Re: Digest Number 20
Yep, I've been forced to use single axis controllers to perform
interpolated moves. It's not the best way of doing it to say the least.
A multi-axis approach, though more expensive, is probably
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James Eckman <fugu@...>
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Re: DRO card and future projects
Tom,
I am definitely interested. I noticed that US Digital also offers
linear encoders for $2 per inch, which sounds reasonable. Of course
the electronic "readers" are extra, but the cost should be
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Steve Gunsel <gunsel@...>
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Re: Digest Number 19
I would be willing to help build theprinted circuit card. But take a look at
the PIC chip from JR Kerr
They have a PIC-Servo chip that has PID filter and all in a $30 chip.
The web site is
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Dan Mauch <dmauch@...>
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Re: Still not started
My mill drill did at least 66 IPM . But I have ballscrews on the x and Y
axis and was using my 5 A drivers for the motor power . The motors were 300
ounce inch motors.
I have solved the quill backlash
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Dan Mauch <dmauch@...>
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Re: Sherline
I will have the parts done next week.
Dan
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Dan Mauch <dmauch@...>
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#360
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Re: DRO card and future projects
If there's
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Dan Falck <dfalck@...>
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#359
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Re: DRO card and future projects
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Don Hughes <pencad@...>
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#358
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rt-linux cd-rom from zentropix
i saw a company with a rt-linux release cdrom. check out
www.zentropix.com
here's a paragraph from their product page:
The Zentropix CD-ROM for RTLinux real-time extensions contains a
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Ron Wickersham <rjw@...>
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Re: CNC FAQ
Dan Mauch wrote:
I'd be glad to write up some stuff on CNC, especially some of the details of
G-code and servo systems. I also have a bunch of stuff I've written over
the past few years on Atlas
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Jon Elson <jmelson@...>
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Re: Position Readout Question and Introduction
Jon Elson wrote:
Using the "glass scales" was actually what I was thinking of (mitutoyo). If
anyone has info on the outputs of the scales, that would be helpful, but
if not, I'll digout the scope,
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George Potter <gpotter@...>
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Re: Digest Number 19
<PTENGIN@...> wrote:
One big problem using the output of the linear encoders of the DRO to
control servos is that *any* backlash between the drive motor and the
workpiece can cause some pretty bad
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Tom Kulaga <tkulaga@...>
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#354
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DRO card and future projects
I guess you've all seen the posts about the DRO card I built. I've
got an update to the software, adding metric support, cleaning up a
few things I didn't like, and changing the 4th axis to display
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Tom Kulaga <tkulaga@...>
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Re: Digest Number 19
In a message dated 5/21/99 7:00:18 PM Hawaiian Standard Time,
tkulaga@... writes:
<< unless there's software out there to
take advantage of the encoder feedback. I haven't seen any, but
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PTENGIN@...
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#357
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Re: Still not started
In a message dated 5/21/99 3:36:21 AM Hawaiian Standard Time,
dmauch@... writes:
<< I used 300 oz in stepper on my mill drill with a 2/1 ratio timing belts and
pulleys. >>
Dan,
Just how
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PTENGIN@...
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#351
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delurk and questions
Hi to all,
Does any body have Robert Langlois email address? Or know
if he is on vacation at the moment? Sent a message to him at the
address he had about 18 months ago and haven't seen a
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Mark Geoffery Holycross <holycro1@...>
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Re: Servo Amp designs
Good point; the appnote is really talking about a 1 axis solution.
--
Paul Amaranth | Rochester MI, USA
A
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paul@...
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#349
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Re: Servo Amp designs
paul@... wrote:
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Jon Elson <jmelson@...>
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#347
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Re: Servo Amp designs
Jon,
It seems like I could rig a tach to the back end of my servo motors if I
wanted , just as long as I got some kind of tach output eh? Then I could
use your servo amps?
How much would a set of 4
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Michael Tilse <draemr@...>
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#348
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Re: Nesting of parts in BobCAM
John:
On the demo that I downloaded, it made mention of a no-save item as well
as another cut point of a 1000 lines of code. But not that I've seen any
cut-off date.
Regards
Don
John Stevenson
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Don Hughes <pencad@...>
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Re: Nesting of parts in BobCAM
Don Hughes wrote:
First, you select inside area, or select all, or in some other way select
what you want to copy. Then, you do a change, translate, and enter
the amount you want the copy to be
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Jon Elson <jmelson@...>
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#345
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