On Saturday 20 August 2016 19:33:26 Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Friday 19 August 2016 23:16:47 Gene Heskett wrote:
>
> Had to quit for much of the rest of the weekend, need some steel, and
> TSC doesn't satisfy my hunger with their crappy hot roll.
>
> But I've a question, based on what I know about
On Friday 19 August 2016 23:16:47 Gene Heskett wrote:
Had to quit for much of the rest of the weekend, need some steel, and TSC
doesn't satisfy my hunger with their crappy hot roll.
But I've a question, based on what I know about steppers.
That 1600 oz/in I took off the mill that was falling
On Wednesday 17 August 2016 10:54:44 Gene Heskett wrote:
Some limited progress of the qc 'standoff'.
Its being difficult due to short life of the carbide inserts I am turning
it with, and I should have contoured it offcenter like Andy did. I get
about 20mm down the cyclinder and the end of
Link?
> -Original Message-
> From: Gregg Eshelman [mailto:g_ala...@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 7:02 PM
> To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] More news & ? from WV.
>
> Have a look at this. Wouldn't be surpris
t: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 3:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] More news & ? from WV.
On 16 August 2016 at 23:49, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote:
> The local casting shop seems to be using machined alu forms, and I have
> seen no evidence they can take a patte
I also did a few years back and one of the local foundrys would do 1
offs.. I don't know if they still do. it was dollars a pound though.
(don't remember exactly)
On 8/17/2016 9:25 AM, John Kasunich wrote:
>
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2016, at 01:54 PM, andy pugh wrote:
>> Have you considered having
On Wednesday 17 August 2016 10:07:41 andy pugh wrote:
> On 17 August 2016 at 11:17, Sarah Armstrong
>
> wrote:
> > but the newer
> > composite form material it's easier to form by cnc
> > and quicker than using wood and then treating the forms with resin
> > or
On Tue, Aug 16, 2016, at 01:54 PM, andy pugh wrote:
>
> Have you considered having a casting made? You seem to enjoy
> woodworking, so pattern making shouldn't be too hard for you.
>
I think foundries that are willing to do one-off jobs for random
guys off the street are far less common on
On Wednesday 17 August 2016 06:17:26 Sarah Armstrong wrote:
> i tend to use aluminium forms when i need to make hundereds and that
> when some tollerance of fit is needed
> more for robustnes , wooden forms are fine for one offs , but the
> newer composite form material it's easier to form by cnc
On 17 August 2016 at 11:17, Sarah Armstrong
wrote:
> but the newer
> composite form material it's easier to form by cnc
> and quicker than using wood and then treating the forms with resin or
> filler and sanding etc .
Yes, though not inexpensive:
On Wednesday 17 August 2016 05:29:37 andy pugh wrote:
> On 16 August 2016 at 23:49, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > The local casting shop seems to be using machined alu forms, and I
> > have seen no evidence they can take a pattern & do all the work to
> > make it sand castable. I
i tend to use aluminium forms when i need to make hundereds and that when
some tollerance of fit is needed
more for robustnes , wooden forms are fine for one offs , but the newer
composite form material it's easier to form by cnc
and quicker than using wood and then treating the forms with resin
On 16 August 2016 at 23:49, Gene Heskett wrote:
> The local casting shop seems to be using machined alu forms, and I have
> seen no evidence they can take a pattern & do all the work to make it
> sand castable. I haven't toured the whole place, so I've not seen the
>
ent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] More news & ? from WV.
On 16 August 2016 at 18:21, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote:
> There's only one problem, the Z screw, if mounted where the old on is,
> will be nearly 3.5 inches from the back face
On Tuesday 16 August 2016 13:54:48 andy pugh wrote:
> On 16 August 2016 at 18:21, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > There's only one problem, the Z screw, if mounted where the old on
> > is, will be nearly 3.5 inches from the back face, so I'll have to
> > make a big long pad for the
On 16 August 2016 at 18:21, Gene Heskett wrote:
> There's only one problem, the Z screw, if mounted where the old on is,
> will be nearly 3.5 inches from the back face, so I'll have to make a big
> long pad for the Z nut to interface with it.
Have you considered having a
On Tuesday 16 August 2016 11:41:37 andy pugh wrote:
> On 16 August 2016 at 16:02, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Is that amount of
> > reduction fast enough for the ins and outs of a G76 threading
> > operation?
>
> The 9x20 lathe has a 1:1 geared NEMA23, and actually works fine.
On 16 August 2016 at 16:02, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Is that amount of
> reduction fast enough for the ins and outs of a G76 threading operation?
The 9x20 lathe has a 1:1 geared NEMA23, and actually works fine.
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIYMfyf4jDI )
> Thats neat,
On Tuesday 16 August 2016 05:55:21 andy pugh wrote:
> On 16 August 2016 at 03:36, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > If anyone has links to pix I can steal ideas from, plz post them.
>
> I did have some that were embedded in a cnc-zone post, but it looks
> like that hosting service
On 16 August 2016 at 03:36, Gene Heskett wrote:
> If anyone has links to pix I can steal ideas from, plz post them.
I did have some that were embedded in a cnc-zone post, but it looks
like that hosting service has disappeared, and taken the images with
it.
The trick I used
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