On 05/26/2010 11:53 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > The answer to that then would have been air cylinders, teeny little ones with > a bearing mounted in the clevis and of the piston rod. No idea where to > source them though.
Hmmm, mighta been an idea. Didn't know about them things > >> The >> tests I've run so far show that had I used a "thicker, foamier" gasket, >> I could probably seal the leaks completely, but the gasketing material >> works well enough so that the pump keeps up with it and I only lose an >> inch or two of vacuum with the leak(s) from the bamboo to gasket. > > Thats not shabby at all! Yeah, I'm very happy with it. It's a pretty big pump and it's fairly quiet too, which is kinda nice. > >> Plus, >> the gasket material I'm using compresses not very much bt just enough, >> so it makes it quite easy to get accurate touch offs without the bamboo >> moving, and it's easy to clean the bamboo dust off of after a cutting >> pass. This was the gasket recommended to me when I called All Star >> Adhesives and talked one of their tech guys and told him what I was >> doing. They make good schtuff, they're willing to work with small shop >> guys like me, and their prices are very reasonable. They sent me a 50 >> yard roll of the gasket, 3/4" wide for around $20, and tossed in a sheet >> of another type of gasket material to try if I wanted to that's about 2' >> wide by 6' long for free. Good folks to do biz with. >> >> Mark > > Sounds like, thanks for the endorsement. Now I'll know where to go get > similar stuff when I need it. You can't go wrong with those folks. They know what they're doing, and very pleasant to do biz with. > > But right now, the grass needs cut, and its warming up nicely. :( Did that Monday afternoon. I feel yer pain... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
