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Thanks. 01:53:57 bill20r3 has quit 01:53:57 robin_sz has quit 01:53:57 fenn has quit 01:53:57 alex_joni has quit 01:53:57 jepler has quit 01:54:00 jepler has joined #emc 01:54:08 bill20r3 has joined #emc 01:54:17 fenn has joined #emc 01:54:33 alex_joni has joined #emc 02:12:43 alex_joni: I thought you were gone for the day 02:35:55 jepler day yes, night no. 02:43:48 djb_rh has quit 03:14:52 skunkworks has quit 03:52:47 jepler_ has joined #emc 04:05:47 jepler has quit 04:35:01 SWPadnos has quit 05:22:29 Ephexis has quit 05:33:24 fenn has quit 05:42:49 fenn has joined #emc 06:26:43 fenn has quit 07:24:29 Sed_ has quit 07:25:40 fenn has joined #emc 08:03:30 Jymmm is now known as Jymm 09:36:10 Jymm has quit 13:01:58 acemi has joined #emc 13:35:30 servant74 has joined #emc 14:04:37 djb_rh has joined #emc 14:09:54 drag has joined #emc 14:16:55 drag has left #emc 15:13:48 morning 15:16:16 nobody here but us chickens 15:16:22 haha 15:23:33 rayh has joined #emc 15:23:46 morning chickens 15:24:02 Hey! 15:24:57 rayh: wasn't meaning you :) 15:25:04 17:15 < les_w> morning 15:25:04 17:18 < websys> nobody here but us chickens 15:25:04 17:18 < les_w> haha 15:25:04 17:25 -!- rayh [n=swanlake@dial-pn1-23.wic.up.net] has joined #emc 15:25:05 17:25 < alex_joni> morning chickens 15:27:37 Is the the time for "puck puck?" 15:27:40 cluck cluck 15:27:52 the the time? 15:28:07 How you doing, Bob. 15:28:29 Very well thank you 15:28:34 Gotta get out of the north country and visit you soon? 15:29:06 Anytime - gonna visit Todd in the future? 15:29:14 Yep. 15:29:53 hi jeff 15:33:32 hi alex 15:34:22 friend just bought a 20 watt yag hi speed marking system. He was asking me how he could get some business. 15:34:42 20 watts is a smaller unit 15:35:32 So they would basically have to sell setup/artwork 15:36:06 skunkworks has joined #emc 15:36:19 Guy up here is using 25 watt to cut veneer into model aircraft parts. 15:36:41 hmm 15:36:47 machanical cnc? 15:37:07 jepler_: changed your nick on purpose? 15:37:56 this laser uses mirrors and goes about 1500 mm/sec 15:38:01 over a small area 15:38:32 Yep. machanical cnc? 15:38:48 mechanical heh 15:38:52 jepler_ is now known as jepler 15:38:56 moving axes... 15:39:03 alex_joni: no. my system crashed last night. I didn't notice I came back with an underscore. 15:39:10 Table slides under the tube. 15:39:12 ok 15:39:22 ah ok 15:39:43 the work and head stay stationary in this rig 15:40:03 prob an old cellphone keyboard production machine 15:40:11 Right. 15:40:48 Newer machines are a lot more power, and of course in China. 15:42:16 Have to find a niche for him. Jewelry security? machine tool bits? 15:44:06 Wonder what the smallest font/resolution is? 15:44:50 He sent the manual. Seems really small. microscopic I guess 15:45:27 you know like the numbers engraved on the girdle of diamonds 15:45:30 let me check 15:48:02 wow. 1000 1mm characters per second 15:48:37 at max distance speed is not 1500 but 10,000 mm/sec 15:49:03 would not engrave many materials at that speed though 15:50:04 Credibility and a huge bond would be an issue with the jewelery marking. 15:52:24 Does anyone else have problems with emc2 cleaning up after a run? 15:52:36 rayh: what's left behind? 15:53:29 The blocks module doesn't want to unload. 15:53:32 Yeah I was thinking bond too 15:53:52 rayh: how was the blocks mudule loaded? 15:53:55 and shipping both ways by armored truck 15:54:30 It runs as a part of univstep but in this case I unloaded and reloaded it. 15:54:34 well shipping I figured would be out. They are in chicago though. Lots of local possibilities 15:55:06 Ah. I know a couple of EMC users in the "jewelery building." 15:55:38 rayh: unloaded/reloaded as root? 15:55:42 or using sudo? 15:55:56 using sudo through halconfig.tcl 15:56:03 ahh.. ok.. 15:56:05 not sure :( 15:56:08 * alex_joni heads home 15:57:56 les? 15:58:07 where you looking for hosting yesterday? http://www.hasweb.com/experience/hasweb_hostingplans.html 15:58:47 I have had very good luck with them - 48 a year and 35gb bandwidth - 2gb space 15:59:02 it is a division of hostdime 15:59:23 Jymmm was just showing me some other hosting 15:59:30 My site got hijacked 15:59:37 yeck 15:59:41 but it was not the host's fault 15:59:50 too easy of a password? 15:59:54 someone just got my password I guess 16:00:05 no the password was hard 16:00:10 had to be hacked 16:00:12 odd 16:00:40 or spyware on a box that accessed it. 16:00:47 right 16:01:00 well I cleaned up the code and changed passwords. 16:01:14 There were 3 extra lines in my index html. 16:01:28 redirecting to a virus site. 16:01:43 might happen again...dunno 16:01:54 first thought phisher but normally they are not looking for site passwords (just paypal, ebay, bank) 16:02:04 yeah 16:02:42 My guess is it got out in my non secure ftp transfers 16:03:00 most likely then 16:03:18 somebody was sniffing 16:03:37 yeah. I'll have to read up on sftp 16:04:40 les_w: are you on unix and comfortable with commandline ftp programs? If so, you may want to use 'lftp'. 'lftp fish://somehost' will connect with ssh, but act just like an ftp client. 16:04:50 les_w: (no, I don't know why it's called 'fish') 16:05:04 les_w: in windows, winscp3 is free and lets you drag & drop files over ssh 16:05:29 winders box using cuteftp, but I could be on linux or something. 16:09:19 les_w: try out winscp 16:09:19 les_w: http://winscp.net/eng/index.php 16:09:19 thanks...looking 16:17:29 looks good...just found that cuteftp has SSH and stuff too 16:17:29 I'l have to see if host handles that stuff 16:17:29 hmm ipowerweb added some more features...10 gig, 2500 emails, free domain 16:17:29 I think more bandwidth too 16:17:29 yeah up to 250 gig/mo 16:17:29 and they do have SSL....I'm just not using it 16:17:30 better start , huh? 16:17:30 alex_joni has quit 16:21:15 alex_joni has joined #emc 16:23:35 SWPadnos has joined #emc 16:23:57 rayh_ has joined #emc 16:26:27 SWPadnos has quit 16:26:40 SWPadnos has joined #emc 16:26:48 SWPadnos_ has joined #emc 16:28:58 SWPadnos has quit 16:28:58 SWPadnos_ has quit 16:49:00 SWPadnos has joined #emc 16:49:38 SWPadnos_ has joined #emc 16:50:15 SWPadnos_ has left #emc 17:00:29 SWPadnos is now known as SWP_Away 17:00:47 rayh has quit 17:04:45 rayh_ has quit 17:08:04 Jymm has joined #emc 17:08:30 les_w: You any good with Great Circle stuff? 17:08:47 skunkworks has quit 17:09:14 sorry was working 17:09:36 The nerve! lol 17:09:56 I have some familiarity with great circle....but don't navigate quite that far in small aircraft 17:10:21 we use gps and vor 17:10:21 les_w Well, not so much for flying as much as cartography 17:10:34 oh 17:10:51 well, what about it? 17:11:14 les_w ok... flat earth map... I'm trying to figure out an est distance in miles per degree 17:11:37 180deg horizontal, 260 deg vertical 17:11:42 360 17:12:19 one minute lattitude is one nautical mile 17:13:12 which is 1.15 statute mile 17:13:27 Vensu De milo? 17:13:45 oooops, wrong statue =) 17:13:54 yeah that ststute 17:13:59 haha 17:14:09 ah, Bud Light (if you've seen the resent commercial that is) 17:14:17 statute 17:14:53 Well when I learned to fly we used ruler scales on paper maps 17:15:04 now just flight plan software 17:15:30 sure is easier for calculating fuel etc 17:15:30 Yeah, I'm just trying to estimate on a flat earth =) 17:15:47 let me see if I can find a image online 17:15:54 k 17:16:43 This will work... http://thumb.shutterstock.com/photos/display_pic_with_logo/1679/1679,1109224715,5.jpg 17:17:04 LAT/LON 0,0 being the center of that of course 17:17:17 even though that's a lie 17:18:01 no, that be right. I'm still alseep 17:18:12 here is a typical flight plan software 17:18:15 http://gc.kls2.com/ 17:20:05 Sed_ has joined #EMC 17:20:28 whats the best software out for genorating g-code from a cad drawing? 17:21:29 Sed_ how much money do you have? 17:22:14 sed, that's the big question, and I haven't found an answer yet. 17:22:17 money is not a issue, if it were for me then it would be... 17:22:21 programs range from free to tens of thousands of dollars 17:22:28 hobby use? 17:22:34 thousands would be cool 17:22:38 no professional 17:22:57 well, Mastercam is the statndard 17:23:06 standard 17:23:17 I happen to not like it much 17:23:28 I am totaly unqualified to buy this crap, which is being orderd by people who are unqualivied to say we need it.. 17:23:38 car makers use pro engineer or ideas 17:23:39 lol 17:23:41 yea I have heard of mastercam, I gues I cant go wrong if I get that 17:24:16 we build bullshit little parts, hardly anything that takes more than a few tools... 17:24:24 yeah for general cnc it prob has the most seats around 17:24:38 There is also all the stuff from Rhino too (if 3D rendering is needed) 17:24:47 have a website for your company sed? 17:25:24 www.mosaicoptics.com 17:25:31 looking 17:25:50 servant74 has left #emc 17:25:57 whats the 5th axis on a mill? 17:26:08 b ? 17:26:18 XYZABC iirc 17:26:37 well, the 4th is rotation, right? 17:26:47 like, horizontal rotation 17:27:03 * Jymm has nu clue 17:27:07 no 17:27:20 me either. 17:27:36 * Jymm sinks the boat since we're both screwed =) 17:27:43 A is rotation around the X axis, B is rotation around the Y axis, and C is rotation around the Z axis (like the spindle rotation) 17:27:56 ahh, ok. 17:27:57 thanks. 17:28:07 SWP_Away : That's a nice desc. 17:28:16 thank you, thank you 17:28:28 ah ok Sed. Neat. Telescopes. Yeah mastercam, surfcam, or similar would be good 17:28:37 SWP_Away: But dont quit your day job, it wasn't THAT good =) 17:28:45 fine. I'm leaving 17:28:49 what cad does your engineering staff use? 17:29:11 les_w (MS-Paint) 17:29:17 haha 17:29:33 SWP_Away: awwwwwwwwww 17:29:46 SWP_Away: Stick around, you're good for something =) 17:29:58 36" mirror?! damn 17:30:02 no, really. I have to bring the car in for a reapir estimate ;) 17:30:05 repair 17:30:22 SWP_Away uh oh, how bad was the accident? 17:30:34 how much does mastercam go for? 17:30:48 not bad at all. The bumper shell is broken, and the foam in the bumper will need to be replaced 17:30:52 Anyway Sed, < $1000 usually buys hobby stuff....works but slow 17:31:03 nothing else that I can see (and of course, my wife is fine) 17:31:15 SWP_Away: Sounds roughly $2200 17:31:30 mastercam and similar are 10,000+ or so depending 17:31:30 brand new car - isnt't that fun 17:31:37 I guess MasterCam X Mill is what I want 17:32:02 SWP_Away: Ew, so no parts available yet. 17:32:14 a new 2005, so there should be parts 17:32:14 ok. It can import from cad programs or you can use it's internal cad 17:32:28 anyway - gotta run. see you later 17:32:40 wait...what car? 17:32:48 2005 ccord EX 17:32:51 Accord 17:32:59 ahhh 17:33:13 Revised estimate: $2640 17:33:21 I'll let you know 17:33:23 thanks for the help!!! 17:33:31 yw sed 17:33:43 Sed_ did you ever say what cad they're using now? 17:34:25 it was autocad, but the new chick running the show uses somthing else 17:34:41 Solid Works? 17:34:43 yea 17:34:51 That's 3D 17:35:05 yea 17:35:10 Solid Works by itself is about $10K 17:35:20 That excludes CAM 17:35:29 solid works can write g-code? 17:35:32 No 17:35:53 thats what I need, to be able to take a solid works drawing and genorate code 17:36:05 Hmmm, any suggestions Les ? 17:36:49 I am no expert at all, but when I took a peek at SolidCAM, I wasn't impressed at first glance. 17:37:01 it can be imported to mastercam 17:37:07 That doens't mean it's good or bad, just that I'm clueless. 17:37:12 and most other cam programs 17:37:55 let me check 17:38:29 This is one, but all on know about it is what's on this page: http://www.teksoft.com/products.htm 17:38:52 http://www.teksoft.com/camworks/camworks.htm 17:39:25 well solidworks has their own integrated cam for use with solidworks: 17:39:28 http://www.solidcam.com/solidworks/default.asp 17:39:40 I don't know anything about it 17:39:46 les_w: Yeah, but when *I* looked at it, I thought it was icky 17:40:02 I'm sure you can get free evaluation of all this stuff 17:40:03 Not intuitive at all compared to SW 17:40:22 Well, I think mastercam is icky 17:40:28 oh my, seems the nigerian fortunes moved to Zimbabwe 17:40:29 but it is the standard 17:40:31 CamWorks seems to have full docs and training included 17:40:46 les_w Well, I think you're icky! 17:40:48 =) 17:41:06 haha 17:41:26 Sed, get evaluation copies and let her try it. 17:42:24 CAMWorks provides a realistic simulation of the complete machine tool 17:43:12 Yeah there are dozens and dozens of cam programs out there...ends up ease of use is the most important thing 17:43:25 les_w ok, back to my globe issue. 17:43:30 ok. 17:43:46 I can't think on minutes, only decimal or whole degrees 17:43:52 s/on/in/ 17:44:28 .0166 degrees 17:44:41 is CAMWorks less than mastercam? 17:44:47 MasterCam is 3-12k 17:45:11 Sed_ doubtful 17:45:19 Not sure....but I'm sure it's not cheap 17:45:55 well I cant go wrong for recomending mastercam, its what she used 15 years ago when she was a machinist.. 17:46:50 Sed_ there ya go =) 17:46:57 our old machinest got by with a 50 dollar package called "code shark" and he knew g-code. 17:46:59 ahhh....yeah. 17:47:08 3 axis work? 17:47:19 no one ever got fired for buying Dell or IBM... 17:47:25 right 17:47:36 I'd fire ya for buying Dell =) 17:47:42 hahaha 17:47:44 heh 17:48:06 I actualy come from IT, I build servers and all I buy is IBM 17:48:07 * Jymm <--- SysAdmin bkgnd 17:48:13 heh 17:48:20 Jymm is now known as Jymmm 17:48:21 Jymm what os? 17:48:48 Sed_ About 25yrs of M$, and about 5 of nix 17:48:54 Sed the mastercam guys will come in with demo software and give a dog and pony show 17:49:02 FreeBSD for me.. 17:49:28 Sed_ Wanna Trade M$ exp for nix? 17:49:30 I am basicly going to learn what they buy, Im new to CNC machining. 17:50:16 I have more M$ experiance than I will ever admit publicly. and the more I dont know about how M$ networks, the better off I am. 17:50:28 heh 17:50:31 Sed_ Personally, I'd give her a few choices and see what she likes best. 17:50:58 Sed I have to get a second cnc, so I have similar circumstance... 17:51:13 was going to retrofit...may just buy new now. 17:51:20 Sed_ Sounds like me and my knowledge of EXCH... which i REFUSE to ever support. 17:51:29 I am a commercial cnc user too. 17:52:08 les_w: is 69 miles per degree "close enough" ? 17:52:22 well she didnt know what a Lagun mill was, and wanted to know if the late we buy needed a removable gap, I told her a 14" lathe with a gap would be cool cuz we turn the occational large part, she came back with a 21" lathe.... 17:52:26 uh... 17:52:43 yeqah. 17:52:45 Jymmm: btw, did you ever try OpenXchange? 17:52:48 yeah 17:52:54 alex_joni for? 17:53:05 instead of EXCH.. 17:53:10 nope never tried OpenXchange 17:53:13 21" lathe gawd 17:53:14 alex_joni Ah, no. 17:53:40 alex_joni The thing about EXCH is the dman calendaring 17:54:07 a 21" lathe is probably not the best thing to use for making small telescope parts. 17:55:01 only lathe you have? 17:55:23 she is in charge of buying us one, the old machinest took all the equipment 17:55:49 Need a little one too 10 or 12 inch perhaps 17:56:01 I was the Aprentice and am now the only employee left.. 17:56:11 acemi has quit 17:56:18 hrmmm 17:56:23 yea I was going to suggest 14" be the bigest 17:56:37 I have a 13 17:57:13 somthing that takes BX tool posts, not CX 17:57:19 right 17:57:51 I think it would be rather hard to find a #7 drill with a 5MT... heh 17:58:05 heh 17:58:27 My machine shop just makes engineering prototypes 17:58:33 usually small 17:59:02 we are a prototype shop as well (or were and aspire to be again) 17:59:08 We just have a small boxford VSL with collet closer 17:59:20 it's fine for most stuff 17:59:27 neat: http://www.zcorp.com/products/printersdetail.asp?ID=2 17:59:43 I told here to get a Colchester Clausing lathe, she found a 15" 18:00:05 and we are getting a Haas mill and Lagun knee mill 18:01:15 I have a friend with a colchester 15.....it's very nice. I have used it a good bit. 18:01:33 Yeah I am looking at Haas too 18:01:38 yea Like I said, cant get fired for buying IBM 18:01:43 heh 18:01:46 VF3 is what she found 18:02:05 yes I have been looking at that model 18:02:17 lots of late model used ones on the market 18:03:08 VF3 about $20k used good condition IIR 18:03:11 I was learning on a Maho rigged up with EMC and new scales running a servo-to-go card 18:03:30 Yes I am running servo to go 18:03:37 on a big router 18:04:16 I want to find an old CNC and convert it to EMC 18:04:41 either that or convert my little mill at home, just to learn 18:04:48 Very few folks run emc full servo 18:04:50 what mill do you have @ home? 18:05:15 POS Jet type China mill, smaller than a bridgeport 18:05:28 ah 18:05:44 hobby type 18:06:03 I have an index vertical manual. 18:06:05 Sed_: "Implied by the POS designation" =) 18:06:07 I have a micro-mill I'm researching cnc'ing 18:06:17 also a POS hobby type 18:06:25 But we seem to be often making 5 or 10 of something. 18:06:46 how plausable is it to use stepper moters without ball screws? 18:07:16 The router is a high speed spindle type more suited to wood and plastic 18:07:18 I have no idea. I think some people are doing it, but I dont know how well it works. 18:07:19 Sed_ like with ACME ? 18:07:23 I heard you can run them from the PP por 18:07:36 yea ACME 18:08:02 yeah....but although great for hobby or home, I sure can't reccomemnd it for any business stuff 18:08:05 I have a 269 inoz steppers direct to 10TPI acme on my Z (gantry router), 18:08:48 I just want to learn G-code enought to get a couple of jobs here and there, and then buy somthing real 18:08:58 I see 18:10:06 Well, for home metalworking retrofitting an old BP boss is about the cheapest and easiest way to go I think 18:10:10 I see all thease retro fitted bridgeport type mills, why on earth do they run the quill ass the Z axis with no gib, and not run it on the knee that has a gib?? 18:10:49 and travel 18:10:54 I don't know. 18:10:57 cost I guess 18:11:25 my mill is a bench mill, I was going to put a hole in the bottom and run the Z there.. 18:11:25 need big amps and stuff to get good accel on the knee 18:12:04 the machines I see are 40k, how much could that add to the cost.. 18:12:35 heh 18:12:52 that's as much as some of the Haas new 18:12:59 the Y axis on the Maho lifted probably like a ton of weight.. 18:13:10 isn't vf3 about 49k? 18:13:25 we are looking at a used one for about that price 18:13:34 The gantry on my router is about half a ton. 18:13:41 but it isn't lifted 18:13:43 the base model was like 90k I thought 18:14:11 I may be confused with model numbers 18:14:14 let me check 18:14:20 I just said Haas, its like buying IBM from what I can tell 18:14:22 les_w: If you get your butt off the gantry it wouldn't weight so much.... IT"S NOT A MECHANICAL BULL I keep telling you that! 18:16:03 haha 18:16:16 yeah I was thinking vf0 and vf1 18:16:42 http://www.jrkerr.com/boards.html 18:16:48 any of that stuff work with EMC? 18:17:52 it's being worked on 18:18:18 hmmm 2000 VF@ on ebay 43K 18:18:27 VF2 18:18:35 the 3phase one can handle some current 18:19:29 at high voltage it would be able to push some shit around. 18:19:52 yeah. 18:20:30 Oh af far as emc....we find the vital motenc dramatically outperforms the old stg as far as servo update 18:20:36 it's cheaper too 18:21:05 servo update is a big deal on routers. 18:21:36 whats the vital motenc? 18:22:06 can only get 2k on the stg here. One guy here got 8K on a 1 gig machine with motenc. 18:22:28 It is a new card supported by emc for servo 18:22:37 pci 18:22:40 got a link? 18:22:45 looking 18:22:52 thanks 18:23:26 I still want to get EMC2 working on my friends Maho with his stg. 18:23:45 I have to wait till he gets the machine back up and running though 18:23:47 http://www.vitalsystem.com/web/motion/motion100.php 18:24:09 don't buy anymore stg. 18:24:24 this one is much better 18:24:32 thats a big card 18:25:02 they make a "light" 4 axis card too 18:25:39 can you hook it all up with the external connector?? 18:26:18 I think it needs breakout boards 18:27:41 it has a lot more dio than the stg too 18:29:42 enough for tool changers etc 18:30:35 These card were pretty much designed from the ground up with emc in mind 18:56:44 hmm Haas min 2002 for 34k on ebay 18:57:06 now if I wasn't buying a car... 18:57:33 mini not min 18:57:47 plenty big enough for my stuff. 19:08:21 you should see what I have to go through to get a freaking drill press 19:08:49 heh 19:09:10 why would you press a drill? 19:09:18 I'm still waiting for central time zone to get backfrom lunch here 19:09:36 Sed_: don't answer that ;) 19:10:00 a $260.00 Drill press is going to cost them about $600.00 buy the time I get it 19:10:19 ouch.. how far? 19:11:08 well its a Hitachi 15" floor mount with a MT2 taper at the local hardware store. 19:12:07 but they have paied me my hourly wage to drive around from place to place to find one, then decided not to get it, and its on and off again depending on who they have a meeting with.. now I have to drive back to the store and get it. 19:12:16 oh I see you have zemax. I use opticad. 19:12:55 what type of optic work do you do?? 19:13:45 well, I am a research fellow for a large corporation , although I started my own business 19:13:52 still do work for them 19:14:04 did an optical encoder product lately 19:14:28 did the optics on the Boeing 777 anunciators a while back 19:14:41 now doing some ultrasonic work. 19:15:25 what type of systems do you build?, we do Telescopes, Spectrometers and Microscopes, and misc crap.. 19:15:32 backspace doesent wok 19:15:37 work 19:15:40 heh 19:16:19 well, design custom machine tools some...now working with the spray gun division....also the switch division 19:16:57 I do work for Boeing too, heh. 19:17:32 Just try to be a one stop shop....develop mechanical and electronics products, make prototypes and ship em. 19:17:55 so we need a small but capable machine shop 19:19:21 kinda in growth mode...enlarging things. 19:19:52 All embroiled with getting new shop wiring now to handle bigger stuff 19:42:48 03alex_joni * 10emc2/debian/rules: ehh, it's just a typo, so who would care ;) 19:43:52 Im in a situation where our machinist quit and took all the eqipemtn with him, now I have a buch of physasists directing me how to build a macihine shop, most of which have never set foot in one 19:44:09 lol 19:45:16 I have only run CNC machines for a few months, and they have me deciding on what cam software to buy... its laughable 19:46:55 I watched the tapes on the site 19:47:16 I will probably go work for our old machinist when he gets that Maho back up and running, I would like to get EMC2 going on it. 19:47:40 sounds like a plan 19:47:50 I was looking at oceanit too 19:48:02 where do these guys get their funding? 19:48:07 alex_joni and some others helped me get it most of the way there by converting EMC1 19:48:17 we get funding from government hand outs 19:48:23 ah 19:48:59 we were going to become a full blown optics shop and make real money, oceanit said no 19:49:08 so everyone quit 19:49:48 now its just me, Im waiting for them to get me a Haas to learn on.. heh 19:50:02 Well, I do the research, design the stuff, run the tools, ans sweep the floor. Have One part time retired engineer that also does machining, and one other. 19:51:08 we have a engineer that used to be a CNC operatior, from her suggestions I can tell she does not have much experiance in a shop. 19:51:29 and thus far her desings look kind of over kill 19:51:39 heh 19:52:06 Yeah, I am an aero engineer, but always was around machine tools. 19:52:23 Now design them sometimes. 19:52:46 I guess my tools look like airplanes. 19:53:13 yea asking wether we should get a lathe with removable gap or not, then suggesting a 21" lathe in lew of it kind of tells you where shes at 19:53:39 haha 19:53:47 Im sure Timex makes all their watch parts on a 21" lathe 19:54:08 you could make toothpicks from logs... 19:55:10 the rare times I need something big and round....I just mill it on a rotary table. 19:55:17 les_w Heh, I wondered how toothpicks were actually made for years... Saw how it was done last month. VERY VERY cool. 19:55:43 the round ones? 19:55:52 i'm not sure 19:55:53 yeah 19:56:01 the flat ones are split I guess 19:56:08 I have always owend a lathe and a mill, been working on them for 24 years as a backup to my automotive business and hobby but I have no experiance with CAD and CNC 19:56:41 they take a 24" long log, then peel it like an apple into a VERY long, thin sheet 19:56:59 I think the cnc bit is pretty easy....because you already know how to machine stuff 19:57:32 jymmm....ok...rotary veneer cutter...then what 19:57:50 I changed jobs in 93 to become a network administrator, and know a bit about Unix and some Linux, that helps too 19:58:38 I dont remember it was on "Made In America" The Travel Channel with John Ratzibeger, the mailman from the show 'Cheers' really good. 19:59:16 I use Linux to watch satellite TV. heh 19:59:44 everybody does 19:59:50 just they don't know ;) 20:00:18 some sat receivers are arm based with linux on them 20:00:23 Well I use linux because of emc. It runs rock solid on my machine and has for several years. 20:00:53 yea, I use a powerpc based box from Hauppauge that has linux runing on it as my front end 20:01:10 I have to use emc1 right now.....1000 lb gantry whizzing at hundreds of ipm is not a good test bed for experimental code... 20:01:23 Im glad emc went to debian on the BDI disks, I understand it more the Red Hat 20:01:34 les_w: not much experimental code left in emc2 20:01:42 well good 20:01:52 at least I know lots of areas where emc1 is WAY worse 20:02:20 but I agree for the 1000lb gantry 20:02:26 heh 20:02:33 the TP is still not very ok.. 20:02:43 right 20:02:45 I trust the one cradek did is, but that does no blending 20:02:55 but high servo rates help 20:02:57 a bunch 20:03:16 might, but there are still wrong speeds during blending 20:03:26 oh yes 20:03:39 probably on servo's with PID it won't matter that much if you exceed the machine limits 20:03:44 but steppers WILL fail 20:03:58 er.. WOULD ;) 20:04:08 cause I don't know of steppers that run that fast 20:04:22 at least with the high servo rates you can also get high trajectory rates...and it helps keep me out of the stutter thing 20:04:34 except a german user lately that had about 12.5 mm/screw turn 20:04:59 les_w: did you ever experience the stutter thing? 20:05:08 I mean when running actual programs 20:05:19 Once the stutter starts....practical machining is over. 20:06:03 Yes. many many times. Myself, Paul, Fred, and Rogier have all observed it and timed it 20:06:14 I see.. 20:06:31 well guess you need a faster board then, one that gets you higher servo update 20:06:32 s 20:06:58 exactly. The stg turns out to be the limiting factor. 20:07:31 We have not found a speed limit for motenc....but it will likely do over 10k 20:07:44 Jacky^ has joined #emc 20:08:01 hi 20:08:06 hi jacky 20:08:10 back home? 20:08:14 hi les_w 20:08:27 yeah... :) 20:09:42 almost hot here 20:09:54 If we stay out of the stutter region thing are fairly behaved...although we know the speeds are not correct always 20:10:02 at least it follows the path 20:10:21 yeah 20:10:26 true 20:10:46 the stutter part destroys the work and tool. 20:11:42 the faster the trajectory rate, the faster you can go before stutter begins. 20:12:00 And with the stg...that is not fast enough for a router. 20:12:33 well, it's ISA.. 20:12:42 but running at 10k servo and perhaps 2k trajectory will be much better 20:13:01 so I really need to change out the stg 20:13:16 and EMC for emc2 ;) 20:13:39 kicking and screaming? hahaha 20:13:39 is there any servo controller that speaks ethernet/firewre/usb2 ?? 20:14:01 there are some 20:14:18 you could run your mill off your laptop... heh 20:14:26 but usb is too slow for most practical cnc 20:14:30 packet rate... 20:14:45 dedicated ethernet would work 20:14:45 data rate is fine 20:14:52 ethernet, but you need RT-eth 20:15:03 les_w: depends on the type you want 20:15:08 is there such a thing? 20:15:24 Yen has joined #emc 20:15:27 there are products like the G-Rex (which speaks USB, but only for motion commands, interp & all is done inside) 20:15:31 Sed_: yes 20:17:27 I see lots of google hits on real time ethernet for Linux 20:18:30 RT ethernet? Sounds like an oxymoron 20:18:43 SWP_Away is now known as SWPadnos 20:18:44 oh wait, ethernet, not TCP/IP. nm 20:19:26 Jymmm: it's just above physical 20:19:29 THe G-Rex is customizable 20:19:30 yea lower level than IP.. 20:20:00 still IP, but UDP/IP, not necessarily TCP/IP 20:20:22 RT Ethernet doesn't have to be at the level of the ethernet frame 20:20:36 ok, no OSI Ref model chit chat now.... it was just a brain fart 20:21:18 it would be a more universal interface that didnt reqire a special card in a PC, you could use a laptop or custom mini PC 20:21:48 OSI - Old Skool Intarweb ;) 20:22:03 you get get little 1ghz boxes with eithernet the size of a pack of cigarettes 20:22:16 the RT ethernet people recommend a separate physical ethernet segment for RT 20:22:28 * Jymmm swaps SWPadnos network with LANtastic! 20:22:40 Artisoft!! 20:22:43 so you can't have your normal LAN traffic on the RT net 20:22:52 Ahhh - good old Artisoft ;) 20:23:20 Using Arcnet, no less ;) 20:23:32 Novell 20:23:33 dont make me pull out my AUI tranceivers now! 20:23:34 tom kerekes has made some progress on the emc interpreter based 600 mflop dsp card of his 20:23:53 basically he is writing more cannonical functions 20:23:58 TokenRing 20:24:00 not having to deal with a PCI/ISA cards would be trick 20:24:07 at first he had only g0-4 20:24:37 PCI cards are OK, since you can read/write 32-bit quantities in a singly instruction (let alone the bursting possibilities) 20:24:45 single 20:24:55 you could take your laptom from your desk over to the mill and run it.. heh 20:25:03 laptop even 20:25:08 SWPadnos but how fast can you shove that to a motor? 20:25:19 well if emc can do 10k, I would say that is reasonable for a modern control 20:25:50 the USC takes around 50 uS to do a full update, using the parport, as it needs roughly 50 byte reads/writes to get the job done (at roughly 1 microsecond per) 20:26:10 a PCI version would have 5 reads, and 5 writes, at 33 MHz 20:26:18 *much* faster :) 20:26:24 hmmmm 20:26:48 someone like Les, who has a machine that does 0.5g (right les?), might want 20 KHz servo updates 20:27:12 well just raw processing ability would be the next bottlenack. The RT thread has an awful lot of calcs in it 20:27:39 I can do .5 g in x, but several g in y and z. 20:27:56 processing isn't a factor in modern PCs. It's the latency that kills you, partly because the phuysical update to the drivers takes so long 20:28:39 if you could reduce the update to the calculations + 5 microseconds, it would be more tolerant of jitter (though you might start having to take phase jitter into account in the PID) 20:29:48 What about PLC's? are they also supported by this project? 20:29:57 there's a PLC built into emc2 20:30:15 well only segmentqueue managed to run out of time... 20:30:27 but no matter...since it does not work 20:30:31 heh 20:32:26 So this software makes your computer act as a PLC and will controll hardware with it etc? 20:32:57 for a lot of machining 10k is way overkilll....but it's the only workaround in emc to lessen the stutter 20:33:12 for hsm/routers 10k is needed though. 20:33:41 Yen: a PLC is a Programable Locig Controller, basicly a something that lets you program it to execute some actions 20:33:46 Yen, yes. the component is a version of ClassicLadder, and it's a ladder logic PLC 20:33:57 the most common actions are to set/reset outputs based on conditions 20:34:04 you can also interface to external PLCs if you choose to do so 20:34:07 and yes, there is a software one in emc2 20:34:36 nice :) 20:36:32 As far as I know emc is the only servo machine control south of about2 or 3k dollars 20:37:12 if you're talking about something that has closed loop control, then yes, you're right about that (probably closer to $10k) 20:37:20 wincnc and galil is next .... 20:37:33 it is about 3k minimum 20:37:35 and openCNC 20:37:37 ah - OK 20:38:00 then camsoft 20:38:13 best quote I got was about 5k 20:38:43 emc is basically $550 with motenc lite 20:39:21 or $200 with the m5i20 ($300 with a couple of their I/O Omodules) 20:39:47 Tom kereke's board could be a machine control with servo amps at about $900 20:40:00 We got him to put fewer, bigger amps on it 20:40:13 I think that's too hard to update, since the interp is on the card (right?) 20:40:29 no it's on the host pc 20:40:45 motion is on the card 20:40:48 ah - OK. the canon interp is on the DSP, but the G-code interp is on the PC 20:41:12 yeah and that may be a problem 20:41:49 currently he has to load the entire motion to the card before execution 20:42:15 that's a problem ;) 20:42:50 I'm thinking of program updates as well - what happens when the canon language is changed? (not too frequent, but still a concern) 20:42:50 well it could be....he does not have infinite ram on the card 20:43:11 yeah 20:43:24 change one data structure, and you need the DSP compiler and a downloader to reprogram the card 20:43:27 I am not sure exactly what he is send down 20:43:38 must be a queue of cannon calls 20:43:57 canon 20:44:03 which card is this, by the way? 20:44:20 let me get a link here 20:45:12 http://www.dynomotion.com/ 20:45:24 OK. I thought it was that one 20:45:46 If you recall we had some operations going to market a cnc router.... 20:45:57 USB2 - same problem as teh G-Rex 20:46:01 yep 20:46:12 I pretty much suspended it....because we had no control 20:46:41 The potential product had to be better AND cheaper 20:46:46 55V max on the amps - not a great thing 20:47:02 and that means a fast servo control that does not cost thousands 20:47:13 he has new amps 20:47:18 not on the site yet 20:47:25 The G-Rex is a better option there - the drives are $100 to OEMs, and the G-Rex board is $250, I think. $650 for 4 axes 20:47:32 12 amp 90v I think 20:47:38 and that's up to 1600W per motor 20:47:44 ok - that would be good ;) 20:48:20 yeah. Well anyway one of us still has the major hots to market a cnc product 20:48:35 So we are still working on Tom. 20:48:58 heh 20:49:10 I won't invest time or money unless we have a complete servo machine control for under 1k 20:49:27 including monitor / case? 20:49:41 cost or sale? 20:49:45 k4ts has joined #emc 20:50:27 I see no mention of Linux on that site 20:50:31 hello 20:51:25 hi 20:52:05 hi k4ts 20:52:17 swp having trouble with identify.... 20:52:21 just a sec 20:52:52 oh - the G-Rex is $176 in 100 qty, and the G320 is $96. so the 4-axis system would be $560 20:54:03 and you can do a 3-axis system at first, then expand to 6 axes incrementally 20:54:08 too bad it's also USB ;) 21:03:24 03alex_joni * 10emc2/debian/rules: changed DESTDIR for building debs 21:05:07 alex_joni, you might want to fix your email address in debian/control :) 21:05:47 might I? 21:05:53 then I'll only get complaints :D 21:05:57 heh 21:06:08 they might figure out that sourceforge.nt doesn't exist ;) 21:06:27 but only the ones that are worthy answering 21:06:38 03cradek * 10emc2/debian/rules: this goes with the previous fix 21:06:44 03alex_joni * 10emc2/debian/control: SWP busted me on this one 21:07:01 heh ;: 21:07:04 ;) 21:34:53 * Jymmm hihg-5's SWPadnos 21:34:56 high 21:35:09 * SWPadnos high-fives jymmm 21:35:14 though I don't know why 21:35:22 alex_joni * emc2/debian/control: SWP busted me on this one 21:35:26 $599.03, by the way 21:35:27 heh 21:35:36 $599 for ? 21:35:57 car repairs 21:36:20 Hmmmm, seens too cheap 21:36:38 just a plastic bumper shell, some foam, and some paint 21:36:45 Yeah, I know 21:36:56 my gf's was $800 something 21:37:01 honda 21:37:02 what kind of car? 21:37:06 ok 21:37:17 maybe the labor rates are lower here? 21:37:22 it 21:37:28 everything is expensive here 21:37:36 it's actually less than half labor 21:37:54 iirc it's like $65/hr for labor 21:38:14 ok - that's pretty close to here, but some of the lower price places are as little as $35-$45 21:38:36 that's a reman bumper, not OEM (saves a whopping $60) 21:38:52 ah 21:44:18 03jepler * 10emc2/src/emc/ (rs274ngc/Makefile task/Makefile): build librs274.a instead of .objs/rs274.o, and link it when building milltask 21:45:30 03jepler * 10emc2/include/.cvsignore: Add cvsignore file so that cvs doesn't complain about the .h and .hh files that are moved here during the build 21:45:38 jepler: yay 21:49:52 03alex_joni * 10emc2/src/ (configure.in configure config.h.in): added checks for sincos, and __sincos 21:50:21 alex_joni: yay 21:50:44 jepler and alex_joni: yay 21:51:42 03alex_joni * 10emc2/src/libnml/posemath/ (sincos.c sincos.h): testing for sincos functions found by ./configure 21:51:47 yay ;) 21:52:17 jepler: if you had 2 commits, it's only fair that I do 2 myself :)) 21:56:46 03jepler * 10emc2/ (21 files in 21 dirs): complete cvsignores for the whole tree. I don't get any "?"s on update anymore 21:57:47 jepler: yay ;) 21:57:55 yay 21:58:20 Yen has quit 22:06:07 so I'm finally a contributor to emc2... 22:06:15 jepler: nice one ;) 22:09:05 we need all the help we can get! 22:10:05 cradek: indeed we do 22:15:46 logger_aj has joined #emc 22:15:46 topic is: Welcome to the Enhanced Machine Control forum - Support and development of a linux based CNC control. | Home: www.linuxcnc.org | Regular Developers' meetings every Sunday 14:00-18:00 GMT | wiki up @ http://wiki.linuxcnc.org | EMC usage map: http://www.frappr.com/emctheenhancedmachinecontroller 22:15:46 Users on #emc: logger_aj k4ts Jacky^ Sed_ Jymmm SWPadnos alex_joni djb_rh fenn jepler bill20r3 les_w LawrenceG thalx CIA-14 cradek [g2] jtr_ ccjoe robin steves_logging Timbo websys ValarQ @ChanServ 22:15:46 This nickname is owned by someone else 22:15:46 If this is your nickname, type /msg NickServ IDENTIFY 22:40:52 Ephexis has joined #EMC 22:42:32 night all 22:42:35 * alex_joni goes to bed 22:49:02 Night alex_joni 22:49:44 Mmm, bed. 23:05:42 acemi has joined #emc 23:40:38 skunkworks has joined #emc