East Tennessee

[xitian]

Originally Posted by PoppaBear10 Well E. TN Machine builders......... The Mach3 Convention is filling up fast, already have over 34 people, and 7 vendors. If you plan on coming to the event. Sign up at: www.machcnc.com Scott

I just wanted to say Scott and Chris are doing a great job at the Mach3 convention. Scott thanks again for setting this up and all your hard work! I hope all of us ornery cnc'rs are not wearing you out to fast.

[blackbeard52]

Just finishing our first day of the Mach3 convention in Knoxville and have talked to alot of participants there. I think Scott (Poppabear) is doing a bangup job with his Instruction of Mach Screens and macros. We also have discussed setups and tommorrow will see some actual machines built by local users. Now for the icing on the cake... In my discussions everyone would like to see what is being done with those DIY and conversions in the area. I cant think of a better way than start a User group. Tour facilities, garages, and shops to see how they did it. I have been very impressed with the diversity of expertise from beginner to advanced in everything from routing, foundry, to electronics and plasma cutting machines. Let me know what you think I will start a new thread on the Polls section of the forum so not to steal this thread. This user group will be based in the East Tennessee area.

Bob

[Aksess]

Hey guys lets get this thread exciting again! Since I last posted I have bought a few new toys. A 4x4 plasmacam and an m head bridgeport. Running out of room need a bigger shop.

[planekrazie]

Hey Aksess,
Man you are up late. I took the graveyard shift here at work so thats why I am up. LOL I need to head up your way sometime and shoot the breeze with ya.
Later steve

[Aksess]

Yea I am running out of room in my little shop. I went to Walter A Woods today. They have a decent selection of machine tooling but real high on prices. All I bought was 2 parting blades for my lathe. There is something wrong when they have no prices on things. LOL. Oh PapaBear visited a few weeks ago. I am going to make his electronic enclosure with my plasma table when he gets me the dimensions.

[o2bndsky]

Knoxville student at Pellissippi state tech could use some mentoring on
Offset Skew bevel gear– request trigimetric advance help :
Building the Climax by Kozo Hirako
ISBN 0-914104-13-6
published village press
appendix A gave calculation method & jigging setup for hyperboloid meeting of two gears at right angle where line shaft continued to next set of gear takeoff– seek understanding how to set up the formula with modification for when there is an angle of line shaft to takeoff shaft– object is to tilt the plural line shafts so co plainer pair of gear can drive the front & rear elements of a differential gear at a different elevation by tilting line shafts– telescope right ascension to display as difference of sidereal time & civil time–
thanks in advance
W.H. “Rosy” Rosenberger