Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Bishop Wisecarver linear slides

Bob Campbell has use them, www.campbelldesigns.
Jim

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From: "Lloyd Leung" <lloyd@...>
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Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 10:01 AM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Bishop Wisecarver linear slides


> Currently my lathe is CNCed, but the stroke on Schaublin 102N is very
> short. It's about 90mm x 100mm (Longitudinal x transverse stroke).
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> So what I'm thinking of doing is removing the XZ gantry and putting in
> some linear slides that are more to my liking. The size I'm thinking of
> is 300mm x 100mm.
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> I'm wondering what amount of force will be exerted onto the ways, if
> cutting titanium, aluminium, and stainless. Aluminium would probably be
> harmless. But titanium and stainless, they would exert a much greater
> force into the ways. So my question is how force is being exerted to
> the ways? Does anyone know how I can calculate this force?
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> I know this has to do with the RPM of the spindle, the power of my
> motor, and the depth that I'm cutting at. I would like to figure out
> how much force is transferred into the lathe. Where can I find a chart
> or a formula to figure this out?
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> The type of linear slides I'm thinking of using are the DualVee linear
> tracks from Bishop Wisecarver www.bwc.com <http://www.bwc.com/> they
> are moderately priced [a few hundred Canadian dollars]
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> I am not affiliated with BWC in any capacity. I just found their system
> very simple. I would like to hear from anyone their thoughts on their
> products.
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> Cheers.
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