Re: Gecko Bridgeport saga - Gib adjustment?

Keith, you should use something like Mobile Vactra No. 2 Medium. It
is available from www.use-enco.com and most industrial supply houses
as well.

~petev

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Keith Clark" <mail@t...>
wrote:

> The Gecko is powered correctly and functioning. All I am doing is
> taking the step wire coming to it from the Cam Soft stepper card

and

> replacing it with a step wire from the standalone pulse generator.
> Next I should take the wire from the dir terminal (coming from the
> stepper card) off and place a jumper from dir pin to the ground
> terminal with a switch in series? Remember, this is being done by

a

> person who knows that you put the battery in with the plus side
> matching the plus sign and that's about it...
>
> Oops, I think I am using Way Lube. I will go to "Oils Are Us" and
> get a checkup.
>
> thanks
> Keith
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Jon Elson <elson@p...>

wrote:

> > Keith Clark wrote:
> >
> > >Do I put 5 volts to the dir input and then use a switch to turn
> it
> > >off to get direction? I will use the simple tape measure idea,
> > >thanks to both of you. I a similar type to what is recommended
> > >according to the oil company.
> > >
> > >
> > The Gecko 201 has a common +5 V terminal. You ground the step and
> > dir pins to make current flow through the LED in the opto-coupler.
> > The recommended wiring for the G210 also has it that way.
> > So, you'd put a switch to ground on the DIR pin, and supply +5 V

to

> > the common pin. But, that may not be how you are doing it to use
> > your pulse generator.
> >
> > Way oil has a sticky additive that helps it to not run off of
> parts, and
> > to stay
> > in between things that would otherwise squeeze it out. You

really

> need to
> > use an oil made specifically for machine ways. It makes a huge
> difference.
> >
> > Jon