Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Lathe threading

ptengin@... wrote:

> Ken,
>
> I tried playing with a basic stamp. The inputs outputs need to be beefed
> up and or protected, you need to find a power supply. If your application is
> on the rugged side, you need to enclose the "card". I agree the programming
> side is ideal, the I/O is weak.

I did a nice little package with a basic stamp. It is basically to
automate a surface grinder. The stamp was hooked to a toggle switch and
4 push buttons, and drove a step and a dir signal to a step driver. You
can push a button to jog the motor back and forth, then press a <SAVE>
button to mark an end point. When you have marked both ends of the
travel you push <GO> and the thing just drives the motor back and forth
between the limits until you press <STOP>

Amazing what you can do in a little package for just a few bucks and an
hour or so of programming.

ron