Re: [Emc-users] More on er-20 stuffs

On Thursday 10 May 2018 22:23:56 Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 10.05.18 19:02, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Anyway, I've made a box that can corral 100 of the "tap hats", all > > of which now have a 4mm cap screw in the side, whose head matches > > the slot I cut in the lip of the 7/8" R8's. So that

Re: [Emc-users] More on er-20 stuffs

On 10.05.18 19:02, Gene Heskett wrote: > Anyway, I've made a box that can corral 100 of the "tap hats", all of > which now have a 4mm cap screw in the side, whose head matches the slot > I cut in the lip of the 7/8" R8's. So that problem is partially > addressed. That's one R8 collet for each

Re: [Emc-users] More on er-20 stuffs

On Thursday 10 May 2018 07:22:40 Gene Heskett wrote: The following msg contains private info that has already allowed another person to log into my ebay account with the potential of doing anything I might do. Its the several line long link to a purchase I made, and should never have become

Re: [Emc-users] More on er-20 stuffs

On Thursday 10 May 2018 17:24:41 Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote: > To use those with a TTS or other 3/4" R8 (or 4C) collet you'll need > adapter rings. Like these. > https://www.tormach.com/store/index.php?app=ecom=prodshow=32432 > They used to have thinner ones that had to be glued on with

Re: [Emc-users] More on er-20 stuffs

hursday, May 10, 2018 5:25 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Cc: Gregg Eshelman > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] More on er-20 stuffs > > To use those with a TTS or other 3/4" R8 (or 4C) collet you'll need adapter > rings. Like these. > > https://www.tormach.com/s

Re: [Emc-users] More on er-20 stuffs

To use those with a TTS or other 3/4" R8 (or 4C) collet you'll need adapter rings. Like these. https://www.tormach.com/store/index.php?app=ecom=prodshow=32432 They used to have thinner ones that had to be glued on with epoxy. Looks like they're going (or already have gone) to making only the

Re: [Emc-users] More on er-20 stuffs

On Thursday 10 May 2018 09:27:57 Bengt Sjölund wrote: > Why not go for a proper tool? > > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/J41-Tapping-chuck-J4124-R8/32434340752 >.html > > Cheers > > Bengt 3 reasons, first being the price in the middle of the page, and several of its "tap saving" features would

Re: [Emc-users] More on er-20 stuffs

Gene,   You may want to trim your links down.  I haven't clicked on anything in it, but that link has the login credentials for someone named Maurice. On 05/10/2018 06:22 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] More on er-20 stuffs

Why not go for a proper tool? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/J41-Tapping-chuck-J4124-R8/32434340752.html Cheers Bengt Den 2018-05-10 kl. 15:19, skrev Gene Heskett: On Thursday 10 May 2018 08:02:57 andy pugh wrote: On 10 May 2018 at 12:22, Gene Heskett wrote: This

Re: [Emc-users] More on er-20 stuffs

On Thursday 10 May 2018 08:02:57 andy pugh wrote: > On 10 May 2018 at 12:22, Gene Heskett wrote: > > This would, if a 3/4" R8 collet could be found with a D shaped bore, > > be yet another way to remove one potential slip point in trying to > > hold a tap for rigid tapping.

Re: [Emc-users] More on er-20 stuffs

On 10 May 2018 at 12:22, Gene Heskett wrote: > This would, if a 3/4" R8 collet could be found with a D shaped bore, be > yet another way to remove one potential slip point in trying to hold a > tap for rigid tapping. Buy a small-bore R8 collet and have it wire spark-eroded

[Emc-users] More on er-20 stuffs

Greetings; Looking around for some more cheap metric ER-20 stuff, I stumbled over a kit on ebay that had the TTS like adapter as part of the kit. So I bought 2 sets of them. $40 a copy, or $79.something for 2 sets. The adapter looked like it was the std 3/4 diameter stem. But when they