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Little bit of general advise. Get/fabricate a clamp on probe for this.
Many an oscilloscope have died trying to fix these kind of things.
Thankfully none of mine but still.

On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 9:34 PM, Peter Clifton <pcjc2 AT cam DOT ac DOT uk> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Just thought I'd mention (as I know some other gEDA guys are also do
> metalwork as a hobby), but I just purchased a new toy.. a large CNC
> milling.
>
> The machine is of Ukrainian (+German) origin, and is a lovely piece of
> (heavy) engineering.
>
> I'm still in the process of preparing it for transport. (Read -
> unbolting anything that looks remotely heavy, and still within the
> realms of being a 2-man lift. (I need to shed about 1000kg from the
> plated weight so it can be forked onto a palette.
>
> I will probably be bugging anyone who'll listen about debugging
> thyristor based DC-servo drives any time now, as the machine has a dead
> spindle drive. (Also came with a spare, dead spindle drive which I can
> rob for any remaining working parts).
>
> If anyone is familiar with Indromat drives (in particular, the TRK 6,
> which is a six-pulse thyristor converter), I'd be greatful to hear from
> you!
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Peter
>
> --
> Peter Clifton <peter DOT clifton AT clifton-electronics DOT co DOT uk>
>
> Clifton Electronics
>
>



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