Re: Re: replacing feed screw with a hydraulic cylinder

>    From: "blown_mgb_v8" <jblackwood5@...>
> Subject: Re: replacing feed screw with a hydraulic cylinder

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> So here's the question(s), What would be suitable for retrofitting
> the z axis (quill), what is needed to drive the steppers, can an old
> P-90 IBM clone PC be used to run it, and what software is available?

Hi Jim

Yes the quill can easily be fitted with ball screws because there is a
yolk that extends parallel to the x axis from each side of the quill.
That's where the air-over-hydraulic cylinder for z is attached.

Ray