Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: machine ways

Smoke wrote:

> 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).

Well, I suspect in the presence of chips, etc. it wouldn't last very long.
Pure PTFE is pretty soft, compared to typical swarf. Turcite comes in .031
and .062" thickness, I think. That's a lot thicker than you can spray on.

Jon