Brass shim stock 0.009 thick is readily available. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gene Heskett [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2017 10:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Cast Bracket for FHA-25 Harmonic Actuator. > > On Wednesday 05 April 2017 05:02:37 andy pugh wrote: > > > On 5 April 2017 at 03:29, Ralph Stirling > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I just wish there was an open source CAM tool of equal > > > sophistication for CNC work... > > > > Unfortunately Autodesk have rather taken the wind out of the sails of > > the open-source CAD / CAM projects. > > Fusion 360 (Windows and Mac only) is (at the moment) zero cost to > > hobbyists and offers very good CAD and excellent CAM. > > And I have neither windows nor Mac's at my place. So autodesk isn't visible > on my horizon. > > > I can't help expecting Autodesk to wait until everyone is committed to > > their offering then "turning evil" and starting to charge. > > As sketchup has now done, and as M$ has always done. I presume it currently > phones home for auth to run? > > As far as librecad goes, one could build a base outline with mount tabs, then > the hollowing out part as a separate pattern wrapped in a depth increment, > then turn it over and do the outside. So it could be used as 3d with multiple > runs. > > But that would be a huge waste in worn tooling without a mister and in cubic > alu thrown in the trash. I can't see that as a worthwhile project even if I did > have a block of carveable alu that big. So the printed plastic part is looking > more attractive all the time. > > Has anyone any thin brass sheet? I need about a 3" x 4" piece about 9 thou > thick. I can finish up sealing the crossfeed ball screw trench behind the > crossfeed when its run inward, exposing that trench in the saddle by putting a > felt swarf wiper on the rear of the crossfeed slider, and slipping a sheet of > brass under the slider until it hits the nut carrier when its backed all the way > out, covering at least an inch of open trench. A .010 feeler blade just fits > under the rear edge of the crossfeed slider. > > Gotta go fix my lady something for breakfast. Pester folks again later. :) > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > 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
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