> And I think I'm limping with the cheap 6040 mill I've rebuilt. All new > electronics. > Tossed the factory stuff, it was all junk. Made my own B drive.
Is that a water cooled spindle? http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/6040-stf/vise-screw-pix/wedge-under-mnt.JPG > > You can see its latest project on my web page in the sig, it carved > those wooden > screws there are pix of there, with code I wrote. Nice. The rest is my > OpenSCAD output. > Without any tool changes its about 2 days to� make one of those screws, > with a > 1/16" round nosed SC tool good for a .250" DOC. Making lots of very fine > hard maple > sawdust.� That is a two start, 12mm pitch, 6mm tooth shape buttress > thread. The remainder > of it except the handle, is 3d printed . Red is plain PETG, Black is > PETG+CF, Blue is TPU > for bumpers. Intended to be vise screws for BIG woodworkers workbench vises. > > I could do one tool change and cut that 2 days to one, but 3d printers > are so slow > I'm at least 10 days making the rest of 1 screw assembly. > > It keeps me out of the bars.� I also work at a pace matching my age of 88. > > Take care & stay well, John. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett. _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
