Thanks David and Gene; Thanks for the responses.
1) The stiffness of mounting is one that I had not really thought much about but makes sense. 2) a higher tooth count gear is something I'll look at this AM. Have lots of old gears kicking about - and, the idea of adding a bit of steel gooped to the side is a good idea! 3) This lathe is belt driven, so no rigid tapping, and I had adopted Andy Pughs' HAL feedback loop for a two-speed mill which works very well. IIRC, Andy had it working for his 6-speed horizontal mill, so crossing fingers, I can get it going for this 6-speed lathe. Funny how a project will sit for a year or two, then get exciting again! John. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
