Acme lead screws

[Brian H Wilson]

I love the fact that they are called "acme" lead screws because it
reminds me of that clever coyote and his mail order deliveries.

Here is an x-y router made with garage door opener acme screws.

http://forums.zentoolworks.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1809&start=60

"The 2x2 CNC was/is a fun learning project. It's my own design to see
how far I could go making use of parts on hand and keeping costs to a
minimum. The particle board frame is made of remnants from a local
cabinet shop. The X and Y lead screws are from a garage door opener I
replaced a few years ago." ...

That rules out building a CNC router since it has been done already. :-)

Jeremy suggested a laser instead of a router, but I am afraid of using
high power lasers because it might feed that part of my brain that seeks
global domination.

Cheers

Brian

The roadrunner always escaped but I always wanted to be the coyote.

My day job is interfering with my work time.

"Everybody wants to rule the world."

[Bob Miller]

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Brian H Wilson <br...@wildsong.biz> wrote:
> Jeremy suggested a laser instead of a router, but I am afraid of using high
> power lasers because it might feed that part of my brain that seeks global
> domination.

More prosaically, you want to be able to move a laser very fast,
and a screw drive won't do that.
--
Bob Miller K<bob>
kb...@jogger-egg.com