On Friday 11 January 2013 19:19:01 andy pugh did opine: Message additions Copyright Friday 11 January 2013 by Gene Heskett
> On 11 January 2013 20:20, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > > Humm, I'm 78 Andy, & even at that, probably more time than money. > > What few of those covers I have seen were all well above the hundred > > dollar marker on this side of the pond. > > Some of the mini-lathes come with spring-guards as standard. You might > get lucky with a spare part. > > The one I bought for my machine wasn't that expensive: > > "From: DQR Precision Ltd > > Further to our telecon, I have attached a couple of pages from our > spiral catalogue which I hope will be of use. We are pleased to offer > as follows: > > Qty Description > Unit Price £ > > 1 ‘Duraspring’ Spiral Cover in Blue Steel > 55.58 SF 30/450/50 V > > 1 ‘Duraspring’ Spiral Cover in Blue Steel > 51.16 SF 30/400/30 V > > 1 ‘Duraspring’ Spiral Cover in Blue Steel > 52.08 SF 30/350/50 V > > > But what do you call wires? > > They come held together with a loop of wire. When you snip the wire > they fly out to full extension. > The idea is to put them on the screw, close up the gap as small as > possible _then_ snip the wire. > Even at full extension the one on my Z axis isn't all that easy to > pull up to oil the screw. > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/rAELzB_258RZqjlFQatN-NMTjNZETYmyPJ > y0liipFm0?feat=directlink It is held in place only by its own preload. > The spigots just centre it so it doesn't touch the screw. Unforch, it doesn't appear they want any business from my side of the pond, no links to individual products at all, and a very limited web page, looks like a line card from a distributer for me. And, while those are better prices, one would need one on each side of the nut, which puts that at about the same as the cost of the screw. I'll cobble up something before I make swarf with it though. Thanks Andy. 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) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> Joe's sister puts spaghetti in her shoes! I was taught to respect my elders, but its getting harder and harder to find any... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122912 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
