On Friday 04 April 2008, Chris Radek wrote: >On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 09:54:42PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >> The first pendent box will have one on each end, one on the front, and one >> on the top. The right end I'll hook to X, the front one to Y, the top one >> to Z, and the one on the left end of the box I'll run A with. They will >> then be in the same relative positions as the real motors they will be >> controlling on my machine, so my hand at least will naturally reach for >> the right one. > >This is exactly what I want to do too. I think it'd be a great >setup.
When I get it done, I'll post a pix or 2 on my primitive web page at <http://gene.homelinux.net:85/gene/emc> but some of those pix are getting dated. That page is actually on this machine, vz's crappy TOS being bypassed by the :85. :-) When I took those pix, I'd just been drilling holes with it, I do have real collets for the milling tools. An acrylic chip shield has been installed to protect the computer after moving the keyboard support strut that runs up to the ceiling rafter fwd about 5", the keyboard shelf made bigger to match, the spindle controller and its extra controllers box is now mounted just above eye level on the clean side the shield, and a super duty shelf out of 2x4's has been erected just above eye level above the lathe to hold the other chucks, vices, the A axis table and whatever else gets in the way. Small shops are a pita. In that 12x16 building, there is a 10" radial arm saw with oversized table, a 6x47 jointer, a 12" bandsaw with 24x24 wings on 2 sides of its table, a floor standing drill press, a table that was made to hold my planer, a ryobi bt-3000 10" tablesaw, a 14x40 wood lathe, and a table that often has my 12" chop saw on it, with a 12x18 granite surface block mounted in it like it was a drawer on heavy duty drawer slides. Since the 12" chopsaw gathered a work wagon with wheels, it, the 24x24 router table, another small chop saw, and a lot of 'project' tools live in another 10x12 shed that also houses my wood supply. And both of those cabinets they are sitting on are mentally scheduled to be replaced with real wood and real drawers with melamine tops. There's too much space behind them for stuff you have to retrieve to fall off when the machinery is running, so the tops may be built right to the wall. I need to build a bigger shop, and there are plans to do that afoot this summer, if I feel up to it. (The carport roofs far rafters are dry-rotting away due to too short a roofing by 3" and I want to replace its 12' span with a 16' span reaching all the way to the top of a retaining wall I poured the blocks for and built over a couple of years time, and go another 6 foot deep, giving me someplace to put either the wood working stuff, or the metal working stuff since they don't mix well, and still give the missus a place for her Jetta.) At 73, that can be a problem when ones giddy-yup & go gets up and leaves without you. Damned diabetes shortens ones outlook on life. Thanks for the flowers, Chris. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) We're all in this alone. -- Lily Tomlin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Register now and save $200. Hurry, offer ends at 11:59 p.m., Monday, April 7! Use priority code J8TLD2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
