On Tuesday 27 October 2009, Dave wrote: >You may want to check out Nook also. If you can have the ends machined >yourself you will save a lot of $. > I have looked at Nook. Prices seem ok, but again if I was to drop the card for that much, I'd up the sizes and put in all in an X3. This one just doesn't have the spindle cajones to do what I want to do at a reasonable feed rate, nor the post rigidity to do a good clean cut. And I have done the end machining of the acme's I'm using, so that isn't a huge problem although that lathes precision leaves a lot to be desired. I need to take the saddle off again and see if I can actually make it set level and solid on the ways, and quit fooling with that QC tool post, that thing would only need another 5 minutes in boiling water to be fully cooked spaghetti. I need a steel one, toolholders and all. Nobody makes one that I've found.
>The screws and the nuts are priced ok, it is the customization that costs. Yup, that's time they have to pay Manuel Labor for. :) >Dave > >Hubert Bahr wrote: >> Gene >> I used Roton >> http://www.roton.com/ballscrews-ballnuts-nav.aspx?line=Recirculating >> for both my X2 and X3 unfortunately I only found the 5/8 screws >> reasonable. Yes the ball nuts are a major cost as I use 2 for each >> axis. Nuts less than $25 each. I don't know how they would fit in an >> X1. >> >> Hubert >> >> Gene Heskett wrote: >>> On Monday 26 October 2009, Andy Pugh wrote: >>>> 2009/10/27 Gene Heskett <gene.hesk...@gmail.com>: >>>>> So where does one get ball screws cheap enough to use on an X1 >>>>> upgrade? >>>> >>>> Depends how cheap is cheap enough. eBay is one source, I got my 8mm >>>> Y-axis from there. I got the others from here: >>>> http://www.slidesandballscrews.com/r1605-ballscrew-p-120.htmlcPath=39&o >>>>sCsi d=a8fb38ca49d7a4f1ccaf2d30ceb1e09a >>> >>> Error 404, not found >>> >>>> And I have found few places as cheap. >>> >>> I went to the home page and found them. The screws are at a good price, >>> but the nuts are beyond my reach. And shipping? I'm in the U.S. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>----- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA >> is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your >> developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay >> ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >--- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is > the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference >_______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- 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) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> Mason's First Law of Synergism: The one day you'd sell your soul for something, souls are a glut. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
