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    centrecam usb microscope

    Has anyone used this program lately? I need cross hairs on my usb microscope/ camera to make it useful.

    CentreCam

    It seemed to download OK on my windows7 computer. I then burned it onto a cd...
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    Thanks for the help. I resorted to the expedient...

    Thanks for the help. I resorted to the expedient of disconnecting the wires and then testing again. It is definitely finding the index just fine.
  3. That is an interesting thought, I will have to do...

    That is an interesting thought, I will have to do some reading up on the subject,

    Right now I have a 2kva step down transformer followed by a variable autotransformer, for testing.

    I did have...
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    how to tell if encoder index is being seen

    I looked on the halmeter but I did not see anything other than index enable, which reads FALSE.

    I am trying to get the brushless servo motor to home properly.
  5. If a motor winding breaks down to the frame,...

    If a motor winding breaks down to the frame, won't that blow a fuse ?

    If every exposed metal part is bonded together and connected to earth ground, how would the operator be shocked?

    I have...
  6. Thanks for the input. I am hooking up one of the...

    Thanks for the input. I am hooking up one of the encoders now and want to test a motor on reduced voltage (for safety) maybe tomorrow.
  7. PCW- So you are saying that with a line derived...

    PCW- So you are saying that with a line derived DC power supply. #1 and #9 chassis gnd connectors and the printed circuit board mounting holes would be

    grounded to the green ground wire that...
  8. Thanks for all the responses. I have capacitors...

    Thanks for all the responses. I have capacitors to smooth out the DC power.

    I am going to power the control PC from machine electrical enclosure, not plug it into the wall outlet.

    I am not...
  9. I am supplying my my machine with a rotary phase...

    I am supplying my my machine with a rotary phase converter. The spindle VFD (7.5 HP) is the only thing that needs 3 phase. I have been told, on another forum,

    that it is a bad idea to use the...
  10. can I use rectified 240 volts to run a 146 volt brushless servo motor

    Not to hijack the previous post,but, can I simply use rectified 240 volts to run my 146 volt 20a servo motor? I am using a Mesa 8i20 brushless servo motor drive

    that needs a separate DC power...
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    Thanks a lot for your patient explanation. I got...

    Thanks a lot for your patient explanation. I got the configuration selector to work now. (I am not sure what I was doing wrong)

    It still returns an error that I need to hook up the servo...
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    Thank you for your response. Now I can get...

    Thank you for your response.

    Now I can get the sample configurations to attempt to load from the desktop, but they will not finish, I assume it is because I don't have the correct board in the...
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    how to run an ini file

    I can't get any of the example configurations to run. I got a new ini file and hal file , from a kind person on another web site, and I can not , for the life of me,

    find the command to run it. ...
  14. I reloaded the CD and it is working fine now....

    I reloaded the CD and it is working fine now. Thanks.
  15. I believe that I have found the problem . I...

    I believe that I have found the problem . I inadvertently updated to 12.04lts.

    What do I do now?
  16. new to linux- where exactly is LINUX CNC located in the computer?

    I just downloaded , md5sum, burned ISO and booted the cd in my computer per the instructions on the LINUX CNC web site. I immediately updated to the latest version as described in the instructions.(...
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    I would guess not strong enough. Water pipe is...

    I would guess not strong enough.

    Water pipe is pretty soft. If the load were to bounce it might just buckle and come crashing down.

    Considering a five foot + span with the load in the...
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    Got my Fanuc red cap servo motor running!

    I got my motor working ,on the bench, using Pico systems pwm controller, brushless servo amplifier and Fanuc encoder converter.

    I had a few minor problems but Mr Elson at Pico systems was most...
  19. Thanks Al, It seems to be working, now, with...

    Thanks Al,

    It seems to be working, now, with only the big and small caps hooked up.

    I will leave the medium caps disconnected,for now.
    Maybe they are leaking, or something.
    I probably...
  20. The first pop was because I had the bridge hooked...

    The first pop was because I had the bridge hooked up wrong.
    The second and third "pops" I am not sure about.

    The ac coming out of the transformer goes straight to the rectifier and is not...
  21. I keep frying bridge rectifier on power supply

    I am bench testing my servo system and put together a dc power supply for it.

    When I apply power, the transformer hums and the rectifier pops shortly thereafter.

    I have not hooked up the...
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    thanks for the help. I will have to pick up...

    thanks for the help. I will have to pick up some more heat shrink tubing.
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    soldering ms connector

    I am getting ready to solder up my fanuc servo motor encoders with dms3106a20-s9sw connectors.

    Do I need to take the individual pins out of the connector to solder them?

    I am concerned about...
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    Thanks, that was the problem. It works great...

    Thanks, that was the problem. It works great now!
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    can't get the HAL tutorial to work

    I am trying to do the HAL tutorial, chapter 2, page 10 of the HAL manual 2.3

    halcmd loadrt threads just returns an error.

    I am not sure where the spaces belong in HAL commands.

    I...
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    Thanks for the response. I found it! ...

    Thanks for the response.

    I found it! It was in documents.

    It only took me about half a day to figure that out !

    I have been reading up on the linux filing system, but have not made...
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    save g code as

    I just downloaded EMC2 and am learning the ropes.

    I want to save one of the example programs to use as a starter program to play with.

    I clicked save g code as
    type in the name for the new...
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    smashing a tube

    I want to smash a 3/4 inch copper tube, with a .035 wall thickness, so it has a 2.75 concave radius on one side. The other side needs to have a uniform semicircular convex radius. Kind of a...
  29. Full profile dimension drawing here. page 4 ...

    Full profile dimension drawing here. page 4

    http://mechatronica.eu/en/design-manuals/v-belts/Pulleys%20(38-42).pdf
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    Thanks for all the responses. I have a lot of...

    Thanks for all the responses. I have a lot of studying to do.
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