If it should be that I grow frail and weak And pain does keep me from my sleep, Then will you do what must be done For this – the last battle – n’t be won. You will be sad Read more…
Motor Controls
Marco Reps has an interesting look at Hobby Level motor controls: Blue Chinese Hybrid O-Drive (2 motor) Trinamic Stepper Motion Controls And a follow-up video: Professional Servo Drives LinuxCNC and MESA FPGA
Excellent YouTube Series on Mechanil/Machining Fundamentals
The New Mind Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5_Y-BKzq1uW_2rexWkUzlA/ The Science of Flatness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWa3F4bKJsE The Science of Roundness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjbvOTUSqdI&t=609s The Science of Small Distances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQFTBfkqE0U&t=56s
Dynomotion KFLOP’s KmotionDef.h’s entries pertaining to encoders (2015 to current)
double Position; // encoder, ADC, Resolver, reading double invDistPerCycle; // for stepper distance for one complete cycle (4 full steps) // for brushless 3-4 phase encoder counts for one complete cycle // (saved as reciprol for speed) Inv Dist Per Read more…
CNC Probing
CNC utilizes contact probes for various purposes: Edge Finding Zero Setting Digitizing (point cloud) Mapping Several major companies exist (example Renishaw) to service major industry; less so for home or prosumer markets. Of late, two have ptured my attention. Kurokesu Read more…
Dan Pink: the Puzzle of Motivation (TED Talks)
TED Talks: Dan Pink on the puzzle of Motivation
CO2 Laser on Mini-Mill
Here`s an interesting take: CO2 Laser Engraver/Cutter Addition to a CNC-Retrofitted Sieg X2 Mini Mill
LMS 39xx Riser Block
Well! Couple years after I used: Mini-Mill Riser Blocks Mini-Mill Riser Blocks (2) Adding a Column Riser to a Solid Column Mill Metal For Riser For Mini Mill LMS 3900 Extended Column (Primary Resource) to make mine (Cold Rolled C1018), Read more…
Driving a Ballscrew – Servo vs. Steppers
Excellent example of Servo vs. Stepper vs. Feed Speeds. This is by John Dammeyer, developer?of the Electronic Lead Screw Project:?Electronic Lead Screw Main Page …now I did some experiments as a result of this posting subject.?I found if I turned Read more…
KmotionCNC Conditional Logic
The GCode Interpreter included with KmotionCNC is more bare-bones than the extended on in LinuxCNC, and some people were discussing how to work-around this perceived lack. I found a link on CNCZone that outlined a method (albeit on Mach3) of Read more…