Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Knee in my mouth

Where I work all the drill and spot face Machines move
the head and gear boxs in one,they run off a ball
screw. I will take some pic's today I am working
Afternoons and will post them on the files page
tonight when I get home.This may give you some Idea's
of what you want to do or NOT to do. Some of these
may be for sale I will find out .These are large units
they stand about 10 feet tall.The weigh about 1500kg's

John

--- Jon Anderson <janders@...> wrote:

> There is another option for powered Z motion.
> Milltronics came up with a
> Z slide that bolted between the head and the
> knuckle. This offered 6 or
> 7" of travel. I've seen one of the mills in action,
> it's pretty
> impressive to see the whole head jumping up and down
> when hole drilling.
> This however, would probably not be the best option
> for a stepper
> conversion, even though the mass is considerably
> less than a
> knee/saddle/table.
>
> Jon
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