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  1. Re: Electronic lead screw (gear box), with Arduino for lathes

    O.K. After a few years of contemplating installing an ELS I have been pushed over the edge. I have a cheep Chineese lathe that "will do threading" with change gears. I have used lathes with...
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    good spindles for live tooling

    I am in the process of of adding live tooling to an emco 6, I need a milling/drilling head that could work for both for the X and Z axis. I have seen the Sherline machines around and thought that...
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    If you want repeatabley accurate parts Wabeco

    You are trying to compare two very different machines. I to make small parts that can become quite complex. It is amazing just how much machining you can do all in a half inch block of aluminum,...
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    bring more cnc machines to Gears show

    Last year at the Gears show in Portland, I attended a seminar on home brew cnc machine construction and programming. There have been some hobby cnc vendors and displays at the show in the past.
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    Yap, I like it

    You are not going to get +-.002 out of it but +- .005 is more along the range. For a lot of work that is more than adequate. What I find it most useful for is very quick positioning holes that have...
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    mount the reader head to the base instead

    I actually mounted the scale to the yoke by way of a horizontal F shaped transition plate and mounted the reader head to the base by way of a small adjustable plate. The actual stroke of the Y axis...
  7. from someone whit both, what do you want from it.

    I have a Bridgeport, it is accurate, can take a hefty cut, it is big. If I am working in stainless or hard metals I will use it, or if I am doing something large.

    Limitations to consider for...
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