Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Newbie questions

Dan,
You have once again peaked my interest. You indicate in the message that
you had solved the backlash problem in the mill/drill:-})

I probably missed it somewhere along the line, but just how did you do it???
At 01:34 PM 2/3/01, you wrote:

>You may want to look at my motor mounts that I used on my mill/drill. They
>are rectangular tubing that provides for a belt guard and mounting to the
>machine ( sorry no drawings). I used that for both stepper motors and servo
>motors. See my web page at www.seanet.com/~dmauch look at the Images. I
>believe it is the last one. I have the mill drill running at 180 IPM using a
>2/1 ratio XL series timing belt and pulleys. I have converted it to
>ballscrews and servos. I get 180 IPM with Maxnc on a 486-66 .
>I am most proud of solving the mil/drill quill backlash problem without
>having to put an external ballscrew on the quill.

(snip)




Bubba

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