Re: maximising y-axis movement range

Hi Rich,

The extension block adds less than 1" to the throat. With that can
one use the full 6" of y-travel for the Sherline? Maybe another
question, how far out from the z-axis column the toolbit have to be
for one to utilise the full 6" y-axis travel?

Ray

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, RichD <cmsteam@s...> wrote:
> Ray,
> have you added the Sherline extension block to increase the throat?
> I always have it installed.
> RichD
>
> cadcamclub wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Our club has a CNC'ed Sherline. We are using it mainly to learn
about
> > CADCAM and cutting unchallenging (cost, tools plus skills) things
> > like foam, wood, MDF, waste plastics. We want to make a MDF
tooling
> > plate to mount onto the table in such a way as to maximise the y-
axis
> > movement range.
> >
> > The problem is the limited throat of the mill. So we figure that
the
> > best way is to mount it so the the frontmost edge of the plate is
> > flush with the frontmost edge of the table. This is so that we can
> > move the tooling plate (and the table) right up to almost touch
the
> > z=axis column (max. -y). Is this the correct way to maximise the
y-
> > axis movement range?
> >
> > Thank you very much for any ideas put forth.
> >
> > Ray