whateg0
Aluminum
- Joined
- Mar 24, 2009
- Location
- Wichita, KS
I've been thinking about the change gears needed to cut metric threads on my square dial. I know I can buy the set, and someday, I might, but it's a lot of money at the moment. I've seen 3d printed change gears used on lighter machines, and they seem to be okay. Any imprecision is lost by the time it is tranlated into z movement. I suppose if it was a concern, I could do what I often do to speed getting the fit right - get close, then chase with a die. My worry on the 10ee is that there are a lot of downstream parts and the carriage is a lot heavier than that of a SB10, for example. Is that too much to ask of a set of plastic gears?
Dave
Dave