Re: Great deal on rotary encoders

They will still work with the linear strips from usdigital. Also there are
other encoders around at a fair price.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Goldstein <timg@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 4:33 PM
Subject: RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Great deal on rotary encoders

>From: "Tim Goldstein" <timg@...>
>
>Oh how right you are Dan. I got home early tonight and just tried setting
>the program to 40,000 (the value for a 10 TPI lead screw) and the readout
>you get is definitely buggered up. It indicates about 1.5 x the correct
>value.
>
>So, until Tom updates the program it looks as if these encoders will only

be

>of value for people with 5 TPI or less lead screws.
>
>
>Tim
>[Denver, CO]
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dan Mauch [mailto:dmauch@...]
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:59 AM
>> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com
>> Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Great deal on rotary encoders
>>
>> I think you will run into a problem with a 1000 count 4000 quadrature
>> encoder with a 10 TPI leadscrew. That would work out to 40000 counts per
>> inch. Tom has set the program so the maimum count is about 38000
>> per inch. A
>> friend in Australia discovered it. Tom says he'll fix that. In any case
>> those encoder heads should work with the linear strips or and encoder

with

>> less than 800 counts per rev assuming that you are using a 5-10 TPI
>> leadscrew.
>> Dan
>>
>
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