On Thu, 8 May 2008 07:03:19 -0700 (PDT), zxys wrote:

Sweet motherlode of linear overstocked sh*t at a low price....Hot
damn!

http://www.google.com/products?q=eba...firefox-a&um=1

.. 8^)


On May 7, 9:50*pm, "Protagonist" wrote:
Check Ebay!
JS

"zxys" wrote in message

...

Hey you guys,

Do you guys have some links to companies who sell (off the shelf)
small/compact all-in-one XY programmable systems.

We need a system which is "small"
Under 8" sqr would be great!
2"-3" of X-Y travel would be good.
And the positional accuracy can be loose,.. +/-.005. *(hobby cnc
system)?

Anyhow, something clean looking and reasonable in cost?

Thanks..

"Gunner" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 8 May 2008 07:03:19 -0700 (PDT), zxys wrote:

Sweet motherlode of linear overstocked sh*t at a low price....Hot
damn!

http://www.google.com/products?q=eba...firefox-a&um=1

.. 8^)


On May 7, 9:50 pm, "Protagonist" wrote:
Check Ebay!
JS

"zxys" wrote in message

...

Hey you guys,

Do you guys have some links to companies who sell (off the shelf)
small/compact all-in-one XY programmable systems.

We need a system which is "small"
Under 8" sqr would be great!
2"-3" of X-Y travel would be good.
And the positional accuracy can be loose,.. +/-.005. (hobby cnc
system)?

Anyhow, something clean looking and reasonable in cost?

Thanks..

What am I looking for?

What am I looking for?

Tom, have you already given the group a good description of your
application? I used to work as a manufacturing engineer for these sorts of
projects. And there's many other brilliant minds on the NG.

Forgive if you've already done this and I missed it.

Karl

"Karl Townsend" wrote in message
anews.com...

What am I looking for?

Tom, have you already given the group a good description of your application?
I used to work as a manufacturing engineer for these sorts of projects. And
there's many other brilliant minds on the NG.

Forgive if you've already done this and I missed it.

Karl



Gunner knows I do a lot of X-Y table stuff...now I see the link, I had to
cut/paste as it wasn't active. The typical commercial offerings are too slow, a
typical 1/4" move must go in 100-150 ms.

Gunner knows I do a lot of X-Y table stuff...now I see the link, I had to
cut/paste as it wasn't active. The typical commercial offerings are too
slow, a typical 1/4" move must go in 100-150 ms.

I remember a staking operation where we used linear motors for positioning.
They should easily achieve the speed you need. I searched a bit for a short
primer on the subject:
http://www.compumotor.com/whitepages...torarticle.pdf

Compumotor was the vendor for this project, IIRC. They would be a good
choice for an industrial automation application. If you're adventurous, I've
seen compumotor stuff go for a tiny fraction of new on eBay.

Karl

"Karl Townsend" wrote in message
ews.com...
Gunner knows I do a lot of X-Y table stuff...now I see the link, I had to
cut/paste as it wasn't active. The typical commercial offerings are too
slow, a typical 1/4" move must go in 100-150 ms.

I remember a staking operation where we used linear motors for positioning.
They should easily achieve the speed you need. I searched a bit for a short
primer on the subject:
http://www.compumotor.com/whitepages...torarticle.pdf

Compumotor was the vendor for this project, IIRC. They would be a good choice
for an industrial automation application. If you're adventurous, I've seen
compumotor stuff go for a tiny fraction of new on eBay.

Karl


Yep, Parker has good **** Maynard!

On Thu, 8 May 2008 19:13:34 -0400, "Tom Gardner"
wrote:


"Gunner" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 8 May 2008 07:03:19 -0700 (PDT), zxys wrote:

Sweet motherlode of linear overstocked sh*t at a low price....Hot
damn!

http://www.google.com/products?q=eba...firefox-a&um=1

.. 8^)


On May 7, 9:50 pm, "Protagonist" wrote:
Check Ebay!
JS

"zxys" wrote in message

...

Hey you guys,

Do you guys have some links to companies who sell (off the shelf)
small/compact all-in-one XY programmable systems.

We need a system which is "small"
Under 8" sqr would be great!
2"-3" of X-Y travel would be good.
And the positional accuracy can be loose,.. +/-.005. (hobby cnc
system)?

Anyhow, something clean looking and reasonable in cost?

Thanks..

What am I looking for?

Linear ways etc etc

Gunner

Tom Gardner wrote:
l


Yep, Parker has good **** Maynard!


Sounds like a Malt-O-Meal kid

Howard Garner