Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: home-brew CNC lathe

In a message dated 5/14/2003 6:17:42 PM Central Standard Time,
forumtvm@... writes:

> Just like to ask 1 more question. How
> does having the drive at the side rather than down the middle affect
> the smoothness of the movement? Does it induces some kind of unwanted
> torque/rotation that interfere with linear motion? Actually, having
> the screws at the side out of the way is so much more convenient and
> I think preferable if there are no minus points

I used Thomson linear ball-bearing bushings pressed-into precision-reamed
holes in the alum. blocks for those. There is NO play in that stuff, so this
"slop" to which you infer is non-existant in such a light machine.


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