Gene; The "no longer required" manual locks reminder gives me some additional > freedom as that had not occured to me. What had occured was how do I > keep them from being demolished if not correctly positioned? > > So that opens up additional possibilities, thanks John. >
The X axis on mine; I retain one of the round table stops in that front of table dovetail that you mention in a previous email. The microswitch is positioned on a front plate, spacers and M6 bolts to pre-existing holes. Microswitch is horizontal so that (in theory, anyway) the table stop will not "crash" into and destroy the switch. I removed the front measuring tape, and on my front plate, I machined up some long rectangular bars from scrap that are bolted to the front plate, but ride in the slot where the measuring tape was; the fit is pretty close, so the chance of swarf getting onto the microswitch is pretty small. The Y axis - I machined a flat on the base casting, with a bunch of tapped holes, so the Y axis switch base is just a bit of angle. Again, an existing locking handle hole on the saddle casting is used for the trigger. The Y axis switch is covered with a metal cover machined from something from my scrap box (an old hammond box) such that the microswitch is covered; the base angle under the roller machined away such that if any swarf does indeed find its way in, hopefully gravity will help it find its way out. It is also under the table, so I don't expect too much swarf to get in. The only issue that I have with the Y is that there is a potential interference with the right hand bracket for the X axis; one of these days I'll take a file to the bracket so that I can get the full table travel without the possibility of interference. Hope this helps - John. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
