Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Renishaw, digitizers

Hi Ian,

I appreciate the KISS rule, and agree that simpler is often times
better! One of my quests in machining and in software is to always
learn something each time I do a project. Yes, I'm actually looking
forward to a complex (for me) setup on the Sherline mill, with the
rotary table and the adjustable angle plate. I'm getting used to MDI
with Gcodes, although I might see if I can design the cuts in Vector
CAD/CAM, (substitute the table for the 'Y' axis), and cut it that way!
I can learn a lot from this project!

Alan KM6VV


Ian Wright wrote:

>
> Hi Alan,
>
> Yes, I think you would get a good enough depression for the top plate and
> the benefit is, of course, that if the balls are not precisely at 120 deg.
> apart, the dimples would be properly aligned automatically. The amount of
> discussion that has gone on about this sensor up to now seems to me to be
> totally out of proportion to the job. One gets the distinct feeling that
> people want to make jobs like this as complicated as possible just so they
> can use their fancy machines ;O) I, on the other hand, tend to work mainly
> with machines and equipment firmly rooted in the 18th and 19th century when
> there weren't even electric motors - and, as I am sometimes called upon to
> demonstrate, I can turn small parts more accurately on a lathe made from 3
> nails than on an expensive fancy job. So, if I can make accurate depressions
> on a brass disk by clouting it with a hammer, I will tend to do that rather
> than spend a couple of days trying to figure out how to do it a more
> complicated but 'modern' way!!
>
> Ian
> --
> Ian W. Wright
> Sheffield UK
> www.iw63.freeserve.co.uk
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Marconett KM6VV" <KM6VV@...>
> >
> > You think that would be deep enough? I was thinking of using a ball end
> > mill, and Jon suggested a countersink. I still need good pockets for
> > the three balls. They wouldn't have to fit perfectly, in fact, they
> > could be a drilled pocket, and pressed in.