On Tuesday 08 May 2018 19:57:15 John Dammeyer wrote: > I had a brake disk surface ground so it can be laid on the mill table > and a dial indicator swept around without jamming into the T-Slots. > For the work I've done to date it's been adequate. It fits on my > surface plate so I could scrape it even flatter and maybe someday it > will move up to project #42. > > John
And thats the only correct answer, with credits to the Hitch-hikers guide of course. ;-) Actually, that does sound like a decent solution to that problem. It would certainly speed it up quite a bit. Now to find a disk and flatten it... > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gene Heskett [mailto:ghesk...@shentel.net] > > Sent: May-08-18 4:44 PM > > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Mill Head Travel. > > > > 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 > > > > -- > > 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 > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > 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 > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- 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 Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
