On Friday 14 October 2016 05:03:04 Sarah Armstrong wrote: > Gene, > Take a look at arceurotrade.co.uk > For bellows and covers > > Sarah >
All I could find there was concertina style, some folded to interlock with the ways. The ones I got I found on ebay, and I got those more or less installed yesterday, but need some much shorter bolts, 6mmx10 and even those might need shortened on a grinder as I tapped the side holes in the bearing mounts to be used to bolt the flanges of these nipples to. But thats only a couple threads deep because the hole intersects the hold-down bolts for the bearing blocks. Todays project, after drilling the anchor end mounting holes, is making some spacers about 3/8" thicker than the temp ones I made just so I could make some measurements. I am mounting it higher than the OEM screw so the X motor will pass beneath it, and the flex lever between the nut and the saddle is shorter. But I miss-guessed and the nut is hitting the heads of the screws I installed to mount a full width brass gib on the front of the saddle. So I'm getting closer, but not ready to hook up the computer just yet. > Sent from BlueMail > > On 12 Oct 2016, 16:12, at 16:12, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > >Greetings all; > > > >Whittling out the hose nipples for the bellows on the Z screw > >yesterday, > >I got the one for the sides of the Z nut done, then note that the > >crossfeed had move inward far enough to crush and destroy what little > >swarf shielding I had over the x screw, so its sounding like a kettle > >of > >Orville R's popcorn now. I'll see if I can clean it up one more time, > >but I've made sliding brass with felt seals shielding arrangements > >until > >I'm tired of destroying them. And used up all my flat brass in the > >process. > > > >I like the idea of wrapping it in a bellows, but I've now looked thru > >55 > >pages of ebay hits without finding a suitable part. So I'll try to > >clean > >it up, and see if I can locate an innertube I can cut a piece of and > >just cover the whole rear of the carriage with, letting it buckle as > > it > > > >moves. > > > >I am about done with this machine, as I noted as I was dialing in one > >of > >these nipples yesterday, that the spindle has random jumps sideways > > of 3 > >thou or so, and can hear the thump when it moves. I suppose the > >bearings > >are going because I cannot shake it back and forth, nor can I feel > > any drag when turning it by hand with the backgear in neutral. > > > >But I have to get the Sheldon working first. The sheet of innertube > >rubber will only work if I move the carriages cable chain fixed > > anchor to the right so the rubber can slide thru the loop. That s/b > > easily enough done as then the carriage end anchor of the cable > > chain will clear the rubber and just slide under it. > > > >This thing is like hitting yourself in the head with a hammer, it > > will feel SO good when you stop. > > > >And, I'll have a better computer to drive the Sheldon with. What I'm > >going to start out using is a single core P4 running at boil your > >coffee > >speeds. 5i25 to the rescue... > > > >Thanks everybody. > > > >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> > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >--------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's > > most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > >_______________________________________________ > >Emc-users mailing list > >Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's > most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users 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> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
