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Bob Engelhardt wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:
"DoN. Nichols" wrote:

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Keep some handy-wipes with an oil cutting filler because if you
keep the gears properly lubricated, you will have black hands after
changing them -- which sort of discourages changing them as often as you
should.



How hard would it be to modify it to use a stepper or servo drive?

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Not hard & VERY desirable:
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/ServoPowerFeed.pdf

Still need to use gears for threading, but I very seldom do that.



Thanks. Looks interesting.


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