Forum: Motors & their mountings
Sat 30 June 2012, 16:42
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Replies: 6
Views: 11,974
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Forum: Motors & their mountings
Wed 13 June 2012, 03:01
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Replies: 6
Views: 11,974
Webinar, try two
http://video.webcasts.com/events/pmny001/viewer/index.jsp?eventid=42737
Maybe this is more likely.
roger
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Forum: Motors & their mountings
Tue 12 June 2012, 10:29
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Replies: 6
Views: 11,974
Stepper Motor Webinar
Hello,
I subscribe to a free information service from NASA.
This thing showed up today:
removed bad link
It is a link to sign up for a free webinar titled:
Applying Stepper...
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Wed 14 December 2011, 05:46
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Replies: 457
Views: 238,863
Your Mom
I promise this is my last "don't run with scissors" post on this subject. One of the posts of above had a quote "There are two kinds of people, those who are allergic to cocobolo, and those who will...
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Tue 13 December 2011, 20:13
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Replies: 457
Views: 238,863
exotic
I meant exotic, in the sense of unusual. If the usual business involved mdf or plywood, any solid wood would be exotic. Here in the southeast USA sassafras, that is usually used for root beer can...
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Tue 13 December 2011, 09:26
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Replies: 457
Views: 238,863
Aromatic Wood
Since this is largely a woodworking site, I am sure I will be speaking to the choir. If it is an exotic board, be very careful of the dust. Allergic reactions to wood dust is common. It is of no...
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Tue 10 May 2011, 07:33
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Replies: 457
Views: 238,863
Be cautious of that noise
If you can put those noisy vacuum motors in a box without cooking them, that would be good. According to present theory, the sins you commit against your hearing now, may show up in 30 or 40 years as...
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Sun 12 December 2010, 16:52
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Replies: 457
Views: 238,863
lol, if all you want is a seal, you could use...
lol, if all you want is a seal, you could use plaster of paris. I figured make a two sided wavy board mold so that you could mold two sided wavy boards!
Back to the vacuum: Would it work if you...
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Sat 11 December 2010, 08:15
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Replies: 457
Views: 238,863
I think the vacuum seal would not work on the...
I think the vacuum seal would not work on the waves. Not enough contact area unless you left an undisturbed border and maybe used a foam backing to keep the waves from jumping around while you cut...
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Fri 10 December 2010, 05:20
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Replies: 457
Views: 238,863
I'm speaking from the viewpoint of total...
I'm speaking from the viewpoint of total ignorance, but: My impression is that a vacuum system pulls vacuum through the entire spoilboard. When the sheet to be cut out covers the spoil board there is...
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Thu 09 December 2010, 06:13
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Replies: 457
Views: 238,863
I found this: ...
I found this:
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Vacuum_Capacity_Spoilboards_and_Holddown_Effective.html
The expert in the discussion says the key is volume. I wonder if the best application...
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Forum: Construction started, but not cutting yet
Wed 08 December 2010, 18:12
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Replies: 231
Views: 158,311
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Wed 08 December 2010, 18:01
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Replies: 457
Views: 238,863
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Thu 28 October 2010, 07:30
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Replies: 457
Views: 238,863
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Forum: 70. Control Systems
Wed 27 October 2010, 11:26
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Replies: 6
Views: 7,893
Mike,
I have two questions for you:
1. Does...
Mike,
I have two questions for you:
1. Does the switch chain just supply a signal to the Gecko, thereby requiring low amperage,light service wiring, switches, etc.?
2. Did you draw your diagram...
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Wed 27 October 2010, 06:16
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Replies: 457
Views: 238,863
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Forum: The Market Place
Thu 21 October 2010, 09:15
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Replies: 0
Views: 2,946
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Forum: Motors & their mountings
Tue 19 October 2010, 07:03
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Replies: 11
Views: 16,762
A little note from our friends at MotionKing....
A little note from our friends at MotionKing. This company competes on price, now it appears also on service. According to Kobus, on quality as well! Apparently the 9801's are available for...
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Forum: Maintenance
Mon 18 October 2010, 19:15
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Replies: 24
Views: 34,088
Profit as cost
I don't know how my eye fell on this old thread, but I remember one year's economic Nobel prize winner's idea was that profit should be calculated as part of the cost of doing business. Just for what...
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Forum: Motors & their mountings
Mon 18 October 2010, 19:03
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Replies: 11
Views: 16,762
Motors just as promised
I ordered 4 MotionKing motors on September 18 and paid by Paypal invoice. The price quote listed 4 week lead time. On Oct 17 I was notified the motors had been shipped on Oct 15. They arrived here in...
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Wed 06 October 2010, 14:28
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Replies: 457
Views: 238,863
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Wed 06 October 2010, 13:14
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Replies: 457
Views: 238,863
Microphone Cable
I was cruising eBay and found a 500' spool of shielded, very flexible, two conductor, stranded, microphone cable. Upon looking at Skycraft, I found: Your Price: $27.00, [each?] 11 reels of 100 ft in...
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Forum: Construction started, but not cutting yet
Mon 27 September 2010, 11:10
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Replies: 17
Views: 17,446
Mobile Table
Start the build using a trailer as the sub-base. Then if you have to move, put some wheels on it, back up the truck, and away you go.
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Forum: Motors & their mountings
Thu 23 September 2010, 20:29
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Replies: 11
Views: 16,762
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Forum: Motors & their mountings
Sat 18 September 2010, 09:37
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Replies: 11
Views: 16,762
Just What I Wanted
Perhaps it was all just a misunderstanding.
Motion King sales generated an invoice through PayPal just as i requested.
All I had gotten before was the quote of a very good price and a paypal...
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