Okay, I was checking out Tom Lipton’s YouTube video in which he set up a helical milling set up. Now just to be clear, I have no project in the works or even a need for helical grinding. But, I’m intrigued with the design and idea of this. My problem is that I have a huge learning curve to master ( or even hack ) most of the stepper motors, servo motors and digital encoders.
My question is I was trying to find out more about the set up. Which parts used and where could I find out some more info about digital servos and encoders. I’m at a total loss about the digital encoder he has on the crank handle. I do have a little knowledge about stepper motors. In fact I even built a “ stepper indexer” which was designed by D. Liming and featured in Digital Machinist Magazine.
but... I copied his code and really didn’t go through the trouble of learning arduino code. Anyway I at least want to read something more about the theory. Mostly a curiosity thing. Here’s a link to the Liming website.
Http:/www.liming.org/millindex
like I say....not looking for a course in it yet. But looking for a little more than the wiki article I found on servos. I think they are different than stepper motors???
thanks, tim
My question is I was trying to find out more about the set up. Which parts used and where could I find out some more info about digital servos and encoders. I’m at a total loss about the digital encoder he has on the crank handle. I do have a little knowledge about stepper motors. In fact I even built a “ stepper indexer” which was designed by D. Liming and featured in Digital Machinist Magazine.
but... I copied his code and really didn’t go through the trouble of learning arduino code. Anyway I at least want to read something more about the theory. Mostly a curiosity thing. Here’s a link to the Liming website.
Http:/www.liming.org/millindex
like I say....not looking for a course in it yet. But looking for a little more than the wiki article I found on servos. I think they are different than stepper motors???
thanks, tim