On Tuesday 16 August 2016 13:54:48 andy pugh wrote: > On 16 August 2016 at 18:21, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > There's only one problem, the Z screw, if mounted where the old on > > is, will be nearly 3.5 inches from the back face, so I'll have to > > make a big long pad for the Z nut to interface with it. > > Have you considered having a casting made? You seem to enjoy > woodworking, so pattern making shouldn't be too hard for you.
The local casting shop seems to be using machined alu forms, and I have seen no evidence they can take a pattern & do all the work to make it sand castable. I haven't toured the whole place, so I've not seen the furnace, just the casting finishing. Wheels hubs for IH & I believe White truck tractors. I got the apron cut out of the main sheet, then went out to get the verdict on my weed eater, which is that it will need a whole new cylinder, piston and rings. Fred looked it up, and mine is 7 yo, so its 2 years out of warranty. He had some used Stihls he had rebuilt and offered a straight across trade for mine, take it home & try it. Nearly finished knocking the place down, but I don't like the small spool and steel cord re-enforced line, its a round cross section and bounces off the grass, running 2" above a straight out stand unless its wound up pretty tight for rpms. I'll keep it if we can put my spool on it, which is loaded with an even thicker, square, all plastic line that cuts much better as it cuts where you point it instead of 1 to 3" higher. But after that, my clothes have been condemned to the dirty clothes bin and I need a shower, bad. Whats left I can finish tommorrow in 20 minutes run time. I the meantime I'll see about getting this plate mounted of the G0704 & the edges cleaned up and a cutaway for the crossfeed in the center of the top edge. Good place for a home switch too. I see nut carriers and spacers can be had on ebay, but I think I'd have to stack the spacers somehow. Getting it screwed down so I can take some measurements for Z screw separation is in order after I cut the slot for the x motor to live in. 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> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
