Re: XYLOTEX VS GECKO DRIVE ?? why ?

Daniel,
what is the fastest speed you are running your axis?. taig or
sherline by the way?

Luis..

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Statman Designs, LLC"
<titanium@c...> wrote:

> I actually purchased a second CNC because my run times were so

long, I

> figured I could start parallel processing of my orders with 2

machines. For

> my second machine I bought the Xylotex drive (I now have them on

both

> machines), and that is when I noticed the huge improvement in

speed. I have

> now never needed to run both CNCs at the same time. One just sits

in the

> corner ready to come into service if anything should break. So

far, after 6

> months, the second machine has never been used, except to set it up.
>
> Daniel J. Statman, Statman Designs
> www.statmandesigns.com
> dan.statman@r...
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jon Elson" <elson@p...>
> To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: XYLOTEX VS GECKO DRIVE ?? why ?
>
>
> >
> >
> > Statman Designs, LLC wrote:
> >
> > >With the microstepping Xylotex drives (which are cheaper than the
> Camtronics
> > >kit was 1.5 years ago), I have been able to cut my program run

times down

> > >from 60-90 minutes to 8-12 minutes.
> > >
> > WOW! That is an amazing improvement!
> >
> > Jon
> >