Re: monitoring operation temperature ( was oscilloscope for CNC -

Dave, That's why I haven't used it at the mill. However, one
salesman/CCED member who didn't get my money wants me to measure my
stepper temperature when I am running at sustained full load, and I
might, to prove a point. Charles

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "turbulatordude"
<davemucha@j...> wrote:

> > Do you think it would be possible to plot
> > "In Realtime", a temperature
> > graph of sorts, as your milling?
> > If so, that would be pretty neato.
> > Also, Lee's Bit-Scope looks very
> > interesting to add to a Shop-Laptop. Hmmm..
> >
> > :)
> > Vince
>
>
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Charles Hixon"
> <cehixon@y...> wrote:
> > Vince, Yes it does. You choose the time increment and it plots

the

> > chart real time in one window at the same time it writes the

value

> > and time data points in another window. It doesn't print out a
> > chart though. To do that, you have to import the datapoints

into

> > Excel and design an Excel chart for printing. Charles
>
> I needed a PIC to monitor teperature and wound up with an LM34.
>
> If one was to monitor temperatures of the milling, would it be for
> fun or could it be beneficial to try to do something with the
> signal ?
>
> Seems that a dull cutter will have the temperatures rising, but

other

> than the gee-wiz factor, is there any other use ?
>
> Dave