On 3 April 2017 at 05:43, Cecil Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > I succeeded in contriving a "ball nut catcher" which lets me attach > the ball nut to the apron by simply moving the carriage to the right > where the nut slides into the "catcher" and moving a lever. > When I finish with the cnc operation I just move the carriage to the > right and release the lever. Now when I manually move the carriage to > the left the nut stays parked at the right end of the machine.
Do you still have the power-shaft for conventional (non-threading) turning? I went to considerable trouble to retain manual operation on my 9" Chinese Lathe/Mill and on my Harrison milling machine. I then noticed that I had never even tried to use either machine in manual mode, so didn't bother with the facility with the Holbrook lathe. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
