X Y table (was Re: how the heck to peck)

Hi Bill,

check this one out.

http://www.useenco.com/pdfs/122.PDF

it is suitable for milling and will accept standard tooling.
Harbor Freight sells cheap cast iron tables with a vise,
but the quality is poor for CNC. Requires machine quality
ACME rod upgrade, to replace the architectural (pretty but useless)
ACME rods that are supplied.

Dave

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Bill Vance <ccq@x> wrote:
> On Wed Dec 5 12:28:39 2001, John Barnwell, <Barnwell@j...> wrote:
>
> >What are you making? Shower heads.
> >
> >how about a standard Drill press with an X/Y table with
Steppers/servos for
> >positioning.
>
> [snip]
>
> Who sells such tables suitable for machining purposes? What about
ease of
> mounting to something, and making all the std indexing adjustments,
etc.?
>
> I've been looking around the web, and so far all I've found that
comes close,
> is motion control/positioning stuff that can go up to a couple
feet in XY, but
> have table surface dimensions like 4" by 4". Looked pretty useless
compard to
> mills I've seen, though I have to admit, if it's there, there's
probably a use
> for it somewhere.
>
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