Re: Back to the rack - nuts to the nuts

Roger,

Those aren't the prices I remember for the "metal tape" I had seen.
I'll try to find the source and report back...

Ballendo

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "vrsculptor" <vrsculptor@h...> wrote:
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "ballendo" <ballendo@y...> wrote:
> > But there is a steel tape based encoder I saw awhile aback that
> > wasn't too expensive, and had very good accuracy. (NOT the
UK "tape
> > measure" one(s).)
> >
> Ballendo, Doug,
> I agree with your aproach but not your solution. The anorad metal
> tape is $12/inch, $650/read head. I was asking a while back about
> using a cable/capstan with a USDigital.com encoder on a large
router.
> Feed back from the group was that there were problems with slipage
> and cable diameter. I haven't investigated any further but this
still
> seems the way to go. For less than $12/inch I should be able to get
> precision cable and you should be able to design out slipage.
>
> Roger