Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] unknown

Mike Snodgrass wrote:

> I picked up a surplus military x-y device that was missing the motors, the machine has 3/4x10TPI leadscrews that
> have nuts about the size of ball nuts, theese have two wires
> about 16ga coming out of them. Does anyone know what they are? They are not ball nuts or encoders. Some sort
> of anti backlash?

Could they possibly be micro-miniature oil lines? Are the carriage and screws
isloated from the frame? You could use each screw/nut to bring one electrical signal
into the carriage. Two wires completes a circuit, so you could drive a pen down
solenoid this way.

Jon