Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: sprockets?

At 10:46 PM 7/12/02 EDT, you wrote:

>The only lead-screw motors I have ever seen on a CNC Bridgeport were #42
>steppers (with the cast-iron, ribbed housing), and those were "direct

drive",

>not "belt/chain connected".

Bridgie Boss 5 at least was driven by belts. No other way to spin the ball
nut, unless your steppers have a hole in shaft big enough for the screw to
pass thru.

Regards, Hoyt


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