Re: Z axis drive

> Interesting ! have been thinking about converting this size mill

myself...

>
> What travels do you have ?
>
> Your site seems down due to high traffic...
>
> The one picture I downloaded seemed to indicate you use linear-

rails

> insted of the dovetail ways usually found on these mills ? Have you
> retrofitted ballscrews also ?
>
> AW

AW:

The travels are the same as the manual mill. The conversion has the
stock dovetail ways (which I lapped) and ball screws. Before I
converted the mill, I installed a Sony DRO which probable looks
like linear ways.

Gerry