On Tuesday 08 May 2018 19:20:48 John Dammeyer wrote: > Most of the Knee type mills have heads that can pivot up to 45 degrees > left and right. Bridgeports can also pitch forward and back. For > those who have done a CNC conversion on these machines, are those > features every used anymore? Or is the head trammed in as close as > possible and then left there forever? > > Thanks > John > My G0704 head has been turned every way it can be. Quite a few times, like horizontal rigid tapping. Re-tramming it is a PITA though. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- 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 > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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