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

yeah; it is night now in our part of the world
regards
mariano


Chris Hellyar wrote:

> 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
>
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