BUMMER!!! I am reproducing a machine that I built 18 months ago and it has
an XY table that is cam operated. I bought almost all the stuff to make the
new one CNC but my customer has us running the 18 month old machine into
serious overtime with more orders looming. I need the new machine on-line
ASAP so I will go with the cam set-up and do CNC on the NEXT one. Notice my
post about reproducing the cams. I just tripled the staff working on the
new machine...ain't America grand?

When I dive back into the CNC thing, I will be needing a bunch of help...be
afraid.

Minor Gloat: I am now, or soon will be the largest producer of flat-wire
brushes in the WORLD!!! I almost scrapped the flat-wire line 5 years ago
because they are such a pain to make. One of my other customers begged me
not to and offered a 25% increase in the price to come up with better
technology. At that time, and up to 18 months ago, the brushes were made
almost by hand at 1/4 the speed.

"Tom Gardner" wrote in message
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BUMMER!!! I am reproducing a machine that I built 18 months ago and it
has
an XY table that is cam operated. I bought almost all the stuff to make
the
new one CNC but my customer has us running the 18 month old machine into
serious overtime with more orders looming. I need the new machine on-line
ASAP so I will go with the cam set-up and do CNC on the NEXT one. Notice
my
post about reproducing the cams. I just tripled the staff working on the
new machine...ain't America grand?

When I dive back into the CNC thing, I will be needing a bunch of
help...be
afraid.

Minor Gloat: I am now, or soon will be the largest producer of flat-wire
brushes in the WORLD!!! I almost scrapped the flat-wire line 5 years ago
because they are such a pain to make. One of my other customers begged me
not to and offered a 25% increase in the price to come up with better
technology. At that time, and up to 18 months ago, the brushes were made
almost by hand at 1/4 the speed.



What is a flat wire brush??

Thanks.

What is a flat wire brush??

Thanks.

The wire in the brush is .017" x .117" oil tempered steel. The wire comes
to me on 250# spools and is fed, three wires at a time, into the machine
that cuts it 3" long, bends it in half and staples it into a 9/32" hole in a
hardwood block with a 15 ga. steel staple. The two brushes I make have 5 x
10 rows of tufts and 8 x 12 rows. Originally, they were called "Butcher
Block" brushes because they were used to clean big wooden butcher's chopping
blocks. Now they are used in the food service for cleaning broilers and
grills and in the welding and masonry trades...VERY aggressive, and still a
PITA to make.

http://www.foodservicedirect.com/ind...ck_Brushes.htm

http://www.missionrs.com/Merchant2/m...uct_Code=40676

I just set up a cnc router using mach3 control software. It is amazing how
powerful it is, yet so easy to set up.

"Tom Gardner" wrote in message
news
BUMMER!!! I am reproducing a machine that I built 18 months ago and it
has
an XY table that is cam operated. I bought almost all the stuff to make
the
new one CNC but my customer has us running the 18 month old machine into
serious overtime with more orders looming. I need the new machine on-line
ASAP so I will go with the cam set-up and do CNC on the NEXT one. Notice
my
post about reproducing the cams. I just tripled the staff working on the
new machine...ain't America grand?

When I dive back into the CNC thing, I will be needing a bunch of
help...be
afraid.

Minor Gloat: I am now, or soon will be the largest producer of flat-wire
brushes in the WORLD!!! I almost scrapped the flat-wire line 5 years ago
because they are such a pain to make. One of my other customers begged me
not to and offered a 25% increase in the price to come up with better
technology. At that time, and up to 18 months ago, the brushes were made
almost by hand at 1/4 the speed.