Re: Ball screw cost and sources - Moglice - Phillycast - concrete

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "David A. Frantz"
<wizard@e...> wrote:

> Hi Marv;
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> Is the monofilament polypropylene commonly available? Kinda

sounds

> like fishing line to me, given that I could see where it would make

an

> excelent reinforcer.
>
> Not to push the subject to much but are the finishing methods you

allude

> to feasable for somebody who is tooling challenged. That is my

shop

> may not be as well equipped as those of some of the other memebers

of

> the list. Ideally I'm looking for something that I can fabricate

and

> get flat over a couple of square feet to within a couple of

thousands.

>
> If the either fabrication method (concrete or a doit yourself
> Phillycast) is to unreliable for the average home shop user then I

can

> go back to searching for used mills to prototype on. On the

surface

> either one of these methods looks like an ideal method for simple
> machine framing.
>
> Thanks
> dave

Hi Dave,

if you are talking a couple of square feet, considder a used granate
surface plate. you should be able to find something in the 6 ft x
6ft range for a grand or so.

here's a potentiol, but it's in NJ.

http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/7x10minilathe/vwp?.dir=/neat+stuf
f&.src=gr&.dnm=surface+plate.jpg


yikes didn't know the link would be sooooo long.

Dave