On Monday, 18 April 2022 10:34:45 EDT Sam Sokolik wrote: > Yes - acme for z. (No key way). We need to make covers for x. I just inlaid a strip of paneling in the carriage slot in front the tool post base, ditto for the bottom below the screw. My drive is a new shaft and bearing in the front where the crank was. The rear is still open. And its open behind the tool post carrier when at center so I keep a rag taped to the rear of the tool post base. I have a rear cover for it, but have been too lazy to put it back on after finding the screw was long enough to touch it and had to mill a thin spot to clear the end of the screw.
I had to get a 2NM motor for the front mount, the 3NM was too long to clear the bed casting. Even a 2 is overkill for that teeny screw, I think its an 8mm screw. Finding screws small enough for x drive on a lathe is difficult, the nuts are too big the clear the bed. It was real fun doing that on my 7x12, finally giving up and putting the motor on the rear, where its too heavy lifting the front vway so I had to do the kruger tapered gibs thing. That finally made a real lathe out of it. The motors I took off the 6040 are quite a bit smaller, but still big enough for the 7x12, so I may eventually put one of them on the back of the 7x12. If I don't fall over first, I'm 87 now. The older I get, the better I WAS. ;o) Take care and stay well Sam. 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, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
