On 01/31/2011 07:20 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 31 January 2011 10:53, Mark Wendt<mark.we...@nrl.navy.mil> wrote: > > >> Let's hope it won't change shape! Oy, now I need to learn comp. >> That may take longer than the draw filing and scraping... ;-) >> > In case I was not clear, comp will compile and install files written > in C (as the kinematics files are) as well as files written in "comp" > > I suspect that the best way to use Stuart's kinematics would by the > simple expedient of putting your machine on his Cincinatti and milling > it flat. > > Though that actually prompts me to think of another solution. Have you > ever seen a Planer? > http://www.lathes.co.uk/seligsonnenthal/ > > You could probably true up your bed with a single-point lathe tool, > possibly cranking the feed by hand if the travel motors are not up to > the job.
Interesting idea. However, using either a planer, or Stuarts Cincinnati will still not make the vacuum hold-down bed flat to the cutting head. It would be flat to Stuart's machine, or to the planer, but my gantry still has to ride on it's own linear bearings, which I'm sure have at least a few thousandths in variance in the Z axis down their length. The bed needs to be "flat" according to the position of the gantry against the starting point of the cut. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
