On 27 March 2015 at 17:16, Kirk Wallace <kwall...@wallacecompany.com> wrote: > The plan is to place the Z axis motor and pulleys where the threading > gearbox was (yellow area at the end of the leadscrew): > http://www.wallacecompany.com/cnc_lathe/00001-1a.jpg
If you would like the opportunity to learn from my mistakes... Consider mounting the motor pointing back towards the changewheels with a belt up to the ballscrew. (and, possibly, with the pulleys round the back of the headstock). This lets you have the ballscrew closer to the bed. But more importantly it makes room for a telescopic ballscrew cover when the saddle is all the way to the chuck end. I didn't do it this way. And I wish I had. This is how mine is done: https://picasaweb.google.com/108164504656404380542/Gibbs?noredirect=1#5403345560655766370 The mounting bracket is attached by 2 x M10 bolts through from inside the bed casting. These keep coming loose and are a complete brute to re-tighten. So don't do that either. A plate bolted to the left-hand end face of the bed would have been much stiffer and have allowed for a screw-cover. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
