Re: Rong Fu 31 CNC Conversion Kit / Instructions / Help? :D

Sure, I've seen them. QUITE a different machine thatn what the
thread was about. The post was about an RF31--check the subject
heading above.

You went from the RF to your "jet" example in the first sentence of
your second paragraph. Folks might not have noticed that you changed
machine types along the way, so I pointed out that RF31's do not
have yokes and their dimensional inconsistencies are not as you've
posted for the "other" machine type you used as an example.

Don't want the uninformed mistaking your Jet comments as applying to
the RF-31's. They do not.

Ballendo

>In CCED, R Rogers <rogersmach@...> wrote:
>I was talking about an Jet 8X36.... Ever seen one?
> Ron
>
>
> ballendo <ballendo@...> wrote:
> Ron,
>
> There is no "yoke" on an RF-31. You must be speaking about the
> larger BP clone mills made by RF and others...
>
> Re the RF-31/g1006, hf2119, etc.: Cardinal engineering has
> retrofitted many hundreds of these for individuals and companies
> such as Flashcut. So have others.
> While there are variations, it IS possible to provide a kit that
> works reliably.
>
> Ballendo
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, R Rogers
> wrote:
> >
>>I considered offering a kit for these types of mills, I had a Rong-
>>fu and I retrofitted a Jet 8X36. Starting out, I wondered why no
>>kits were available. I soon found out and nixed my plans to
>>produce retrofit kits.
> >
> > There is very little that is consistent on these regarding dims.
> As in the JET for example. The Yoke in the saddle, all the holes
> were drilled by hand. Hand tapped, and then they drilled two 5mm
> holes on angles and not in reference to anything, and drove roll-
> pins in them to keep the yoke from moving around. How would one
> produce a replacement yoke for this that accepts ballscrews? I

spent
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