Re: [Emc-users] I did hit a lick today

2016-07-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 21 July 2016 23:54:31 Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > Just for S I stopped at the place that still has that old Porter > lathe he wanted $500 for a couple years ago. About a 16"er, 6 foot or > more bed, but no motor. It would have been at least a year at my pace > to bring

[Emc-users] I did hit a lick today

2016-07-21 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; Just for S I stopped at the place that still has that old Porter lathe he wanted $500 for a couple years ago. About a 16"er, 6 foot or more bed, but no motor. It would have been at least a year at my pace to bring it back to life. But that wasn't the surprise. That was in the

Re: [Emc-users] EDM with continuous wire?

2016-07-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 21 July 2016 11:35:54 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 21 July 2016 09:16:58 Ralph Stirling wrote: > > Perhaps a video would be unnecessary, but some photos > > would sure help us curious folk better visualize your setup. > > It sounds like a very handy system you rigged up, and not

Re: [Emc-users] EDM with continuous wire?

2016-07-21 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Jon hello On 07/21/16 21:32, Jon Elson wrote: > On 07/21/2016 12:16 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Thursday 21 July 2016 00:00:12 TJoseph Powderly wrote: >> >>> Gene >>> once again your post title ran me off as i took it to be correct >>> your post is titled 'continuous wire' >>> not disk,

Re: [Emc-users] EDM with continuous wire?

2016-07-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 21 July 2016 09:16:58 Ralph Stirling wrote: > Perhaps a video would be unnecessary, but some photos > would sure help us curious folk better visualize your setup. > It sounds like a very handy system you rigged up, and not > very difficult. > > Thanks, I'll take the camera out and

Re: [Emc-users] EDM with continuous wire?

2016-07-21 Thread TJoseph Powderly
tungsten moly wire is used for those reciprocating wedm's not a loop, but unwound slow thru cut, then rapid rewound during a pause when feed spool is sensed to be low tiny stuff but tough and re-usable all tools have pros & cons this stuff is triangular, tough and hell on guides (carbide pins )

Re: [Emc-users] EDM with continuous wire?

2016-07-21 Thread andy pugh
On 21 July 2016 at 15:32, Jon Elson wrote: > He used a molybdenum > wire that ran back and forth between large rollers. So, he probably had > something like 20 feet of wire in the machine, and it reversed when it > neared either end. I used a diamond-wire saw working on

Re: [Emc-users] EDM with continuous wire?

2016-07-21 Thread Jon Elson
On 07/21/2016 12:16 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 21 July 2016 00:00:12 TJoseph Powderly wrote: > >> Gene >> once again your post title ran me off as i took it to be correct >> your post is titled 'continuous wire' >> not disk, hahaha >> > My bad Tomp, I thought about it, but understood

Re: [Emc-users] EDM with continuous wire?

2016-07-21 Thread Ralph Stirling
Perhaps a video would be unnecessary, but some photos would sure help us curious folk better visualize your setup. It sounds like a very handy system you rigged up, and not very difficult. Thanks, -- Ralph From: Gene Heskett [ghesk...@shentel.net] Sent:

Re: [Emc-users] EDM with continuous wire?

2016-07-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 21 July 2016 03:05:51 TJoseph Powderly wrote: > sounds great gene > yes you were 'negative polarity' > ( in usa the old elox company called this standard ) > brass works fine too, more forgiving > if the tool gets black you are getting closer to lo wear > tho low wear for brass is

Re: [Emc-users] EDM with continuous wire?

2016-07-21 Thread TJoseph Powderly
sounds great gene yes you were 'negative polarity' ( in usa the old elox company called this standard ) brass works fine too, more forgiving if the tool gets black you are getting closer to lo wear tho low wear for brass is like high wear for graphite you're using an rc generator... so