On 02/08/2012 01:53 AM, andy pugh wrote:
On 8 February 2012 07:01, gene heskettghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
The lathe I can get all metal gears for, but the mill I would love to belt
drive somehow,
I put metal replacement gears in my mini-mill, and converted to
oil-bath lubrication
On 8 February 2012 13:10, Mark Wendt mark.we...@nrl.navy.mil wrote:
I've got the belt drive on my mini mill, and can whole-heartedly agree
with Andy on the noise reduction. Plus, no more broken plastic gears to
worry about.
The metal gears don't break, but they are a _lot_ noiser than the
On 02/08/2012 06:58 AM, andy pugh wrote:
On 8 February 2012 13:10, Mark Wendtmark.we...@nrl.navy.mil wrote:
I've got the belt drive on my mini mill, and can whole-heartedly agree
with Andy on the noise reduction. Plus, no more broken plastic gears to
worry about.
The metal
On Wednesday, February 08, 2012 07:28:46 AM andy pugh did opine:
On 8 February 2012 07:01, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
The lathe I can get all metal gears for, but the mill I would love to
belt drive somehow,
I put metal replacement gears in my mini-mill, and converted to
On 8 February 2012 14:52, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
That would take a lot of math I don't have
a clue about how to do in order to fit the teeth precisely to the diameter
of each step, all diddled so the motor comes back to the same rest position
for each speed.
There is a handy
On Wednesday, February 08, 2012 08:27:41 AM andy pugh did opine:
On 8 February 2012 14:52, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
That would take a lot of math I don't have
a clue about how to do in order to fit the teeth precisely to the
diameter of each step, all diddled so the motor
gene heskett wrote:
I would think I can probably do that here Jon, since pcb-gcode uses the
engraving bit to spot a starter dimple for the following drill operations.
When I was off a couple thou, I've seen a #67 drill actually bend and use
the marked spot a few times. At 18 thou, I
On Tuesday, February 07, 2012 11:49:13 PM Jon Elson did opine:
gene heskett wrote:
I would think I can probably do that here Jon, since pcb-gcode uses
the engraving bit to spot a starter dimple for the following drill
operations. When I was off a couple thou, I've seen a #67 drill
On 8 February 2012 07:01, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
The lathe I can get all metal gears for, but the mill I would love to belt
drive somehow,
I put metal replacement gears in my mini-mill, and converted to
oil-bath lubrication rather than handful of grease. I recommend a
belt
