On Friday 04 July 2014 20:21:22 Cecil Thomas did opine And Gene did reply: > Gene, > This is a little off the thread
Not IMO. ;-) > but you might want to consider using > one of the black dummy CD's or DVD's that come in a stack of new > discs for your encoder disk. > I used one of them for the spindle encoder for both the 9 inch > grizzly and the Monarch 10EE. The disks are about the right size and > are very easily machined, they are opaque and very flat. Opaque, down to about a 1.45" radius? These are about 2.66" in diameter, and need a 1.067" hole machined thru to fit the spindle threads OD. > I tried > just using a blank printable disc first but the white paint they use > to make them printable is not completely opaque so I had to put a > couple of coats of spray enamel on the disk to get a good > contrast. The disk worked fine but I like the solid black ones > better. At this time I can think of no reason to ever use anything > else. > Heat maybe? > Cecil > Looks like I haven't bought a new spindle of blanks recently. No black dummies in my collection. But that sure sounds like a good idea. Next time I go by the blanks at someplace that carries them, I'll sure check. Thanks Cecil. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
