On 5/6/2014 7:45 AM, andy pugh wrote:
On 5 May 2014 23:49, Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net wrote:
MDF and just two bolts - no wonder it turns tapered :) Needs to be
bolted down to something rigid enough to enable you to pull the twist
out of the bed.
This does, of course, go against all
On 5/6/2014 8:57 AM, Eric Keller wrote:
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 9:45 AM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote:
I think the classical approach to machine design was to make the mounting
to the base flat and provide for leveling. A lathe is a compliant
structure, so a kinematic mount doesn't seem
On 05.05.14 04:48, Gene Heskett wrote:
This one is currently only bolted to its work surface via its front feet, a
3/4 thick slab of formica covered MDF, which in turn is sitting inside the
don't let a tool roll off lip around the edge of heavy duty tool box, on
casters, and sitting on a
On Wednesday 07 May 2014 04:38:27 Erik Christiansen did opine:
On 05.05.14 04:48, Gene Heskett wrote:
This one is currently only bolted to its work surface via its front
feet, a 3/4 thick slab of formica covered MDF, which in turn is
sitting inside the don't let a tool roll off lip around
On 7 May 2014 03:35, Stuart Stevenson stus...@gmail.com wrote:
The Chinese can do it right
Without a doubt. They can land Jade Rabbits on the Moon after all.
However, that doesn't mean that they always do. Any more than the
likes of Portass and Zyto, makers of cheap lathes in the UK used to
do.
On 07.05.14 00:12, Gene Heskett wrote:
On closer inspection, this level was made by the Union Tool people.
Anybody recall any other details about it?
The vial in a machine level has a longitudinal barrel curvature of
metres - its sensitivity is much much higher than a carpenter's level.
At
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 9:35 PM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
snippage
So I shut it down as it may be days before I get back to it again, they are
going to put some nerve blocks in my back tomorrow, and I've been advised
to have a driver along. No clue how I'll feel after that.
On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 12:12 AM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
On closer inspection, this level was made by the Union Tool people.
Anybody recall any other details about it?
I look at it like my Bailey #7 jointer plane, awful rusty when I laid eyes
on it the first time at a flea
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Stuart Stevenson stus...@gmail.com wrote:
Don't disparage the Chinese machines.
I didn't disparage all Chinese machines, just the smallest lathes. I'm
sure there is plenty to disparage about some of the larger machines as
well. They could certainly do better,
all,
I have an application in which I would like to use linuxcnc as the motion
controller to control a robot/machine. all the moves would be determined
by a python program that would be running as a HAL user space program. The
question I have is is it possible to have linuxcnc not open any GUI
On 7 May 2014 18:59, Sebastian Kuzminsky s...@highlab.com wrote:
Yes, we run linuxcnc without a gui often in the automated tests. In
your .ini file, set [DISPLAY]DISPLAY to a python program that does the
controlling that you want. See tests/toolchanger/m61 for an example.
DISPLAY=halui is
On Tue, 6 May 2014 14:45:16 +0100, you wrote:
On 5 May 2014 23:49, Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net wrote:
MDF and just two bolts - no wonder it turns tapered :) Needs to be
bolted down to something rigid enough to enable you to pull the twist
out of the bed.
This does, of course, go
On 7 May 2014 23:56, Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net wrote:
As for three bolt mounting - I can't think of any quality lathe with
less than 4
None of the Myford, Dean Smith Grace, Colchester, Boxford, Harrison,
and the many Swiss lathes I worked on had three bolt mountings?
I will ignore
On Wed, 7 May 2014 08:08:34 -0400, you wrote:
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Stuart Stevenson stus...@gmail.com wrote:
Don't disparage the Chinese machines.
I didn't disparage all Chinese machines, just the smallest lathes. I'm
sure there is plenty to disparage about some of the larger
On Wed, 07 May 2014 00:25:57 -0600, you wrote:
On 5/6/2014 7:45 AM, andy pugh wrote:
On 5 May 2014 23:49, Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net wrote:
MDF and just two bolts - no wonder it turns tapered :) Needs to be
bolted down to something rigid enough to enable you to pull the twist
out of
On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 7:20 PM, Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net wrote:
On both of my 7x lathes I could put a piece in a chuck, setup an
indicator on it then put some firm hand pressure on the headstock and
see deflection on the indicator.
You can do that with a Bridgeport mill !
Steve
On Wednesday 07 May 2014 19:27:17 andy pugh did opine:
On 7 May 2014 23:56, Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net wrote:
As for three bolt mounting - I can't think of any quality lathe with
less than 4
None of the Myford, Dean Smith Grace, Colchester, Boxford, Harrison,
and the many
On 05/07/2014 03:56 PM, Steve Blackmore wrote:
As for three bolt mounting - I can't think of any quality lathe with
less than 4
None of the Myford, Dean Smith Grace, Colchester, Boxford, Harrison,
and the many Swiss lathes I worked on had three bolt mountings?
At the least, Hardinge and
On 05/07/2014 08:13 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote:
On 05/07/2014 03:56 PM, Steve Blackmore wrote:
As for three bolt mounting - I can't think of any quality lathe with
less than 4
None of the Myford, Dean Smith Grace, Colchester, Boxford, Harrison,
and the many Swiss lathes I worked on had three
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