Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Crashing CNCs: what gives ?

On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 11:43, Jon Elson wrote:

> Kim Lux wrote:
>
> >I keep hearing the same thing: some sort of settable limit should be
> >employed to keep the tooling from doing something stupid. The potential
> >for disaster bothers me most on our lathe. The more I think about it,
> >the more I'd like some sort of movable mechanical limit switch system.
> >The range of tools we use on the lathe is pretty big, so this might not
> >do much anyway.
> >

Just to set the record straight, we have NO control problems with our
lathe setup. It moves reliably day in/day out, until a chip gets into
the encoder... but that is another story...

BTW: My posts are taking HOURS to show up on the list. Am I doing
something wrong ?

Kim


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