Re: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-17 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Sep 16, 2017, at 7:44 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > wrote: > > On 09/16/2017 03:21 PM, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote: > >> Yes I agree they both appear to be simple machining jobs. As a substitute >> for drill rod... > > I'm unclear why the recommendation has

Re: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-16 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 09/16/2017 03:47 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: Worst case, if I can't resurrect the PC, I'll probably throw an Arduino on it and use modern Open Source tools for driving it (the LMC box has a DB25 with all the step and direction and endstop signals on it for Mach3 or Grbl or whatever).

Re: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-16 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 09/16/2017 03:21 PM, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote: > Yes I agree they both appear to be simple machining jobs. As a substitute for > drill rod... I'm unclear why the recommendation has been for "drill rod" (i.e.tool steel) for the parts that essentially hold the parts to a hinge together.

Re: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-16 Thread Steve Malikoff via cctalk
Paul and others said >> On Sep 16, 2017, at 4:10 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> >>> On Sep 16, 2017, at 9:52 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk >>> wrote: >>> does anyone have any spare "pivot bushings" for the DEC H9xx series

Re: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-16 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 09/16/2017 01:47 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: > >> This sort of project would be perfect on this wee lathe > You'll still need to center-bore the hole through the thing, which, > while not hard,

Re: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-16 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 09/16/2017 01:47 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: > This sort of project would be perfect on this wee lathe. The pins > would be trivial (just need to grind an HSS cutting bit with the > profile you described), and the bushings not much harder (ordinary bit > for the main diameters and the

Re: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-16 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 4:16 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: does anyone have any spare "pivot bushings" for the DEC H9xx series cabinets (H950, H960, etc)? (These are the short pieces with a conical top which fit over the hinge pins, at the bottom.) >>>

Re: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-16 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Sep 16, 2017, at 4:10 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk > wrote: > > >> On Sep 16, 2017, at 9:52 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk >> wrote: >> >>> does anyone have any spare "pivot bushings" for the DEC H9xx series >>> cabinets (H950, H960, etc)?

Re: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-16 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Sep 16, 2017, at 9:52 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk > wrote: > >> does anyone have any spare "pivot bushings" for the DEC H9xx series >> cabinets (H950, H960, etc)? (These are the short pieces with a conical >> top which fit over the hinge pins, at the bottom.) >> ...

RE: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-16 Thread Henk Gooijen via cctalk
Van: Noel Chiappa via cctalk<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org> Verzonden: zaterdag 16 september 2017 15:52 Aan: cctalk@classiccmp.org<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org> CC: j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu<mailto:j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> Onderwerp: Re: DEC H9xx rack parts needed >

Re: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-16 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> does anyone have any spare "pivot bushings" for the DEC H9xx series > cabinets (H950, H960, etc)? (These are the short pieces with a conical > top which fit over the hinge pins, at the bottom.) > ... > I could also use some more of the pins (particularly the kind with the

RE: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-16 Thread Henk Gooijen via cctalk
Van: Noel Chiappa via cctalk Verzonden: zaterdag 16 september 2017 01:04 Aan: cctalk@classiccmp.org CC: j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu Onderwerp: DEC H9xx rack parts needed Hi, does anyone have any spare

RE: DEC H9xx rack parts needed

2017-09-15 Thread Ed Sharpe via cctalk
or find some one with a brown and sharpe... screw machine... keep them employed! Sent from AOL Mobile Mail On Friday, September 15, 2017 Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: Hi, does anyone have any spare "pivot bushings" for the DEC H9xx series cabinets (H950, H960, etc)?