I used a harmonic drive gear box and small dc motor. I mounted the drive to an angle plate. There's a large one on ebay at the moment, #350385952737, which I'd buy but overseas shipping would be a killer. I'm not sure about the holding torque though.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Speaker To-Dirt [mailto:speaker_2_d...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Friday, 20 August 2010 3:27 AM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 4th Axis. > > Hi All: > > Now that I'm making parts on my Bridgeport, I'm getting greedy. I want to > make gears. I want to make more complex parts. I want a 4th stage. I'm > thinking of just using a small lathe that I retrofit with one of my spare > steppers and clone the bridgeport stepper controller just to keep things > constant. > > I'm interested in all your thoughts esp if you've taken the A axis plunge as > to what is the best direction to head in. > > Andrew > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > This SF.net email is sponsored by > > Make an app they can't live without > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
