Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Measuring backlash more accurately?

justjuha wrote:

>Jon, You can call it as an axis clamp as well, I was just going
>through the diagrams and I noticed that there was a contact for the
>axis brake. In the diagram it was called brake, not clamp. Bob could
>be right, maybe it was for the z-axis only, so you won $.02. There is
>a huge heap of papers, so it is a big job to find the right page
>again. I am jus beginning with this project and there is lot of
>things to go thru. Among other things, one thing will be the tool
>changer. I do not have a faintest idea, how to do this with Mach1,
>but that is an other case...
>
>

Probably you can't add a tool changer, as Mach1 is a closed system. I
think EMC is
your only hope, as the source is open. I know I could add a tool
changer to it, although
it might be difficult. Some people are working on adding a ladder logic
scheme to
handle things like that.

Jon