Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: RE: DRO UPDATE

Art,
Thanks for the update, as I said in my reply to Joe I plan to try
the wedge method, I've been known to break a lot of stuff with
screwdrivers :>)
Terry

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com, "A. G. Eckstein" <axtein@s...>
wrote:

> At 06:40 PM 03/05/2000 -0000, you wrote:
> >From: "Terry May" <tmay@...>
> >
> >Art,
> > Here I am again asking questions... How did you get the encoder
> >wheel off of the motor shaft?
>
> Terry, I just used to big screwdrivers and pryed the encoders off

the

> shaftby pressing under the aluminum boss and used the screw heads

for the

> plate as a fulcrum. They are a press fit.
>
> Now that I am trying to do some other work, am building a small

press out

> of some flat stock and some screws so I won't have to worry about

the

> screwdrivers slipping (and that has happened)
>
>
>
> I got the retaining ring off without
> >destroying the disc but can't seem to get the disc off the shaft.

It

> >appears to be bonded to the aluminum disk underneath it and that

acts

> >like it is a press fit on the shaft. I hesitate to apply too much
> >force trying to pry it off but am looking for clues.
> > On the other hand I have a bunch of small plastic pulleys with

ball

> >bearing centers that came out of the plotter that yielded the

cable I

> >plan to use. Since they have an ID enough larger than 5mm that I
> >think I can bush them to fit the encoder shafts, I plan to use

those

> >to run the cable over, seems like they would be less likely to have
> >any slippage since HP designed them to be used with the cable. Does
> >this sound reasonable to anyone, just looking for ideas.
>
> Sounds good to me, good luck.
>
> Art
>
>
> A. G. Eckstein
>
> axtein@...