Re: power outages

Two weeks ago, I was engraving some parts, when a thunderstorm blew in
quick and caused a small power outage- for maybe 2 seconds. My computer
rebooted and I started cussing. While looking at the part in the fixture,
I realized that I could just repostition the diamond bit back in the groove
at the start of the arc segment that partially completed. With a
magnifying glass it was done. I started the program on that line number
(using EMC) and that part was good. It really is time to invest in a
backup power supply for the computers now.

Dan


At 12:42 AM 1/16/2000 , you wrote:

>From: Jon Elson <jmelson@...>
>

>I had a power blip that was long enough for me to start reaching for a

flashlight before the

>lights came back on. I was in the middle of a cut, and assumed I'd have a

mess, with lost

>position, spindle inverter tripped off, etc. I was amazed to see the CNC

computer was

>still chugging along, the spindle was still running, no problem! The

power was off about

>1/4 second, I guess.
>
>Jon