibility mode also sets the
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Bevan Weiss
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#51686
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Re: AutoCAD 2000 on windows XP
Hi,
The problem is caused by AutoCAD querying the OS for it's version number
which it expects to be less than or equal to v5, which equates to
Windows 2000. Windows XP returns v5.1, and the AutoCAD
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Peter Moreton <peter@...>
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#51685
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Three phase 50 V. Help wanted
Hi, Gents.
I stumbled across and joined this Group yesterday, and would
participate with your indulgence.
I am endeavouring to patch together an odd "homebake" assortment of
gear of various vintage
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Don
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#51684
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Re: Flashcut
hi all
well, i build special routers for small and medium stoneworking-
companys, and most(none) of the users doesnt know anything about cnc.
normaly, they give me 1-3 days for training and then
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Jens Swales
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#51683
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Re: Flashcut
Depends what you mean by "like Flashcut". If you mean a windows based
controller than look at Mach1 or DeskWinNC. If you mean a turn key
system than we need to know what type/size machine to give you
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Tim Goldstein
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#51682
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Re: Stepper motor speeds
Much better performance (faster rapids, higher acceleration) and likely
less cost. Servo motors do not need to be as large as steppers because
they do not have the same torque drop off. They also can
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Tim Goldstein
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#51681
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Re: Stepper motor speeds
Supply voltage, probably. As Mariss keeps reminding us, double the supply
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Tony Jeffree <tony@...>
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#51679
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OT - Tool plans
Hi Group
While this is OT the shopbuilttools yahoo group may interest some people on this group. While nominally a woodworkers forum it has files including plans for various things including;
Compound
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echnidna
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#51680
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New file uploaded to CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO
Hello,
This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO
group.
File : /Stepper Calcs/Stepper Calc.txt
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CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@...
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#51675
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