Gene, Take a look at arceurotrade.co.uk For bellows and covers Sarah
Sent from BlueMail On 12 Oct 2016, 16:12, at 16:12, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: >Greetings all; > >Whittling out the hose nipples for the bellows on the Z screw >yesterday, >I got the one for the sides of the Z nut done, then note that the >crossfeed had move inward far enough to crush and destroy what little >swarf shielding I had over the x screw, so its sounding like a kettle >of >Orville R's popcorn now. I'll see if I can clean it up one more time, >but I've made sliding brass with felt seals shielding arrangements >until >I'm tired of destroying them. And used up all my flat brass in the >process. > >I like the idea of wrapping it in a bellows, but I've now looked thru >55 >pages of ebay hits without finding a suitable part. So I'll try to >clean >it up, and see if I can locate an innertube I can cut a piece of and >just cover the whole rear of the carriage with, letting it buckle as it > >moves. > >I am about done with this machine, as I noted as I was dialing in one >of >these nipples yesterday, that the spindle has random jumps sideways of >3 >thou or so, and can hear the thump when it moves. I suppose the >bearings >are going because I cannot shake it back and forth, nor can I feel any >drag when turning it by hand with the backgear in neutral. > >But I have to get the Sheldon working first. The sheet of innertube >rubber will only work if I move the carriages cable chain fixed anchor >to the right so the rubber can slide thru the loop. That s/b easily >enough done as then the carriage end anchor of the cable chain will >clear the rubber and just slide under it. > >This thing is like hitting yourself in the head with a hammer, it will >feel SO good when you stop. > >And, I'll have a better computer to drive the Sheldon with. What I'm >going to start out using is a single core P4 running at boil your >coffee >speeds. 5i25 to the rescue... > >Thanks everybody. > >Cheers, Gene Heskett >-- >"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." >-Ed Howdershelt (Author) >Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >_______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
