On 12 January 2013 01:05, Ben Potter <b...@bpuk.org> wrote: > Indeed. But when I'm at the faceplate I have ~3mm of travel before hitting > the ballscrew bearings -
Same here. If I was doing the conversion again the ballscrew would be shifted 6" towards the headstock end. The part past the tailstock is utterly wasted. (it's not like you ever turn _really_ long stuff without the tailstock. (I have no fixed-steady) -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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