On Saturday, March 05, 2011 01:08:39 am Jon Elson did opine: > gene heskett wrote: > > And, compared to my stepper setup with its howling cooling fans on the > > xylotex board, plus the howl of the steppers when they are only > > running 1/8th step, the differences in the noise level are amazing. > > The servo motors on my Bridgeport are so quiet that once I broke a > toothed belt and it > took me several minutes to discover what was wrong. The motor was > spinning at 1800 > RPM, the axis was going nowhere, and I couldn't figure out what was > wrong. I'm glad > I didn't stick my finger in there. > > Jon So you still have all of the ten you came with? I have one thats about 1/16" short, my jointer didn't know when to quit when it trimmed a fingernail. I got the message, loud and clear. :(
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