At the moment I am running Vexta 2-phase motors putting out about 305in/lbs ea. I believe that they are either NEMA 32 or 34 size. I have one machine that is a...
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skykotech
Jul 3, 2004 12:52 am
Thanks, I had forgotten about hiwin stuff. I looked on your website under the rails spreadsheet but I am confused about the sample prices for a 20mm LGH rail....
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vavaroutsos
Jul 3, 2004 1:49 am
Give us more info on your machines. Ball screws, acme, all thread, TPI, table or gantry, load, gearing, etc.. I have some extra servo motors and drives that...
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Ron K
ulpilots
Jul 3, 2004 1:49 am
Hi all I have a question for the electronic guys out there . This is something that I have disagreed with for a long time, but I don't open my mouth until I...
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Jon Elson
jmelson2
Jul 3, 2004 1:57 am
... Have you tried eBay? If you can afford to wait 2 weeks or so, a good item meeting your needs is very likely to show up. Jon...
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Jon Elson
jmelson2
Jul 3, 2004 2:02 am
... I think you are dreaming to get 1200 IPM with steppers. ... Yes, but it may not be simple. Some people have successfully run Gecko servo drives on plasma...
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Raymond Heckert
samnjanet
Jul 3, 2004 2:14 am
OOPS! slip of the fat fingers... It's $599 for a 2-axis unit. They're almost always advertised in the Homeshop Machinist magazine (and Machinist workshop, as...
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Robert Campbell
colin0334
Jul 3, 2004 2:21 am
Is a Shopbot rigid enough to run at those speeds? Do you really need to run 1200 IPM. Most of are happy at 200 IPM. Bob Campbell Bob@... ...
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Robert Campbell
colin0334
Jul 3, 2004 2:29 am
Rick, I have been using THK rails on my Z axis only because I found a seller on Ebay that has a supply of new in the box 400 mm long 15 mm rails at a very ...
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Robert Campbell
colin0334
Jul 3, 2004 3:07 am
Ron, The white paper on the geckodrive web site has most of the answers. For the power supply 14 amps should be enough. Bob Campbell Bob@... ...
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caudlet
Jul 3, 2004 3:18 am
... many ... Amp max ) ... turning . ... like 12 ... turning ... and ... indicate ... 10amp but the system has been running like this for several months . ... ...
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Ron K
ulpilots
Jul 3, 2004 3:18 am
... Yes it should but why is it opperating on 5 ? Did you read the whole post ?? ... -- Ron Kline American Precision Ceramics [Non-text portions of this...
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Ron K
ulpilots
Jul 3, 2004 3:44 am
... Now that is an explination I can understand Thanks -- Ron Kline American Precision Ceramics [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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caudlet
Jul 3, 2004 3:59 am
... machine? I can address that directly. I am running a servo/stepper mixed machine. The gantry is run by two servo's driven with Gecko 340's; the X is an...
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Sorin Paul
sorin_paul
Jul 3, 2004 6:24 am
... Try STAR linear rails (Bosch-Rexroth group). INA have the highest prices (double). ...
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Jon Elson
jmelson2
Jul 3, 2004 6:33 am
... If you ran a CNC program that had all the motors accelerating and decelerating rapidly, over and over again, I think you could eventually blow that 5 A ...
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ballendo
Jul 3, 2004 2:38 pm
Hello, Didn't see this mentioned yet... WHY are you running 6.1 amp motors at 7 amps??? Do yourself and the motors a favor and get the resistors in the geckos...
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braidmeister
Jul 3, 2004 2:38 pm
Thanks to all that responded. I didn't really want to brand my machine as specifically being a ShopBot for personal reasons...guess you let the cat out of the...
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skykotech
Jul 3, 2004 4:27 pm
... prices (double). ... http://www.boschrexroth.de/business_units/brl/en/produkte/profilschien en_fuehrungen/ksf/index.jsp ... Do you know of an American...
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Ron K
ulpilots
Jul 3, 2004 5:03 pm
... Because on 6 amps the motors never warmed up at all . With them set at 7 they will come up to just slightly warm but defiantly not hot during a long run (...
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Asim Khan
asimtec
Jul 3, 2004 5:07 pm
Thanks paul for your reply. I found that, setting a very high value (like 1000) of MAX_LIMIT finishes the trouble of homing direction with EMC. But this...
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Tim McCoy
lotus_14us
Jul 3, 2004 6:03 pm
Hi Larry, I'd rather you place a value on the boards, I don't know what they are worth to you, but at the same time this is a hobby machine and I don't want to...
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Sorin Paul
sorin_paul
Jul 3, 2004 6:09 pm
here is the US link http://www.boschrexroth.com/country_units/america/united_states/en/index.htm and the sales locator link ...
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Paul
nospam2700
Jul 3, 2004 7:00 pm
Hi Asim No BDI disks currently exist for emc2 - The source is currently under extremely close scrutiny and large chunks being re-written. In the process, it is...
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Wilson Logan
evildrome_bo...
Jul 4, 2004 11:38 pm
Hi All, Regarding the PG Offline archive of CCED, the original archive covers messages 1 - 57116. http://www.pgoffline.com/groupmanager/CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO.zip...
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Christopher Culbreath
photoshop4eva
Jul 5, 2004 7:44 am
Hello, I'm in the process of finding a motor to drive the knee of my bridgeport clone, and am having trouble finding motors of a large size (>600 oz/in) - Do...
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stcnc2000
Jul 5, 2004 3:13 pm
New Lathe Writer program details at: http://stcnc.tripod.com/ Thinkcnc Bob...
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motovidia
Jul 5, 2004 3:44 pm
... bridgeport clone, and am ... Christopher, Here are some pics of the servo I use to drive the knee of my BP clone http://www.motovidia.com/stuff/MILL%20pics...
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Dave Fisher
dave@...
Jul 5, 2004 5:38 pm
You could try http://www.distel.co.uk/DC_motors_1.htm Have a look at part number TE18 Rgds Dave Fisher ... From: motovidia [mailto:motovidia@...] Sent: 05...
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Miguel M. Cubillas
miguel_cubillas
Jul 5, 2004 7:55 pm
Hello, Just asking for my own edification - Femi you are using 48 in-lb servos, most of the commercial Bridgeport BOSS CNC retrofit kits are using something ...
