On 10/11/2009 07:26 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Humm, I believe you are correct. TBT its been years since i had the 3 jaw > mounted, the scroll was junk in the replacement 4" I bought for it, plus its > so easy to center up something in the 4 jaw, that I have never felt the urge > to switch it back. > I haven't gotten the 4 jaw for mine... yet. but I have a MT3 - ER40 set I can use in the mean time.
The lathe was given to me after it had been sitting outside for 2 years, so the 3 jaw, the compound, and the tool post are toast. I feel lucky that the ways, and cross slide, were covered in oil, grease, gunk, droppings, etc. and weren't pitted. I just got done repairing the electronics, and replacing the bearings, so now I'm at the point where I need to align everything. I wasn't planning on using the compound, and, I can see another QCTP in my future. :) >>> To change the subject a wee bit, does anyone have a link to someone >>> selling prefabbed optical pieces >>> >> Do you mean like this? >> http://littlemachineshop.com/products/product_view.php?ProductID=1945 >> >> > Yes, but more likely a combined unit since space is a bit limited in there. > I've even considered demolishing an old ball type mouse, and setting one unit > on a slant to read as phase A and index,& the other to read phase B, if the > gap is wide enough to take that piece of 16 gauge alu I made it from. > > Those mice are now almost collectors items, I bet I've tossed 10 of them out, > broken cables& what not. But that does start another train of thought here. > If I had a dollar for every mouse I threw away... I bought that interrupter from LMS, along with the 40 tooth wheel, so I could test things with it, but I have several old inkjet, and laser printers to liberate parts from. Come to think of it, I may have a couple of old mice lurking around somewhere... Inkjet printers have servo motors, so they need some sort of encoder feedback to operate. I'm gravitating towards taking one of the encoders out, and seeing what I can do with it. --------------------------------------------------------- Ne M'oubliez ---Family Motto Hope for the best, plan for the worst ---Personal Motto (\__/) (='.'=) This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your (")_(") signature to help him gain world domination. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
