Re: EMC API?
CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO-owner@...
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shackle@...
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#901
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Re: ball screws Backlash
With all this talk about Thomson, I thought I'd put in my $0.02. From my limited experience, they make fine stuff - the Thomson tables, bearings and supported shafts I have seem to be top quality.
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groehm@...
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#899
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Re: EMC
Unfortunately, I have been really busy the last couple of weeks. This last weekend, I loaded the June 8 th version and got it running, but haven't cut parts on it yet. I've been making a lot of parts
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Dan Falck <dfalck@...>
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#900
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Also a very special Thanx to Jon Elson!!!!!! Tracey
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TADGUNINC@...
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#911
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Re: CAD program
http://www.cadvance.com/ Link to cadvance Free CAD 6.5/CAM program! Has anyone used it? Figured it's free so I'm going to check it out. Tracey
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TADGUNINC@...
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#908
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Re: starting from scratch
OK, let the adventures begin! Apparently there are a lot of people just reading "lurkers" on this list with as little background and knowledge of EMC, Linux, and CNC as myself. Maybe all the help I
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TADGUNINC@...
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#904
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Re: TCL/TK GUI and EMC API
I was wondering if you got around to uploading this as I'd love to see it!
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Matt Shaver <mshaver@...>
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#898
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Re: Problems with linux 2.2.10 + beta5 + emc-14-Jun-1999 - anyone ?
Actually, no. As several other folks have said, you'll need to use the 2.2.36 kernel with rtlinux-0.9J. Are you using RedHat 6.0 or perhaps S.U.S.E. ? If Redhat 6.0, I don't know if you will be able
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Matt Shaver <mshaver@...>
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#897
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Re: EMC API?
ron I think you need to explain to most of these guys what your millpower clone is/does I wondered how long it would be before it got ported to linux mike Ron Ginger wrote:
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mike grady <mgrady@...>
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#896
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Re: MaxNC modifications
Jon Anderson wrote: Wow! this really DOES sound like a software problem. I really don't believe this is the
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Jon Elson <jmelson@...>
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#895
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Re: MaxNC modifications
Tim Goldstein wrote: Depending on the stepper drivers, the problem could be electrical noise. If the stepper drivers take step pulses and a direction signal (and most work that way), then stray
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Jon Elson <jmelson@...>
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#894
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Re: Installing rotary encoders
Yes! But, who can afford these? There are a number of innacuracies introduced by using ballscrews and encoders. but, you should be aware that linear scales are not a panacea! If the ways are worn such
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Jon Elson <jmelson@...>
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#893
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Re: EMC API?
Ron Ginger wrote: See : http://ascc.artsci.wustl.edu/~jmelson/EMC.html for a picture of the screen. (This is from a month or two ago, they've been improving it still.) Umm, there is some documentation
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Jon Elson <jmelson@...>
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#891
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Re: Problems with linux 2.2.10 + beta5 + emc-14-Jun-1999 - anyone ?
Max Heise wrote: I believe the kernel that Fred and everyone else is using is 2.0.36. I'm pretty sure Fred said that he KNEW emc would not work with a 2.2.x kernel, or specifically, Red Hat 6.0. I
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Jon Elson <jmelson@...>
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#890
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Re: re vacuum forming
rtr@... Brian Robbins builds clear aircraft canopies for his Bright Star Millenium and the Swift foot launched sailplanes by radiant and convection heating as have been suggested on the list.
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Ted <rtr@...>
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#892
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Re: programs to write G-code
Pretty slick Jon. I for one an pretty impressed with your talents. machinist, programmer, electronic designer. You put us mere mortals to shame. Thanks for sharing your hard work. Tim [Denver, CO]
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Tim Goldstein <timg@...>
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#888
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Re: re vac forming
I have done some composite wing vacuum bagging and used one of the old commercial freon tanks as a vacuum reservoir and it held 24" hg no problem. I now use a section of 4" PVC pipe with endcaps for
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Tim Goldstein <timg@...>
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#886
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Re: re vac forming
Sort of funny you mentioned Lindsay Publication. I just got their catalog yesterday and have been looking through it to see what books I want to get on my first order. Tim [Denver, CO]
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Tim Goldstein <timg@...>
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#885
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Re: MaxNC modifications
By the controller I mean the electronics that take the step and direction signals and actually drive the motors. OK, a few more questions. Don't know if I have an answers, but questions seem in order!
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Tim Goldstein <timg@...>
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#884
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Re: ball screws Backlash
TADGUNINC@... wrote: Their phone # is (517) 776-4123 I'm sure they have a web site, but I don't have the URL. That is how an anti-backlash ballnut works. It really preloads two nuts against the
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Jon Elson <jmelson@...>
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#887
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