First cuts... https://youtu.be/bpqFL3rZKBA
On Fri, Apr 22, 2022, 3:27 PM Sam Sokolik <samco...@gmail.com> wrote: > Front side of the cross slide protected.. (1/8 neoprene..) > > https://photos.app.goo.gl/g8kzRGZWxxDzQRAA8 > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 12:31 PM gene heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> > wrote: > >> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
