On Saturday 13 April 2013 00:13:15 Jon Elson did opine: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > I don't have that on the mill, very limited space to install, and a > > very dirty environment inside the gear case. Lots of flying grease. > > Which doesn't help, and may hinder because grease deteriorates some > > plastics, I've lost the hubs out of 2 of those "nylon" gears now. > > > > Just one of the reasons why that mill may yet get replaced to a > > grizzly go704. > > Well, I used some gear tooth sensors that are made to go inside a > car transmission, so they are heat and lube-resistant. Of course, > they need ferrous gears.
Of which, this toy has none. All nylon. For your encoder hanging outboard, is is a problem to access the drawbolt for tool changing? > On my mini-mill, I mounted the spindle > encoder outside the head, see the last picture here : > http://pico-systems.com/minimill.html > > As for the Bridgeport encoder contraption, see > http://pico-systems.com/bridge_spindle.html > for a description of the gear tooth sensors and how I installed > them. > > Jon 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> tmps_base = tmps_max; /* protect our mortal string */ -- Larry Wall in stab.c from the perl source code A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than a gun in the hands of 200 million law-abiding citizens. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
