... section ... Rab, Now that I've gotten your files and Gmax, how do I view them in Gmax? or do I need to download the evaluation 3DS Max program to see...
Has anyone ever designed and built their own encoders for servo motors? I noticed that Rab or someone has the servo motors on their 5 axis head, what encoders...
... their 5 ... Greg, I usually scavanger mine of surplus pittman gearhead motors. If that fails try here. http://www.encoders.com/products/optical- ...
... that ... try ... Hi Gary, Well MAPJ didn't have anything that I could find. US Digital want more for the encoder than I paid for the motors, and the other...
Greg, I called a local parts place that I use and they had 6 Maxon motors with encoders in stock. I think they said they were under $9 each. The included ...
... motors with ... included ... translates to 200 ... voltage ... nice ... asked them. ... Thanks all for your suggestions and advice. I think I'll just swap...
hi Rab, i have make a draw of your machine with solidworks, and if you want i can upload this one in e-draw format to the file section but for my one is a...
Hi, Please do share the file, just create your own folder in this forum's Files section and upload your work. thankyou, Rab ... you want i can upload this one...
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Hi Rab i am wondering if you prescind of the "a" axis in damage of mounting two control steppers in the "x" axis (doing "a" slave axe of "x") or i am so far...
Hi, Using one motor to drive both ballscrews of the X-axis would probably be best but you need a linkage without backlash. Using 2 motors is simpler and works...
... there is a way to use a single stepper to drive a wide gantry, you can use a single to double right angle adapter, simmilar to a car rear axle , at the end...
Hello, i am trying to understand if the toolpath generated by toolkit compensates for the width of a router bit when cutting concave surfaces( lifts out a...
Benergy this is a conversation I have had with Rab in the past few days. As is, the answer to your question is no. This is something I haven't been able to...
I use this workaround for ballnose cutters; Apply a PUSH modifier to your mesh set the push amount to the radius of your cutter Set the cut depth of your...
Maybe, It depends upon whether the buffer chip used on that board can supply enough current to a pair of whatever controllers that you use. Rab ... axe ... in...
Rab told me that ... I've managed to perform cutter compensation by adjusting the toolpath splines at the vertex level. I essentially model the part/size in...
Hi I'm have a an error message for projecting splines in the TOOLKIT running in 3DMAX. And I don't know how to correct it. The error is ( no "delete" function...
... I had this prob too.. I resolved it by dropping back to an earlier version of the toolkit. I think it might have something to do with selection of the...
I've seen that one too (using Gmax and many different versions of the toolkit). I think it might be an error on my part when setting up to project but I'm not...
Hello Rab, here manu from Spain. After reading all of the 2600 messages of the forum (Everything that my poor english has allowed to understand...), after...
... I've tried this again a few times now in v4.24 of the "TOOLKIT". I think it might be a bug in the TOOLKIT.. or maybe it's the version of 3DSMax being...