Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Modifying an X-Y table - ACME - for fun and learning

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>Nice to see a vigorous thread on something low-tech... And the
>subject line about FUN and learning. Certainly the commercial
>products work well and are a good choice, BUT...
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>They are a WHOLE lot of VERY useful cnc machines which don't need the
>commercial grade stuff! Like this xy vise machine.
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Hey, I saw the thing in their newspaper circular, and just "had to have
it." Glad to see it inspiring so much discussion!

>BTW, carefully made, these xy vise machines can easily repeat to .001"
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>(That's with the 1/4-20 threaded rod, NOT the original screw)
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Do you mean allthread from the hardware store, or something else? We
just had a new hardware store open up in town...

I'd like to see some pics of your converted vise, and especially some
closeups of the relevant parts in the conversion. Tell me, from your
experience, if this is a reasonable approach. Casting a nut from JBWeld
epoxy, within the acme threaded nut. If I don't clean the oil off
first, it may even become a removable component that I could keep in
place with a set screw! Fully reversible...always the best way to do
any modifications.

-- Chuck Knight