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On 2011-03-10, PrecisionmachinisT wrote:

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On 2011-03-10, PrecisionmachinisT
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On 2011-03-10, Karl Townsend
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Awesome! I am envious.

You turd!!! I looked and looked for one of these fine machines.
Never
found a good one nearby and ended up buying an Excello. Do you
have
the tool changer with it?

You're right one target with EMC for this machine. Almost the
exact
same job Iggy just finished.


Karl, doesn't that Schizuoka have a tool changer too?

If so, I *hate* JB!

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No it doesn't have a toolchanger! You can relax guys. We did also
have
to
hire a big truck with a crane to collect it. It's a bit of a
monster
but
I
think it will be invaluable. I'm in the process of building another
trike.
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Well, I guess I only half *hate* you then. You're stuck with just
about the most rigid knee mill ever made.

I really enjoyed reading about Iggy's daily progress. If you got
the
time, keep us posted regularly. Beats the heck out of political
crap.

Thanks. JB, and post pictures too, and take videos. It is really fun
stuff.


Ive just recently downloaded the emc software and planning to
eventually
use
on a lathe, ( tsugami type super preciision chucker )

--good possibility I will end up using geck amps to drive some motors
that
i've had kicking around here for some time now...I need to double
check
if
they geckos can handle it--they are glentek @ 7 amps appx IIRC w/2500
count
encoders....

Looking to keep the hardware as simple as possible and it appears
that
if
I
go this route then everything can be run off of the existing
parallell
port.

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Servos?

Yes




Then why exactly do you need gecko drives?


Seems all Gecko drives accept is stepper input, which is the basic output
from EMC....however, Gecko also has drives which will drive a brush dc
servo.

Allows you to also toss the existing drives by eliminating the need for
additional DA converters or motion cards.

Actually EMC natively supports servo motors and analog amplifiers.


Cant find that at the moment then I guess..

lemme go downstairs get some numbers then

BRB