12 Jun
2013
12 Jun
'13
4:20 p.m.
Hi Tony,
If you want *one* piece or two pieces... Then you might pay for the labour. But
Ah... My time is free. Or at least nobody will pay for it.
If I had the equipment I'd try to do it. But I don't have it. I have only a
drilling machine and a very old motorized saw suitable to cut anything that has
the word iron in it.
So I am unable to use MY time to make some experiments. And that would mean $$$$.
On the other hand I can make little PCBs inhouse and even produce little
cardboard boxes to package them. That justifies my approach to the problem.
Philipp :-)
Mod modifyign the pack is easy too. It's jsut a
matter of remving the
hub, putitng it in a dividing head, careully lining up a sutiable
slitting saw with one of the existing slots, then rotatign it by 1/24th
of a turn, cutting a an extra slot, rotating it by 1/12th of a turn
cuttign another slot, and so on. And the resulting pack would then work i
nan unmodifed drive, for exampel on somebody else's machine
That would be
possible for 12 to 24 slots only. My primary goal is to have 16
sectors AND I don't have a mechanic shop. And no access to someone who just does
it for me.
Actually, that is an issue with modifying the drive
rather than the pack.
A modified drive can;'t read 'original' packs, and the packs recorded on
the modified drive can't be read on an unmodified drive. You cna't
exchange packs with friends unless they also have the modification
fitted.
Hm. Not sure if I was clear enough:
A modified drive can use original packs as well! The modification will step
aside if it detects that the used pack already has the desired sectoring.
A soft re-sectored disk from a modified drive can't be read on an unmodified
drive, of course.
I could have sworn that it was a separate part, but it
looks like _I_ was
wrong. All the RK05 packs I've just looked at have the sectorign slots
cut in the main part of the hub. Oh well. I am now tying to think where I
saw a separate sectoring ring.
:-)
Modifiyign the drive would thus appear to be a lot
more practical for 16
sector machines.
For HP 24 sector ones, cutting the extra notches
seems
quite possible.
ONLY for that case IF you have access to the equipment needed. But
then: Yes, of
course!
cost would be
the programming and setup of the CNC that turns the hubs. Then
Can't anyone turn by hand any more?