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Mike,
cheers, Ive googled the SA100, and will give newall a call after the weekeknd :)

I think the rubber encoder is the way to go, and Ive found a uk source.

I had a feeling this should be...

Lots of good info so far, thanks :)
I started typing this last night, a bit more detail, not sure why it didnt submit...

The Table top is 25mm thick, 1.2 meters in diameter, and plain disk on...

Forgot to mention that I cant modify any of the drive train, it is manually operated, and interlocked with other items.
Currently the positioning is done by bloke counting to 10 then letting go of...

Hi all,
I need to add a degrees readout to a large rotary table.
The table is around 1 meter in diameter, and I can only add the sensor to the outer rim, kind of like a trundle wheel.
My initial...

Lathe is about 1955 vintage, Harrison L5

Quill has only about 5" of travel, whereas the knee has more, I assumed that you would CNC all the moving functions. I am a begginer at this.
For a...

nope, it really is mine. Its not an antique (well 1988), and it *could* be CNC'd I guess, but not this time (Its to heavy to move around and its set into a corner so it doesnt eat *all* the workshop...

Hoss, funny what turns up, thats actually my proxxon on my TOS FNK25 :cool:

Had a quick look at an X3 this evening, yep its quite a bit beefier than an X1 in the column area, and also the...

Ok, maybe small is a bit to large a word for the proxxon, Travel is 134 mm (x axis), 46 mm on the y axis, Z (height) 80 mm. so tiny might be better.
It is my first foray into CNC, and its easy to...

hi all,
Im considering a new CNC build (I have a Proxxon MF70 based conversion).
I want something a little larger, I have a honking big manual mill (11"x49" TOS) so somewhere between the 2.
I...

Granite is one of the more impermeable rocks, as long as you dont let the water freeze Id be surprised if you managed to damage the plate with water. Watchout for the abrasive slurry that you are...

:D
Thats my Proxxon (yep its going to be 4 axis, got some tiny radial compressors to make....), on my TOS...

Dave

The Proxxon work envelope is 46mmx 134mm ( less than 2"x about 5"). You can use all of it, as you need somewhere to clamp the work down. Draw a rectangle that size on a piece of paper and you'll see...

Hi iflymyhelishigh,
I have an MF-70 as my first cnc mill. good quality, but *VERY* limited on size.
As a first mill it will show you the way, but you will quickly want a bigger machine I suspect....