Re: ELS project/DROs
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Fast Eddie,
Please find a photo of the rear side of my carriage below. It would be difficult, but not impossible, to mount the DRO here.
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Charlie
New Jersey, USA
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CLevinski
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Re: ELS project/DROs
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#DRO
#RELS
Fast Eddie, I considered mounting it in the back, but I was concerned that there might be some interference with the ELS components.? At minimum, it would make the rear side of the carriage very
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CLevinski
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Re: ELS project/DROs
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#DRO
#RELS
Charlie, did you see the pictures of the DRO install that OldToolmaker linked to in the 7x12 group ( https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B9NprzSjxijpbmNBU3lYX3ZVWDg )? Very clean install, out of
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Fast Eddie
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Re: ELS and Rigidity
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Well, it was #3 on my monitor just yesterday...oh wait, there's more! Doh!
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Fast Eddie
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Re: ELS and Rigidity
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Fast Eddie,
I think it's photo 6, but it also shows the 8 M6 gib screws in two, staggered lines rather than 3 M4 in a row.
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Charlie
New Jersey, USA
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CLevinski
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Re: ELS and Rigidity
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Ok, thanks for clearing that up!
And the significance of photo #3...you are only illustrating the fishing line technique for screw retention and not otherwise calling any particular attention to the
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Fast Eddie
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Re: ELS project
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I didn¡¯t until I read me email later 8-0
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Bruce Johnson
The less a man knows about how sausages and laws are made, the easier it is to steal his vote and give him botulism.
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Bruce J <bruce.desertrat@...>
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Re: Sign in my shop
Ha!? I literally laughed out loud at AVE's sign!
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Charlie
New Jersey, USA
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CLevinski
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Re: ELS and Rigidity
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Hi, Fast Eddie,
No, the unplugged M10 top holes (they are usually plugged with set/grub screws) are alternate mounting locations for the QCTP.? I added recently access holes to allow adjustment of
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CLevinski
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Re: ELS and Rigidity
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BEEEautiful job of silver soldering, Charlie! Son of a gun if I didn't have to look two or three times to see the bond line!
I assume the (currently unplugged) tapped holes in the last photo are to
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Fast Eddie
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Re: ELS project
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The punishment will continue until morale improves.
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Bill in OKC <----- packrats even MORE information...
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Bill in OKC too
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Re: ELS project
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A "bearing" on things...oh, I get it now...<groan>
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Fast Eddie
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Re: ELS project
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Something I ran across today that would have a bearing on this things:
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/11/bearing-reinforced-stepper-tackles-hefty-axial-loads/
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Bruce J <bruce.desertrat@...>
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Lol, our machine shop teacher in HS had one of those posted in the school¡¯s shop. I think that was the first time I¡±d seen it
Me, I¡¯m partial to AVE¡¯s
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Bruce J <bruce.desertrat@...>
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Re: Sign in my shop
I love that one... I had it in my ham shack when I was a teen!
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Charlie
New Jersey, USA
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CLevinski
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Re: Sign in my shop
Seen it, liked it, have used it on occasion. It was in the high school machine shop when I was a teen.
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Bill in OKC too
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Re: Sign in my shop
The guy on the second shift got to messing around with the parameters on a feeder one time trying to troubleshoot a problem. He changed one of them and then went home for the evening. I spent the
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Fast Eddie
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Fw: [Download eBook] Digital Foundry 3D Printing - Delivering massive time and cost savings
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Guys,?
This download is mostly promotion of their product line but seems to contain some interesting info on SLA 3D printer technology.
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Prasad <ad_prasad@...>
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ELS and Rigidity
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Hello, All,
We seem to be talking a lot about ELS, so I thought I would mention something about rigidity.? John has found that the better the lathe rigidity, the better the ELS performance.? I
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CLevinski
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Re: Mini-Lathe Gear Reduction
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Thanks guys.
What i will do is 3D print.a mounting bracket and a motor shoe. Real Bull only.check fit.
Also clean up my MC 8 files Mastercam, then convert to DXF and see where we go form there.
I have
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