Stepper Info needed
Hello All,
I've been lurking here seen Digest #0. Like Mark Fraser I have many, many
projects stacked up in various stages of parts collection, research,
design,
planning, waiting for time,
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Steve Stovner <stovner-wareing@...>
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Re: slant bed CNC lathe
On Thu, 20 May 1999 21:07:02 -0500, you wrote:
>From: Dan Falck <dfalck@...>
>>>South Bend model A 9" lathe. I have a full cross slide from a giant
>>>LeBlond that I want to set up just
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john@...
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#321
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Re: Nesting of parts in BobCAM
Don,
To copy in Bobcad draw your part, select it all using Edit: Select entities:then
chain or region [ that means window ] The part will then be highlighted in red.
T
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john@...
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#320
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Re: Tom Kulaga's 4 axis DRO
Dan Mauch wrote:
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clarkf <clarkf@...
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#319
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Re: Position Readout Question and Introduction
George Potter wrote:
You probably can't do that. All the modern DRO's would use a
microprocessor to run the display, and probably update the reading
no more than 10 times a second. They also
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Jon Elson <jmelson@...>
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Re: Nesting of parts in BobCAM
In a message dated 5/20/99 6:49:43 PM Hawaiian Standard Time, pencad@...
writes:
<< The question I have now is, does anyone know the process for nesting
multiple parts into BobCAD? I tried the
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PTENGIN@...
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#323
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Re: Position Readout Question and Introduction
In a message dated 5/20/99 6:15:36 PM Hawaiian Standard Time,
mshaver@... writes:
<< Unfortunately, I don't know of any DRO maker that provides an output jack
for auxiliary connections.
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PTENGIN@...
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#322
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Nesting of parts in BobCAM
I am still in my evaluation process of various CAD/CAM programs and at
the moment working with BobCAD. This so far has been the easiest to
operate and has successfully loaded my AutoCAD DXF files with
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Don Hughes <pencad@...>
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Re: Position Readout Question and Introduction
acu-rite scales put out 5v half quad signals i have hooked up
rotary encoders to acurite readouts worked fine
mike
Matt
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mike <mgrady@...>
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Re: Position Readout Question and Introduction
It's done all the time on large cnc machine tools. What I mean is that the
output from a linear scale system (such as Sony's Digiruler) is translated
into a quadrature format that mimics the standard
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Matt Shaver <mshaver@...>
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Re: slant bed CNC lathe
Phil,
I have this huge cross slide that has about 10" of travel, with a compound
that has 3" of travel. If the 10" long dovetail slide was mounted parallel
to the South Bend's ways, at an angle that
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Dan Falck <dfalck@...>
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UNSUBSCRIBE
PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE TEMPORARILY!!
THANX.
Dennis Mino
THK N. Texas - Ok.
WEB SITE: www.thk.com
Email: dmino@...
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Dennis Mino <dmino@...>
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Re: Digest Number 17
Here, we talking about 2 different things. I was only making a point
about customary terms. As far as the mechanical response goes, YOU ARE
100% CORRECT.
Point well taken.
Mike
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Mike Romine <mromine@...>
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Re: Position Readout Question and Introduction
1st the question:
Is anyone using the output from a DRO as the position indicator in a
servo system. I've been contemplating this for quite some time, and
am fascinated (specially because I have
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George Potter <gpotter@...>
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Re: Flashcut questions
Flashcut does not reconise G40 & G41 the commands for cutter offset off &on.
Although my SW supports tool offset I have always preferred to draw the offset in my cad program. Bobcad does support
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Brian Fairey <bfairey@...>
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DesKam and DeskNC Users
I have downloaded the demo versions of DesKAM and DeskNC for evaluation.
I have come across a snag in DesKAM, or maybe it's something I don't
have set right, but, here's the problem.
I loaded into
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Don Hughes <pencad@...>
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Re: Still not started
Steve Gunsel wrote:
Well, as a bit of a pioneer in this area (for home shop use) I might just
be a bit biased. But, I think they are worth the effort (and cost).
The advantage is that you can have
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Jon Elson <jmelson@...>
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Re: Flashcut questions
"Ian W. Wright" wrote:
I can't answer as far as flashcut is concerned, but there are RS-274D
modal commands that specify 'cutter left of part' or 'cutter right of part'.
In Bobcad/CAM, they really
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Jon Elson <jmelson@...>
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Re: Still a little unclear
Delurking....
I'm a manufacturing engineer by trade & full time occupation, and in my 2nd
full time job I run my own machine shop. I've got a 1977 vintage Hurco CNC,
servo based, 2.5 axis, on
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Skarsaune@...
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Re: Still not started
If you look hard enough, you can get lucky. If you're in a hurry,
you can spend $$$.
I got four or five huge steppers for $5 ea from a shop that was
clearing out a lot of "junk".
I bought a
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Paul Amaranth
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