On Sunday, January 30, 2011 10:28:26 am Mark Wendt (Contractor) did opine: > On 1/29/2011 5:46 PM, gene heskett wrote: > > ISTR where I read that as being an emc capability someplace back in > > the fog of time, Mark. Screw error mapping I believe it was called. > > > > But, so you don't have to, consider that if the saws can be replaced > > with wide diamond wheels, say like as used in the drill doctor, it > > seems like it would be possible to cobble up a g-code file to drive > > your machine and let it do the shaving. If that isn't feasible, > > maybe the hand chuck of a dremel (its really too darned flexible IMO > > with its rubber mounted and too short spindle so it would take many, > > just barely kiss it passes) or maybe a Proxxon, with one of those > > drill doctor wheels mounted, could be strapped to the carriage for > > that duty long enough to fine tune the bed. Since a bed replacement > > would be a major operation, I would not shoot for anything but > > straight and flat using the carriage supports as the master, and any > > curves then could be done in the g-code with the knowledge that what > > you get is not going to need any great amount of hand sanding to get > > the desired taper in the finished product. > > > > OTOH, I imagine you _have_ considered that. In which case ignore my > > ramblings. :) > > I forgot to mention, the hold-down bed, as is much of the machine > itself, is aluminum. I was able to tilt the saw spindle to fit a > sanding drum and work at shaving the top of the hold-down bed down, but > the problem was, at that angle, I don't have any way to ensure the > spindle housing gets locked into the mount solidly enough to do the > shaving with any accuracy. It's what I did to get to the point where I > started draw filing and scraping. The other issue is there's not really > any way to mount an external tool on the cutting head to fly cut, or > even mill. The flattening of the hold-down bed was one of those issues > during the design phase that sorta slipped my mind. > > So, it looks like it's further development of my Popeye fore arms... > ;-)
Be sure and eat your spinach now, y'all hear? ;-) -- 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) <http://tinyurl.com/ddg5bz> "I'm really enjoying not talking to you ... Let's not talk again ____REAL soon ..." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
