Re: Survey Please read

Right MAXNC is limited and that's also one thing you will notice in the
advertising they have is the lack of mentioning that fact. It's a while
since a visited their web site they may have updated it by now.

Well I have not had a need for an edge finder and to be honest I don't
think for the kind of work I do that I need it, or at least I'm dumb,
fat, and happy without it... About 50% of what I do is panels for
prototypes and circuit board drilling. Then I just located 0,0 and set
the Z axis and let it rip... Sometimes I'm convinced I'd be just as well
off with a PCB drilling system like Dan described in his Nuts and Volts
Magazine article...

hansw


Marshall Pharoah wrote:

>
> From: "Marshall Pharoah" <m_pharoah@...>
>
> Software pays my bills as well.
>
> An edge finder is held in the collet and is used to detect the edge
> of the metal, usually you have a .500 or .200 round spindle that
> you sneak up on the edge with. When it hits, you are half that
> diameter from the edge of the material and can use the dials to get
> the rest of the way. This usually gets you to the edge accurate to
> about .001 or so. Depending on how accurate your work needs to be
> some just sneak up on the edge and when they hear the bit hit the
> metal they call that the edge. Most commercial edge finders have a
> shank thats either 3/8 or 1/2. I recall a couple of guys complaining
> that the MAXNC couldn't take that size, and just wondered.
>
> Marshall
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: hansw
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 4:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO]Survey Please read
>
> From: hansw <hansw@...>
>
> Sorry about the edge finder, I forgot... just to show my ignorance on
> the subject what is an edge finder ?
> Remember Electronics and Software are what I do for a living CNC Mill is
> more of a hobby...
> hansw
>
> Marshall Pharoah wrote:
> >
> > From: "Marshall Pharoah" <m_pharoah@...>
> >
> > It may have been on alt.machines.cnc, a place I rarely go. I was looking
> > at the MAXCNC but you have convinced me otherwise. Since it's but a
> > hobby for me, I have plenty of time to look at alternatives.
> >
> > By the way, could you tell me where you get an edge finder that small?
> >
> > Marshall
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: hansw <hansw@...>
> > To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 3:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO]Survey Please read
> >
> > > Yes, I had problems with the MAXNC belts, did I miss someone complaining
> > > about that on this forum ? or was it else where. I would like to know
> > > who they are, and point them to my web site where I have documented the
> > > belt problem and my fix for it.
> > >
> > > You know when I told MAXNC about the problem, I was told "I was the only
> > > customer that had the problem" !
> > > I have all of the collects they make and 5/16 is the largest.
> > >
> > > With the knowledge I've gain from this list and elsewhere I would make
> > > an attempt at converting the Grizzly, in fact later this year I may do
> > > just that.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > > Hans Wedemeyer
> > > web site http://home.swbell.net/hans_w/index.htm
> > >
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