Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Maximat conversion

In a message dated 03/08/2001 2:46:28 PM Hawaiian Standard Time,
gordonr@... writes:

> It looks to me like your FB2 mill doesn't have the same column as my lathe.
> Mines only 2.75" diameter.
> Also, the way the lathe column is built, I wouldn't be able to get a 5/8"
> screw in there anyway without extensively machining the column casting. I'm
> going to try doing this conversion with as few modifications as possible.
>

Smoke,

They are not identical but very close. I had both the blue column off a
Maximat 10 and the green column off the FB-2. I think both have the same OD.
You are right, you can't get the ball screw through the existing leadscrew
hole in the slider block. I made a bracket that bolted on the back of the
block for the pre-loaded 5/8" nut. I scrapped the original top plate with the
three bolts going into the round column. made a new top plate from 3/4" X 3"
6061-T6 bar stock. I replaced the disk in the column with a heavier disk and
upped the number of bolts from 3 to six. If you are interested, I may have
some photo's of it before I scrapped it :(

Peter


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