jms
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Post by jms on Feb 18, 2020 15:30:08 GMT
The small ones only measure like .0010 I use that when trueing up my vise on milling machine. The 1" dial indicators are the plunger type.
Joe
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Post by activereality on Feb 18, 2020 16:27:10 GMT
The small ones only measure like .0010 I use that when trueing up my vise on milling machine. The 1" dial indicators are the plunger type.
Joe
Oh gotcha, Yeah I wondered about getting that accurate with this machine - as I do not know what tolerances I can get it to. Since the frame is suspended with MDF (Y-rails attach to mdf front and rear) I do not know how tight i can get the frame completely squared or if there are going to be environmental factors to affect the dimensions. I have already thought about using some extruded rails as a replacement Y frame - something of a railed rectangular cube that the Y-Axis would attach to. This would give me the ability square the Y-X axes as close to perfect as the dial test indicator would allow. come to think of it - that might be a fun 'make a second cnc machine project'. By the time I am ready for that, i should be able to mill aluminum to some degree of accuracy. So i could cut all the plates required.... Hmmmm... maybe i need to make some projects on this one before building another CNC haha. But I can definitely see that happening. Since the frame would be rail based - there would not be any 'longer' sections to worry about. So a gantry section or end plate (even something with a 16 ish inch dimension) should be doable. I think that would would also be good to use some linear guide rods for the Y movement. For that project i would want to go at least 40" work width and maybe 50 ish depth.... Yeah, getting ahead of myself now haha. I'm gonna enjoy the CK!!
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