On Saturday, December 31, 2011 03:38:48 PM Terry Christophersen did opine: > Your New Years eve sounds as exciting as mine
ROTFL! But, I can remember 50 or 60 years back, doing New Years Eve up right. But for the life of me, I can't remember why... > I am running some small parts on my Hardinge--its > not so bad though 1 bar of material runs for a hour or so. All this is to be able to cnc my little toy lathe. But I don't have any collets for it, mostly because I haven't make a bolt to run the #2's I have for that toy mill. So that largely precludes any sort of controlled step and repeat, lights out production run till its out of round stock here. The gizmo I want to make is only an inch long anyway, so its open the jaws, slide it out (and having it under cnc means I can slide it out to touch the bit in a known position) then fiddle with the dial indicator getting the workpiece centered again, for every part I'd make. But even that would be a hell of an improvement. Precise and a 7x10 should NOT be discussed in the same room. Too much rubber in the tool post & insufficient ponies in the motor among other things. Fine feed cuts at about .0015/rev are about all it can muster in low gear, 500 rpm, and a 1" diameter workpiece. 2.5" in alu needs hand help. Plumb Puny. But, if this can be made to go through the motions, & maybe make a dozen parts, then doing it to a grizzly G9972Z gets much more appealing. And of course it all depends on me lasting long enough to do it and enjoy it. At 77 & diabetic, my warranty expired decades ago. :-\ > Dont have too much fun with the Jack That's why I think it will be saved for more mundane times, like around the campfire in the neighbors back yard while we try to solve the worlds problems with our own 4 hands. > Have a safe and Happy New Year Intended at this point, thanks Terry 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) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> "It takes all sorts of in & out-door schooling to get adapted to my kind of fooling" - R. Frost ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
