On Saturday 23 February 2008, Brian Pitt wrote: >On Friday 22 February 2008 02:22, Ian W. Wright wrote: >> For proper restoration work, it is essential that any new >> screws match the originals as closely as possible and so I'm looking for >> a way to do this using EMC2 and my little milling machine, with a lathe >> bed attachment. > >you could thread mill them >put the rotary table horizontal and center the screw blank then give a G1 > Z...A... command with a 60deg slitting saw to cut the whole thing in one > pass ,you can get the saws here > http://www.martindaleco.com/HTML/MetalWorkingMicaSaws/MicaUndercutting_HSSa >ndTC.htm or get some reground if you have 55deg threads > They must be shut down over the weekend, I can't reach them.
>the same kind of setup would work with the stepper driven lathe head and a > small motorized saw arbor on the cross slide > >Brian > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. >http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >_______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Mountain Dew and doughnuts... because breakfast is the most important meal of the day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
