On Tuesday, February 01, 2011 11:57:43 am Ian W. Wright did opine: > On 01/02/2011 15:55, Mark Wendt wrote: > > Gene, that's the bare vacuum hold-down, going the length > > of the Z axis. > > The bamboo strips are 3/8" wide, and about 1/4" thick. Once it's all > > draw filed and scraped in, I'll be placing a rubber-type gasket on top > > of the hold down. And yes, the blades are currently not on the > > Mark, if you are going to put a rubber gasket on top of the > hold down surface, what is the point of trying to get it > flat to the last tenth? I haven't seen anywhere selling > rubber or other gaskets guaranteed to that accuracy and the > rubber will flex anyway either pulling the work into the saw > blade or deflecting it away slightly depending on the > accuracy of the set of the blade.. I suspect you're worrying > unnecessarily about the accuracy.. > > Ian > __________________ > Ian Wright > Sheffield UK
IIRC, Mark said the gasket goes around the work to seal the vacuum, but the work does sit solid on the bed, not on the gasket. -- 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) <http://tinyurl.com/ddg5bz> "To YOU I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition." -- Woody Allen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
