On Thursday 22 November 2012 12:39:55 Pete Matos did opine: > Gene, > Hey man nice to meetya! I guess I can post the pics to my > photobucket account and link them here but that is kinda a pain. > Perhaps I should make a photobucket folder for all the Cincinatti arrow > pics. HMMM something to consider. Peace > > Pete > I will likely be around till I fall over, I'm sort of the resident old fart.
78yo, mostly retired tv CE, an EE without the paper on the wall. Many of these folks have helped me, so if I have any experience that applies, you'll probably read me again. I'll likely gain a little weight today, the missus is fixing Cornish Game Hens with the usual T-day surroundings, something I probably shouldn't do as keeping the weight down is one way to semi-control type 2 diabetes. So have a happy T-day yourself if your folks celebrate such. > On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thursday 22 November 2012 12:10:26 Pete Matos did opine: > > > First off Happy Thanksgiving to all of my EMC/linuxCNC friends. > > > I am > > > > > > kinda new around here with EMC and I recently bought a used > > > Cincinatti Arrow 500 VMC for my shop. Initially the hope was to be > > > able to fix the original control and get it running. UNFORTUNATELY > > > after several thousand dollars were spent I had a few more failures > > > of the original control components and decided to just stop the > > > bleeding here. I started looking seriously into retrofitting the > > > machine here and happened upon a couple fellows who already have > > > Cincinatti VMC's running under linuxCNC control. After speaking > > > with one of them and hearing good reviews I found my way here. > > > > > > My plan is to literally start over with this machine for the > > > simple > > > > > > fact that I do not trust any of the original components. Therefore I > > > have gutted the electronics cabinet of everything with the exception > > > of the original relays and the main on/off contactor rotary switch. > > > The only things remaining of the original control are going to be > > > the main spindle motor, the toolchanger and power drawbar > > > pneumatics, and the limit switches and home switches. I plan to > > > purchase completely new motors and drives for all three axes and I > > > am seriously looking into the Teco models. These are 130mm 1000 > > > watt 2000 rpm 4nm motors on the x and y and 6nm on the z axis. I > > > have already purchased a brand new Intel Atom D525 motherboard, a > > > solid state hard drive 90gb, 4gb ram, a brand new 15.6" widescreen > > > monitor for the control pendant as well as a sweet industrial > > > waterproof/debris proof keyboard. Just yesterday I purchased the > > > Mesa Electronics KIT with the 5I25 and 7I77 analog drive boards and > > > cabling. > > > > > > The machine's electronics are substantially based on a 110v > > > control > > > > > > power setup for the relays and pneumatic solenoids apparently from > > > what I hear talking to Lee who has been so kind to share his > > > experiences retrofitting the same exact machine with the same exact > > > control. I hope to be able to learn from you guys here about what > > > it takes to perform this retrofit. The intention unless I am > > > advised otherwise is to run the motors and drives under an analog > > > 0-10v control setup and use the original relays that appear to be > > > in good shape to switch the 110v pneumatics for the toolchanger and > > > power drawbar on and off as needed. > > > > > > My initial GOAL is to get all three axes working with the limits > > > and > > > > > > homes setup and get a temporary pneumatic setup working for the > > > power drawbar so I can use the machine WITHOUT the toolchanger > > > initially. Eventually I hope to implement a ladder logic setup for > > > the toolchanger to get the entire machine working as it did > > > originally only better. I am looking for advice here about how > > > best to approach this challenge and what steps to take and in what > > > order. Right now over this thanksgiving weekend I hope to be able > > > to start mocking up the new atom main board inside the electronics > > > enclosure and figure out what will go where. Not sure if I can post > > > pictures here but a picture is worth a thousand words I always say > > > and it would be nice to show what I am doing and how and my hope > > > here is to lean on you knowledgeable fellows and receive ideas and > > > guidance about this most elaborate build I have ever attempted. > > > Anyways, just saying hello and I am hoping to hear from many of you > > > and again Happy Thanksgiving....peace > > > > > > Pete > > > > Welcome Pete! AFA pix are concerned, I have used my own page, or > > pastebin.ca, setting about a week or less expire, then post the link > > to it that pastebin gives you to here. Stuff I put on my own page > > tends to not expire & then gets stale. :( > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from > > > a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, > > > databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day > > > Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or > > > applications! > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Emc-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > Cheers, Gene > > -- > > > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > > My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! > > Freedom of the press is for those who happen to own one. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from > > a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, > > databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day > > Free Trial. > > Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a > single web console. 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