On Saturday 13 April 2013 18:34:55 Jon Elson did opine:

> Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Of which, this toy has none.  All nylon.  For your encoder hanging
> > outboard, is is a problem to access the drawbolt for tool changing?
> 
> Not at all!  You do have to be careful with wrenches not to not break
> the pulleys, but there is a big
> preload nut for the spindle bearings that sits above the top of the
> head, I just
> glued a bored-out pulley to it.  That turned out to be too fragile, so I
> put a piece of PC board stock under the nut and glued the pulley to
> that, figuring
> a glass-epoxy board would be good for adhering more epoxy to, and it has
> held
> for years.
>   So, the pulley is close, but not actually in the way at all, at least
> on my
> machine, which I think is identical to the X2.
> 
> Jon

The X1 (Micro-Mill) however, is a different critter.
 
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