On Saturday 20 August 2016 19:33:26 Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Friday 19 August 2016 23:16:47 Gene Heskett wrote:
>
> Had to quit for much of the rest of the weekend, need some steel, and
> TSC doesn't satisfy my hunger with their crappy hot roll.
>
> But I've a question, based on what I know about
On Friday 19 August 2016 23:16:47 Gene Heskett wrote:
Had to quit for much of the rest of the weekend, need some steel, and TSC
doesn't satisfy my hunger with their crappy hot roll.
But I've a question, based on what I know about steppers.
That 1600 oz/in I took off the mill that was falling ov
On Wednesday 17 August 2016 10:54:44 Gene Heskett wrote:
Some limited progress of the qc 'standoff'.
Its being difficult due to short life of the carbide inserts I am turning
it with, and I should have contoured it offcenter like Andy did. I get
about 20mm down the cyclinder and the end of the
Link?
> -Original Message-
> From: Gregg Eshelman [mailto:g_ala...@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 7:02 PM
> To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] More news & ? from WV.
>
> Have a look at this. Wouldn't be surprised t
[Emc-users] More news & ? from WV.
On 16 August 2016 at 23:49, Gene Heskett wrote:
> The local casting shop seems to be using machined alu forms, and I have
> seen no evidence they can take a pattern & do all the work to make it
> sand castable. I haven't toured the w
I also did a few years back and one of the local foundrys would do 1
offs.. I don't know if they still do. it was dollars a pound though.
(don't remember exactly)
On 8/17/2016 9:25 AM, John Kasunich wrote:
>
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2016, at 01:54 PM, andy pugh wrote:
>> Have you considered having a
On Wednesday 17 August 2016 10:07:41 andy pugh wrote:
> On 17 August 2016 at 11:17, Sarah Armstrong
>
> wrote:
> > but the newer
> > composite form material it's easier to form by cnc
> > and quicker than using wood and then treating the forms with resin
> > or filler and sanding etc .
>
> Yes, t
On Tue, Aug 16, 2016, at 01:54 PM, andy pugh wrote:
>
> Have you considered having a casting made? You seem to enjoy
> woodworking, so pattern making shouldn't be too hard for you.
>
I think foundries that are willing to do one-off jobs for random
guys off the street are far less common on thi
On Wednesday 17 August 2016 06:17:26 Sarah Armstrong wrote:
> i tend to use aluminium forms when i need to make hundereds and that
> when some tollerance of fit is needed
> more for robustnes , wooden forms are fine for one offs , but the
> newer composite form material it's easier to form by cnc
On 17 August 2016 at 11:17, Sarah Armstrong
wrote:
> but the newer
> composite form material it's easier to form by cnc
> and quicker than using wood and then treating the forms with resin or
> filler and sanding etc .
Yes, though not inexpensive:
http://www.easycomposites.co.uk/#!/patterns-mould
On Wednesday 17 August 2016 05:29:37 andy pugh wrote:
> On 16 August 2016 at 23:49, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > The local casting shop seems to be using machined alu forms, and I
> > have seen no evidence they can take a pattern & do all the work to
> > make it sand castable. I haven't toured the who
i tend to use aluminium forms when i need to make hundereds and that when
some tollerance of fit is needed
more for robustnes , wooden forms are fine for one offs , but the newer
composite form material it's easier to form by cnc
and quicker than using wood and then treating the forms with resin or
On 16 August 2016 at 23:49, Gene Heskett wrote:
> The local casting shop seems to be using machined alu forms, and I have
> seen no evidence they can take a pattern & do all the work to make it
> sand castable. I haven't toured the whole place, so I've not seen the
> furnace, just the casting fini
users] More news & ? from WV.
On 16 August 2016 at 18:21, Gene Heskett wrote:
> There's only one problem, the Z screw, if mounted where the old on is,
> will be nearly 3.5 inches from the back face, so I'll have to make a big
> long pad for the Z nut to interface with it.
On Tuesday 16 August 2016 13:54:48 andy pugh wrote:
> On 16 August 2016 at 18:21, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > There's only one problem, the Z screw, if mounted where the old on
> > is, will be nearly 3.5 inches from the back face, so I'll have to
> > make a big long pad for the Z nut to interface wit
On 16 August 2016 at 18:21, Gene Heskett wrote:
> There's only one problem, the Z screw, if mounted where the old on is,
> will be nearly 3.5 inches from the back face, so I'll have to make a big
> long pad for the Z nut to interface with it.
Have you considered having a casting made? You seem to
On Tuesday 16 August 2016 11:41:37 andy pugh wrote:
> On 16 August 2016 at 16:02, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Is that amount of
> > reduction fast enough for the ins and outs of a G76 threading
> > operation?
>
> The 9x20 lathe has a 1:1 geared NEMA23, and actually works fine.
> ( https://www.youtube
On 16 August 2016 at 16:02, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Is that amount of
> reduction fast enough for the ins and outs of a G76 threading operation?
The 9x20 lathe has a 1:1 geared NEMA23, and actually works fine.
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIYMfyf4jDI )
> Thats neat, using the bikes timing ch
On Tuesday 16 August 2016 05:55:21 andy pugh wrote:
> On 16 August 2016 at 03:36, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > If anyone has links to pix I can steal ideas from, plz post them.
>
> I did have some that were embedded in a cnc-zone post, but it looks
> like that hosting service has disappeared, and take
On 16 August 2016 at 03:36, Gene Heskett wrote:
> If anyone has links to pix I can steal ideas from, plz post them.
I did have some that were embedded in a cnc-zone post, but it looks
like that hosting service has disappeared, and taken the images with
it.
The trick I used on my mini-lathe was t
Greetings all;
I installed the X ball screw for a test fit last night, and found its
going to be another grand modification to even get a nema 23 motor on
the rear to clear the rear of the back carriage cover, unless I remove
the whole thing, it will hit the face of a direct drive motor. Taking
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