Reality check? was Re: RF-45

Drew,

Thank you. I too have been "off list" frequently lately.

Ballendo

P.s. Gets to the point it's hard to decide whether to "catch up" or
just "let it slide" :-)

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Drew Rogge <drew@p...> wrote:
>
> Hi Ballendo,
>
> Sorry it took so long to get back to you but I've been out of
> the office for awhile. Answers are interspersed with the original
> mail.
>
> Drew
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > List,Drew,
> >
> > The link you posted shows a table size of 9-1/4 x 32; with an X
> > travel of 24 inches. Can anyone confirm this?! And can someone who
> > has converted one of these(rf-45) to cnc, comment on the ACTUAL
> > travel AFTER the conversion? (the taiwanese specs for travel are
the
> > MAXIMUM POSSIBLE, and mean the table is halfway out of the
saddle!).
> >
> > It also says 9 inches of Y travel. The rf-30 series has a similar
> > size table and only about 7x18 travel...
>
> Since we haven't CNC'ed our machine I can't say what the actual
travel
> would be then but I figure the "normal" travel on my machine would
> be 17 1/5 in the X and 6 1/5 in the Y. For the X this is the travel
> from when one end of the table is even with the edge of the saddle
> to when the other end is even with the other edge of the saddle. You
> can get a bit more travel if as you said "table is half way
> out of the saddle."
>
> >
> > Lastly, the pic shows four tee-slots in the table. again, the rf-
30
> > has less (3). 4 slots would imply a larger table, or smaller
slots?
> >
>
> My RF-45 has 4 t-slots. Slots are 5/8" wide at the top.
>
> > What is the base dimension of an rf-45? I want to compare to the
rf-
> > 30's I have.
> >
>
> The overall dimensions of the base is 16 x 25 1/2.
>
> > Is this ad correctly stating things?
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
> > Ballendo
> >
>
> Drew