Re: If you make a tool you will use it.
Originally Posted by
Mooser
I completely understand why that would come in handy. Not often but more than once I've put material down, clamped, shimmed, aligned and then found out it was outside the travel slightly....
(On my old bridgeport I milled a small scribe line with an engraving bit right onto the table (sacrilege) at both ends of the usable travel for much the same reason )
M
Originally Posted by
kstrauss
That tool looks like a good idea; I should make one. I've previously used a very crude but quick approach by drawing limit lines on my table using a felt tip marker.
You know its funny. Some previous owner had milled a scribe line on the table of my KMB1. The thing is the head can swing left or right and telescope in and out making those lines virtually worthless. Then on top of that when I retrofit the machine to Mach 3 I tested the actual travel of the machine, adjusted the prox switches, and increased its X travel from 24 to a little over 26 inches further making those lines a left over relic of somebody else's no longer valid solution. On the Tormach (or other bed mills) this might be less issue than on a knee mill, but if you have to replace a limit switch its entirely possible your limits locations may change slightly. With all that in mind a marker makes a better solution (in my opinion) than a scribe line if for no other reason than its temporary.
Bob La Londe
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