On 8/10/2015 6:34 AM, andy pugh wrote: > I recently replaced the cam-chain on my motorcycle. > > I am not sure I needed to, the new one I bought wasn't very much > shorter than the old one. > Examining the drive, it appears to be zero-backlash and to work with > normal involute-toothed gears. > In fact, it seems like an ideal drive for a CNC axis.
Some hydraulic drive tracer mills used rotary hydraulic motors and chain drives. They'd be easier to adapt to CNC than the ones that used linear cylinders to directly move the table. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
