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  1. Re: Yaskawa SGM series servopacks - is it possible to control them on DIY machines?

    Should be very entertaining to integrate the drives without reference material.
  2. Re: Yaskawa SGM series servopacks - is it possible to control them on DIY machines?

    I believe that motor is Sigma II and the DR2 drive is from the Sigma I era. Sigma I and Sigma II components are not compatible primarily due to the pulse encoder resolution. If you can't find the...
  3. Thread: Yaskawa SGD-O2BP

    by RFB
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    Re: Yaskawa SGD-O2BP

    Hello,

    Obviously you know that SGD-02BP is a 100VAC positioning drive, aka digital. Below is a link that will provide you with all that you need to know. For a direct answer to your question view...
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    Re: was going to sell my rotary table...

    Glad to have made your day, kawazuki
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    Re: was going to sell my rotary table...

    fatal-exception,

    Y O U . K I L L E D . I T !
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    Modifying Tool Holders

    I bought a new DORIAN QITP30 indexable quad tool post without holders. I have an existing Aloris BXA tool post with a large selection of holders. The Aloris and Dorian tool post interface is the same...
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    Re: Need help with the following Servo Motor

    fernando123,

    300VDC is unusually high and 600 RPM is unusually slow. I can only assume that the RPM is rated at the final drive. Remove the gear reduction head, set up a shaft tachometer and then...
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    Re: Need help with the following Servo Motor

    fernando123,

    I don't think you are as lucky as you think you are. Those motor specifications are not what you would want driving a CNC table.

    Ron
  9. Thread: Who Done It?

    by RFB
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    Who Done It?

    The pictures are of a brush type 4 pole DC servo motor from my M3X CNC milling machine. It dropped a magnet and it cost me just short of a $1,000.00 to get it repaired. In an attempt to find a...
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    Re: have metronix system m3x need help

    srwalden,

    What ever became of this situation?

    Did you abandon the M3X control and if so what did you do with the components?

    Ron
  11. Re: Mastercam v9 - Setting Default Parameter Values

    bobcad guy,

    I refer you back to post #1

    Ron
  12. Mastercam v9 - Setting Default Parameter Values

    OK, I know that v9 is a very old versions but, my Mastercam v5 is still quite capable of covering my general needs.

    In Mastercam v7 I open the parameters, set the desired default values, save the...
  13. Re: HardBlok or similar engine cement for filling mini mill column or base?

    Back when I racing in Top Alcohol I used B 11 Hydra Cal to fill my engine block water passages. B 11 has a slight expansion when set up and the alkali prevents rust formation. If I was to use plaster...
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    cey223, I was slow in school with exception of...

    cey223,

    I was slow in school with exception of vocational machine shop. That was prior to the first NC machines. I worked in various tool and die shops running conventional machines. The first...
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    rogkick, I wrote custom post processor files...

    rogkick,

    I wrote custom post processor files for v5 to v9, but starting at v9 the Mastercam post processor started to become such a tangled web that it was difficult to customize. As far as the...
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    Which version of Mastercam?

    Which version of Mastercam?
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    SWATH, I can only assume that you plan to use...

    SWATH,

    I can only assume that you plan to use the motor on a Bridgeport size machine or smaller milling machine. If that is correct then you can run the motor 1:1 with the spindle. If you run the...
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    Poll: BINGO! Nice to know that there's at least one...

    BINGO! Nice to know that there's at least one person that gets it.

    RFB
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    Poll: That has absolutely nothing to do with CAD/CAM...

    That has absolutely nothing to do with CAD/CAM and everything to do with the operator. Don't blame CAD/CAM for the poor quality of the drawing, instead blame the person that produced the drawing with...
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    Poll: That is absolutely the most :confused: statement...

    That is absolutely the most :confused: statement that I have ever read.

    In some cases the machinist may have wrote the program but, when the machine positions in the automated cycle then it is...
  21. Thread: Drain Wire

    by RFB
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    Bob, I never run a drain wire on the 'service...

    Bob,

    I never run a drain wire on the 'service to' or 'output from' a VFD. When possible I run the high voltage lines in a metal conduit. I never run logic lines with high voltage lines. I always...
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    RTI.IT, Check the screen resolution on each of...

    RTI.IT,

    Check the screen resolution on each of the PCs. I have found that high screen resolution causes the Geometry to be stressed.

    RFB
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    nicotom, I'm glad to hear that you were able...

    nicotom,

    I'm glad to hear that you were able to make it work. Persistence is the conqueror of all troublesome tasks. Now have some fun.

    RFB
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    leito1489, To simplify your example I would...

    leito1489,

    To simplify your example I would use a lathe with a C axis spindle and position X axis based on the cutter to lobe profile tangential. I'm not familiar with Camworks so I cannot provide...
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    nicotom, It has been known for several years...

    nicotom,

    It has been known for several years now that the parallel port voltage was going to drop from 5v to 3.3v. So what is it that you want to accomplish by using the parallel port? I can only...
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    wwendorf, Yes my post was discouraging but,...

    wwendorf,

    Yes my post was discouraging but, it's based in reality. Why encourage a person to take a dead end route? Twenty or thirty years ago there might have been opportunities for on the job...
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    hugh jass, Companies hire and fire CNC...

    hugh jass,

    Companies hire and fire CNC programmers because they are not capable of producing functional programs. You could attend school for three years and still not be able to produce working...
  28. Thread: Out of Range

    by RFB
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    M.RISHIKESH, Continuously tap the F8 key while...

    M.RISHIKESH,

    Continuously tap the F8 key while the computer is booting up. First a window will pop up that requires you to choose the drive. The drive is IDE-0 on most PCs. Select the drive that...
  29. Thread: SCSI

    by RFB
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    M.RISHIKESH SCSI is identified by the...

    M.RISHIKESH

    SCSI is identified by the interface. IDE/SATA use pins and sockets whereas the SCSI uses a single slot type interface.

    RFB
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    nicotom, You should be using pins 18 through...

    nicotom,

    You should be using pins 18 through 25 for a ground.

    RFB
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