Thread: New Member from Ayrshire UK
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03-11-2016 #1
Hi Chaps,
Although I served an engineering apprenticeship it was 50 years ago and I may have forgotten a thing or 2 since I worked all my life in project management & science!
I decided to expand my workshop and bought a Brown & Sharpe #0 Omniversal milling machine for scrap value and was delighted to find it is serial no 001. It has been brought up to the final spec by previous owners so I reckon there is little historical value there and I intend to upgrade during a largely cosmetic rebuild.
Surprisingly everything works but there is too much backlash and I will be changing to ballscrew and stepper/servo drive on 3 axis. Not sure it is worthwhile for the other 2 rotational degrees of freedom - The B&S by the way is incredibly versatile with both the head and table capable of rotation.
I've got a bit to pick up about positional control and will doubtless be asking stupid questions with very obvious answers please bear with me if I do.
Cheers!
Dr David Child
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