Hello all;
I just ordered a sheet of 1/2 thick phenolic to make pcb pallets from, and
a foot of 1 acetal rod to make those thermally molded nuts from for my toy
mill. Gotta get rid of some backlash if I'm going to etch some more pcb's.
That leaves one other obvious weak point, the length of
On 28 Jul 2013, at 18:02, Gene Heskett wrote:
And whats the best material for the gib strip? I am not impressed with the
soft steel now used in these chinese toys. Recycled coat hangers or
similar junk IMO.
You could use Ground Flat Stock (AKA Gauge Plate), although the surface would
A6 sounds tempting because it is easy to machine and will be slick.
However, you don't want something too hard as then the slide rather than
the gib will wear. Al bronze has been suggested and should work well.
In one of the discussion groups there was a fellow ( brian@versamill )
that said he
On Sunday 28 July 2013 21:15:33 Marcus Bowman did opine:
On 28 Jul 2013, at 18:02, Gene Heskett wrote:
And whats the best material for the gib strip? I am not impressed
with the soft steel now used in these chinese toys. Recycled coat
hangers or similar junk IMO.
You could use Ground
On Sunday 28 July 2013 21:34:58 dave did opine:
A6 sounds tempting because it is easy to machine and will be slick.
However, you don't want something too hard as then the slide rather than
the gib will wear. Al bronze has been suggested and should work well.
Humm, more food for thought,
On Sun, 2013-07-28 at 21:38 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Sunday 28 July 2013 21:34:58 dave did opine:
A6 sounds tempting because it is easy to machine and will be slick.
However, you don't want something too hard as then the slide rather than
the gib will wear. Al bronze has been
