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Well, they're still making & selling the damn things, so it stands to reason *somebody* is able to make use of them ;) At least the Galil software is C-based now, so macros & stuff are being...

I beseech thee, gods, return life to this lifeless thread! Electrify its electrons, that my project may progress once more!

A new job in a new town got in the way. It happens. :). Now that I'm...

That spindle, or the even closer Emco 10, are largely what I'm going for. The Dunham Tool spindles are almost exactly what I'm seeking. All are a bit too expensive, especially the Dunham. 5C bore,...

Over a hundred views and no one has an opinion? Inconceivable.

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I have a very good idea of the type of work, design envelope, and level of precision I'd like to get out of my bench top slant-bed lathe project. For the most part it would be collet-work in the...

Having ruined a board or two in the past, this is my exact worry, lol. I've never been skilled or practiced in this area, however. At least there aren't delicate ICs involved here, just a pin...

So, I found out that there are plenty of cables/connectors to join the boards together at a right angle (or even parallel but at a short distance), but they're the tape variety. Now, I'm not very...

Well, now that I have all the logic components in my possession, I can start putting my pin-out wiring diagram together & get the necessary harnesses assembled. So hopefully I'll be able to get my...

Some minor updates to the design, along with some new questions:

-inner race diameter has been decreased to 45mm, since there's apparently a massive price-inflection when you go up to +50mm (like,...

I think GDK 'lite' is free to download from Galil's site; I've got it running on my laptop right now & everything. Granted, there's no controller to talk with & test yet, but I only see a request...

Does GDK not play nice with this controller, or something? It looks like Galil has it as their preferred/modern setup & tuning software on the main download page (it seems they change the name of...

What about Galil controllers from China? ;)

As far as the current draw by the motors, that's kind of what I was hoping; I'd have to be hogging through taper threads (or crashing the machine) to...

Okie-dokey, I'm finally closing in on a solution I think I'll be happy enough with to get started.

Mach3 & Galil driver (for the time being)
Used Galil 21x3 series controller
Used Galil 206x0...

That's my assumption; stuff like second-order jerk really only matters when you're choreographing a high-speed ballet with heavy masses or trying to dynamically damp acoustic vibrations with...

That's my understanding also, but with the corollary that because the older Galil units don't communicate the same way as the newer contouring-capable ones, there's an insurmountable incompatibility...

But only the newer controllers; that's why 4 locks me in to a (somewhat) higher cost system, not counting the software. The real question is whether the added functionality of the newer...

Hmm, that's more like what I'm after! Now, I'll just take it on faith that the spindle can still ramp up to speed & do all the profiling/facing moves prior to the gear cutting, even though it wasn't...

"While the current evolution of contouring mode is OK, it puts all of the heavy lifting on the controlling PC"
Interesting, so the real advances in these controllers was more in their capacity to...

I figured it must not be a problem since it obviously works for so many people, but I did see the occasional thread by some poor guy who couldn't get his latency down to usable levels by virtue of...

Few more questions about the controller options out there;

-As far as LinuxCNC's requirement that all the timing/synchronization be performed internally to the PC, is communication via Ethernet to...

"It's just a matter of machine control builders being lazy in their programming or wanting to make it proprietary, thus shooting themselves in the foot IMHO."
Probably is related to all the vertical...

Ah, so the code isn't reformatted until it is sent to the controller in real time (or loaded into the controller memory)? So those are separate functions of software, which I suppose avoids the need...

I think he may be referring to the comments about ethernet controllers needing some special treatment/port control. I did see that apart from the 'Accelera' series (40x0) controllers, the driver...

At any rate, it looks like the Galil Mach4 driver only works for their more recent (and much more expensive) controllers. If LinuxCNC allows me to more closely do all necessary programming tasks...

I'll be sure to read up on the Linux options over the next couple days, since its users do seem to be quite happy with it. It just seems to be the favorite of 'experts' (i.e. people who know what...

Yeah, I checked those out, and actually had them on my posted list, but removed them for the USB part (trying my best to at least compare apples & apples for now). It does seem impressive as far as...

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the nature of position control; I thought position control was governed by direction/distance commands, in the form of pulses, and the PWM/analog was only for velocity &...

The servo/controller is *physically* capable of the high & low end stability/control I require (whether it's possible with available software is another question) and the torque output of my motor,...

I've also seen folks use Mach3 for both mills and lathes (granted, it seems to be way, way, way more common for the former, I assume because of the weirdo tool-changer & live tool arrangements that...

Cool; I also noticed a lot of these units come with a convenient (from a cost/space standpoint) screw-terminal wire connection panel bolted to the side in lieu of a separate breakout board. I'll...