On Sunday 07 February 2021 13:09:24 Jon Elson wrote: > On 02/07/2021 06:38 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > 1. Any tool griping mechanism the has to squeeze a collet > > by drawing it lengthwise in a tapered seat has to > > compromise your tlo offsets in the tool table > > I have fitted myself out with a set of R8 tool holders, and > rarely use a collet anymore. About the only thing in a > collet is my edge finder, which may benefit from better > centering. It did take some effort to find some of the odd > sizes of R8 end mill holders. > > Jon > I have 2 sets, in inches only plus I bought 3 more 7/8" Korean to use with my tap hats, but have not found a set in mm size increments. Are they even made in that mm style? However in today's search I found a 2-20mm set of R8's in a wooden rack for $55.00/set, bought two sets. That ought to fix that problem. If they aren't loaded with runout.
I also see the proliferation of 3 phase stepper driven servos, in sizes up to nema-52's and 30+ nm's. Freight will slow those sales, $65 for small singles, up to $250 for a triplet of 20nm nema-42's. But you could do like we used to say on cow barn radio 50 years ago, lemme turn the house around. I had a high gain 623 with mods, and a pdl-2 antenna with a rotator 30 feet above the roof which on that old farmhouse was already 3 stories high. Sick bird? You betcha, but I never used more power that it took to get there. I talked to a farmer in Saskatchewan CA on less than a watt of SSB power many times that year. With the mods, that radio could do 70 watts into a dummy load, sounding like a good hifi on both ends. 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) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis 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
