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10343
Hi Jon I think you are the guy that adds output filters to all his drives. As you are well aware many of these don't have any filters. Being the experienced...
Mark Vaughan
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Jan 1, 2007
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10344
... Colin I have a series 1 running g201 drives with the factory steppers.I am getting 140 ipm rapids.If the motors are good you should be pleased.Does anyone...
jlmjvm
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Jan 1, 2007
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10345
... Colin I have a series 1 running g201 drives with the factory steppers.I am getting 140 ipm rapids.If the motors are good you should be pleased.Does anyone...
jlmjvm
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Jan 1, 2007
1:03 pm
10346
... The BOSS service manual lists it as 120 in/min in rapids but only up to 32 in/min in feeds. That's on full steps at 0.001" per step. John S. John S....
John Stevenson
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Jan 1, 2007
1:27 pm
10347
... homebuilt ... and ... am ... John Thanks for the info,been wanting to know that for a while.Always heard that a dovetail way machine shouldnt go above 200...
jlmjvm
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Jan 1, 2007
2:27 pm
10348
Don't forget that PMI motors draw a lot of current even at a standstill. They almost act like a stepping motor for current. Harko ... [Non-text portions of...
Harko Schwartz
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Jan 1, 2007
5:56 pm
10349
... I'm sorry, but I really don't want to do that. It is not terribly difficult, if you are familiar with AC electrical analysis, and what is available in ...
Jon Elson
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Jan 1, 2007
10:37 pm
10350
That is what I did with some Yaskawa disc motors a while back. ISTR I needed something like 1mH to get the current down to a reasonable value. Apart from their...
Leslie Newell
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Jan 1, 2007
11:04 pm
10351
I have some disk servo motors and was thinking about adding inductors so that they can be used with Gecko's. One type of inductor that I was considering is a...
Peter Reilley
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Jan 1, 2007
11:34 pm
10352
I would recommend that for efficiency reasons, if nothing else, that you instead consider purchasing (or otherwise obtaining) an iron powder, or a ferrite...
Bevan Weiss
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Jan 2, 2007
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10353
http://www.amidoncorp.com/ Will do small orders. Dick ... From: Bevan Weiss To: geckodrive@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 4:04 PM Subject: Re:...
Richard L. Wurdack
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Jan 2, 2007
2:51 am
10354
Thanks to everyone for their input so far. Now of course, I have more questions... 1.) I like the idea of using the EMC2 software but realistically, how ...
Ryan K Dygert
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Jan 2, 2007
4:01 am
10355
... Hmmm - I'm not sure why you'd want to write Fortran programs for machine control :) (though you could) EMC2 uses the standard NIST interpreter, so G-code...
Stephen Wille Padnos
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Jan 2, 2007
4:24 am
10356
... The BDI (Brain Dead Install) version is easy to live with. Harvey...
Harvey White
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Jan 2, 2007
4:49 am
10357
... If the inductance is high enough that the ripple current is low, then the iron shouldn't get a lot of hysteresis loss. But, a filament transformer is set...
Jon Elson
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Jan 2, 2007
7:25 am
10358
Hi Jon It's not a problem to design a full filter to pull everything back to DC with minimal ripple. Many including me at present don't have any filtering at...
Mark Vaughan
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Jan 2, 2007
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10359
Its getting close to time for Cabin Fever Expo, and I think we are going to have a bigger than ever show of CNC activity. For several years a few guys have...
Ron Ginger
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Jan 2, 2007
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10360
Ron Where is the nearest airport? I'm coming from Miami FL [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Ernie
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Jan 2, 2007
2:30 pm
10361
I highly recommend anyone within driving distance attend. Just don't steal any deals out from under my nose, I need to pick up quite a few things. And last...
jkeyser14
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Jan 3, 2007
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10362
... Closest airport is Harrisburg PA, about 30 miles north. Baltimore is about 50 miles south, might have better flight connections. see...
Ron Ginger
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Jan 3, 2007
1:21 pm
10363
Ron, I sneaked in directions to my friend Ernie off-list, since I spent 8 years in that area. It's about 65 miles from Baltimore Washington International (BWI)...
Marv Frankel
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Jan 4, 2007
10:08 am
10364
i have just read how the G203V microsteps in low rpms and morphs to single steps in higher rpms. 2 questions ... does the G201 do this, and does mach3 handle...
J.R.
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Jan 4, 2007
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10365
I live right next to BWI, and if you have a heavy foot like me (70-80mph on the highway) it only takes 45 min to get to York....
jkeyser14
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Jan 4, 2007
3:30 pm
10366
I believe the answer is yes to both. Even though the drives generate full step signals to the motors above a certain RPM, they always accept microstep inputs...
Peter Linss
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Jan 4, 2007
4:47 pm
10367
Peter [or anyone who know's the answer!], I know this is probably the wrong list to post this on, but thought I'd ask anyway.. How does a person decided which...
jerryflyguy
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Jan 4, 2007
10:39 pm
10368
I received my Digi Speed-GX, ordered dc to dc just in the event I ever need it(saves me time). The jumper makes it selectable either way. I won't use it for...
jim wellman
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Jan 4, 2007
11:54 pm
10369
Hi Jarrett, Oh, definitely with the DC-DC converter. :-) Seriously though, it depends on the equipment you plan to control with it. If you have a VFD that...
Peter Homann
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Jan 5, 2007
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10370
"j", When I lived in that area, (1962-1969) my transportation was a little DKW that was powered by a 3-cylinder 2-cycle engine, and I was lucky to be able to...
Marv Frankel
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Jan 5, 2007
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10371
I want to use the G100 and some G212s to draw a segmented line without any stops. for example.. x+100y+100 x+100y+100 I have a catch 22, when I use Mx1, and...
h3kirven
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Jan 5, 2007
7:32 pm
10372
Thanks Peter [and Jim] I think I'll end up going Jim's route and getting the DC-DC setup, it's not going to hurt anything if I don't use it, and in the future...
Jarrett & Heidi Johnson
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