On Wednesday 28 July 2021 13:57:20 Todd Zuercher wrote: > Well, we could lose the 20ft long Bosch Rexroth linear rails and > bearings. (Which I'm guessing aren't particularly cheap either.) > Agreed. So I think I would dismount the table from the bearings and see if it could be heli-arc'd, and be prepared to do some shimming as its remounted to the bearings. Then once the spindle is back among the living, see about machining any warpage back out.
> Todd Zuercher > P. Graham Dunn Inc. > 630 Henry Street > Dalton, Ohio 44618 > Phone: (330)828-2105ext. 2031 > > -----Original Message----- > From: andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 1:38 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] > Metallurgical Advice? > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Be sure links are safe. > > On Wed, 28 Jul 2021 at 18:28, Todd Zuercher <to...@pgrahamdunn.com> wrote: > > Is there any hope of repairing the table? Are we going to have to > > replace the whole table? Could the crack be welded, or is that a > > bad idea? > > It's probably a bad idea, but I would think that it is worth at least > a try. You don't have a lot to lose. > > -- > atp > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > _______________________________________________ > 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) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
