Re: printer parts

Subject: Re: printer parts

> Anyone has experience using parts other than motors salvaged from
> printers. I am refering to the guide shafts. Do they have roundness
> and straightness sufficient to satisfy the requirements of cnc
> machines?

Sven Peter: <They could work well for some handling device that
doesn't need a lot of force. ..... imagine some small loading and
unloading device for a press or lathe. Just a kind of idea.>

Hi Ir. Peter

When are you going to form a team to represent Costa Rica in the
Junkyard War? I would imagine with your fertile mind, you would lead
a very formidable team, with great possibility at trashing the
Yankees.

<imagine some small loading and unloading device for a press or lathe>

Like an APC (automatic pallet changer). I would really like to do
something like that. How about faxing your ideas to me again. :-|
(meaning typical UK "stiff upper lips")

"brian": <Some on this list have made machines with drawer slides, So
why not a guide rod from a printer..some are hardened and chromed and
ground and as good as thomson rod,make an adjustable bushing to take
up the slack.>

It even have a Al bushing (lined with something (ring) that looks
like copper or bronze)

Jon: <I have used many of these for various projects, and also use
them for alignment rods when setting up things on the lathe, etc.>

Do you keep any pics of your old projects? They should make
interesting viewing.

Ahh! Jon using them as alignment rods!!! They must be as straight as
a "ram rod"!!!!


Regards

Peter Too