Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] (unknown)

In a message dated 2/17/2002 10:30:58 PM Pacific Standard Time,
elson@... writes:

> Both the large Sheldon and the Hardinge
> lathes use belt drive to the spindle because it doesn't cause
> gear vibrations. They use some pretty fancy segmented Vee belts,
> though.

Thanks, Jon. The segmented belts sound what I was speaking about. Of course
too I was thinking of Atlas, Logan or South Bend lathes much more liikely to
be found in the HSM's shop. Wish we could all have a Sheldon or Hardingg,
but we do what we can with what we have.

John Meacham
California High Desert
12 inch Atlas, Minimill, rusty file


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