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You need to talk with a hydraulic seal vendor, give them approximate dimensions and they can find a seal for you. These are very common seals and the only thing they may need is the fluid type and temperature so they can select the correct seal composition. Dennis SolidWorks 2013 Dell...

Have a need for a right angle drive. Input hollow spline shaft through, male shaft output. Consider a X-Y axis slide arrangement where the Y axis is driven by a ball screw and the X axis is driven by a spline shaft. This allows the X slide to move at any position on the Y axis. May sound a...

hydtools, You beat me to it, have done this several times when space is limited. SolidWorks 2013 Dell Precision T3500 Nvidia Quadro 2000 Dual Monitors

Something else to take into consideration is seal failure on the piston. SolidWorks 2013 Dell Precision T3500 Nvidia Quadro 2000 Dual Monitors

You might look into someone in your area that does flame spray. The company I work for does a lot of machine repair and we flame spray weld to build up worn surfaces. If done correctly you wouldn't even know it's been done. Hope this helps. SolidWorks 2013 Dell Precision T3500 Nvidia Quadro...

SincoTC, You hit it right on the head. I started using a new Microsoft wireless keyboard and mouse. Love it but it does have a short coming, no indicator lights so you have to hit a key to check it's status. Sure enough it was the damn NUM LOCK key. Thanks guys for the quick response. Dennis...

I started to use SolidWorks this morning, started a sketch and I'm not able to modify the dimension. Sketch circle, size shows up highlighted, try to change and it will not take the new dimension. This was working fine last night, I have rebooted the computer several times and it has no effect...

Answered my own question. Drew a small circle on one corner of the layout and patterned the circle on the x and y axis. SolidWorks 2013 Dell Precision T3500 Nvidia Quadro 2000 Dual Monitors

Hello All, I am doing a plant layout and was asked if I could plot it with a grid. Of course I said yes knowing I could display a grid. Well it seems that grid won't plot. Any ideas short of drawing grid lines? Thanks in advance. SolidWorks 2011 SP4 AMD AthlonII X4 620 Windows XP X32 Pro...

Maybe a little late but have you considered using a shrink disc? Look at B-Loc split ring. SolidWorks 2010 SP4 AMD AthlonII X4 620 Windows XP X32 Pro 2.5GB RAM, Nvidia Quadro FX570,Dual 19" widescreen Logitech Wave wireless keyboard and mouse, Space Navigator

Try to find some older Drafting textbooks, they were full of castings and other exercises. That's what I did when I started using SolidWorks 2001 plus... SolidWorks 2010 SP4 AMD AthlonII X4 620 Windows XP X32 Pro 2.5GB RAM, Nvidia Quadro FX570, 19" widescreen Logitech Marble Mouse, Space Navigator

Gupta65, Thanks for the info.... don't kill the messenger, thank you. SolidWorks 2010 SP4 AMD AthlonII X4 620 Windows XP X32 Pro 2.5GB RAM, Nvidia Quadro FX570, 19" widescreen Logitech Marble Mouse, Space Navigator

Jack, I don't have the answer, just wanted to say nice scopes, I have several. SolidWorks 2010 SP4 AMD AthlonII X4 620 Windows XP X32 Pro 2.5GB RAM, Nvidia Quadro FX570, 19" widescreen Logitech Marble Mouse, Space Navigator

I have been using for almost two months working fine. No problems and I haven't done anything about downloading drivers other than what it came with.... Gotten a lot of interest from others at the new job.... Merry Christmas Everyone... Dennis SolidWorks 2009 SP0 Dell Precision T7400 Xeon...

Well guys new job and computer. Closer to home and compare signature from the one above. I am in SW Heaven. Dennis P.S. was a bent pin on connector and it now works as expected. Thanks. SolidWorks 2009 SP0 Dell Precision T7400 Xeon 2.5GHz Windows XP X64 Pro 8GB RAM, Nvidia Quadro FX4600 Dell...