Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: machine ways

Speaking of plastics for use on ways:

I was reading the other day how PTFE is put on ubiquitous pots and pans
since it sticks to almost nothing. It is sprayed on and then baked.

This lead me to wonder 'suppose (during manufacture of course) one were get
a can of spray on PTFE and apply it to the sliding parts and bake them in
an oven'. That, combined with normal lubing should make for some pretty low
friction coefficients. An extra boon would be no extra machine work would
be required.

Sounds like a good experiment to try (with some small parts of course).

Smoke

> ubiquitous(means everywhere!).
>
> 2)PTFE- (PolyTetraFluoroEthylene) also called teflon, VERY soft, when
> used for linear bearings it is backed up with a harder material and
> used in very thin layers. The slippery-est (lowest friction co-
> efficient) stuff we have so far in commercial quantities.

> Ballendo