RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] printer parts

I think the driving force behind printer sized machines is cost. Broken printer = cheap.
Printers have guide rod and bearings as well as stepper motors. The last time I found some
old wide carriage I got both for five dollars. If you just want a cheap machine and all you are
doing is trying the technology this is a ok way to go. The resulting machine wont be ridged
enough to hog out half inch cuts in steal but for routing a PCB or shaping wax and plastic it should work fine.
Go a head try it. If this is a hobby for you all you lose is some time and dead printers that
had been headed for the garbage anyway.
Just my two cents. :-)
Mel

-----Original Message-----
From: JanRwl@... [SMTP:JanRwl@...]
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 1:38 PM
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] printer parts

In a message dated 23-Aug-01 08:04:46 Central Daylight Time,
cadcamcenter@... writes:

> salvaged from
> printers. I am refering to the guide shafts. Do they have roundness
> and straightness sufficient to satisfy the requirements of cnc
> machines?
>

Goodness, while I guess "CNC" can be any size from microscopic to battle-ship
turnings, it seems some of [us] think only in terms of "printer-sized
machinery". Is this a misconception? Jan Rowland, Troll



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