On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 6:20 AM, Dave Caroline <[email protected]> wrote:
> I did notice this is on a wooden bench, I had a twisted lathe once > upon a time in the 1970s, I went to a local machine reconditioning > company and one of the first questions from the old guy was is it on > wood, he then said its going to move are you sure you want to do > this....I realised what he was saying and went back to the machine and > tested flex under load even when bolted to the bench. > > 3 thou can be regarded as good on a wood bench > > Dave Caroline > Dave, The machine has been leveled with a machinist level, and there are adjustable feet on the bottom of the machine. I've taken numerous readings on the machine's table, and the variation due to temperature of the table's flatness is usually only a thou. It's pretty stable. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
