Hypersensing questions

snowgoer540 wrote:

What went wrong?

It was sensing the surface and backing up way off the material but not firing the sensor so I have to add the enhancement I said I would!

Phill, I feel for you. When I lived in Toowoomba 130 km from Brisbane, there was a small industrial estate that you could go to and you'd have a guess at who might have what you were looking for and if you guessed wrong, they would tell you who to see. If they did not have it on the shelf they would have it in the morning as we had 5 courier services a day out of Brisbane.

I actually bought an air ram this way for a printing press and it cost me about $70 which I thought was not too bad but that was 20 years ago! But then again the genuine part would have probably been $1500. I bought a FK12 bearing for a Ball screw locally today. It cost $80 plus $20 for air freight out of Perth, 6000 km on the other side of the country! So $87 is not too bad methinks!

I really miss that level of service I used to get. Here in Brisbane now, when you find a supplier for the part, its probably an hours drive away.

tommylight wrote:

@Phill,
That is a very bad way of probing for material as it will get stuck, drop in a hole already cut off, etc.
@Snow,
Toys ! Yummy !
And some other side info about where i live:
How much does a VW Golf 4 cost where you live ?
Here it is 4000 to 5000 Euro, in Germany you get 250 Euro bonus if you take it as it costs more to send it to the scrap yard.

Completely off topic. now
As with all used cars, it all depends on condition, any where from scrap metal price/lb up to $5000-$8000 for a very nice low miles one. But most around here would be considered barely drive-able and sell for $1000-2000 (They. don't call this the rust belt for nothing.)

USA, Northeast Ohio, and the local gov. salt the heck out of the roads in the winter. Its like driving the cars on an ocean beach for 4 months of the year.