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"Sowing machine oil" U may want to correct, some may wonder what U mean.. (Not being facetious here). Appreciate the tips. Am hoping to build a useful 5 kW unit, but getting plans for one with real efficiencies (>50%) is not so easy! cheers,

ah, thanks Kevin, yes its been quite a while, grateful for the improvements too, cheers:)

Hiya Kevin, its been a while! hope all's well. I just wanted to touch bases & see if there are any updates/ info re your Uno divider f/w? Can U pls tell me where they are on this forum? Thanks heaps, - seems to be quite a few divider sketches just on this forum alone!

hope all's ok! yeah a bit behind seeing this 2020 post, i couldnt see a desc of the big knurled disc thingo adjacent the split aluminium frame .. a harmonic drive? maybe i missed your desc. Also is your f/w the same as B MAC or different/upgraded? Hard to know/choose the 'right' one!

Thanks for your reply Andrew, my machines have paid for themselves but not the associated tooling. Years ago. Manual cranking esp smaller motions with the DRO is handy for fine tuning a setup. But i havent used yours! The normal usage, the most accurate way is to raise & lower the knee when...

wow big $, hope its paid for itself! thanks for the detailed response- much appreciated Andrew. One thing I don't get, & of course i havent seen the schematics of the mother board that the teensy sits on, but it seems complex. I see you chose a Lovejoy coupling.. not Oldham? Yes mechanical...

At mercy of others, cant write code. Could learn, but would ages, & take away from remaining health. (Oedema)

Hi, am interested in this divider.. where do i find an overview, micro type, Display type, objectives etc? Sorry but cant seem to find the beginning of the story! cheers,

I looked up teensy and saw what I thought was Freescale logo on a chip. But dunno what chip u actually used. Not familiar w teensy. ... Mill is old, uncommon. Floor standing. 120 mm quill stroke, 350 mm knee travel, on dovetail pillar. Motor 1.1 kW, 4 speeds. Boring work usually done with quill...

... Based on that I don't see an error in my logic. ( (15º * 3600) / 2.34375) = 23040 pulses Ron Hi Ron, am interested in what U are designing re this divider.. Any chance of an overview, micro type, Display type, objectives etc? Sorry but cant seem to find the beginning of the story! cheers,

thanks aga Thanks again Drew, yes a bit far to visit the scene of the crime! Nicely done indeed.. now i can see what your manual is referring to. Your Teensy must be doing sums on the fly for the amount of grunt the MCU has. I think i recognise the symbol on the chip - Freescale? Would an...

Appreciate your prompt reply Drew. I can't write s/w, so no chance of creating my own controller. Did u use a pic or atmel or arduino? I'd love to see a photo of ur PCB, & perhaps the bgeneral interconnecting wiring diagram.. Surely you must have a schematic of your own PCB? ;-);) Very hard to...

Hi ahughes, I just tripped over this thread re your slick z axis controller.. been watching Clough vids. Read your very nice manual, a/a. Where do I find the info to build the controller? I wish to fit it to my 270kg dovetail mill. Thanks, Qtron.

Cheers Mr Kquiggle, MUCH appreciated. I also sus'ing out YouTube's Myfordboy's "Stepindexliming23.ino comprehensive Indexer, 620 lines of code!!! A clever dick indeed:)

to clarify, i get the same errors on orig file & XrayXray zipped, sorry cant fnd the right page in this thread for the zipped version, the orig being on page 1.