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July 29, 2020, Episode #235
Parker
- Cat Feeder Unreminder
Stephen
- Ball screws
- Bought a small section of ball screw with the associated nut, nut housing, and end block
- SFU1605 300mm – 16mm diameter and 5mm pitch
- Trying to work out linear forces and the RPM range if it were to be driven from a stepper motor or servo
- Mechanical engineering is tough
- CNC work
- Cut the first actual project on the CNC
- Movable cradle for holding chassis – makes working on them super easy
- Had to spend some serious time working on getting the machine to cut 90 degree
- Iterative process
- Flex in the machine – 0.02” accuracy
- Going to cut some speaker cabs next
- Added a simple fan radiator
- 8020 catalog arrives sometime soon….
- ARP 2600 repair
- A client found a unit that was put in a closet in 1984
- It was only pulled out last weekend and is now in my hands to do some repairs
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