On 2 June 2016 at 14:15, John Kasunich <jmkasun...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > Unless this is a mighty slow lathe, I don't think chain is the > appropriate drive mechanism.
Silent chain has been used on a number of lathes historically: http://www.lathes.co.uk/southbend/page12.html And the cam-chain in my motorcycle runs up to 14,000 rpm. A conventional roller chain might well not be as smooth as one might like in a lathe application, though. I haven't posted this here yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woU927Tqoo8 This is my current project, which is using motorcycle cam-chains to drive the ball screws as an experiment. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity planning reports. https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/305295220;132659582;e _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
