Re: [Emc-users] depth stops for R8 while making tap hats?

On Thursday 12 April 2018 23:25:16 Gene Heskett wrote: [...] > Pass #1 at makeing a 3 flute drill went to hell when my rotary decided > to not return to zero reliably. So I've added another 200 ns to the > step timings to see if that helps since this driver is an m542 with > unk step timing

Re: [Emc-users] depth stops for R8 while making tap hats?

On Thursday 12 April 2018 14:25:53 Kenneth Lerman wrote: > Hey Gene, > > Wouldn't a square R-8 collet make things simpler? Something like this? > > I did find those on a google search quite some time back, but at $40 a copy,

Re: [Emc-users] depth stops for R8 while making tap hats?

t; > -Original Message- > > > From: Gene Heskett [mailto:ghesk...@shentel.net] > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 4:25 PM > > > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > > > Subject: [Emc-users] depth stops for R8 while making tap hats? > > > > >

Re: [Emc-users] depth stops for R8 while making tap hats?

ether its the right stuff is TBD. Thanks Ken. > > -Original Message- > > From: Gene Heskett [mailto:ghesk...@shentel.net] > > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 4:25 PM > > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > > Subject: [Emc-users] depth stops for R8 while

Re: [Emc-users] depth stops for R8 while making tap hats?

The next standard size smaller than 3.3mm is #30 which is 0.129 rather than 0.125. > -Original Message- > From: Gene Heskett [mailto:ghesk...@shentel.net] > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 4:25 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: [Emc-users] depth stops for

[Emc-users] depth stops for R8 while making tap hats?

Hi guys; I find, at least for the remainder of this project, that I need some sort of a depth stop to reliable reposition the 4mm tap I'm useing, currently in a 3/16" R8 collet. A collar on the tap would work but I've not been able to locate a suitable one. I've got the tap in a glob of g02