Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] re:Lathe Rack & pinion.

Yikes....

This is one of those moments when I say "Well, I knew I could do that all
along, I was just testing."

I didn't even think of it to be honest, but it makes good sense. Just hang
a lump of purty machined steel off the far side of the carriage and mount a
ball nut on it. Put the whole lot in a bellows and forget about it..

Thanks for shining light into my dark corner of the world :-).

Cheers, Chris.

* Design engineer, Assembly worker, Cleaner.
* Ohmark Electronics. PO Box 5302, Christchurch, New Zealand.
* http://www.ohmark.co.nz

----- Original Message ----- > Chris;
> why don you put the ball screw on the other side of the carriage?
> you could fix the bearings on a couple of clamps at the very beginning and
at
> the very end of the bed ,that way you will have a manual machine as well
and
> the lathe wont have to be modified
> regards
> mariano